The 1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship season was the 34th season of FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1986 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a nine race series that ran from 20 April to 5 October 1986. The championship was open to Group C Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. The Drivers Championship was won by Derek Bell and the Teams Championship by Brun Motorsport.
236 drivers started in at least 1 (one) Grand Prix in the 1987 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship.
The 1986 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship was contested over a nine race series.
â - Race counted for Drivers Championship but not for Teams Championship.
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with the following exceptions:
Derek Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck usually shared a factory Porsche 962C and both scored 82 championship points; however Bell was declared champion as he finished in a higher placing than Stuck at the Norisring round, the only event at which they did not compete together. The round was a 180km race which doubled as a race in the ADAC Supercup, for which Porsche had contracted Stuck as driver, so Stuck raced the works Porsche solo, while Bell was forced to look for a separate drive, ending up with a 2.6 litre private 956 run by John Fitzpatrick. After leading the early stages, Stuck spent ten laps in the pits with a gearbox problem, ultimately finishing 15th; while Bell, outgunned significantly on power, was able to finish 11th, just outside the points. However the positions were used to break the points tie between Bell and Stuck for the title.
The FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers was awarded jointly to Raymond Bellim and Gordon Spice, who shared an Ecosse.
All cars were eligible to score points towards the Teams Championship, and Group C2 cars were also eligible to score points for the FIA Cup for C2 Teams.
No Teams Championship points were awarded for Rounds 1, 4, 5, and 6.