The 1986 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over an eleven-round series.
[1] A total of 28 different teams, 71 different drivers, 7 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.
Note: Race 1 stopped and restarted and stopped again earlier due to an accident involving Dominique Delestre and Thierry Tassin.
Race 9 stopped earlier due to an accident involving Andrew Gilbert-Scott and Alain Ferté in heavy rain.
Pierluigi Martini was disqualified from victory as his mechanics had worked on his car between starts.