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Australian Grand Prix 1986

Round 16 of 16  · 26 October 1986  · Adelaide  · 82 laps

WDC Decider

Fastest Lap Nelson Piquet 1:20.787 (lap 82)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 4 1:54:20.388 9
2 PIQ Nelson Piquet FL Williams 2 +4.205 6
3 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 12 +1 lap 4
4 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 +1 lap 3
5 STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 10 Out of fuel 2
6 DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 14 +2 laps 1
7 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 5 +3 laps
8 ALL Philippe Alliot Ligier 8 +3 laps
9 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 +5 laps
10 FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 13 +5 laps
NC TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 17 +12 laps
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1 Tyre
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 19 Electrical
DNF ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 Tyre
NC BER Allen Berg Osella 26 +21 laps
DNF WAR Derek Warwick Brabham 20 Brakes
DNF DAN Christian Danner Arrows 24 Engine
DNF BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 22 Engine
DNF SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 3 Engine
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 6 Engine
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 11 Mechanical
DNF ROT Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 23 Suspension
DNF JON Alan Jones Lola 15 Engine
DNF NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 18 Accident
DNF GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 Transmission
DNF ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 Collision

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:18.403
2 PIQ Nelson Piquet Williams 1:18.714
3 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1:18.906
4 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:19.654
5 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:19.976
6 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:20.554
7 ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 1:20.778
8 ALL Philippe Alliot Ligier 1:20.981
9 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:21.709
10 STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 1:21.720
11 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 1:22.012
12 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:22.050
13 FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 1:22.129
14 DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 1:22.664
15 JON Alan Jones Lola 1:22.796
16 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 1:23.004
17 TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 1:23.008
18 NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 1:23.052
19 PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 1:23.230
20 WAR Derek Warwick Brabham 1:23.313
21 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:23.476
22 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 1:24.295
23 ROT Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:25.181
24 DAN Christian Danner Arrows 1:25.233
25 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1:25.257
26 BER Allen Berg Osella 1:27.208