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Brazilian Grand Prix 1986

Round 1 of 16  · 23 March 1986  · Nelson Piquet  · 61 laps

Fastest Lap Nelson Piquet 1:33.546 (lap 46)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PIQ Nelson Piquet FL Williams 2 1:39:32.583 9
2 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1 +34.827 6
3 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 +59.759 4
4 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 4 +1:28.429 3
5 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 17 +1 lap 2
6 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 16 +2 laps 1
7 STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 +2 laps
8 DEA Elio de Angelis Brabham 14 +3 laps
9 DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 11 +3 laps
10 FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 12 +5 laps
DNF BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 15 Exhaust
DNF ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 Fuel system
DNF PRO Alain Prost McLaren 9 Engine
DNF DAN Christian Danner Osella 24 Engine
DNF JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 8 Brakes
DNF TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 13 Battery
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 10 Water leak
DNF PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 Engine
DNF SUR Marc Surer Arrows 20 Engine
DNF NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 25 Clutch
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 22 Turbo
DNF GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 23 Engine
DNF ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 Engine
DNF JON Alan Jones Lola 19 Injection
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 3 Spun off

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1:25.501
2 PIQ Nelson Piquet Williams 1:26.266
3 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:26.749
4 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:27.133
5 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:27.190
6 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:27.485
7 ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 1:27.705
8 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:27.711
9 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:28.099
10 PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 1:29.294
11 DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 1:29.503
12 FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 1:29.748
13 TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 1:30.594
14 DEA Elio de Angelis Brabham 1:31.074
15 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 1:31.244
16 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:31.313
17 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 1:32.009
18 STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 1:32.388
19 JON Alan Jones Lola 1:33.236
20 SUR Marc Surer Arrows 1:33.781
21 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:33.784
22 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 1:34.646
23 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1:35.988
24 DAN Christian Danner Osella 1:36.558
25 NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 1:37.466