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Mexican Grand Prix 1986

Round 15 of 16  · 12 October 1986  · Hermanos Rodríguez  · 68 laps

Fastest Lap Nelson Piquet 1:19.360 (lap 64)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 4 1:33:18.700 9
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 6 +25.438 6
3 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1 +52.513 4
4 PIQ Nelson Piquet FL Williams 2 +1 lap 3
5 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 3 +1 lap 2
6 ALL Philippe Alliot Ligier 10 +1 lap 1
7 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 +2 laps —
8 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 22 +2 laps —
9 DAN Christian Danner Arrows 20 +2 laps —
10 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 18 Out of fuel —
11 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 +3 laps —
12 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 14 Turbo —
13 PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 5 Spun off —
14 NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 24 +4 laps —
15 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 13 Engine —
16 BER Allen Berg Osella 26 +7 laps —
DNF DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 17 Electrical —
DNF WAR Derek Warwick Brabham 7 Engine —
DNF JON Alan Jones Lola 15 Tyre —
DNF ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 11 Puncture —
DNF ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 Turbo —
DNF STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 19 Turbo —
DNF GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 Turbo —
DNF FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 9 Engine —
DNS TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 8 Accident —
DNS ROT Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 23 — —

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1:16.990
2 PIQ Nelson Piquet Williams 1:17.279
3 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:17.514
4 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:17.609
5 PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 1:18.285
6 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:18.421
7 WAR Derek Warwick Brabham 1:18.527
8 TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 1:18.839
9 FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 1:18.893
10 ALL Philippe Alliot Ligier 1:19.257
11 ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 1:19.342
12 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:19.388
13 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:19.624
14 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:19.769
15 JON Alan Jones Lola 1:20.090
16 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 1:20.198
17 DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 1:20.479
18 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:20.668
19 STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 1:20.946
20 DAN Christian Danner Arrows 1:21.069
21 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 1:21.171
22 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 1:22.470
23 ROT Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:22.524
24 NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 1:23.457
25 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1:24.176
26 BER Allen Berg Osella 1:26.573