1986 Australian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 26 October 1986
Winner	Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Pole position	Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Fastest lap	Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Circuit	Adelaide, 82 laps
Round	16 of 16
Race numbers	The 1986 Australian Grand Prix was the 436th World Championship race 2nd World Championship Australian Grand Prix 2nd World Championship race at Adelaide 1986 Drivers’ title decider
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Next race	1987 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	82	1hr 54m 20.388s	9
2		Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	82	+4.205s	6
3	+9	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	81	+1 lap	4
4	+12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	81	+1 lap	3
5	+5	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	80	DNF	2
6	+8	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	80	+2 laps	1
7	-2	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	79	+3 laps
8		Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	79	+3 laps
9	+12	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	77	+5 laps
10	+3	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	77	+5 laps
NC		Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford Cosworth	70	+12 laps
R		Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	63	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	63	DNF
R		Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	62	DNF
NC		Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	61	+21 laps
R		Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	57	DNF
R		Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	52	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	50	DNF
R		Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	43	DNF
R		Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	40	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	40	DNF
R		Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	DNF
R		Alan Jones	Lola-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	10	DNF
R		Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2	DNF
R		Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	0	DNF

Notes

Philippe Streiff ended lap 80 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
Keke Rosberg ended lap 62 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:18.403
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:18.714	0.311
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:18.906	0.503
4	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:19.654	1.251
5	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:19.976	1.573
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:20.554	2.151
7	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	1:20.778	2.375
8	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	1:20.981	2.578
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:21.709	3.306
10	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:21.720	3.317
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:22.012	3.609
12	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:22.050	3.647
13	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	1:22.129	3.726
14	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:22.664	4.261
15	Alan Jones	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:22.796	4.393
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:23.004	4.601
17	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:23.008	4.605
18	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:23.052	4.649
19	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:23.230	4.827
20	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	1:23.313	4.910
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:23.476	5.073
22	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:24.295	5.892
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	1:25.181	6.778
24	Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	1:25.233	6.830
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:25.257	6.854
26	Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:27.208	8.805

How the championship standings stood post-1986 Australian Grand Prix.

Last start: Allen Berg (last Canadian driver to start a race until 1996), Johnny Dumfries, Alan Jones (last Australian driver to start a race until 1990), Keke Rosberg (last Finnish driver to start a race until 1989), Huub Rothengatter (last Dutch driver to start a race until 1992), Patrick Tambay
World Champion: 2nd title for Alain Prost (10th driver to win two championships, 1st French driver; last French champion until 1989)
Wins: 25th for Alain Prost; 52nd for McLaren
Podiums: 48th for Alain Prost, 39th for Nelson Piquet, 6th for Stefan Johansson (last for Ferrari); 306th for Ferrari, 134th for McLaren, 81st for Williams
Poles: 4th for Nigel Mansell; 17th for Williams
Qualifying 1-2: 3rd for Williams
Fastest laps: 19th for Nelson Piquet; 33rd for Williams
Front row starts: 38th for Nelson Piquet, 14th for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes: 2nd and last for Johnny Dumfries