1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 23 March 1986
Winner	Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Pole position	Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap	Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Circuit	Jacarepagua, 61 laps
Round	1 of 16
Race numbers	The 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix was the: 421st World Championship race 14th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix 7th World Championship race at Jacarepagua
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Previous race	1985 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	61	1hr 39m 32.583s	9
2	-1	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	61	+34.827s	6
3	+2	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	61	+59.759s	4
4		(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	61	+1m 28.429s	3
5	+12	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	60	+1 lap	2
6	+10	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	59	+2 laps	1
7	+11	(FRA) Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	59	+2 laps
8	+6	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Brabham-BMW	58	+3 laps
9	+2	(GBR) Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	58	+3 laps
10	+2	(ITA) Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	56	+5 laps
R		(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	37	DNF
R		(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	35	DNF
R		(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	30	DNF
R		(DEU) Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	29	DNF
R		(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	26	DNF
R		(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Lola-Hart	24	DNF
R		(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	21	DNF
R		(GBR) Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	20	DNF
R		(CHE) Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	19	DNF
R		(ITA) Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	18	DNF
R		(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	16	DNF
R		(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	16	DNF
R		(FIN) Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	6	DNF
R		(AUS) Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	5	DNF
R		(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	0	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:25.501
2	(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:26.266	0.765
3	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:26.749	1.248
4	(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:27.133	1.632
5	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:27.190	1.689
6	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:27.485	1.984
7	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	1:27.705	2.204
8	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:27.711	2.210
9	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:28.099	2.598
10	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:29.294	3.793
11	(GBR) Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:29.503	4.002
12	(ITA) Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	1:29.748	4.247
13	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Lola-Hart	1:30.594	5.093
14	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Brabham-BMW	1:31.074	5.573
15	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:31.244	5.743
16	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:31.313	5.812
17	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:32.009	6.508
18	(FRA) Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:32.388	6.887
19	(AUS) Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	1:33.236	7.735
20	(CHE) Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1:33.781	8.280
21	(GBR) Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:33.784	8.283
22	(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:34.646	9.145
23	(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:35.988	10.487
24	(DEU) Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:36.558	11.057
25	(ITA) Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:37.466	11.965

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Johnny Dumfries; Alessandro Nannini; Benetton
Wins: 14th for Nelson Piquet (first for Williams); 23rd for Williams
Podiums: 31st for Jacques Laffite; 30th for Nelson Piquet (13th driver to score 30 podiums, 2nd Brazilian driver; first for Williams); 10th for Ayrton Senna (44th driver to score ten podiums, 3rd Brazilian driver); 154th for Lotus; 63rd for Williams; 41st for Ligier
Poles: 8th for Ayrton Senna; 99th for Lotus
Fastest laps: 13th for Nelson Piquet (first since 1984; first for Williams); 23rd for Williams
Front row starts: 31st for Nelson Piquet (first for Williams); 11th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes: 1st for Martin Brundle (225th different point scorer, 46th British driver)
Win & fastest lap: 6th for Nelson Piquet (first since 1984; first for Williams)