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Home / Seasons / 1986 F1 World Championship Season / 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 March 1986
Winner
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Williams-Honda
CircuitJacarepagua, 61 laps
Round1 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
More 1986 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Previous race1985 Australian Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda611hr 39m 32.583s9
2-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault61+34.827s6
3+2(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault61+59.759s4
4 (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault61+1m 28.429s3
5+12(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault60+1 lap2
6+10(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW59+2 laps1
7+11(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault59+2 laps 
8+6(ITA) Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW58+3 laps 
9+2(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault58+3 laps 
10+2(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW56+5 laps 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW37DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari35DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG30DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo29DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari26DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Hart24DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW21DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed20DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW19DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni18DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni16DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo16DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG6DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart5DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
4(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
6(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
7(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG
8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
9(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
11(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault
12(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW
13(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Hart
14(ITA) Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW
15(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
16(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW
17(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault
19(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart
20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW
21(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed
22(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
24(DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo
25(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:25.501 
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:26.2660.765
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:26.7491.248
4(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:27.1331.632
5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:27.1901.689
6(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:27.4851.984
7(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:27.7052.204
8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:27.7112.210
9(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:28.0992.598
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:29.2943.793
11(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:29.5034.002
12(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:29.7484.247
13(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Hart1:30.5945.093
14(ITA) Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW1:31.0745.573
15(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:31.2445.743
16(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:31.3135.812
17(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:32.0096.508
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:32.3886.887
19(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart1:33.2367.735
20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW1:33.7818.280
21(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:33.7848.283
22(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:34.6469.145
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:35.98810.487
24(DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo1:36.55811.057
25(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:37.46611.965

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna6
3(FRA) Jacques Laffite4
4(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
5(GBR) Martin Brundle2
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda9
2Ligier-Renault7
3Lotus-Renault6
4Tyrrell-Renault2
5Benetton-BMW1

Statistics & milestones

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)

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Jacarepagua circuit
  • 1986 World Championship season

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