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

1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 March 1986
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload 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

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda611hr 39m 32.583s9
2-1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault61+34.827s6
3+2France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault61+59.759s4
4 France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault61+1m 28.429s3
5+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault60+1 lap2
6+10Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW59+2 laps1
7+11France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault59+2 laps 
8+6Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW58+3 laps 
9+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault58+3 laps 
10+2Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiBenetton-BMW56+5 laps 
R Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW37DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari35DNF 
R France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG30DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo29DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari26DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayLola-Hart24DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW21DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerZakspeed20DNF 
R Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-BMW19DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni18DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni16DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo16DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG6DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesLola-Hart5DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
4France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault
5France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
6Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
7Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG
8Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari
9France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
10Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault
12Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiBenetton-BMW
13France flag lazyload Patrick TambayLola-Hart
14Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW
15Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
16Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
18France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault
19Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesLola-Hart
20Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-BMW
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerZakspeed
22Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni
23Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
24Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo
25Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet9
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna6
3France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite4
4France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux3
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle2
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda9
2France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault7
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault6
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Renault2
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-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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