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

1986 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 September 1986
Winner
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Teo Fabi
  • Benetton-BMW
Fastest lap
  • Teo Fabi
  • Benetton-BMW
CircuitMonza, 51 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1986 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 433rd World Championship race
  • 37th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 36th World Championship race at Monza
More 1986 season
More Italian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda511hr 17m 42.889s9
2+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda51+9.828s6
3+9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari51+22.915s4
4+4(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG51+53.809s3
5-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW50DNF2
6+12(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth49+2 laps1
7+6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW49+2 laps 
8+8(DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW49+2 laps 
9+14(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault49+2 laps 
10+10(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault49+2 laps 
NC (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo45+6 laps 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW44DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari33DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni33DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliAGS-Motori Moderni31DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault30DNF 
DQ (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG27DSQ 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed27DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault22DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault18DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW16DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni15DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo12DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW2DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed1DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault0DNF 

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 50 in P5 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Alain Prost was disqualified for an illegal car change after failing to start the parade lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW
2  
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
7(GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW
8(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
11(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault
12(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
13(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
14(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault
15(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth
16(DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW
17(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault
18(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
20(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
21(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault
24(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed
25(ITA) Ivan CapelliAGS-Motori Moderni
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
27(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo
Started from the pit lane
 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG

Notes

  • Teo Fabi started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:24.078 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:24.5140.436
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:24.8820.804
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:24.8850.807
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:24.9160.838
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:25.1371.059
7(GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW1:25.1751.097
8(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:25.3781.300
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:25.5491.471
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:26.1112.033
11(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:26.1872.109
12(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:26.4222.344
13(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:26.7542.676
14(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault1:27.2693.191
15(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth1:27.8083.730
16(DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW1:27.9233.845
17(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:28.0243.946
18(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.0433.965
19(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:28.6904.612
20(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:29.1255.047
21(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.5615.483
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:29.6595.581
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:30.1996.121
24(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed1:30.9046.826
25(ITA) Ivan CapelliAGS-Motori Moderni1:33.8449.766
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:36.12812.050
27(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:36.90012.822

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Nigel Mansell61
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet56
3(FRA) Alain Prost53
4(BRA) Ayrton Senna48
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg22
6(SWE) Stefan Johansson18
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite14
8(FRA) Rene Arnoux14
9(ITA) Michele Alboreto12
10(AUT) Gerhard Berger8
11(GBR) Martin Brundle5
12(AUS) Alan Jones4
13(ITA) Teo Fabi2
=(GBR) Johnny Dumfries2
=(FRA) Patrick Tambay2
16(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
17(FRA) Philippe Streiff1
=(DEU) Christian Danner1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda117
2McLaren-TAG75
3Lotus-Renault50
4Ferrari30
5Ligier-Renault28
6Benetton-BMW10
7Lola-Ford Cosworth6
8Tyrrell-Renault6
9Brabham-BMW2
10Arrows-BMW1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Alex Caffi
AGS
Wins
17th for Nelson Piquet
30th for Williams (5th constructor to win 30 races)
Race 1-2
8th for Williams
Podiums
37th for Nelson Piquet
16th for Nigel Mansell
5th for Stefan Johansson
305th for Ferrari
77th & 78th for Williams
Poles
3rd and last for Teo Fabi (last Italian polesitter until 1989)
2nd for Benetton (last until 1994)
Fastest laps
1st for Teo Fabi (83rd different fastest lap setter, 13th Italian driver)
3rd for Benetton
Front row starts
3rd and last for Teo Fabi
Points finishes
39th and last for Alan Jones
38th and last for Keke Rosberg

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 1986 World Championship season

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