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1986 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEstoril, 70 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 434th World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Estoril
  • 1986 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda701hr 37m 21.900s9
2+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG70+18.772s6
3+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda70+49.274s4
4-3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault69+1 lap3
5+8(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari69+1 lap2
6+2(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari69+1 lap1
7+3(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault69+1 lap 
8-3(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW68DNF 
9+6(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault68+2 laps 
10+11(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW67+3 laps 
11+11(DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW67+3 laps 
12+8(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed67+3 laps 
13+14(CAN) Allen BergOsella-Alfa Romeo63+7 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW62DNF 
NC (FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth62+8 laps 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni60DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW44DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni43DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG41DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW41DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault39DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault28DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault18DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed9DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo8DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliAGS-Motori Moderni6DNF 

Notes

  • Teo Fabi ended lap 68 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:16.673 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:17.4890.816
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:17.7101.037
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:17.7421.069
5(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:18.0711.398
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:18.1801.507
7(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:18.3601.687
8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:19.3322.659
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:19.6372.964
10(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:19.6572.984
11(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault1:19.7693.096
12(GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW1:19.8823.209
13(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:20.0193.346
14(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth1:20.7614.088
15(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:21.5944.921
16(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:21.6114.938
17(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth1:21.6464.973
18(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:21.7025.029
19(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:21.8355.162
20(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:21.9295.256
21(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:22.0685.395
22(DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW1:22.2745.601
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:22.3885.715
24(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:23.5666.893
25(ITA) Ivan CapelliAGS-Motori Moderni1:23.9877.314
26(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed1:24.1057.432
27(CAN) Allen BergOsella-Alfa Romeo1:26.86110.188

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Nigel Mansell70
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet60
3(FRA) Alain Prost59
4(BRA) Ayrton Senna51
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg22
6(SWE) Stefan Johansson19
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite14
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto14
9(FRA) Rene Arnoux14
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-Honda130
2McLaren-TAG81
3Lotus-Renault53
4Ferrari33
5Ligier-Renault28
6Benetton-BMW10
7Lola-Ford Cosworth6
8Tyrrell-Renault6
9Brabham-BMW2
10Arrows-BMW1

Statistics & milestones

World Champion
3rd title for Williams (4th constructor to win three championships)
Wins
7th for Nigel Mansell
31st for Williams
Podiums
46th for Alain Prost
38th for Nelson Piquet
17th for Nigel Mansell
132nd for McLaren
79th & 80th for Williams (5th constructor to score 80 podiums)
Poles
14th for Ayrton Senna
105th for Lotus
Fastest laps
6th for Nigel Mansell
31st for Williams
Front row starts
18th for Ayrton Senna
13th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Nigel Mansell