1986 season/Round 16
Australian Grand Prix 1986
- Adelaide
- 26 October 1986
- 82 laps
- 310 km
- 3.780 km a lap
- Title decided here
- P1Alain ProstMcLaren1:54:20.388
- P2Nelson PiquetWilliams+4.205
- P3Stefan JohanssonFerrari+1 lap
- Pole positionNigel MansellWilliams · 1:18.403
- Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:20.787 · lap 82
- Winner started fromP4on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:18.403 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:18.714 | +0.311 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:18.906 | +0.503 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:19.654 | +1.251 |
| 5 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:19.976 | +1.573 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:20.554 | +2.151 |
| 7 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 1:20.778 | +2.375 |
| 8 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier | 1:20.981 | +2.578 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:21.709 | +3.306 |
| 10 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 1:21.720 | +3.317 |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 1:22.012 | +3.609 |
| 12 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:22.050 | +3.647 |
| 13 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:22.129 | +3.726 |
| 14 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus | 1:22.664 | +4.261 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Lola | 1:22.796 | +4.393 |
| 16 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 1:23.004 | +4.601 |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 1:23.008 | +4.605 |
| 18 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:23.052 | +4.649 |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:23.230 | +4.827 |
| 20 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 1:23.313 | +4.910 |
| 21 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:23.476 | +5.073 |
| 22 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 1:24.295 | +5.892 |
| 23 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 1:25.181 | +6.778 |
| 24 | Christian Danner | Arrows | 1:25.233 | +6.830 |
| 25 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 1:25.257 | +6.854 |
| 26 | Allen Berg | Osella | 1:27.208 | +8.805 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 82 | 1:20.787 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 69 | 1:20.979 | +0.192 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | 58 | 1:21.194 | +0.407 |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg | 62 | 1:21.900 | +1.113 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 74 | 1:22.136 | +1.349 |
| 6 | Johnny Dumfries | 69 | 1:22.464 | +1.677 |
| 7 | Philippe Streiff | 63 | 1:22.681 | +1.894 |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | 63 | 1:22.950 | +2.163 |
| 9 | René Arnoux | 68 | 1:22.955 | +2.168 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | 55 | 1:23.095 | +2.308 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 72 | ▲1 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | 70 | ▼1 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 69 | |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | 55 | |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 23 | ▲1 |
| 6 | Keke Rosberg | 22 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | 17 | |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | 14 | |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | 14 | |
| 10 | René Arnoux | 14 |