Brazilian Grand Prix 1986

Nelson Piquet
Rio de Janeiro
23 March 1986
61 laps
306.9 km
5.031 km a lap

Pole positionAyrton SennaLotus · 1:25.501
Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:33.546 · lap 46
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nelson Piquetfastest lap	6	Williams · Honda	2	61	1:39:32.583	9
2	Ayrton Senna	12	Lotus · Renault	1	61	+34.827	6
3	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Renault	5	61	+59.759	4
4	René Arnoux	25	Ligier · Renault	4	61	+1:28.429	3
5	Martin Brundle	3	Tyrrell · Renault	17	60	+1 lap	2
6	Gerhard Berger	20	Benetton · BMW	16	59	+2 laps	1
7	Philippe Streiff	4	Tyrrell · Renault	18	59	+2 laps
8	Elio de Angelis	8	Brabham · BMW	14	58	+3 laps
9	Johnny Dumfries	11	Lotus · Renault	11	58	+3 laps
10	Teo Fabi	19	Benetton · BMW	12	56	+5 laps
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	18	Arrows · BMW	15	37	Exhaust
DNF	Michele Alboreto	27	Ferrari	6	35	Fuel system
DNF	Alain Prost	1	McLaren · TAG	9	30	Engine
DNF	Christian Danner	22	Osella · Alfa Romeo	24	29	Engine
DNF	Stefan Johansson	28	Ferrari	8	26	Brakes
DNF	Patrick Tambay	16	Lola · Hart	13	24	Battery
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	7	Brabham · BMW	10	21	Water leak
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	14	Zakspeed	21	20	Engine
DNF	Marc Surer	17	Arrows · BMW	20	19	Engine
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	24	Minardi · Motori Moderni	25	18	Clutch
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	23	Minardi · Motori Moderni	22	16	Turbo
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	Osella · Alfa Romeo	23	16	Engine
DNF	Keke Rosberg	2	McLaren · TAG	7	6	Engine
DNF	Alan Jones	15	Lola · Hart	19	5	Injection
DNF	Nigel Mansell	5	Williams · Honda	3	0	Spun off

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	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:25.501
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	1:26.266	+0.765
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:26.749	+1.248
4	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:27.133	+1.632
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:27.190	+1.689
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:27.485	+1.984
7	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	1:27.705	+2.204
8	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:27.711	+2.210
9	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:28.099	+2.598
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:29.294	+3.793
11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus	1:29.503	+4.002
12	Teo Fabi	Benetton	1:29.748	+4.247
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	1:30.594	+5.093
14	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	1:31.074	+5.573
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:31.244	+5.743
16	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:31.313	+5.812
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:32.009	+6.508
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:32.388	+6.887
19	Alan Jones	Lola	1:33.236	+7.735
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	1:33.781	+8.280
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:33.784	+8.283
22	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	1:34.646	+9.145
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:35.988	+10.487
24	Christian Danner	Osella	1:36.558	+11.057
25	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	1:37.466	+11.965

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	46	1:33.546
2	Teo Fabi	49	1:33.998	+0.452
3	Ayrton Senna	46	1:34.785	+1.239
4	Johnny Dumfries	50	1:35.033	+1.487
5	Elio de Angelis	22	1:35.121	+1.575
6	Alain Prost	12	1:35.381	+1.835
7	Michele Alboreto	23	1:35.532	+1.986
8	Jacques Laffite	39	1:35.767	+2.221
9	René Arnoux	39	1:36.414	+2.868
10	Andrea de Cesaris	12	1:36.475	+2.929

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	9
2	Ayrton Senna	6
3	Jacques Laffite	4
4	René Arnoux	3
5	Martin Brundle	2
6	Gerhard Berger	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	Williams	9
2	Ligier	7
3	Lotus	6
4	Tyrrell	2
5	Benetton	1