1986 season/Round 15
Mexican Grand Prix 1986
- Hermanos Rodríguez
- Mexico City
- 12 October 1986
- 68 laps
- 300.6 km
- 4.421 km a lap
- P1Gerhard BergerBenetton1:33:18.700
- P2Alain ProstMcLaren+25.438
- P3Ayrton SennaLotus+52.513
- Pole positionAyrton SennaLotus · 1:16.990
- Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:19.360 · lap 64
- 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 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:16.990 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:17.279 | +0.289 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:17.514 | +0.524 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:17.609 | +0.619 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:18.285 | +1.295 |
| 6 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:18.421 | +1.431 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 1:18.527 | +1.537 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 1:18.839 | +1.849 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:18.893 | +1.903 |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier | 1:19.257 | +2.267 |
| 11 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 1:19.342 | +2.352 |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:19.388 | +2.398 |
| 13 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:19.624 | +2.634 |
| 14 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:19.769 | +2.779 |
| 15 | Alan Jones | Lola | 1:20.090 | +3.100 |
| 16 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 1:20.198 | +3.208 |
| 17 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus | 1:20.479 | +3.489 |
| 18 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:20.668 | +3.678 |
| 19 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 1:20.946 | +3.956 |
| 20 | Christian Danner | Arrows | 1:21.069 | +4.079 |
| 21 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 1:21.171 | +4.181 |
| 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 1:22.470 | +5.480 |
| 23 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 1:22.524 | +5.534 |
| 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:23.457 | +6.467 |
| 25 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 1:24.176 | +7.186 |
| 26 | Allen Berg | Osella | 1:26.573 | +9.583 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 64 | 1:19.360 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | 63 | 1:19.441 | +0.081 |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson | 52 | 1:20.182 | +0.822 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | 64 | 1:20.237 | +0.877 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | 37 | 1:20.357 | +0.997 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 42 | 1:20.543 | +1.183 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | 60 | 1:21.060 | +1.700 |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | 19 | 1:21.298 | +1.938 |
| 9 | Philippe Alliot | 62 | 1:21.630 | +2.270 |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer | 62 | 1:21.732 | +2.372 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | 70 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 64 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 63 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | 55 | |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg | 22 | |
| 6 | Stefan Johansson | 19 | |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | 17 | ▲3 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | 14 | ▼1 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | 14 | ▼1 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | 14 | ▼1 |