Season 1986 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1986 Season R2 →
1986-03-23 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 61Lap · 306.891km
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams 1:39:32.583
Team win 9pt P1 · P25
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +34.827
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +59.759
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Thierry Boutsen L37 Michele Alboreto L35 Alain Prost L30 Christian Danner L29 Stefan Johansson L26 Patrick Tambay L24 Riccardo Patrese L21 Jonathan Palmer L20 Marc Surer L19 Alessandro Nannini L18 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
61Lap 306.891km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
P6 Alain Prost 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L61 Piquet · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Senna · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Laffite · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Arnoux · P4 → P4 4 Arnoux ARN 4 Arnoux ARN Brundle · P17 → P5 · +12 17 Brundle BRU 5 Brundle BRU Berger · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Berger BER 6 Berger BER Streiff · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Streiff STR 7 Streiff STR de Angelis · P14 → P8 · +6 14 de Angelis DE 8 de Angelis DE Dumfries · P11 → P9 · +2 11 Dumfries DUM 9 Dumfries DUM Fabi · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Fabi FAB 10 Fabi FAB Boutsen · P15 → retired L37 Boutsen · retired L37 15 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Alboreto · P6 → retired L35 Alboreto · retired L35 6 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Prost · P9 → retired L30 Prost · retired L30 9 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Danner · P24 → retired L29 Danner · retired L29 24 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Johansson · P8 → retired L26 Johansson · retired L26 8 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Tambay · P13 → retired L24 Tambay · retired L24 13 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Patrese · P10 → retired L21 Patrese · retired L21 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Palmer · P21 → retired L20 Palmer · retired L20 21 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Surer · P20 → retired L19 Surer · retired L19 20 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Nannini · P25 → retired L18 Nannini · retired L18 25 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN de Cesaris · P22 → retired L16 de Cesaris · retired L16 22 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Ghinzani · P23 → retired L16 Ghinzani · retired L16 23 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Rosberg · P7 → retired L6 Rosberg · retired L6 7 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Jones · P19 → retired L5 Jones · retired L5 19 Jones JON R Jones JON Mansell · P3 → retired L0 Mansell · retired L0 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 61 1:39:32.583 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 61 +34.827 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 61 +59.759 4
4 25 René Arnoux Ligier 4 61 +1:28.429 3
5 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 17 60 +1 Lap 2
6 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton 16 59 +2 Laps 1
7 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 59 +2 Laps
8 8 Elio de Angelis Brabham 14 58 +3 Laps
9 11 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 11 58 +3 Laps
10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 12 56 +5 Laps
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 15 37 Exhaust
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 35 Fuel system
R 1 Alain Prost McLaren 9 30 Engine
R 17 Christian Danner Osella 24 29 Engine
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 8 26 Brakes
R 16 Patrick Tambay Lola 13 24 Battery
R 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 10 21 Water leak
R 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 20 Engine
R 17 Marc Surer Arrows 20 19 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 25 18 Clutch
R 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 22 16 Turbo
R 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 23 16 Engine
R 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 6 Engine
R 15 Alan Jones Lola 19 5 Injection
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
6 Nelson Piquet
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
25 René Arnoux
5
26 Jacques Laffite
6
27 Michele Alboreto
7
2 Keke Rosberg
8
28 Stefan Johansson
9
1 Alain Prost
10
7 Riccardo Patrese
11
11 Johnny Dumfries
12
19 Teo Fabi
13
16 Patrick Tambay
14
8 Elio de Angelis
15
18 Thierry Boutsen
16
20 Gerhard Berger
17
3 Martin Brundle
18
4 Philippe Streiff
19
15 Alan Jones
20
17 Marc Surer
21
14 Jonathan Palmer
22
23 Andrea de Cesaris
23
21 Piercarlo Ghinzani
24
17 Christian Danner
25
24 Alessandro Nannini
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 20:50