Season 1986 · Round 15

Mexican Grand Prix

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1986-10-12 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico · Mexican Grand Prix · 68Lap · 300.628km
20 Gerhard Berger
Benetton 1:33:18.700
Team win 9pt P1 · P24
1 Alain Prost
McLaren +25.438
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +52.513
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Johnny Dumfries L53 Derek Warwick L37 Alan Jones L35 Keke Rosberg L32 Michele Alboreto L10 Piercarlo Ghinzani L8 Philippe Streiff L8 Teo Fabi L4 Patrick Tambay L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 12/25 48%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Circuit Info
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
68Lap 300.628km 26 races held (1963–) Lap record 1:17.774 · Valtteri Bottas (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 2 wins · GP #1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Riccardo Patrese 4 · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 4 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 4 · GP #1
Starts
P4 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Andrea de Cesaris 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L68 Berger · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Berger BER 1 Berger BER Prost · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Senna · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Piquet · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Mansell · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Mansell MAN 5 Mansell MAN Alliot · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Alliot ALL 6 Alliot ALL Boutsen · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Boutsen BOU 7 Boutsen BOU de Cesaris · P22 → P8 · +14 22 de Cesaris DE 8 de Cesaris DE Danner · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Danner DAN 9 Danner DAN Palmer · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Palmer PAL 10 Palmer PAL Brundle · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Brundle BRU 11 Brundle BRU Johansson · P14 → P12 · +2 14 Johansson JOH 12 Johansson JOH Patrese · P5 → P13 · -8 5 Patrese PAT 13 Patrese PAT Nannini · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Nannini NAN 14 Nannini NAN Arnoux · P13 → P15 · -2 13 Arnoux ARN 15 Arnoux ARN Berg · P26 → P16 · +10 26 Berg BER 16 Berg BER Dumfries · P17 → retired L53 Dumfries · retired L53 17 Dumfries DUM R Dumfries DUM Warwick · P7 → retired L37 Warwick · retired L37 7 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Jones · P15 → retired L35 Jones · retired L35 15 Jones JON R Jones JON Rosberg · P11 → retired L32 Rosberg · retired L32 11 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Alboreto · P12 → retired L10 Alboreto · retired L10 12 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Ghinzani · P25 → retired L8 Ghinzani · retired L8 25 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Streiff · P19 → retired L8 Streiff · retired L8 19 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Fabi · P9 → retired L4 Fabi · retired L4 9 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Tambay · P8 → retired L0 Tambay · retired L0 8 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton 4 68 1:33:18.700 9
2 1 Alain Prost McLaren 6 68 +25.438 6
3 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 68 +52.513 4
4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 67 +1 Lap 3
5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 67 +1 Lap 2
6 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 10 67 +1 Lap 1
7 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 66 +2 Laps
8 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 22 66 +2 Laps
9 17 Christian Danner Arrows 20 66 +2 Laps
10 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 18 65 Out of fuel
11 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 65 +3 Laps
12 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 14 64 Turbo
13 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 5 64 Spun off
14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 24 64 +4 Laps
15 25 René Arnoux Ligier 13 63 Engine
16 22 Allen Berg Osella 26 61 +7 Laps
R 11 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 17 53 Electrical
R 8 Derek Warwick Brabham 7 37 Engine
R 15 Alan Jones Lola 15 35 Tyre
R 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren 11 32 Puncture
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 10 Turbo
R 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 8 Turbo
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 19 8 Turbo
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 9 4 Engine
R 16 Patrick Tambay Lola 8 0 Accident
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
20 Gerhard Berger
5
7 Riccardo Patrese
6
1 Alain Prost
7
8 Derek Warwick
8
16 Patrick Tambay
9
19 Teo Fabi
10
26 Philippe Alliot
11
2 Keke Rosberg
12
27 Michele Alboreto
13
25 René Arnoux
14
28 Stefan Johansson
15
15 Alan Jones
16
3 Martin Brundle
17
11 Johnny Dumfries
18
14 Jonathan Palmer
19
4 Philippe Streiff
20
17 Christian Danner
21
18 Thierry Boutsen
22
23 Andrea de Cesaris
24
24 Alessandro Nannini
25
21 Piercarlo Ghinzani
26
22 Allen Berg
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 14:15