Season 1986 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

← R15 1986 Season
1986-10-26 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 82Lap · 309.878km
1 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:54:20.388
Team win 9pt P1 · P14
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +4.205
28 Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Patrick Tambay L70 Nigel Mansell L63 Riccardo Patrese L63 Keke Rosberg L62 Allen Berg L61 Derek Warwick L57 Christian Danner L52 Thierry Boutsen L50 Ayrton Senna L43 Andrea de Cesaris L40 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 5/11 45.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
82Lap 309.878km 11 races held (1985–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P11 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P30 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
P30 Martin Brundle 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L82 Prost · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Piquet · P2 → P2 2 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Johansson · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Johansson JOH 3 Johansson JOH Brundle · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Brundle BRU 4 Brundle BRU Streiff · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Streiff STR 5 Streiff STR Dumfries · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Dumfries DUM 6 Dumfries DUM Arnoux · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Arnoux ARN 7 Arnoux ARN Alliot · P8 → P8 8 Alliot ALL 8 Alliot ALL Palmer · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Palmer PAL 9 Palmer PAL Fabi · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Fabi FAB 10 Fabi FAB Tambay · P17 → retired L70 Tambay · retired L70 17 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Mansell · P1 → retired L63 Mansell · retired L63 1 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Patrese · P19 → retired L63 Patrese · retired L63 19 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Rosberg · P7 → retired L62 Rosberg · retired L62 7 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Berg · P26 → retired L61 Berg · retired L61 26 Berg BER R Berg BER Warwick · P20 → retired L57 Warwick · retired L57 20 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Danner · P24 → retired L52 Danner · retired L52 24 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Boutsen · P22 → retired L50 Boutsen · retired L50 22 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Senna · P3 → retired L43 Senna · retired L43 3 Senna SEN R Senna SEN de Cesaris · P11 → retired L40 de Cesaris · retired L40 11 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Berger · P6 → retired L40 Berger · retired L40 6 Berger BER R Berger BER Rothengatter · P23 → retired L29 Rothengatter · retired L29 23 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Jones · P15 → retired L16 Jones · retired L16 15 Jones JON R Jones JON Nannini · P18 → retired L10 Nannini · retired L10 18 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Ghinzani · P25 → retired L2 Ghinzani · retired L2 25 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Alboreto · P9 → retired L0 Alboreto · retired L0 9 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost McLaren 4 82 1:54:20.388 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 82 +4.205 6
3 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 12 81 +1 Lap 4
4 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 81 +1 Lap 3
5 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 10 80 Out of fuel 2
6 11 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 14 80 +2 Laps 1
7 25 René Arnoux Ligier 5 79 +3 Laps
8 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 8 79 +3 Laps
9 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 77 +5 Laps
10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 13 77 +5 Laps
R 16 Patrick Tambay Lola 17 70 Not classified
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 63 Tyre
R 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 19 63 Electrical
R 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 62 Tyre
R 22 Allen Berg Osella 26 61 Not classified
R 8 Derek Warwick Brabham 20 57 Brakes
R 17 Christian Danner Arrows 24 52 Engine
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 22 50 Engine
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 43 Engine
R 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 11 40 Mechanical
R 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton 6 40 Engine
R 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 23 29 Suspension
R 15 Alan Jones Lola 15 16 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 18 10 Accident
R 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 2 Transmission
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
6 Nelson Piquet
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
1 Alain Prost
5
25 René Arnoux
6
20 Gerhard Berger
7
2 Keke Rosberg
8
26 Philippe Alliot
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
4 Philippe Streiff
11
23 Andrea de Cesaris
12
28 Stefan Johansson
13
19 Teo Fabi
14
11 Johnny Dumfries
15
15 Alan Jones
16
3 Martin Brundle
17
16 Patrick Tambay
18
24 Alessandro Nannini
19
7 Riccardo Patrese
20
8 Derek Warwick
21
14 Jonathan Palmer
22
18 Thierry Boutsen
23
29 Huub Rothengatter
24
17 Christian Danner
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