Season 1986 · Round 7

Detroit Grand Prix

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1986-06-22 · Detroit Street Circuit · USA · Detroit Grand Prix · 63Lap · 259.560km
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus 1:51:12.847
Team win 9pt P1 · P7
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +31.017
1 Alain Prost
McLaren +31.824
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Christian Danner L51 René Arnoux L46 Thierry Boutsen L44 Andrea de Cesaris L43 Nelson Piquet L41 Stefan Johansson L40 Teo Fabi L38 Eddie Cheever L37 Alan Jones L33 Allen Berg L28 +6
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Circuit Info
Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, USA
63Lap 259.560km 7 races held (1982–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · GP #1
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Keke Rosberg 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 René Arnoux 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 3 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Laffite · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Laffite LAF 2 Laffite LAF Prost · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Alboreto · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB Mansell · P2 → P5 · -3 2 Mansell MAN 5 Mansell MAN Patrese · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Dumfries · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Dumfries DUM 7 Dumfries DUM Palmer · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Palmer PAL 8 Palmer PAL Streiff · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Streiff STR 9 Streiff STR Warwick · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Warwick WAR 10 Warwick WAR Danner · P19 → retired L51 Danner · retired L51 19 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Arnoux · P4 → retired L46 Arnoux · retired L46 4 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Boutsen · P13 → retired L44 Boutsen · retired L44 13 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU de Cesaris · P23 → retired L43 de Cesaris · retired L43 23 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Piquet · P3 → retired L41 Piquet · retired L41 3 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Johansson · P5 → retired L40 Johansson · retired L40 5 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Fabi · P17 → retired L38 Fabi · retired L38 17 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Cheever · P10 → retired L37 Cheever · retired L37 10 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Jones · P21 → retired L33 Jones · retired L33 21 Jones JON R Jones JON Berg · P25 → retired L28 Berg · retired L28 25 Berg BER R Berg BER Brundle · P16 → retired L15 Brundle · retired L15 16 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Ghinzani · P22 → retired L14 Ghinzani · retired L14 22 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Rosberg · P9 → retired L12 Rosberg · retired L12 9 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Berger · P12 → retired L8 Berger · retired L8 12 Berger BER R Berger BER Nannini · P24 → retired L3 Nannini · retired L3 24 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Rothengatter · P26 → retired L0 Rothengatter · retired L0 26 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 63 1:51:12.847 9
2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 63 +31.017 6
3 1 Alain Prost McLaren 7 63 +31.824 4
4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 11 63 +1:30.936 3
5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 62 +1 Lap 2
6 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 62 +1 Lap 1
7 11 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 14 61 +2 Laps
8 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 20 61 +2 Laps
9 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 61 +2 Laps
10 8 Derek Warwick Brabham 15 60 +3 Laps
R 17 Christian Danner Arrows 19 51 Electrical
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 4 46 Accident
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 13 44 Accident
R 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 23 43 Gearbox
R 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 41 Accident
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 5 40 Electrical
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 17 38 Gearbox
R 16 Eddie Cheever Lola 10 37 Steering
R 15 Alan Jones Lola 21 33 Steering
R 22 Allen Berg Osella 25 28 Electrical
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 15 Electrical
R 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 22 14 Turbo
R 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren 9 12 Transmission
R 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton 12 8 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 24 3 Turbo
R 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 26 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
25 René Arnoux
5
28 Stefan Johansson
6
26 Jacques Laffite
7
1 Alain Prost
8
7 Riccardo Patrese
9
2 Keke Rosberg
10
16 Eddie Cheever
11
27 Michele Alboreto
12
20 Gerhard Berger
13
18 Thierry Boutsen
14
11 Johnny Dumfries
15
8 Derek Warwick
16
3 Martin Brundle
17
19 Teo Fabi
18
4 Philippe Streiff
19
17 Christian Danner
20
14 Jonathan Palmer
21
15 Alan Jones
22
21 Piercarlo Ghinzani
23
23 Andrea de Cesaris
24
24 Alessandro Nannini
25
22 Allen Berg
26
29 Huub Rothengatter
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