1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

  1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season
Date	March 23, 1986
Official name	15o Grande Premio do Brasil
Location	Jacarepaguá Circuit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.031 km (3.126 mi)
Distance	61 laps, 306.891 km (190.693 mi)
Weather	Hot, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:25.501
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Time	1:33.546 on lap 46
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Second	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Third	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault

The 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jacarepaguá on March 23, 1986.

This was the first race to be held after Sir Frank Williams' car accident in France. Nigel Mansell was out of the race on the first lap after an overtaking attempt on Senna saw him in the wall. Otherwise it was a relatively uneventful race. Both Brazilian drivers in the race finished 1-2 in this race, with Nelson Piquet winning and Ayrton Senna finishing second.

Classification [edit]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	61	1:39:32.583	2	9
2	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	61	+ 34.827	1	6
3	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	61	+ 59.759	5	4
4	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	61	+ 1:28.429	4	3
5	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	60	+ 1 Lap	17	2
6	20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	59	+ 2 Laps	16	1
7	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	59	+ 2 Laps	18
8	8	Elio de Angelis	Brabham-BMW	58	+ 3 Laps	14
9	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	58	+ 3 Laps	11
10	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	56	+ 5 Laps	12
Ret	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	37	Exhaust	15
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	35	Fuel System	6
Ret	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	30	Engine	9
Ret	22	Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	29	Engine	24
Ret	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	26	Brakes	8
Ret	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Hart	24	Battery	13
Ret	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	21	Water Leak	10
Ret	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	20	Engine	21
Ret	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	19	Engine	20
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	18	Clutch	25
Ret	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	16	Turbo	22
Ret	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	16	Engine	23
Ret	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	6	Engine	7
Ret	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	5	Injection	19
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	0	Spun Off	3

Standings after the race [edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nelson Piquet 9 2 Ayrton Senna 6 3 Jacques Laffite 4 4 René Arnoux 3 5 Martin Brundle 2

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda 9 2 Ligier-Renault 7 3 Lotus-Renault 6 4 Tyrrell-Renault 2 5 Benetton-BMW 1

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References [edit]

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-06-17.