The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

1986  ·  Adelaide Street Circuit  ·  26 October 1986  ·  82 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:54:20.388
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +4.205
  3. 3rd Stefan Johansson Ferrari

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 40

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

03 Lap 43

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

04 Lap 62

Keke Rosberg

Retirement McLaren  —  Tyre

05 Lap 63

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Tyre

06 Lap 63

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Brabham  —  Electrical

07 Lap 70

Patrick Tambay

Retirement Lola  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Martin Brundle

Tyrrell  —  P16 → P4

09 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 4 82 01:54:20.388 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 82 +4.205 6
3 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 12 81 +1 Lap 4
4 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 81 +1 Lap 3
5 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 10 80 Out of fuel 2
6 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 14 80 +2 Laps 1
7 René Arnoux Ligier 5 79 +3 Laps
8 Philippe Alliot Ligier 8 79 +3 Laps
9 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 77 +5 Laps
10 Teo Fabi Benetton 13 77 +5 Laps
11 Patrick Tambay Lola 17 70 Not classified
12 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 63 Tyre
13 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 19 63 Electrical
14 Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 62 Tyre
15 Allen Berg Osella 26 61 Not classified
16 Derek Warwick Brabham 20 57 Brakes
17 Christian Danner Arrows 24 52 Engine
18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 22 50 Engine
19 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 43 Engine
20 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 11 40 Mechanical
21 Gerhard Berger Benetton 6 40 Engine
22 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 23 29 Suspension
23 Alan Jones Lola 15 16 Engine
24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 18 10 Accident
25 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 2 Transmission
26 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 0 Accident

Keep exploring

Est. in a shed The Garagiste Grand Prix · Sports Car

A Formula One encyclopedia · © 2026