The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1986  ·  Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet  ·  23 March 1986  ·  61 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Williams · 01:39:32.583
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +34.827
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +59.759

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Spun off

03 Lap 35

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Fuel system

04 On the Charge

Martin Brundle

Tyrrell  —  P17 → P5

05 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Williams  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Williams 2 61 01:39:32.583 9
2 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 61 +34.827 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 61 +59.759 4
4 René Arnoux Ligier 4 61 +1:28.429 3
5 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 17 60 +1 Lap 2
6 Gerhard Berger Benetton 16 59 +2 Laps 1
7 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 59 +2 Laps
8 Elio de Angelis Brabham 14 58 +3 Laps
9 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 11 58 +3 Laps
10 Teo Fabi Benetton 12 56 +5 Laps
11 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 15 37 Exhaust
12 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 35 Fuel system
13 Alain Prost McLaren 9 30 Engine
14 Christian Danner Osella 24 29 Engine
15 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 8 26 Brakes
16 Patrick Tambay Lola 13 24 Battery
17 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 10 21 Water leak
18 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 20 Engine
19 Marc Surer Arrows 20 19 Engine
20 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 25 18 Clutch
21 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 22 16 Turbo
22 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 23 16 Engine
23 Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 6 Engine
24 Alan Jones Lola 19 5 Injection
25 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 0 Spun off

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