The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 7

Detroit Grand Prix

1986  ·  Detroit Street Circuit  ·  22 June 1986  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · 01:51:12.847
  2. 2nd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +31.017
  3. 3rd Alain Prost McLaren · +31.824

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 40

Stefan Johansson

Retirement Ferrari  —  Electrical

03 Lap 41

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Williams  —  Accident

04 Lap 46

René Arnoux

Retirement Ligier  —  Accident

05 Lap 51

Christian Danner

Retirement Arrows  —  Electrical

06 On the Charge

Jonathan Palmer

Zakspeed  —  P20 → P8

07 Victory

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 63 01:51:12.847 9
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier 6 63 +31.017 6
3 Alain Prost McLaren 7 63 +31.824 4
4 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 11 63 +1:30.936 3
5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 62 +1 Lap 2
6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 62 +1 Lap 1
7 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 14 61 +2 Laps
8 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 20 61 +2 Laps
9 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 61 +2 Laps
10 Derek Warwick Brabham 15 60 +3 Laps
11 Christian Danner Arrows 19 51 Electrical
12 René Arnoux Ligier 4 46 Accident
13 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 13 44 Accident
14 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 23 43 Gearbox
15 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 41 Accident
16 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 5 40 Electrical
17 Teo Fabi Benetton 17 38 Gearbox
18 Eddie Cheever Lola 10 37 Steering
19 Alan Jones Lola 21 33 Steering
20 Allen Berg Osella 25 28 Electrical
21 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 15 Electrical
22 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 22 14 Turbo
23 Keke Rosberg McLaren 9 12 Transmission
24 Gerhard Berger Benetton 12 8 Engine
25 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 24 3 Turbo
26 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 26 0 Electrical

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