| 1986 Italian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 13 of 16 in the1986 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 7 September 1986 | ||
| Official name | 57º Gran Premio d'Italia[1] | ||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza,Monza | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.800 km (3.60 miles) | ||
| Distance | 51 laps, 295.800 km (183.600 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Benetton-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:24.078 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Teo Fabi | Benetton-BMW | |
| Time | 1:28.099 on lap 35 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Williams-Honda | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1986 Italian Grand Prix was aFormula Onemotor race held atMonza on 7 September 1986. It was the thirteenth race of the1986 Formula One World Championship.
The 51-lap race was won by Brazilian driverNelson Piquet, driving aWilliams-Honda. Piquet's British teammate and Drivers' Championship rival,Nigel Mansell, finished second, with SwedeStefan Johansson third in aFerrari. The other two championship challengers, FrenchmanAlain Prost and BrazilianAyrton Senna, both failed to finish, Senna suffering a transmission failure in hisLotus-Renault at the very start of the race and Prost being disqualified halfway through for illegally switching to his spareMcLaren-TAG after the start of the formation lap.
The win moved Piquet into second place in the Drivers' Championship, five points behind Mansell and three ahead of Prost, with three races remaining.
During the second qualifying session at Monza, theBenetton-BMW ofGerhard Berger was recorded as being the fastest car along the start-finish straight, with a top speed of 351.22 km/h (218.24 mph). He was followed by four more BMW-powered cars: teammateTeo Fabi, theBrabhams ofDerek Warwick andRiccardo Patrese, and theArrows ofThierry Boutsen.[2] The fastest non-BMW powered car was theWilliams-Honda ofNigel Mansell, with a top speed 10 km/h (6 mph) slower than that of Berger.
Despite this, Berger could only qualify fourth, while Fabi took his second consecutive pole position.Alain Prost lined up alongside Fabi on the front row, despite being nearly half a second slower in hisMcLaren-TAG and recording a top speed over 16 km/h (10 mph) slower than Berger's.[2] Drivers' Championship leader Mansell was third, ahead of Berger, while Brazilian pairAyrton Senna (Lotus-Renault) andNelson Piquet (Williams-Honda) made up the third row. The top 10 was completed by Warwick,Keke Rosberg in the second McLaren,Michele Alboreto in theFerrari and Patrese; Alboreto's position was notable as he had missed the first day of qualifying after injuring his arm in a motorcycle crash.[3]
The race saw the debut of local driverAlex Caffi, deputising forAllen Berg atOsella, as well as the debut of the FrenchAGS team, whoseMotori Moderni-poweredJH21C was driven by another local driver,Ivan Capelli. With the number of entries increased to 27 at both this race and the next race inPortugal,FISA decided to allow all the cars to start. Caffi was the beneficiary of this decision, starting 27th behind Capelli and Osella teammatePiercarlo Ghinzani.[4]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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| 1 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-BMW | 1:26.019 | 1:24.078 | |
| 2 | 1 |  Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:26.885 | 1:24.514 | +0.436 |
| 3 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 1:26.181 | 1:24.882 | +0.804 |
| 4 | 20 |  Gerhard Berger | Benetton-BMW | 1:25.580 | 1:24.885 | +0.807 |
| 5 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | 1:25.363 | 1:24.916 | +0.838 |
| 6 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 1:26.614 | 1:25.137 | +1.059 |
| 7 | 8 | Derek Warwick | Brabham-BMW | 7:12.970 | 1:25.175 | +1.097 |
| 8 | 2 |  Keke Rosberg | McLaren-TAG | 1:26.742 | 1:25.378 | +1.300 |
| 9 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | no time | 1:25.549 | +1.471 |
| 10 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 1:27.438 | 1:26.111 | +2.033 |
| 11 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Renault | 1:27.928 | 1:26.187 | +2.109 |
| 12 | 28 |  Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:26.517 | 1:26.422 | +2.344 |
| 13 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-BMW | 1:28.051 | 1:26.754 | +2.676 |
| 14 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier-Renault | 1:27.287 | 1:27.269 | +3.191 |
| 15 | 16 | Patrick Tambay | Lola-Ford | 1:29.744 | 1:27.808 | +3.730 |
| 16 | 17 |  Christian Danner | Arrows-BMW | 1:30.397 | 1:27.923 | +3.845 |
| 17 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus-Renault | 1:28.857 | 1:28.024 | +3.946 |
| 18 | 15 |  Alan Jones | Lola-Ford | 7:40.132 | 1:28.403 | +3.965 |
| 19 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:29.239 | 1:28.690 | +4.612 |
| 20 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:31.266 | 1:29.125 | +5.047 |
| 21 | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:31.375 | 1:29.561 | +5.483 |
| 22 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:32.064 | 1:29.659 | +5.581 |
| 23 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:30.199 | 1:30.976 | +6.121 |
| 24 | 29 |  Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 1:32.726 | 1:30.904 | +6.826 |
| 25 | 31 | Ivan Capelli | AGS-Motori Moderni | 58:12.143 | 1:33.844 | +9.766 |
| 26 | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:36.128 | 1:36.334 | +12.050 |
| 27 | 22 | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:36.900 | 1:38.493 | +12.822 |
Following problems at the start of the formation lap, pole position man Teo Fabi was forced to start from the back of the grid and Alain Prost, alongside him on the front row, had to start from the pit lane in the spare car. At the green light, Gerhard Berger took the lead, but on lap eight lost positions to first Mansell, Piquet, and an on-form Alboreto in the Ferrari. Ayrton Senna was out with a broken gearbox at the start. Alboreto looked to be in challenging the Williams duo for the lead having overtaken Rosberg, Arnoux and Berger before spinning at the exit of the first chicane. Like the British Grand Prix, the race became a close fight between the two Williams drivers, but this time Piquet hunted down his teammate British driver Nigel Mansell to take the victory. Piquet defeated Mansell in a straight fight, leading the Briton home by 9.828 seconds. The Brazilian managed to pass Mansell at the Curva Grande to go on and claim his fourth win of the season. Behind, Fabi and Prost had charged from the rear and by lap 12 were running 8th and 9th. Prost was disqualified for changing cars after the start of the formation lap, which was illegal, but his engine blew up a lap after he was flagged anyway. Johansson charged early in the race, passing Rosberg and Arnoux on lap five to go on to finish third. Berger survived to finish 5th one lap down, while Alan Jones scored the final point in the Haas team's anniversary race having made their F1 debut inItaly in1985.
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