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| 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 1 of 16 in the1986 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 23 March 1986 | ||
| Official name | 15º Grande Premio Brasil de Fórmula 1 | ||
| Location | Jacarepaguá Circuit,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.031 km (3.126 miles) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 306.891 km (190.693 miles) | ||
| Weather | Hot, dry and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:25.501 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | |
| Time | 1:33.546 on lap 46 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Third | Ligier-Renault | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1986 Brazilian Grand Prix was aFormula Onemotor race held atJacarepaguá inRio de Janeiro on 23 March 1986. It was the opening race of the1986 Formula One World Championship. It was the 15thBrazilian Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Jacarepaguá. The race was held over 61 laps of the 5.03-kilometre (3.13 mi) circuit for a race distance of 306.9 kilometres (190.7 mi).
The race was won by local driverNelson Piquet, driving aWilliams-Honda, after he started from second position. CompatriotAyrton Senna tookpole position in hisLotus-Renault, but Piquet overtook him on lap 3 and went on to win from him by 34 seconds. FrenchmanJacques Laffite finished third in aLigier-Renault.
The new season had seen many driver changes, the most significant was Piquet's arrival at Williams after seven years atBrabham, whileKeke Rosberg leftWilliams to joinMcLaren andElio de Angelis joined Brabham after several seasons atLotus. Senna used his influence at Lotus to ensure they hired a driver that would not interfere with his campaign which leftDerek Warwick out of a seat, although that would prove to be temporary. Williams was missing their team principal,Frank Williams who had had a car accident in pre-season testing that left him aquadriplegic.[1]
Senna led from pole position but was soon under threat from the Williams pair.Nigel Mansell spun off the track on the opening lap after contact with Senna, but Piquet was in the lead by lap three. As pitstops began it started to look as thoughAlain Prost (McLaren MP4/2C) might pull a surprise by only pitting once and snatching the win away from the Brazilians[1] but that came to an end along with Prost's TAG-Porsche engine just past half-distance.[2]
There was no threat to the Brazilian pair after that with Piquet retaking the lead from Senna after the latter's final tyre stop. Behind Laffite was his Ligier teammateRené Arnoux. Fifth place was taken by theTyrrell 014-Renault ofMartin Brundle for his first official points finish since his debut season two years previously (Brundle had scored several points in1984 including 2 points on debut inBrazil and a 2nd placing atDetroit, but had lost all points whenTyrrell were disqualified for the season).Gerhard Berger finished sixth in hisBenetton B186-BMW on the debut for the new team which had taken over theToleman team during the off-season.Philippe Streiff in the second Tyrrell,Elio de Angelis (Brabham BT55),Johnny Dumfries (Lotus 98T) andTeo Fabi (Benetton B186) were the only other finishers in a day of high attrition where Mansell had been the only non-mechanical retirement.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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| 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | 1:26.893 | 1:25.501 | |
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 1:26.266 | 1:26.755 | +0.765 |
| 3 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 1:27.406 | 1:26.749 | +1.248 |
| 4 | 25 |  René Arnoux | Ligier-Renault | 1:30.563 | 1:27.133 | +1.632 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Renault | 1:30.175 | 1:27.190 | +1.689 |
| 6 | 27 |  Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:30.156 | 1:27.485 | +1.984 |
| 7 | 2 |  Keke Rosberg | McLaren-TAG | 1:28.763 | 1:27.705 | +2.204 |
| 8 | 28 |  Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:30.363 | 1:27.711 | +2.210 |
| 9 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:28.467 | 1:28.099 | +2.598 |
| 10 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 1:29.294 | +3.793 | |
| 11 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus-Renault | 1:30.452 | 1:29.503 | +4.002 |
| 12 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-BMW | 1:31.138 | 1:29.748 | +4.247 |
| 13 | 16 | Patrick Tambay | Lola-Hart | 1:31.429 | 1:30.594 | +5.093 |
| 14 | 8 | Elio de Angelis | Brabham-BMW | 1:31.682 | 1:31.074 | +5.573 |
| 15 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-BMW | 1:32.911 | 1:31.244 | +5.743 |
| 16 | 20 |  Gerhard Berger | Benetton-BMW | 1:31.653 | 1:31.313 | +5.812 |
| 17 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:32.983 | 1:32.009 | +6.508 |
| 18 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:35.669 | 1:32.388 | +6.887 |
| 19 | 15 |  Alan Jones | Lola-Hart | 1:33.664 | 1:33.236 | +7.735 |
| 20 | 17 |  Marc Surer | Arrows-BMW | 1:33.781 | 1:34.144 | +8.280 |
| 21 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:35.199 | 1:33.784 | +8.283 |
| 22 | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:37.835 | 1:34.646 | +9.145 |
| 23 | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:38.165 | 1:35.980 | +10.479 |
| 24 | 22 |  Christian Danner | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:39.389 | 1:36.558 | +11.057 |
| 25 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:40.739 | 1:37.466 | +11.965 |
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