Race · Round 1 of 16 · 23 March 1986

1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Jacarepagua. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 29 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: JacarepaguaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Winner: Nelson PiquetWilliams
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 2510 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	2	61	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	1	61	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	5	61	Finished	4
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	4	61	Finished	3
5	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	17	60	Finished	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	16	59	Finished	1
7	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	18	59	Finished	0
8	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	—	14	58	Finished	0
9	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	11	58	Finished	0
10	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	12	56	Finished	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	15	37	Exhaust	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	6	35	Fuel system	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	9	30	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Osella	—	24	29	Engine	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	8	26	Brakes	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL1	13	24	Battery	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	10	21	Water leak	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	21	20	Engine	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Arrows	—	20	19	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	25	18	Clutch	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	22	16	Turbo	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	23	16	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	7	6	Engine	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL1	19	5	Injection	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	3	0	Spun off	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout jacarepagua-1 · 5.031 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nelson Piquet	2	1	61
Ayrton Senna	1	2	61
Jacques Laffite	5	3	61
Rene Arnoux	4	4	61
Martin Brundle	17	5	60
Gerhard Berger	16	6	59
Philippe Streiff	18	7	59
Elio de Angelis	14	8	58
Johnny Dumfries	11	9	58
Teo Fabi	12	10	56
Thierry Boutsen	15	DNF	37
Michele Alboreto	6	DNF	35
Alain Prost	9	DNF	30
Christian Danner	24	DNF	29
Stefan Johansson	8	DNF	26
Patrick Tambay	13	DNF	24
Riccardo Patrese	10	DNF	21
Jonathan Palmer	21	DNF	20
Marc Surer	20	DNF	19
Alessandro Nannini	25	DNF	18
Andrea de Cesaris	22	DNF	16
Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	DNF	16
Keke Rosberg	7	DNF	6
Alan Jones	19	DNF	5
Nigel Mansell	3	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.501	—	0 m	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:26.266	+0.765	45 m	+0.765
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:26.749	+1.248	73 m	+0.483
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:27.133	+1.632	96 m	+0.384
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:27.190	+1.689	99 m	+0.057
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:27.485	+1.984	117 m	+0.295
7	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:27.705	+2.204	130 m	+0.220
8	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:27.711	+2.210	130 m	+0.006
9	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:28.099	+2.598	153 m	+0.388
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:29.294	+3.793	223 m	+1.195
11	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:29.503	+4.002	235 m	+0.209
12	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:29.748	+4.247	250 m	+0.245
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:30.594	+5.093	300 m	+0.846
14	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	8	1:31.074	+5.573	328 m	+0.480
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:31.244	+5.743	338 m	+0.170
16	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:31.313	+5.812	342 m	+0.069
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:32.009	+6.508	383 m	+0.696
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:32.388	+6.887	405 m	+0.379
19	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:33.236	+7.735	455 m	+0.848
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:33.781	+8.280	487 m	+0.545
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:33.784	+8.283	487 m	+0.003
22	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:34.646	+9.145	538 m	+0.862
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:35.988	+10.487	617 m	+1.342
24	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:36.558	+11.057	651 m	+0.570
25	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:37.466	+11.965	704 m	+0.908

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:33.230	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:34.006	+0.776	42 m	+0.776	—
3	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	8	1:34.731	+1.501	81 m	+0.725	—
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:34.747	+1.517	82 m	+0.016	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:34.910	+1.680	91 m	+0.163	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:35.071	+1.841	99 m	+0.161	—
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:35.655	+2.425	131 m	+0.584	—
8	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:35.894	+2.664	144 m	+0.239	—
9	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:35.928	+2.698	146 m	+0.034	—
10	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:36.556	+3.326	179 m	+0.628	—
11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:36.710	+3.480	188 m	+0.154	—
12	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:36.719	+3.489	188 m	+0.009	—
13	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:36.893	+3.663	198 m	+0.174	—
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:37.494	+4.264	230 m	+0.601	—
15	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:37.507	+4.277	231 m	+0.013	—
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:38.527	+5.297	286 m	+1.020	—
17	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:38.705	+5.475	295 m	+0.178	—
18	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:38.836	+5.606	303 m	+0.131	—
19	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:38.974	+5.744	310 m	+0.138	—
20	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:39.154	+5.924	320 m	+0.180	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:39.328	+6.098	329 m	+0.174	—
22	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:40.353	+7.123	384 m	+1.025	—
23	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:43.487	+10.257	554 m	+3.134	—
24	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:44.015	+10.785	582 m	+0.528	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	2:52.922	+1:19.692	4,300 m	+1:08.907	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Zakspeed 861
Zakspeed-861-f1-1986 · CAR blueprints · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 1986
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 23 Mar 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.