1986 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Round
- 1 of 1986
- Circuit
- Jacarepagua
- Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Nelson Piquet
- Constructor
- Williams
- Entrant
- Williams-Honda
- Pole position
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 2 | 61 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 1 | 61 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 61 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 4 | 61 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 17 | 60 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 16 | 59 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 18 | 59 | — | — |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | Brabham | 14 | 58 | — | — |
| 9 | Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 11 | 58 | — | — |
| 10 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 12 | 56 | — | — |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 3 | 0 | — | Spun off |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 6 | 35 | — | Fuel system |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 7 | 6 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 8 | 26 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | Alain Prost | McLaren | 9 | 30 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 10 | 21 | — | Water leak |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 13 | 24 | — | Battery |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 15 | 37 | — | Exhaust |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Lola | 19 | 5 | — | Injection |
| DNF | Marc Surer | Arrows | 20 | 19 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 21 | 20 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 22 | 16 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 23 | 16 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Christian Danner | Osella | 24 | 29 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 25 | 18 | — | Clutch |