Race · Round 16 of 16 · 26 October 1986

1986 Australian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 4th on the grid at Adelaide Street Circuit. 16 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, Australia
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 2610 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	4	82	Finished	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	2	82	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	12	81	Finished	4
4	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	16	81	Finished	3
5	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	10	80	Out of fuel	2
6	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	14	80	Finished	1
7	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	5	79	Finished	0
8	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS27	8	79	Finished	0
9	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	21	77	Finished	0
10	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	13	77	Finished	0
NC	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	17	70	NC	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	1	63	Tyre	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	19	63	Electrical	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	7	62	Tyre	0
NC	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	61	NC	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	20	57	Brakes	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	24	52	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	22	50	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	3	43	Engine	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	6	40	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	11	40	Mechanical	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	23	29	Suspension	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	15	16	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	18	10	Accident	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	2	Transmission	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	9	0	Collision	0

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

F1DB layout adelaide-1 · 3.78 km · 16 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
Alain Prost	4	1	82
Nelson Piquet	2	2	82
Stefan Johansson	12	3	81
Martin Brundle	16	4	81
Philippe Streiff	10	5	80
Johnny Dumfries	14	6	80
Rene Arnoux	5	7	79
Philippe Alliot	8	8	79
Jonathan Palmer	21	9	77
Teo Fabi	13	10	77
Patrick Tambay	17	NC	70
Nigel Mansell	1	DNF	63
Riccardo Patrese	19	DNF	63
Keke Rosberg	7	DNF	62
Allen Berg	26	NC	61
Derek Warwick	20	DNF	57
Christian Danner	24	DNF	52
Thierry Boutsen	22	DNF	50
Ayrton Senna	3	DNF	43
Gerhard Berger	6	DNF	40
Andrea de Cesaris	11	DNF	40
Huub Rothengatter	23	DNF	29
Alan Jones	15	DNF	16
Alessandro Nannini	18	DNF	10
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	DNF	2
Michele Alboreto	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:18.403	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:18.714	+0.311	+0.311
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:18.906	+0.503	+0.192
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:19.654	+1.251	+0.748
5	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:19.976	+1.573	+0.322
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:20.554	+2.151	+0.578
7	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:20.778	+2.375	+0.224
8	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:20.981	+2.578	+0.203
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:21.709	+3.306	+0.728
10	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:21.720	+3.317	+0.011
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:22.012	+3.609	+0.292
12	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:22.050	+3.647	+0.038
13	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:22.129	+3.726	+0.079
14	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:22.664	+4.261	+0.535
15	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:22.796	+4.393	+0.132
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:23.004	+4.601	+0.208
17	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:23.008	+4.605	+0.004
18	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:23.052	+4.649	+0.044
19	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:23.230	+4.827	+0.178
20	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:23.313	+4.910	+0.083
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:23.476	+5.073	+0.163
22	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:24.295	+5.892	+0.819
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:25.181	+6.778	+0.886
24	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:25.233	+6.830	+0.052
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:25.257	+6.854	+0.024
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:27.208	+8.805	+1.951

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

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 Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.440	—	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:24.097	+0.657	+0.657	—
3	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:24.344	+0.904	+0.247	—
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:24.839	+1.399	+0.495	—
5	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:24.978	+1.538	+0.139	—
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:25.141	+1.701	+0.163	—
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:25.217	+1.777	+0.076	—
8	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:25.973	+2.533	+0.756	—
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:26.012	+2.572	+0.039	—
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:26.310	+2.870	+0.298	—
11	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:26.363	+2.923	+0.053	—
12	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:26.845	+3.405	+0.482	—
13	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:26.900	+3.460	+0.055	—
14	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:27.290	+3.850	+0.390	—
15	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:27.366	+3.926	+0.076	—
16	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:27.389	+3.949	+0.023	—
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:27.650	+4.210	+0.261	—
18	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:27.670	+4.230	+0.020	—
19	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:27.752	+4.312	+0.082	—
20	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:28.467	+5.027	+0.715	—
21	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:29.373	+5.933	+0.906	—
22	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:29.496	+6.056	+0.123	—
23	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:29.729	+6.289	+0.233	—
24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:30.075	+6.635	+0.346	—
25	Allen Berg	Osella	22	2:04.346	+40.906	+34.271	—
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	8:35.061	+7:11.621	+6:30.715	—

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

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:19.121	—	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:20.462	+1.341	+1.341	—
3	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:20.464	+1.343	+0.002	—
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:20.584	+1.463	+0.120	—
5	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:20.765	+1.644	+0.181	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:20.982	+1.861	+0.217	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:21.615	+2.494	+0.633	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:21.951	+2.830	+0.336	—
9	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:22.096	+2.975	+0.145	—
10	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:22.557	+3.436	+0.461	—
11	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:23.100	+3.979	+0.543	—
12	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:23.150	+4.029	+0.050	—
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:23.417	+4.296	+0.267	—
14	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:23.426	+4.305	+0.009	—
15	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:23.492	+4.371	+0.066	—
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:23.509	+4.388	+0.017	—
17	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:23.679	+4.558	+0.170	—
18	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:23.690	+4.569	+0.011	—
19	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:23.987	+4.866	+0.297	—
20	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:24.551	+5.430	+0.564	—
21	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:25.254	+6.133	+0.703	—
22	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:25.257	+6.136	+0.003	—
23	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:25.882	+6.761	+0.625	—
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:26.000	+6.879	+0.118	—
25	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:26.419	+7.298	+0.419	—
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:38.128	+19.007	+11.709	—

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

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:22.698	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:23.247	+0.549	+0.549	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.300	+0.602	+0.053	—
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:23.691	+0.993	+0.391	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:23.940	+1.242	+0.249	—
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:24.414	+1.716	+0.474	—
7	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:24.481	+1.783	+0.067	—
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:24.705	+2.007	+0.224	—
9	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:25.044	+2.346	+0.339	—
10	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:25.158	+2.460	+0.114	—
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:25.219	+2.521	+0.061	—
12	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:25.269	+2.571	+0.050	—
13	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:25.357	+2.659	+0.088	—
14	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:25.763	+3.065	+0.406	—
15	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:25.968	+3.270	+0.205	—
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:26.119	+3.421	+0.151	—
17	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:26.300	+3.602	+0.181	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:26.567	+3.869	+0.267	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:26.976	+4.278	+0.409	—
20	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:27.447	+4.749	+0.471	—
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:27.594	+4.896	+0.147	—
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:27.687	+4.989	+0.093	—
23	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:27.735	+5.037	+0.048	—
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:27.795	+5.097	+0.060	—
25	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:28.181	+5.483	+0.386	—
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:28.350	+5.652	+0.169	—

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

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: 16 of 1986
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Oct 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
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.