1986 Australian Grand Prix
- Round
- 16 of 1986
- Circuit
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Alain Prost
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-TAG
- Pole position
- Nigel Mansell
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 4 | 82 | 9 | — |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 2 | 82 | 6 | — · fastest lap |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 12 | 81 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 16 | 81 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 10 | 80 | 2 | Out of fuel |
| 6 | Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 14 | 80 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 5 | 79 | — | — |
| 8 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier | 8 | 79 | — | — |
| 9 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 21 | 77 | — | — |
| 10 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 13 | 77 | — | — |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 63 | — | Tyre |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | 43 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 6 | 40 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 7 | 62 | — | Tyre |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 0 | — | Collision |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 11 | 40 | — | Mechanical |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Lola | 15 | 16 | — | Engine |
| NC | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 17 | 70 | — | NC |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 18 | 10 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 19 | 63 | — | Electrical |
| DNF | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 20 | 57 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 22 | 50 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 23 | 29 | — | Suspension |
| DNF | Christian Danner | Arrows | 24 | 52 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 25 | 2 | — | Transmission |
| NC | Allen Berg | Osella | 26 | 61 | — | NC |