Race · Round 7 of 16 · 22 June 1986

1986 Detroit Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for Team Lotus from pole at Detroit Street Circuit. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Detroit Street CircuitDetroit, Michigan, United States of America
Winner: Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 2610 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	1	63	Finished	9
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	6	63	Finished	6
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	7	63	Finished	4
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	11	63	Finished	3
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	2	62	Finished	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	8	62	Finished	1
7	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	14	61	Finished	0
8	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	20	61	Finished	0
9	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	18	61	Finished	0
10	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	15	60	Finished	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	19	51	Electrical	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	4	46	Accident	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	13	44	Accident	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	23	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	3	41	Accident	0	fastest lap
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	5	40	Electrical	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	17	38	Gearbox	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Lola	THL2	10	37	Steering	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	21	33	Steering	0
DNF	Allen Berg	Osella	—	25	28	Electrical	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	16	15	Electrical	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	22	14	Turbo	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	9	12	Transmission	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	12	8	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	24	3	Turbo	0
DNS	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	26	—	Electrical	0

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

F1DB layout detroit-2 · 4.023 km · 22 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
Ayrton Senna	1	1	63
Jacques Laffite	6	2	63
Alain Prost	7	3	63
Michele Alboreto	11	4	63
Nigel Mansell	2	5	62
Riccardo Patrese	8	6	62
Johnny Dumfries	14	7	61
Jonathan Palmer	20	8	61
Philippe Streiff	18	9	61
Derek Warwick	15	10	60
Christian Danner	19	DNF	51
Rene Arnoux	4	DNF	46
Thierry Boutsen	13	DNF	44
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	43
Nelson Piquet	3	DNF	41
Stefan Johansson	5	DNF	40
Teo Fabi	17	DNF	38
Eddie Cheever	10	DNF	37
Alan Jones	21	DNF	33
Allen Berg	25	DNF	28
Martin Brundle	16	DNF	15
Piercarlo Ghinzani	22	DNF	14
Keke Rosberg	9	DNF	12
Gerhard Berger	12	DNF	8
Alessandro Nannini	24	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:38.301	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:38.839	+0.538	+0.538
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:39.076	+0.775	+0.237
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:39.689	+1.388	+0.613
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:40.312	+2.011	+0.623
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:40.676	+2.375	+0.364
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:40.715	+2.414	+0.039
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:40.819	+2.518	+0.104
9	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:40.848	+2.547	+0.029
10	Eddie Cheever	Lola	16	1:41.540	+3.239	+0.692
11	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:41.606	+3.305	+0.066
12	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:41.836	+3.535	+0.230
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:42.279	+3.978	+0.443
14	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:42.511	+4.210	+0.232
15	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:42.558	+4.257	+0.047
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:42.815	+4.514	+0.257
17	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:43.658	+5.357	+0.843
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:43.796	+5.495	+0.138
19	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:44.259	+5.958	+0.463
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:44.401	+6.100	+0.142
21	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:44.450	+6.149	+0.049
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:45.059	+6.758	+0.609
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:46.705	+8.404	+1.646
24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:47.230	+8.929	+0.525
25	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:48.682	+10.381	+1.452
26	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:49.680	+11.379	+0.998

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 Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:41.987	—	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:42.227	+0.240	+0.240	—
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:42.499	+0.512	+0.272	—
4	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:42.518	+0.531	+0.019	—
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:42.841	+0.854	+0.323	—
6	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:42.912	+0.925	+0.071	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:42.974	+0.987	+0.062	—
8	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:43.053	+1.066	+0.079	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:43.656	+1.669	+0.603	—
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:43.792	+1.805	+0.136	—
11	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:43.965	+1.978	+0.173	—
12	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:44.161	+2.174	+0.196	—
13	Eddie Cheever	Lola	16	1:44.662	+2.675	+0.501	—
14	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:44.759	+2.772	+0.097	—
15	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:44.852	+2.865	+0.093	—
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:44.972	+2.985	+0.120	—
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:45.684	+3.697	+0.712	—
18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:45.790	+3.803	+0.106	—
19	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:48.256	+6.269	+2.466	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:48.459	+6.472	+0.203	—
21	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:48.735	+6.748	+0.276	—
22	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:48.844	+6.857	+0.109	—
23	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:48.908	+6.921	+0.064	—
24	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:49.774	+7.787	+0.866	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:49.857	+7.870	+0.083	—
26	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:51.017	+9.030	+1.160	—

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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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: 7 of 1986
Grand Prix: Detroit Grand Prix
Dates: 22 Jun 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Renault
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.