The 1986 San Marino Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1986 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Imola, Italy on Sunday, 27 April 1986. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the Lotus Renault and Alain Prost was the race winner in the McLaren TAG.
6. Gran Premio Di San Marino Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 60 | 1:32:28.408 | 1:32:28.408 | - | - | 1:29.464 | 41 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 60 | +7.645 | 1:32:36.053 | +7.645 | +7.645 | 1:28.667 | 57 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 20 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Benetton BMW | Pirelli | 59 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:29.141 | 58 | 9 | 4 | |
| 4 | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ferrari | Goodyear | 59 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.768 | 53 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 58 | Out of Fuel | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:29.652 | 58 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 58 | Out of Fuel | 2 laps | 1:31.842 | 58 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 58 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.435 | 54 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 58 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:34.022 | 51 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 17 | Marc Surer | Switzerland | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 57 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.565 | 49 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 56 | Turbo | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:30.316 | 43 | 5 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 52 | Out of Fuel | 8 laps | 4 laps | 1:35.748 | 23 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 46 | Wheel | 14 laps | 6 laps | 1:31.435 | 42 | 8 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 41 | Transmission | 19 laps | 5 laps | 1:34.811 | 22 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton BMW | Pirelli | 39 | Engine | 21 laps | 2 laps | 1:32.246 | 20 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 38 | Brakes | 22 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.406 | 37 | 20 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Christian Danner | Germany | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 31 | Electrical | 29 laps | 7 laps | 1:34.558 | 24 | 25 | ||
| DNF | 15 | Alan Jones | Australia | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 28 | Over heating | 32 laps | 3 laps | 1:32.615 | 22 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 20 | Engine | 40 laps | 8 laps | 1:34.134 | 19 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Elio de Angelis | Italy | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 19 | Engine | 41 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.544 | 19 | 19 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 14 | Transmission | 46 laps | 5 laps | 1:33.223 | 12 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 11 | Wheel Bearing | 49 laps | 3 laps | 1:31.999 | 6 | 1 | ||
| DNF | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 8 | Engine | 52 laps | 3 laps | 1:32.145 | 8 | 3 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Great Britain | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 8 | Wheel Bearing | 52 laps | 1:34.540 | 5 | 17 | |||
| DNF | 29 | Huub Rothengatter | Netherlands | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 7 | Turbo | 53 laps | 1 lap | 1:36.263 | 7 | 24 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Patrick Tambay | France | Lola Hart | Goodyear | 5 | Engine | 55 laps | 2 laps | 1:34.321 | 4 | 11 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | Accident | 60 laps | 5 laps | 18 |