12 Oct 1986 Mexican Grand Prix
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The 1986 Mexican Grand Prix was Round 15 of the 1986 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Mexico City, Mexico on Sunday, 12 October 1986. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the Lotus Renault and Gerhard Berger was the race winner in the Benetton BMW.
Gran Premio De Mexico Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Benetton BMW | Pirelli | 68 | 1:33:18.700 | 1:33:18.700 | - | - | 1:20.543 | 42 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 68 | +25.438 | 1:33:44.138 | +25.438 | +25.438 | 1:20.357 | 37 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 68 | +52.513 | 1:34:11.213 | +52.513 | +27.075 | 1:20.237 | 64 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 67 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.360 | 64 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 67 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.441 | 63 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 67 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:21.630 | 62 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 66 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.315 | 54 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 66 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:22.430 | 48 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 17 | Christian Danner | Germany | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 66 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:23.551 | 30 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 65 | Out of Fuel | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.732 | 62 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 65 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:23.337 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ferrari | Goodyear | 64 | Turbo | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:20.182 | 52 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 64 | Spun Off | 4 laps | 1:21.060 | 60 | 5 | |||
| 14 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 64 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1:24.978 | 46 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 63 | Engine | 5 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.020 | 57 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 22 | Allen Berg | Canada | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 61 | +7 laps | 7 laps | 2 laps | 1:28.736 | 53 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Great Britain | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 53 | Electrical | 15 laps | 8 laps | 1:22.036 | 22 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 37 | Engine | 31 laps | 16 laps | 1:21.890 | 32 | 7 | ||
| DNF | 15 | Alan Jones | Australia | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 35 | Tyre | 33 laps | 2 laps | 1:22.024 | 26 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 2 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 32 | Puncture | 36 laps | 3 laps | 1:21.298 | 19 | 11 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 10 | Turbo | 58 laps | 22 laps | 1:22.546 | 9 | 12 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 8 | Turbo | 60 laps | 2 laps | 1:30.412 | 5 | 25 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 8 | Turbo | 60 laps | 1:24.525 | 6 | 19 | |||
| DNF | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton BMW | Pirelli | 4 | Engine | 64 laps | 4 laps | 1:25.615 | 3 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Patrick Tambay | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 0 | Accident | 68 laps | 4 laps | 8 | ||||
| DNF | 29 | Huub Rothengatter | Netherlands | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 0 | Accident | 23 |