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Foster's Australian Grand Prix

26 Oct 1986Adelaide309.878 km (3779 m x 82 Laps)

 Pole Position: Nigel Mansell, Williams FW11-Honda, 1:18.403 (173.519 km/h) Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11-Honda, 1:20.787 (168.398 km/h lap 82) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:54:20.388 162.609 km/h 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:54:24.593 162.509 km/h 3 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 -1 Lap 4 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault -1 Lap 5 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 80 Out of fuel 6 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault -2 Laps 7 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault -3 Laps 8 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier JS27-Renault -3 Laps 9 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 -5 Laps 10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW -5 Laps Did Not Finish: 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 70 Not classified 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 63 Puncture/Spun off 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 63 Electrical 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 62 Puncture 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 61 Not classified 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 57 Brakes 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 52 Engine 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 50 Engine 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 43 Engine 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M186-Motori Moderni 40 Fire extinguisher lost 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 40 Engine/Clutch 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 29 Rear suspension 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 16 Engine 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 10 Accident 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2 Transmission 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 0 Accident on grid/Rear suspension Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1-6 8 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 7-62 56 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 63-64 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 56-82 18 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:20.787 168.398 82 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:20.979 167.999 69 3 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:21.194 167.554 58 4 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:21.900 166.110 62 5 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:22.136 165.633 74 6 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:22.464 164.974 69 7 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:22.681 164.541 63 8 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:22.950 164.007 63 9 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:22.955 163.997 68 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.095 163.721 55 11 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.695 162.547 40 12 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:23.866 162.216 68 13 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:24.149 161.670 6 14 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:24.182 161.607 42 15 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:24.585 160.837 15 16 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:24.807 160.416 29 17 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.351 159.394 48 18 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.635 158.865 50 19 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier JS27-Renault 1:25.798 158.563 78 20 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:25.895 158.384 47 21 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:26.479 157.314 29 22 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M186-Motori Moderni 1:26.591 157.111 27 23 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:27.821 154.911 9 24 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:33.172 146.014 26 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:34.172 144.463 2 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:18.403 173.519 Canon Williams Honda Team 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:18.714 172.833 Canon Williams Honda Team 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:18.906 172.413 John Player Special Team Lotus 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:19.654 170.794 Marlboro McLaren International 5 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:19.976 170.106 Equipe Ligier 6 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:20.554 168.885 Benetton Formula Ltd 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:20.778 168.417 Marlboro McLaren International 8 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier JS27-Renault 1:20.981 167.995 Equipe Ligier 9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:21.709 166.498 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 10 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:21.720 166.476 Data General Team Tyrrell 11 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M186-Motori Moderni 1:22.012 165.883 Minardi Team 12 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:22.050 165.806 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 13 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:22.129 165.647 Benetton Formula Ltd 14 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:22.664 164.575 John Player Special Team Lotus 15 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:22.796 164.312 Team Haas (USA) Ltd 16 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:23.004 163.901 Data General Team Tyrrell 17 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:23.008 163.893 Team Haas (USA) Ltd 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:23.052 163.806 Minardi Team 19 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.230 163.455 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 20 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.313 163.293 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 21 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:23.476 162.974 West Zakspeed Racing 22 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:24.295 161.390 Barclay Arrows BMW 23 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:25.181 159.712 West Zakspeed Racing 24 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.233 159.614 Barclay Arrows BMW 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:25.257 159.569 Osella Squadra Corse 26 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:27.208 155.999 Osella Squadra Corse Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:19.255 171.699 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:19.785 170.558 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:20.088 169.913 4 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:20.491 169.062 5 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:21.295 167.390 6 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:21.302 167.376 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:21.709 166.542 8 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:22.050 165.850 9 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:22.260 165.427 10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:22.584 164.778 11 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier JS27-Renault 1:22.765 164.417 12 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:23.262 163.436 13 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.396 163.173 14 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M186-Motori Moderni 1:23.476 163.017 15 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.552 162.869 16 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:23.786 162.414 17 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:24.061 161.882 18 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:24.509 161.024 19 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:24.584 160.881 20 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:24.768 160.532 21 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.296 159.539 22 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:25.746 158.701 23 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:25.953 158.319 24 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:28.912 153.05 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 3:03.680 74.085 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:18.403 173.565 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:18.714 172.879 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:18.906 172.458 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:19.654 170.839 5 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:19.976 170.151 6 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:20.554 168.930 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:20.778 168.462 8 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier JS27-Renault 1:20.981 168.039 9 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:21.720 166.520 10 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:21.747 166.465 11 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M186-Motori Moderni 1:22.012 165.927 12 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:22.129 165.691 13 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:22.309 165.328 14 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:22.664 164.618 15 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:22.796 164.356 16 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:23.004 163.944 17 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:23.008 163.936 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:23.052 163.849 19 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.230 163.499 20 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:23.313 163.336 21 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:23.476 163.017 22 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:24.295 161.433 23 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:25.181 159.754 24 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.233 159.656 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:25.257 159.612 26 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:27.208 156.041 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:22.698 164.551 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:23.247 163.465 3 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:23.300 163.361 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:23.691 162.598 5 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:23.940 162.116 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:24.414 161.205 7 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:24.481 161.078 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:24.705 160.652 9 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:25.044 160.011 10 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:25.158 159.797 11 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:25.219 159.683 12 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:25.269 159.589 13 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:25.357 159.425 14 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:25.763 158.67 15 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:25.968 158.291 16 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M186-Motori Moderni 1:26.119 158.014 17 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:26.300 157.683 18 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:26.567 157.196 19 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier JS27-Renault 1:26.976 156.457 20 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:27.447 155.614 21 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:27.594 155.353 22 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:27.687 155.188 23 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:27.735 155.103 24 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:27.795 154.997 25 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:28.181 154.319 26 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:28.350 154.024 Notes:
  • Friday and saturday practice times not available.
  • Berg started from pit lane.
  • Weather: Partially cloudy, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The most dramatic and exciting race of the 1980s, the 1986 race in Adelaide saw the showdown of a three-way fight for the World Championship between Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet. Mansell had 70 points, seven more than Piquet but they were split by Prost with 64. Prost's McLaren-TAG was no match for the Williams-Hondas - which had lapped the Frenchman at several races - although Alain had collected points all year while the Williams pair fought one another.

    Mansell was on pole ahead of Piquet and Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault). Prost was fourth followed by René Arnoux (Ligier), Gerhard Berger (Benetton), Keke Rosberg (McLaren), Philippe Alliot (Ligier), Michele Alboreto's Ferrari and Philippe Streiff's Tyrrell.

    Mansell took pole from Piquet but at the second corner Senna forced his way into the lead. Piquet and Rosberg followed him past Mansell and on that first lap Piquet overtook Senna to take the lead. On the next lap Senna dropped behind Rosberg and on lap 4 behind Mansell. Two laps later Prost was also ahead of Senna.

    On lap 7 Rosberg overtook Piquet and began to build a lead while a little later Prost got ahead of Mansell and chased after Piquet. On lap 23 Nelson spun. Prost's hopes seemed to evaporate a few laps later when he had a puncture and had to pit. He was back in fourth again.

    Piquet charged back from his spin, passing Mansell for second place on lap 44 but Prost closed on his two Williams driver and with 25 laps to go all three were running together.

    On lap 63 the battle became one for the lead, when Rosberg suffered a right rear tyre failure. Mansell was on course for the title when two laps later his left rear tyre exploded at 180mph. Nigel managed to avoid hitting anything by his championship hopes were over. Williams had no choice but to call Piquet to the pits and so Prost went into the lead. Piquet closed the gap from 15secs to four but Prost won the race and the World Championship after a breathtakingly exciting race.

    Third place went in the race went to Stefan Johansson in his last race for Ferrari with Martin Brundle fourth in his Tyrrell. Streiff was fifth and Johnny Dumfries (Lotus) sixth.