1986 Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Mexico Mexican Gran Premio de Mexico October 12 1986 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.svg 15 16 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico Permanent circuit 2.747 4.421 68 186.802 300.628 Sunny and hot Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:16.990 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:19.360 64 Brazil 1968 Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW Austria Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault Brazil 1968 MEX The 1986 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mexico City on October 12, 1986. The first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970 was held at the newly renamed Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, located in the Magdalena Mixhuca recreational sports park in the middle of Mexico City. The track had been slightly shortened and modified from its previous layout; although Mexico City was located on a geologically active surface; so the circuit was very bumpy- and the most fearsome and spectacular corner on the circuit, the banked 275 km/h, 180-degree Peraltada turn remained from before, but with more run-off area and less banking than before. It was the first win for Gerhard Berger and the first win for the Benetton team. Benetton ran on Pirelli tyres, and their relative durability compared to competitors on Goodyear tyres played to the team's advantage. Berger won this race due to not having to make a pit stop for a fresh set of tyres. It would also prove to be the final win for the turbocharged BMW engine.Hutchinson, Jeff, Autosport, October 16, 1986 Starting from third on the grid, Nigel Mansell could have wrapped up his first World Drivers' Championship with a win. However, it all went wrong on the grid when he went to select first gear for the start, and was still fumbling trying to get it in when the lights went green. By the time he got his Williams-Honda into gear more than two thirds of the field had gone past and he finished the first lap in 18th place. He would ultimately finish in 5th place meaning that the following Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide would see a three-way shootout for the championship between Mansell, defending champion Prost looking to be the first driver to win back-to-back championships since Jack Brabham in 1959–1960, and Mansell's own Williams teammate Nelson Piquet looking to win his 3rd championship after winning the 1981 and 1983 titles. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:18.367 1:16.990 — 2 6 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:18.037 1:17.279 +0.289 3 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:18.269 1:17.514 +0.524 4 20 AUT Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:17.780 1:17.609 +0.619 5 7 ITA Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:21.241 1:18.285 +1.295 6 1 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:19.294 1:18.421 +1.431 7 8 GBR Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 1:19.713 1:18.527 +1.537 8 16 FRA Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:20.492 1:18.839 +1.849 9 19 ITA Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:18.971 1:18.893 +1.903 10 26 FRA Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 1:20.372 1:19.257 +2.267 11 2 FIN Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:19.342 +2.352 12 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:19.628 1:19.388 +2.398 13 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:19.624 1:20.458 +2.634 14 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:20.303 1:19.769 +2.779 15 15 AUS Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:20.525 1:20.090 +3.100 16 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:21.587 1:20.198 +3.208 17 11 GBR Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:20.479 1:21.491 +3.489 18 14 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:21.154 1:20.668 +3.678 19 4 FRA Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:20.946 1:21.174 +3.956 20 17 FRG Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 1:21.069 1:21.461 +4.079 21 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:21.171 1:21.361 +4.181 22 23 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:22.470 1:22.521 +5.480 23 29 NED Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:23.812 1:22.524 +5.534 24 24 ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:25.179 1:23.457 +6.467 25 21 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:25.767 1:24.176 +7.186 26 22 CAN Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:26.573 1:27.209 +9.583 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 68 1:33:18.700 4 9 2 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 68 +25.438 6 6 3 12 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 68 +52.513 1 4 4 6 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 67 +1 lap 2 3 5 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 67 +1 lap 3 2 6 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 67 +1 lap 10 1 7 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 66 +2 laps 21   8 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 66 +2 laps 22   9 17 Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 66 +2 laps 20   10 14 UK Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 65 Out of fuel 18   11 3 UK Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 65 +3 laps 16   12 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 64 Turbo 14   13 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 64 Spun off 5   14 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 64 +4 laps 24   15 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 63 Engine 13   16 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 61 +7 laps 26   Ret Retired 11 UK Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 53 Electrical 17   Ret Retired 8 UK Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 37 Engine 7   Ret Retired 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 35 Tyre 15   Ret Retired 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 32 Puncture 11   Ret Retired 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10 Turbo 12   Ret Retired 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 8 Turbo 25   Ret Retired 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 8 Turbo 19   Ret Retired 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 4 Engine 9   Ret Retired 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 0 Accident 8   DNS Did not start 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 0 Accident 23  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1986/261/ 1986 Mexican Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141113042029/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1986/261/ 13 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 GBR Nigel Mansell 70 (72) 2 FRA Alain Prost 64 (65) 3 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 63 4 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 55 5 FIN Keke Rosberg 22Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1986/mexique/championnat.aspx Mexico 1986 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Williams-Honda 135 2 GBR McLaren-TAG 87 3 GBR Lotus-Renault 57 4 ITA Ferrari 33 5 FRA Ligier-Renault 29Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Grand Prix Archives Video Formula 1 1986 Mexican Grand Prix Video Mexican Grand Prix 1986 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix 1986 Australian Grand Prix 1970 Mexican Grand Prix 1987 Mexican Grand Prix 1985 Australian Grand Prix 1987 Japanese Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Mexican Grand Prix Category:October 1986 sports events in Mexico