1986 Australian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1986 Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide Street Circuit on 26 Oct 1986 for McLaren, from 4th on the grid; Nelson Piquet was second and Stefan Johansson third.

Prost took the lead for good on lap 65 of 82, from Nelson Piquet; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. The fastest lap was Nelson Piquet's, 1:20.787. 10 of 26 starters were classified; 16 retired or were not classified. After the race Alain Prost won the championship with 72 points, 2 ahead of Nigel Mansell.

Date: 26 Oct 1986
Circuit: Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
Round: 16 of 16
Winner: Alain Prost (McLaren)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	4	82	1:54:20.388		9
2	6	PIQNelson Piquet	Williams	2	82	+4.205	1:20.787	6
3	28	JOHStefan Johansson	Ferrari	12	81	+1 Lap		4
4	3	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	16	81	+1 Lap		3
5	4	STRPhilippe Streiff	Tyrrell	10	80	Out of fuel		2
6	11	DUMJohnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	14	80	+2 Laps		1
7	25	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	5	79	+3 Laps		0
8	26	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Ligier	8	79	+3 Laps		0
9	14	PALJonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	21	77	+5 Laps		0
10	19	FABTeo Fabi	Benetton	13	77	+5 Laps		0
N	16	TAMPatrick Tambay	Lola	17	70	Not classified		0
R	5	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1	63	Tyre		0
R	7	PATRiccardo Patrese	Brabham	19	63	Electrical		0
R	2	ROSKeke Rosberg	McLaren	7	62	Tyre		0
N	22	BERAllen Berg	Osella	26	61	Not classified		0
R	8	WARDerek Warwick	Brabham	20	57	Brakes		0
R	17	DANChristian Danner	Arrows	24	52	Engine		0
R	18	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	22	50	Engine		0
R	12	SENAyrton Senna	Team Lotus	3	43	Engine		0
R	23	DECAndrea de Cesaris	Minardi	11	40	Mechanical		0
R	20	BERGerhard Berger	Benetton	6	40	Engine		0
R	29	ROTHuub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	23	29	Suspension		0
R	15	JONAlan Jones	Lola	15	16	Engine		0
R	24	NANAlessandro Nannini	Minardi	18	10	Accident		0
R	21	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	25	2	Transmission		0
R	27	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	9	0	Accident		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 541 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	4	72
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	70
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	4	69
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	2	55
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	0	23
6	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	0	22
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1	17
8	Jacques Laffite		0	14
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	0	14
10	René Arnoux	Ligier	0	14

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Williams	9	141
2	McLaren	4	96
3	Team Lotus	2	58
4	Ferrari	0	37
5	Ligier	0	29
6	Benetton	1	19
7	Tyrrell	0	11
8	Lola	0	6
9	Brabham	0	2
10	Arrows	0	1

Full 1986 standings