1986 Brazilian Grand Prix

The Brazilian Grand Prix 1986 was the 1st round of the 1986 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 23rd.

Nelson Piquet won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Ayrton Senna, who originally had the pole position, and Jacques Laffite completing the podium.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 16 drivers out of the original 25 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Thierry Boutsen, who suffered from problems with the exhaust on lap 37, Michele Alboreto, who had a fuel system failure on lap 35, Alain Prost, Christian Danner, Jonathan Palmer, Marc Surer, Piercarlo Ghinzani, and Keke Rosberg, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Stefan Johansson, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 26, Patrick Tambay, who had a battery failure on lap 24, Riccardo Patrese, who suffered a water leak on lap 21, Alessandro Nannini, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 18, Andrea de Cesaris, who had a turbo failure on lap 16, Alan Jones, who had an problem with the injection on lap 5, and Nigel Mansell, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 0.

Qualifying