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1986 Mexican Grand Prix
Race 15 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	October 12, 1986
Official name	Gran Premio de Mexico
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent circuit
Course length	4.421 km (2.747 miles)
Distance	68 laps, 300.628 km (186.802 miles)
Weather	Sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:16.990
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Time	1:19.360 on lap 64
Podium
First	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW
Second	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Third	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders

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.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:18.367	1:16.990	—
2	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:18.037	1:17.279	+0.289
3	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:18.269	1:17.514	+0.524
4	20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:17.780	1:17.609	+0.619
5	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:21.241	1:18.285	+1.295
6	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:19.294	1:18.421	+1.431
7	8	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	1:19.713	1:18.527	+1.537
8	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	1:20.492	1:18.839	+1.849
9	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	1:18.971	1:18.893	+1.903
10	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	1:20.372	1:19.257	+2.267
11	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG		1:19.342	+2.352
12	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:19.628	1:19.388	+2.398
13	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:19.624	1:20.458	+2.634
14	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:20.303	1:19.769	+2.779
15	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	1:20.525	1:20.090	+3.100
16	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:21.587	1:20.198	+3.208
17	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:20.479	1:21.491	+3.489
18	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:21.154	1:20.668	+3.678
19	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:20.946	1:21.174	+3.956
20	17	Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	1:21.069	1:21.461	+4.079
21	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:21.171	1:21.361	+4.181
22	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:22.470	1:22.521	+5.480
23	29	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	1:23.812	1:22.524	+5.534
24	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:25.179	1:23.457	+6.467
25	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:25.767	1:24.176	+7.186
26	22	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	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	68	1:33:18.700	4	9
2	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	68	+ 25.438	6	6
3	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	68	+ 52.513	1	4
4	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	67	+ 1 Lap	2	3
5	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	67	+ 1 Lap	3	2
6	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	67	+ 1 Lap	10	1
7	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	66	+ 2 Laps	21
8	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	66	+ 2 Laps	22
9	17	Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	66	+ 2 Laps	20
10	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	65	Out of Fuel	18
11	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	65	+ 3 Laps	16
12	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	64	Turbo	14
13	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	64	Spun Off	5
14	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	64	+ 4 Laps	24
15	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	63	Engine	13
16	22	Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	61	+ 7 Laps	26
Ret	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	53	Electrical	17
Ret	8	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	37	Engine	7
Ret	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	35	Tyre	15
Ret	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	32	Puncture	11
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	10	Turbo	12
Ret	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	8	Turbo	25
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	8	Turbo	19
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	4	Engine	9
Ret	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	0	Accident	8
DNS	29	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	0	Accident	23
Source:

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 70 (72) 2 Alain Prost 64 (65) 3 Nelson Piquet 63 4 Ayrton Senna 55 5 Keke Rosberg 22 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda 135 2 McLaren-TAG 87 3 Lotus-Renault 57 4 Ferrari 33 5 Ligier-Renault 29 Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. Hutchinson, Jeff, Autosport, October 16, 1986
2. "1986 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
3. ^ "Mexico 1986 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

External links

• Grand Prix Archives Video
• Formula 1 1986 Mexican Grand Prix Video

• 1986 Formula One races
• 1986 in Mexican motorsport
• Mexican Grand Prix
• October 1986 sports events in Mexico