1986 Portuguese Grand Prix

1986 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 21 September 1986
Official name 15º Grande Prémio de Portugal
Location Autódromo do Estoril
Estoril, Portugal
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.35 km (2.703 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 304.5 km (189.208 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Renault
Time 1:16.673
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Time 1:20.943 on lap 53
Podium
First
Williams-Honda
Second
McLaren-TAG
Third
Williams-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on 21 September 1986. It was the fourteenth race of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 70-lap race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. Brazilian Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Lotus-Renault, but Mansell passed him at the start and led the entire race, also setting the fastest race lap. Senna held on to second place until he ran out of fuel on the final lap and dropped to fourth, promoting Frenchman Alain Prost in the McLaren-TAG to second and Mansell's Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet to third.

The win, Mansell's fifth of the season, gave him a ten-point lead in the Drivers' Championship with two races remaining, with Piquet second and Prost a further point back in third. Senna's final-lap misfortune ended his challenge for the title. The win also secured the Constructors' Championship for Williams, their third in all.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:19.943 1:16.673
2 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:19.047 1:17.489 +0.816
3 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:19.692 1:17.710 +1.037
4 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:19.923 1:17.742 +1.069
5 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:20.957 1:18.071 +1.398
6 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:19.410 1:18.180 +1.507
7 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:20.556 1:18.360 +1.687
8 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:21.621 1:19.332 +2.659
9 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:21.257 1:19.637 +2.964
10 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:21.876 1:19.657 +2.984
11 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 1:21.693 1:19.769 +3.096
12 8 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 1:23.455 1:19.882 +3.209
13 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:21.123 1:20.019 +3.346
14 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:22.396 1:20.761 +4.088
15 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:23.778 1:21.594 +4.921
16 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:23.361 1:21.611 +4.938
17 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:22.612 1:21.646 +4.973
18 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:24.724 1:21.702 +5.029
19 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:25.114 1:21.835 +5.162
20 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:23.941 1:21.929 +5.256
21 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:23.412 1:22.068 +5.395
22 17 West Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 1:24.665 1:22.274 +5.601
23 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:23.895 1:22.388 +5.715
24 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:26.552 1:23.566 +6.893
25 31 Italy Ivan Capelli AGS-Motori Moderni 1:25.795 1:23.987 +7.314
26 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:25.928 1:24.105 +7.432
27 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:29.724 1:26.861 +10.188

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 70 1:37:21.900 2 9
2 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 70 + 18.772[1] 3 6
3 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 70 + 49.274 6 4
4 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 69 Out of Fuel 1 3
5 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 69 + 1 Lap 13 2
6 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 69 + 1 Lap 8 1
7 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 69 + 1 Lap 10  
8 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 68 + 2 Laps 5  
9 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 68 + 2 Laps 15  
10 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 67 + 3 Laps 21  
11 17 Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 67 + 3 Laps 22  
12 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 67 + 3 Laps 20  
13 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 63 + 7 Laps 27  
Ret 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 62 Engine 9  
NC 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 62 + 8 Laps 14  
Ret 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 60 Gearbox 18  
Ret 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 44 Spun Off 4  
Ret 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 43 Spun Off 16  
Ret 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 41 Electrical 7  
Ret 8 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 41 Electrical 12  
Ret 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 39 Engine 11  
Ret 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 28 Engine 23  
Ret 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 18 Engine 19  
Ret 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 10 Brakes/Spin 17  
Ret 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 9 Transmission 26  
Ret 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 8 Engine 24  
Ret 31 Italy Ivan Capelli AGS-Motori Moderni 6 Transmission 25  
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1986). AUTOCOURSE 1986-87. Hazleton Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 0-905138-44-9.
  2. ^ "1986 Portuguese Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Portugal 1986 - Championship". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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