- Winner
- Nelson Piquet
- Team
- Williams
- Top listed
- Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, and Jacques Laffite
- Race date
- March 23, 1986
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Classified drivers
- 25
- Circuit
- Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
The decisive result
Nelson Piquet finished first for Williams. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for Team Lotus, with Jacques Laffite 3 for Ligier.
Grid to finish
Martin Brundle from P17 to P5 (+12), Philippe Streiff from P18 to P7 (+11), and Gerhard Berger from P16 to P6 (+10) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 6 Engine, 4 Finished, 2 +2 laps, 2 +3 laps, and 1 +1 lap. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:33.546 on lap 46. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.