- Winner
- Ayrton Senna
- Team
- Team Lotus
- Top listed
- Ayrton Senna, Jacques Laffite, and Alain Prost
- Race date
- June 22, 1986
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Classified drivers
- 26
- Circuit
- Detroit Street Circuit
The decisive result
Ayrton Senna finished first for Team Lotus. Jacques Laffite is listed 2 for Ligier, with Alain Prost 3 for McLaren.
Grid to finish
Jonathan Palmer from P20 to P8 (+12), Philippe Streiff from P18 to P9 (+9), and Michele Alboreto from P11 to P4 (+7) 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 5 Electrical, 4 Finished, 3 +2 laps, 3 Accident, and 2 +1 lap. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:41.233 on lap 41. 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.