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1986 San Marino Grand Prix

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1986 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 3 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date April 27, 1986
Official name 6º Gran Premio di San Marino
Location Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.040 km (3.131 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 302.4 km (187.86 miles)
Weather Overcast, warm
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Renault
Time 1:25.050[1]
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Time 1:28.667 on lap 57[2]
Podium
First McLaren-TAG
Second Williams-Honda
Third Benetton-BMW
Lap leaders

The 1986 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 27 April 1986. The race was the third round of the year's World Championship. As with the previous year's event, fuel consumption was a big issue, changing the points finishers in the closing laps.

The Autodromo Dino Ferrari had received safety upgrades from the previous year, including slight track modifications after the Variante Alta chicane and extended runoff areas at the Rivazza complex.

Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) dominated the race after Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault) and Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda) retired early, before almost running out of fuel, three corners from the chequered flag. Frantically weaving the car back and forth to slosh the last drops of fuel into the pickup, he managed to keep it running just long enough to creep over the line and win the race (his McLaren teammate Keke Rosberg was classified 5th despite running dry 2 laps from the finish, a problem attributed to Rosberg using too much boost). Nelson Piquet brought his Williams home in second place only 7.645 seconds behind Prost, while Austrian Gerhard Berger finished third to score his and the Benetton team's first Formula One podium finish.

This race saw the long awaited debut of Ford's replacement for the old Cosworth DFV in the form of a new 900 bhp (671 kW; 912 PS), turbocharged V6 engine designed by Keith Duckworth who had also designed the DFV. In its debut race in the also new Lola THL2 and driven by 1980 World Champion Alan Jones, the new Cosworth built Ford qualified in 21st place and completed 28 laps in the race before Jones was forced to retire with overheating.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:25.050 1:25.286
2 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:25.890 1:25.569 +0.519
3 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:26.752 1:26.159 +1.109
4 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:26.273 1:26.176 +1.126
5 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:26.428 1:26.263 +1.213
6 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:26.956 1:26.835 +1.335
7 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:27.497 1:27.009 +1.959
8 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:28.362 1:27.403 +2.353
9 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:28.559 1:27.444 +2.394
10 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:29.328 1:27.538 +2.488
11 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Hart 1:29.665 1:27.860 +2.810
12 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:29.931 1:28.022 +2.972
13 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:29.687 1:28.329 +3.279
14 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:28.411 1:28.389 +3.339
15 17 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:30.156 1:28.637 +3.587
16 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:30.641 1:28.828 +3.778
17 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:29.244 1:26.607 +4.194
18 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:29.985 1:29.244 +4.194
19 8 Italy Elio de Angelis Brabham-BMW 1:30.881 1:29.713 +4.663
20 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:33.352 1:30.024 +4.974
21 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:30.087 1:30.517 +5.037
22 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:30.123 1:32.358 +5.073
23 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:31.956 1:30.131 +5.081
24 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:40.903 1:31.953 +6.903
25 22 West Germany Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:37.485 1:33.806 +8.756
26 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:34.461 +9.411

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 60 1:32:28.408 4 9
2 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 60 + 7.645 2 6
3 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 59 + 1 Lap 9 4
4 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 59 + 1 Lap 7 3
5 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 58 Out of Fuel 6 2
6 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 58 Out of Fuel 16 1
7 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 58 + 2 Laps 12  
8 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 58 + 2 Laps 13  
9 17 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 57 + 3 Laps 15  
10 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 56 Turbo 5  
Ret 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 52 Out of Fuel 26  
Ret 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 46 Wheel 8  
Ret 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 41 Transmission 22  
Ret 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 39 Engine 10  
Ret 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 38 Brakes 20  
Ret 22 West Germany Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 31 Electrical 25  
Ret 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 28 Overheating 21  
Ret 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 20 Engine 23  
Ret 8 Italy Elio de Angelis Brabham-BMW 19 Engine 19  
Ret 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 14 Transmission 14  
Ret 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 11 Wheel Bearing 1  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 8 Engine 3  
Ret 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 8 Wheel Bearing 17  
Ret 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 7 Turbo 24  
Ret 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Hart[1] 5 Engine 11  
Ret 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 0 Accident 18  
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Championship standings after the race

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1986). AUTOCOURSE 1986-87. Hazleton Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 0-905138-44-9.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1986). AUTOCOURSE 1986-87. Hazleton Publishing. p. 235. ISBN 0-905138-44-9.
  3. ^ "1986 San Marino Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "San Marino 1986 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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