1986 Spanish Grand Prix

**1986 Spanish Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 2 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season.
Date	April 13, 1986
Official name	Grand Premio Tio Pepe de Espana
Location	Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.62 mi / 4.218 km
Distance	72 laps, 188.74 mi / 303.696 km
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny
Pole
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:21.605
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Time	1:27.176 (on lap 65 of 72)
Podium
First	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Second	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Third	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	72	1'48:48.2	1	9
2	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	72	0.014	3	6
3	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	72	21.552	4	4
4	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	71	+ 1 Lap	5	3
5	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	71	+ 1 Lap	9	2
6	20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	71	+ 1 Lap	7	1
7	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	68	+ 4 Laps	19
8	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Hart	66	+ 6 Laps	18
Ret	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	52	Gearbox	10
Ret	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	41	Engine	12
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	40	Halfshaft	8
Ret	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	39	Fuel System	22
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	39	Engine	2
Ret	8	Elio de Angelis	Brabham-BMW	29	Gearbox	15
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	29	Half Shaft	6
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	22	Wheel Bearing	13
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	22	Engine	20
Ret	22	Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	14	Engine	23
Ret	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	11	Brakes	11
Ret	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	10	Engine	21
Ret	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	8	Gearbox	14
Ret	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1	Differential	24
Ret	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	0	Collision	16
Ret	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	0	Collision	17
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	0	Differential	25

This was the third-closest finish in Formula One history, after Mansell's spectacular charge allowed him to pull alongside Senna on the final straight.
After this race, Lola switched to Ford Cosworth engines, beginning a run of continuous Cosworth participation in F1 which did not end until the first race of 2007.

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