1986 San Marino Grand Prix

  1986 San Marino Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season
Date	April 27, 1986
Official name	6° Gran Premio di San Marino
Location	Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.040 km km (3.131 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 302.4 km (187.86 mi)
Weather	Overcast, warm
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:25.050
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Time	1:28.667
Podium
First	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Second	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Third	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW

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 team mate 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.

Classification

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

Notes

• Pole position: Ayrton Senna - 1:25.050^[1]
• Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet - 1:28.667 on lap 57^[2]
• First Podium - Gerhard Berger
• First Podium - Benetton Formula
• First double start for the Zakspeed team.
• Last Formula One race for the Hart 415T Straight-4 engine.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ayrton Senna 15 1 Nelson Piquet 15 3 Alain Prost 13 4 Nigel Mansell 6 5 Gerhard Berger 6

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda 21 2 McLaren-TAG 18 3 Lotus-Renault 15 4 Benetton-BMW 8 5 Ligier-Renault 7

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

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-06-17.