1986 Italian Grand Prix

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1986 Italian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date7 September 1986
Official name 57º Gran Premio d'Italia [1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.800 km (3.60 miles)
Distance 51 laps, 295.800 km (183.600 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Benetton-BMW
Time 1:24.078
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW
Time 1:28.099 on lap 35
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second Williams-Honda
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1986 Italian Grand Prix

The 1986 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 7 September 1986. It was the thirteenth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 51-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. Piquet's British teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Nigel Mansell, finished second, with Swede Stefan Johansson third in a Ferrari. The other two championship challengers, Frenchman Alain Prost and Brazilian Ayrton Senna, both failed to finish, Senna suffering a transmission failure in his Lotus-Renault at the very start of the race and Prost being disqualified halfway through for illegally switching to his spare McLaren-TAG after the start of the formation lap.

The win moved Piquet into second place in the Drivers' Championship, five points behind Mansell and three ahead of Prost, with three races remaining.

Qualifying report

During the second qualifying session at Monza, the Benetton-BMW of Gerhard Berger was recorded as being the fastest car along the start-finish straight, with a top speed of 351.22 km/h (218.24 mph). He was followed by four more BMW-powered cars: teammate Teo Fabi, the Brabhams of Derek Warwick and Riccardo Patrese, and the Arrows of Thierry Boutsen. [2] The fastest non-BMW powered car was the Williams-Honda of Nigel Mansell, with a top speed 10 km/h (6 mph) slower than that of Berger.

Despite this, Berger could only qualify fourth, while Fabi took his second consecutive pole position. Alain Prost lined up alongside Fabi on the front row, despite being nearly half a second slower in his McLaren-TAG and recording a top speed over 16 km/h (10 mph) slower than Berger's. [2] Drivers' Championship leader Mansell was third, ahead of Berger, while Brazilian pair Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault) and Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda) made up the third row. The top 10 was completed by Warwick, Keke Rosberg in the second McLaren, Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari and Patrese; Alboreto's position was notable as he had missed the first day of qualifying after injuring his arm in a motorcycle crash. [3]

The race saw the debut of local driver Alex Caffi, deputising for Allen Berg at Osella, as well as the debut of the French AGS team, whose Motori Moderni-powered JH21C was driven by another local driver, Ivan Capelli. With the number of entries increased to 27 at both this race and the next race in Portugal, FISA decided to allow all the cars to start. Caffi was the beneficiary of this decision, starting 27th behind Capelli and Osella teammate Piercarlo Ghinzani. [4]

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
119 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:26.0191:24.078
21 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:26.8851:24.514+0.436
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:26.1811:24.882+0.804
420 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:25.5801:24.885+0.807
512 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:25.3631:24.916+0.838
66 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:26.6141:25.137+1.059
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 7:12.9701:25.175+1.097
82 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:26.7421:25.378+1.300
927 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari no time1:25.549+1.471
107 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:27.4381:26.111+2.033
1125 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:27.9281:26.187+2.109
1228 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:26.5171:26.422+2.344
1318 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:28.0511:26.754+2.676
1426 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 1:27.2871:27.269+3.191
1516 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:29.7441:27.808+3.730
1617 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 1:30.3971:27.923+3.845
1711 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:28.8571:28.024+3.946
1815 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Lola-Ford 7:40.1321:28.403+3.965
1924 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:29.2391:28.690+4.612
203 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:31.2661:29.125+5.047
2123 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:31.3751:29.561+5.483
2214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:32.0641:29.659+5.581
234 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:30.1991:30.976+6.121
2429 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:32.7261:30.904+6.826
2531 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli AGS-Motori Moderni 58:12.1431:33.844+9.766
2621 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:36.1281:36.334+12.050
2722 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:36.9001:38.493+12.822

Race report

Following problems at the start of the formation lap, pole position man Teo Fabi was forced to start from the back of the grid and Alain Prost, alongside him on the front row, had to start from the pit lane in the spare car. At the green light, Gerhard Berger took the lead, but on lap eight lost positions to first Mansell, Piquet, and an on-form Alboreto in the Ferrari. Ayrton Senna was out with a broken gearbox at the start. Alboreto looked to be in challenging the Williams duo for the lead having overtaken Rosberg, Arnoux and Berger before spinning at the exit of the first chicane. Like the British Grand Prix, the race became a close fight between the two Williams drivers, but this time Piquet hunted down his teammate British driver Nigel Mansell to take the victory. Piquet defeated Mansell in a straight fight, leading the Briton home by 9.828 seconds. The Brazilian managed to pass Mansell at the Curva Grande to go on and claim his fourth win of the season. Behind, Fabi and Prost had charged from the rear and by lap 12 were running 8th and 9th. Prost was disqualified for changing cars after the start of the formation lap, which was illegal, but his engine blew up a lap after he was flagged anyway. Johansson charged early in the race, passing Rosberg and Arnoux on lap five to go on to finish third. Berger survived to finish 5th one lap down, while Alan Jones scored the final point in the Haas team's anniversary race having made their F1 debut in Italy in 1985.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 511:17:42.88969
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 51+ 9.82836
328 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 51+ 22.915124
42 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 51+ 53.80983
520 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 50+ 1 lap42
615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Lola-Ford 49+ 2 laps181
718 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 49+ 2 laps13 
817 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 49+ 2 laps16 
94 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 49+ 2 laps23 
103 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 49+ 2 laps20 
NC22 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Osella-Alfa Romeo 45+ 6 laps27 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 44Puncture1 
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 33Engine9 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 33Engine21 
Ret31 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli AGS-Motori Moderni 31Puncture25 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 30Gearbox11 
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 27Engine22 
DSQ1 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 27Illegal car change2 
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 22Engine14 
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 18Gearbox17 
Ret8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 16Spun off7 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 15Electrical19 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 12Suspension26 
Ret16 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 2Accident15 
Ret7 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 2Accident10 
Ret29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1Engine24 
Ret12 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 0Transmission5 
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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