Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Sun 13th April 1986 (UTC)
Sun 13th April 1986 (Local)

Timestamp
1986-04-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1986

Round
2

Status

Location
Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto

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Description

The 1986 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 13 April 1986. This was the first Formula One Spanish Grand Prix since the 1981 race was held at Jarama.

This race featured a 3 car battle for the lead over the last half of the race. Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault), Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda) and reigning World Champion Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) all had opportunities to take the win, with close nose to tail racing around the circuit. Once Mansell pitted for fresh tyres he charged back into the fight making up over 19 seconds in the final 10 laps on his fresh rubber. It was not quite sufficient to take the win, but it was very close with Senna and Mansell taking the chequered flag almost side by side, Senna only 0.014 s in front of Mansell in one of the closest finishes in Formula One history. 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.

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Result List

01	Ayrton Senna	48:47.7
02	Nigel Mansell	+0:00.014
03	Alain Prost	+0:21.552
04	Keke Rosberg	+1 Lap
05	Teo Fabi	+1 Lap
06	Gerhard Berger	+1 Lap
07	Thierry Boutsen	+4 Laps
08	Patrick Tambay	+6 Laps
09	Johnny Dumfries	DNF
10	Martin Brundle	DNF
11	Jacques Laffite	DNF
12	Marc Surer	DNF
13	Nelson Piquet	DNF
14	Elio de Angelis	DNF
15	René Arnoux	DNF
16	Michele Alboreto	DNF
17	Philippe Streiff	DNF
18	Christian Danner	DNF
19	Stefan Johansson	DNF
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNF
21	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
22	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
23	Jonathan Palmer	DNF
24	Alan Jones	DNF
25	Alessandro Nannini	DNF