San Marino Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 27th April 1986 12:00am Local
Sun 27th April 1986 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1986

Round
Round 3

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Location

Imola Circuit

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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.
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

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:32:28.408
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams Racing	+0:07.645
03	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	+1 Lap
04	Stefan Johansson	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
05	Keke Rosberg	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
06	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	DNF
07	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
08	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
09	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
10	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
11	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF
12	René Arnoux	Ligier	DNF
13	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
14	Teo Fabi	Benetton Formula	DNF
15	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	DNF
16	Christian Danner	Osella	DNF
17	Alan Jones	MasterCard Lola	DNF
18	Andrea De Cesaris	Minardi	DNF
19	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	DNF
20	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
21	Ayrton Senna	Lotus F1	DNF
22	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	DNF
23	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus F1	DNF
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	DNF
25	Patrick Tambay	MasterCard Lola	DNF
26	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	DNF