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Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Sun 12th October 1986 (UTC)
Sun 12th October 1986 (Local)

Timestamp
1986-10-12T00:00:00

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1986

Round
15

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Location
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

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The 1986 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mexico City on October 12, 1986.
The first Mexican Grand Prix since 1970 was held at the newly renamed Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, located in the Magdalena Mixhuca recreational sports park in the middle of Mexico City.
t was the first win for Gerhard Berger and the first win for the Benetton team. Benetton ran on Pirelli tyres, and their relative durability compared to competitors on Goodyear tyres played to the team's advantage. Berger won this race due to not having to make a pit stop for a fresh set of tyres. It would also prove to be the final win for the turbocharged BMW engine.

Starting from third on the grid, Nigel Mansell could have wrapped up his first World Drivers' Championship with a win. However, it all went wrong on the grid when he went to select first gear for the start, and was still fumbling trying to get it in when the lights went green. By the time he got his Williams-Honda into gear more than two thirds of the field had gone past and he finished the first lap in 18th place. He would ultimately finish in 5th place meaning that the following Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide would see a three-way shootout for the championship between Mansell, defending champion Prost looking to be the first driver to win back-to-back championships since Jack Brabham in 1959–1960, and Mansell's own Williams team mate Nelson Piquet looking to win his 3rd championship after winning the 1981 and 1983 titles.


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01				Gerhard Berger	1:33:18.700
02				Alain Prost	+0:25.438
03				Ayrton Senna	+0:52.513
04				Nelson Piquet	+1 Lap
05				Nigel Mansell	+1 Lap
06				Philippe Alliot	+1 Lap
07				Thierry Boutsen	+2 Laps
08				Andrea De Cesaris	+2 Laps
09				Christian Danner	+2 Laps
10				Jonathan Palmer	DNF
11				Martin Brundle	+3 Laps
12				Stefan Johansson	DNF
13				Riccardo Patrese	DNF
14				Alessandro Nannini	+4 Laps
15				René Arnoux	DNF
16				Allen Berg	+7 Laps
17				Johnny Dumfries	DNF
18				Derek Warwick	DNF
19				Alan Jones	DNF
20				Keke Rosberg	DNF
21				Michele Alboreto	DNF
22				Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNF
23				Philippe Streiff	DNF
24				Teo Fabi	DNF
25				Patrick Tambay	DNF

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