Mexican Grand Prix

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1986

Round
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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Result List

01	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	1:33:18.700
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:25.438
03	Ayrton Senna	Lotus F1	+0:52.513
04	Nelson Piquet	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
05	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
06	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	+1 Lap
07	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
08	Andrea De Cesaris	Minardi	+2 Laps
09	Christian Danner	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
10	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	DNF
11	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Racing	+3 Laps
12	Stefan Johansson	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
13	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	DNF
14	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	+4 Laps
15	René Arnoux	Ligier	DNF
16	Allen Berg	Osella	+7 Laps
17	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus F1	DNF
18	Derek Warwick	Brabham	DNF
19	Alan Jones	MasterCard Lola	DNF
20	Keke Rosberg	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
21	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF
23	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
24	Teo Fabi	Benetton Formula	DNF
25	Patrick Tambay	MasterCard Lola	DNF