Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · 23 March 1986
Nelson Piquet won the 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 34.827s ahead of Ayrton Senna. Martin Brundle gained the most places, from 17th on the grid to 5th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Piquet 9 + Mansell 0 | Piquet 9 + Mansell 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ligier Laffite 4 + Arnoux 3 | Laffite 4 + Arnoux 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Senna 6 + Dumfries 0 | Senna 6 + Dumfries 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Brundle 2 + Streiff 0 | Brundle 2 + Streiff 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Benetton Berger 1 + Fabi 0 | Berger 1 + Fabi 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Brabham de Angelis 0 + Patrese 0 | de Angelis 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arrows Boutsen 0 + Surer 0 | Boutsen 0 + Surer 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ferrari Alboreto 0 + Johansson 0 | Alboreto 0 + Johansson 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | McLaren Prost 0 + Rosberg 0 | Prost 0 + Rosberg 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Osella Danner 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Danner 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Lola Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Zakspeed Palmer 0 | Palmer 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Minardi Nannini 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Nannini 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | 1:39:32.583 | 61 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +34.827s | 61 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +59.759s | 61 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | +1:28.429 | 61 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Martin Brundle Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 60 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | +2 Laps | 59 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis Brabham | Brabham | +3 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 9 | Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +3 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 10 | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | +5 Laps | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | DNF Exhaust | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Fuel system | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Brakes | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Lola | Lola | DNF Battery | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | DNF Water leak | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Marc Surer Arrows | Arrows | DNF Engine | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Clutch | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Minardi | Minardi | DNF Turbo | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Lola | Lola | DNF Injection | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNF Spun off | 0 | — | — |