Detroit Street Circuit · 22 June 1986
Ayrton Senna won the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix for Team Lotus from 1st on the grid, 31.017s ahead of Jacques Laffite. Jonathan Palmer gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 8th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Lotus Senna 9 + Dumfries 0 | Senna 9 + Dumfries 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ligier Laffite 6 + Arnoux 0 | Laffite 6 + Arnoux 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | McLaren Prost 4 + Rosberg 0 | Prost 4 + Rosberg 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Alboreto 3 + Johansson 0 | Alboreto 3 + Johansson 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Williams Mansell 2 + Piquet 0 | Mansell 2 + Piquet 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Brabham Patrese 1 + Warwick 0 | Patrese 1 + Warwick 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Zakspeed Palmer 0 + Rothengatter 0 | Palmer 0 + Rothengatter 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell Streiff 0 + Brundle 0 | Streiff 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arrows Danner 0 + Boutsen 0 | Danner 0 + Boutsen 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Minardi de Cesaris 0 + Nannini 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Benetton Fabi 0 + Berger 0 | Fabi 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Lola Cheever 0 + Jones 0 | Cheever 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Osella Berg 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Berg 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | 1:51:12.847 | 63 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +31.017s | 63 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +31.824s | 63 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:30.936 | 63 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed | Zakspeed | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 9 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 10 | Derek Warwick Brabham | Brabham | +3 Laps | 60 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Arrows | Arrows | DNF Electrical | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Accident | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Minardi | Minardi | DNF Gearbox | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | DNF Accident | 41 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Electrical | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Gearbox | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Lola | Lola | DNF Steering | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Lola | Lola | DNF Steering | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Allen Berg Osella | Osella | DNF Electrical | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Electrical | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Turbo | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg McLaren | McLaren | DNF Transmission | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Turbo | 3 | — | — | |
| DNS | Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNS Electrical | 0 | — | — |