Australian Grand Prix
Round 16 · 26 October 1986 ·Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
Piquet
Williams
2
Prost
McLaren
1
Johansson
Ferrari
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost |  French | McLaren | 82 | 1:54:20.388 | 9 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet |  Brazilian | Williams | 82 | +4.205 | 6 |
| 3 | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | Ferrari | 81 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 4 | Martin Brundle |  British | Tyrrell | 81 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Philippe Streiff | French | Tyrrell | 80 | Out of fuel | 2 |
| 6 | Johnny Dumfries | British | Team Lotus | 80 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 79 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Philippe Alliot | French | Ligier | 79 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Jonathan Palmer | British | Zakspeed | 77 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Teo Fabi |  Italian | Benetton | 77 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| N | Patrick Tambay | French | Lola | 70 | Not classified | 0 |
| R | Nigel Mansell | British | Williams | 63 | Tyre | 0 |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Brabham | 63 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | McLaren | 62 | Tyre | 0 |
| N | Allen Berg |  Canadian | Osella | 61 | Not classified | 0 |
| R | Derek Warwick | British | Brabham | 57 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Christian Danner |  German | Arrows | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Arrows | 50 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | Team Lotus | 43 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Minardi | 40 | Mechanical | 0 |
| R | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Benetton | 40 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Huub Rothengatter |  Dutch | Zakspeed | 29 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Lola | 16 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Italian | Minardi | 10 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Osella | 2 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Ferrari | 0 | Accident | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- N
- Not classified