1986 Italian Grand Prix

1986 Italian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	7 September 1986
Official name	57º Gran Premio d'Italia[1]
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.800 km (3.60 miles)
Distance	51 laps, 295.800 km (183.600 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW
Time	1:24.078
Fastest lap
Driver	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW
Time	1:28.099 on lap 35
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Second	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Third	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1986 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 7 September 1986. It was the thirteenth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.

The 51-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. Piquet's British teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Nigel Mansell, finished second, with Swede Stefan Johansson third in a Ferrari. The other two championship challengers, Frenchman Alain Prost and Brazilian Ayrton Senna, both failed to finish, Senna suffering a transmission failure in his Lotus-Renault at the very start of the race and Prost being disqualified halfway through for illegally switching to his spare McLaren-TAG after the start of the formation lap.

The win moved Piquet into second place in the Drivers' Championship, five points behind Mansell and three ahead of Prost, with three races remaining.