| Circuit | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|
| Date | 1986-03-23 |
| Round | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 2 | 61 | 1:39:32.583 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 1 | 61 | +34.827 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 61 | +59.759 | — | 4 |
| 4 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 4 | 61 | +1:28.429 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 17 | 60 | +1 Lap | — | 2 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 16 | 59 | +2 Laps | — | 1 |
| 7 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 18 | 59 | +2 Laps | — | 0 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | Brabham | 14 | 58 | +3 Laps | — | 0 |
| 9 | Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 11 | 58 | +3 Laps | — | 0 |
| 10 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 12 | 56 | +5 Laps | — | 0 |
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 15 | 37 | Exhaust | — | 0 |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 6 | 35 | Fuel system | — | 0 |
| 13 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 9 | 30 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 14 | Christian Danner | Osella | 24 | 29 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 15 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 8 | 26 | Brakes | — | 0 |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 13 | 24 | Battery | — | 0 |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 10 | 21 | Water leak | — | 0 |
| 18 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 21 | 20 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 19 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 20 | 19 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 20 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 25 | 18 | Clutch | — | 0 |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 22 | 16 | Turbo | — | 0 |
| 22 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 23 | 16 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 23 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 7 | 6 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 24 | Alan Jones | Lola | 19 | 5 | Injection | — | 0 |
| 25 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 3 | 0 | Spun off | — | 0 |