Race Result
| GP n. 435 - 12/10/1986 - Grand Prix of Mexico Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez |
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| Winner: | Gerhard Berger / Benetton-BMW - 1:33'18.700 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Ayrton Senna / Lotus-Renault - 1:16.990 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Nelson Piquet / Williams-Honda - 1:19.360 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 |  Gerhard Berger |
Benetton-BMW | 68 | 1:33'18.700 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 68 | +25.438 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna |
Lotus-Renault | 68 | +52.513 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Williams-Honda | 67 | + 1 lap | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda | 67 | + 1 lap | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | Philippe Alliot |
Ligier-Renault | 67 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Arrows-BMW | 66 | + 2 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | 23 |  Andrea de Cesaris |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 66 | + 2 laps | 22 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 |  Christian Danner |
Arrows-BMW | 66 | + 2 laps | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer |
Zakspeed | 65 | out of fuel | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | Martin Brundle |
Tyrrell-Renault | 65 | + 3 laps | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | 28 |  Stefan Johansson |
Ferrari | 64 | turbo | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-BMW | 64 | spun off | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini |
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 64 | + 4 laps | 24 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Renault | 63 | engine | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | 22 |  Allen Berg |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 61 | + 7 laps | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | Johnny Dumfries |
Lotus-Renault | 53 | electrical | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Derek Warwick |
Brabham-BMW | 37 | engine | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 |  Alan Jones |
Lola-Ford | 35 | tyre | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Keke Rosberg |
McLaren-TAG | 32 | puncture | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 | Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 10 | turbo | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 8 | turbo | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Philippe Streiff |
Tyrrell-Renault | 8 | turbo | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi |
Benetton-BMW | 4 | engine | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Patrick Tambay |
Lola-Ford | 0 | accident | 8 | 0 |
| Dns | 29 |  Huub Rothengatter |
Zakspeed | 0 | accident | 23 | 0 |