March 23, 1986 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Lap distance 5.031 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Williams FW11 | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 61 | 1:39'32.583 | 2 | 1'26.266 | 1 | 1'33.546 | (46) | |
| 2 | 6 | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 98T | Renault EF15B | Goodyear | 61 | 1:40'07.410 | +34.827 | 1 | 1'25.501 | 3 | 1'34.785 | (46) |
| 3 | 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS27 | Renault EF15 | Pirelli | 61 | 1:40'32.342 | +59.759 | 5 | 1'27.190 | 8 | 1'35.767 | (39) |
| 4 | 3 | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS27 | Renault EF15 | Pirelli | 61 | 1:41'01.012 | +1'28.429 | 4 | 1'27.133 | 9 | 1'36.414 | (39) |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Tyrrell 014 | Renault EF15 | Goodyear | 60 | 1:41'08.298 | +1 lap | 17 | 1'32.009 | 13 | 1'37.869 | (17) |
| 6 | 1 | 20 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Benetton B186 | BMW M12/13 | Pirelli | 59 | 1:39'40.304 | +2 laps | 16 | 1'31.313 | 11 | 1'36.958 | (30) |
| 7 | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell 014 | Renault EF15 | Goodyear | 59 | 1:41'00.572 | +2 laps | 18 | 1'32.388 | 19 | 1'39.651 | (38) | |
| 8 | 8 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Brabham BT55 | BMW M12/13/1 | Pirelli | 58 | 1:40'09.888 | +3 laps | 14 | 1'31.074 | 5 | 1'35.121 | (22) | |
| 9 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries (GBR) | Team Lotus 98T | Renault EF15 | Goodyear | 58 | 1:40'18.673 | +3 laps | 11 | 1'29.503 | 4 | 1'35.033 | (50) | |
| 10 | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Benetton B186 | BMW M12/13 | Pirelli | 56 | 1:39'53.363 | +5 laps | 12 | 1'29.748 | 2 | 1'33.998 | (49) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| exhaust | 18 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Arrows A8 | BMW M12/13 | Goodyear | 37 | 1:17'02.508 | 15 | 1'31.244 | 16 | 1'38.591 | (23) | ||
| fuel system | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1/86 | Ferrari 126C | Goodyear | 35 | 58'51.626 | 6 | 1'27.485 | 7 | 1'35.532 | (23) | ||
| engine | 1 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-2C | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 30 | 49'37.969 | 9 | 1'28.099 | 6 | 1'35.381 | (12) | ||
| engine | 22 | Christian Danner (GER) | Osella FA1G | Alfa Romeo 890T | Pirelli | 29 | 53'17.176 | 24 | 1'36.558 | 24 | 1'43.712 | (29) | ||
| brakes | 28 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | Ferrari F1/86 | Ferrari 126C | Goodyear | 26 | 43'19.675 | 8 | 1'27.711 | 12 | 1'36.983 | (21) | ||
| battery | 16 | Patrick Tambay (FRA) | Lola THL-1 | Hart 415T | Goodyear | 24 | 40'05.433 | 13 | 1'30.594 | 17 | 1'38.674 | (9) | ||
| water leak | 7 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Brabham BT55 | BMW M12/13/1 | Pirelli | 21 | 35'41.855 | 10 | 1'29.294 | 15 | 1'38.409 | (7) | ||
| engine | 14 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Zakspeed 861 | Zakspeed 861 | Goodyear | 20 | 35'05.982 | 21 | 1'33.784 | 22 | 1'41.849 | (4) | ||
| engine | 17 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Arrows A8 | BMW M12/13 | Goodyear | 19 | 32'30.602 | 20 | 1'33.781 | 20 | 1'39.970 | (6) | ||
| clutch | 24 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Minardi M/85B | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Pirelli | 18 | 32'29.348 | 25 | 1'37.466 | 21 | 1'40.461 | (12) | ||
| turbo | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Minardi M/85B | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Pirelli | 16 | 26'27.965 | 22 | 1'34.646 | 10 | 1'36.475 | (12) | ||
| engine | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Osella FA1F | Alfa Romeo 890T | Pirelli | 16 | 28'16.909 | 23 | 1'35.988 | 23 | 1'43.412 | (8) | ||
| engine | 2 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | McLaren MP4-2C | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 6 | 10'21.020 | 7 | 1'27.705 | 14 | 1'38.027 | (5) | ||
| injection | 15 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Lola THL-1 | Hart 415T | Goodyear | 5 | 8'29.222 | 19 | 1'33.236 | 18 | 1'38.710 | (2) | ||
| spun off | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW11 | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 0 | 3 | 1'26.749 | ||||||
