June 22, 1986 Detroit Street Circuit | Lap distance 4.023 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 98T | Renault EF15B | Goodyear | 63 | 1:51'12.847 | 1 | 1'38.301 | 2 | 1'41.981 | (42) | |
| 2 | 6 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS27 | Renault EF15B | Pirelli | 63 | 1:51'43.864 | +31.017 | 6 | 1'40.676 | 6 | 1'43.416 | (40) |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-2C | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 63 | 1:51'44.671 | +31.824 | 7 | 1'40.715 | 5 | 1'43.293 | (39) |
| 4 | 3 | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1/86 | Ferrari 126C | Goodyear | 63 | 1:52'43.783 | +1'30.936 | 11 | 1'41.606 | 7 | 1'43.619 | (54) |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW11 | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 62 | 1:51'16.596 | +1 lap | 2 | 1'38.839 | 4 | 1'43.051 | (29) |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Brabham BT55 | BMW M12/13/1 | Pirelli | 62 | 1:51'54.383 | +1 lap | 8 | 1'40.819 | 8 | 1'44.698 | (23) |
| 7 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries (GBR) | Team Lotus 98T | Renault EF15B | Goodyear | 61 | 1:51'39.683 | +2 laps | 14 | 1'42.511 | 11 | 1'45.434 | (38) | |
| 8 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Zakspeed 861 | Zakspeed 861 | Goodyear | 61 | 1:52'14.496 | +2 laps | 20 | 1'44.401 | 17 | 1'46.756 | (52) | |
| 9 | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell 015 | Renault EF15B | Goodyear | 61 | 1:52'39.946 | +2 laps | 18 | 1'43.796 | 18 | 1'46.869 | (47) | |
| 10 | 8 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Brabham BT55 | BMW M12/13/1 | Pirelli | 60 | 1:51'54.786 | +3 laps | 15 | 1'42.558 | 14 | 1'46.136 | (52) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| electrical | 17 | Christian Danner (GER) | Arrows A8 | BMW M12/13 | Goodyear | 51 | 1:43'38.907 | 19 | 1'44.259 | 22 | 1'49.499 | (18) | ||
| accident | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS27 | Renault EF15B | Pirelli | 46 | 1:21'18.572 | 4 | 1'39.689 | 3 | 1'42.921 | (46) | ||
| accident | 18 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Arrows A8 | BMW M12/13 | Goodyear | 44 | 1:21'16.143 | 13 | 1'42.279 | 19 | 1'47.005 | (40) | ||
| gearbox | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Minardi M/85B | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Pirelli | 43 | 1:20'16.893 | 23 | 1'46.705 | 16 | 1'46.621 | (36) | ||
| accident | 6 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Williams FW11 | Honda RA166-E | Goodyear | 41 | 1:12'36.351 | 3 | 1'39.076 | 1 | 1'41.233 | (41) | ||
| electrical | 28 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | Ferrari F1/86 | Ferrari 126C | Goodyear | 40 | 1:11'51.702 | 5 | 1'40.312 | 9 | 1'44.864 | (21) | ||
| gearbox | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Benetton B186 | BMW M12/13 | Pirelli | 38 | 1:10'41.857 | 17 | 1'43.658 | 20 | 1'47.122 | (7) | ||
| steering | 16 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Lola THL-2 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 37 | 1:09'18.640 | 10 | 1'41.540 | 12 | 1'45.836 | (27) | ||
| steering | 15 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Lola THL-2 | Ford F1 | Goodyear | 33 | 1:00'38.259 | 21 | 1'44.450 | 15 | 1'46.579 | (19) | ||
| electrical | 22 | Allen Berg (CAN) | Osella FA1G | Alfa Romeo 890T | Pirelli | 28 | 54'55.192 | 25 | 1'48.682 | 25 | 1'53.507 | (4) | ||
| electrical | 3 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Tyrrell 015 | Renault EF15B | Goodyear | 15 | 27'25.582 | 16 | 1'42.815 | 21 | 1'47.819 | (12) | ||
| turbo | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Osella FA1F | Alfa Romeo 890T | Pirelli | 14 | 35'58.283 | 22 | 1'45.059 | 23 | 1'51.711 | (5) | ||
| transmission | 2 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | McLaren MP4-2C | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 12 | 22'08.631 | 9 | 1'40.848 | 10 | 1'45.254 | (12) | ||
| engine | 20 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Benetton B186 | BMW M12/13 | Pirelli | 8 | 14'32.843 | 12 | 1'41.836 | 13 | 1'45.914 | (4) | ||
| turbo | 24 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Minardi M/85B | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Pirelli | 3 | 5'57.897 | 24 | 1'47.230 | 24 | 1'53.122 | (2) | ||
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| electrical | 29 | Huub Rothengatter (NED) | Zakspeed 861 | Zakspeed 861 | Goodyear | 26 | 1'49.680 | |||||||
