Nigel Mansell has every reason to look pleased with life. He completely dominated the race. not losing the lead even when he stopped for tyres.
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Images from the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. See page 37 for the Motor Sport race report
Nelson Piquet’s Williams chases Ayrton Senna, Lotus. Senna won the duel only to lose third place when his car ran low on fuel on the last lap.
Senna has words with his pit crew having trickled across the line out of fuel contrary to the information his meter was telling him.
PORTUGESE GRAND For marketing reasons, Keke Rosberg’s car was painted yellow and white for the former World Champion’s last race in Europe.
Stefan Johansson was innocently involved in a collision with Gerhard Berger but recovered and drove magnificently to sixth place. Ironically Berger is to replace Johansson at Ferrari next season.