1986 Mexican Grand Prix in pictures
On an otherwise featureless circuit, the largest meringue in the world (actually an exhibition dome) stood out at the point where the cars peel off to the pit road.
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Images from the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix. See the December 1986 issue of Motor Sport for the race report. Click on the page viewer above for some images that were not available when the page was transferred online.
The story of the race can almost be told in three pictures. Mansell found difficulty in engaging first gear and was swamped at the start. At the end of lap one he was in sixteenth place but was fifth at the end after two tyre stops.
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Piquet had three tyre stops, which effectively cost him the race. He finished fourth, just ahead of Mansell.
Gerhard Berger was suffering from Montezuma’s Revenge and thought he would not be able to start. In the event, he not only started but was able to run on a single set of Pirellis to score the victory which he has been threatening to take all season. Pirelli is leaving F1 after the next race, so at least the firm goes out on a high note.
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