During the 2nd Qualifying session at Monza, Berger's B186 was speed trapped at a season's fastest 351.22 km/h (218.23 mph) while Fabi was second having been clocked at 349.85 km/h (217.38 mph). Berger's speed trap would be the second fastest recorded of the original turbo era in Formula One (1977-1988), beaten only by the actively suspended Williams-Honda of Nelson Piquet who recorded 352.135 km/h (218.807 mph) in qualifying at Monza for the 1987 race.