1985 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XIV Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	April 7, 1985
Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Course:	Jacarepaguá
Length:	306.891 km in 61 laps of 5.031 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 90,000
Pole position
Driver:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Time:	1: 27.768 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 36.702 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Elio de Angelis	lotus

The 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in Rio de Janeiro on April 7th and was the first race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The teams McLaren , Ferrari , Renault and Alfa Romeo started the new season with the same drivers with whom they had ended the 1984 season . At Tyrrell , the contracts with Martin Brundle and Stefan Johansson were extended after Stefan Bellof fell out with the team boss.

Keke Rosberg's new team-mate at Williams was Nigel Mansell , while Jacques Laffite returned to Ligier . There he ousted François Hesnault , who then replaced Teo Fabi at Brabham . Mansell's former place at Team Lotus as Elio de Angelis's team-mate was taken by Ayrton Senna , whose contract signing had already caused a stir at the Italian Grand Prix last year .

Following the withdrawal of ATS , Gerhard Berger was hired by Arrows to become the second regular driver alongside Thierry Boutsen . Besides Philippe Alliot went Manfred Winkelhock for RAM Racing at the start.

The Spirit Racing and Osella Squadra Corse teams continued to compete with just one vehicle. The only new team, Minardi , too.

Since Michelin had withdrawn from Formula 1 as a tire supplier and the two remaining suppliers, Goodyear and Pirelli , only wanted to equip a maximum of eight teams each, the Toleman team was unable to start the season due to a lack of tires.

Almost all teams brought new racing cars to the start right on time for the season opener. Spirit and McLaren, however, limited themselves to the evolutionary stages of their models from the previous year. Tyrrell and Osella were the only two teams that used only last year's vehicles. The engines have hardly changed compared to those used in the 1984 season. Only Renault used in its own works team further developed units from the previous year and also made them available to the Ligier customer team.

training

As there were only 25 drivers present, everyone could qualify for the race.

Michele Alboreto reached pole position with the new Ferrari 156/85 in front of Keke Rosberg and the two Lotus drivers Elio de Angelis and Ayrton Senna. Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost formed the third row ahead of René Arnoux and Nelson Piquet . The reigning world champion Niki Lauda qualified for ninth place on the grid next to Derek Warwick .

run

While Alboreto had to defend himself against Mansell in the first corner, Rosberg pulled past him and took the lead. Mansell's attempt to overtake failed. He got off the track and had to give up the race shortly afterwards due to excessive damage. From then on, Alboreto had slight handling problems as a result of contact with Mansell.

When Rosberg retired on lap ten due to a turbocharger failure, Alboreto took the lead. Prost had meanwhile come second. Senna followed before Lauda, ​​until the Austrian overtook the Brazilian in the 14th round.

In lap 19, Prost relegated Alboreto to second place. After Lauda was eliminated in the 24th lap, the two Lotus drivers Senna and de Angelis followed in third and fourth. Senna did not reach the destination due to an electrical fault. In the end, de Angelis was third ahead of Arnoux, Tambay and Laffite.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Niki Lauda	McLaren MP4 / 2B	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Alain Prost
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell 012	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Stefan Johansson
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW10	Honda RA163-E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Keke Rosberg
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT54	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	P
	8th	François Hesnault
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	9	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM 03	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	10	Philippe Alliot
John Player Special Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 97T	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Patrick Tambay	Renault RE60	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	G
	16	Derek Warwick
Barclay Arrows BMW	17th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows A8	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Thierry Boutsen
Spirit Enterprises Ltd.	21st	Mauro Baldi	Spirit 101D	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo 185T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
	23	Eddie Cheever
Osella Squadra Corse	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella FA1F		P
Team Ligier	25th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier JS25	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	P
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari 156/85	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	René Arnoux
Minardi F1 team	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M185	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	P

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 28.899	203.732 km / h	1: 27.768	206.358 km / h	01
02	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 32.135	196.577 km / h	1: 27.864	206.132 km / h	02
03	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 28.081	205.624 km / h	no time	-	03
04th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 28.705	204.178 km / h	1: 28.389	204.908 km / h	04th
05	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 31.211	198.568 km / h	1: 28.848	203.849 km / h	05
06th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 30.253	200.676 km / h	1: 29.117	203.234 km / h	06th
07th	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 30.813	199.438 km / h	1: 29.612	202.111 km / h	07th
08th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 31.364	198.236 km / h	1: 29.855	201.565 km / h	08th
09	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 30.716	199.652 km / h	1: 29.984	201.276 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 31.533	197.870 km / h	1: 30,100	201.017 km / h	10
11	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 30.254	200.674 km / h	1: 30.516	200.093 km / h	11
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 32.207	196.423 km / h	1: 30.953	199.131 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 33.718	193.256 km / h	1: 31.411	198.134 km / h	13
14th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 32.107	196.637 km / h	1: 31.790	197.316 km / h	14th
15th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 37.803	185.185 km / h	1: 32.021	196.820 km / h	15th
16	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	1: 36.239	188.194 km / h	1: 32.560	195.674 km / h	16
17th	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	1: 34.742	191.168 km / h	1: 32.904	194.950 km / h	17th
18th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 33.094	194.552 km / h	1: 33.091	194.558 km / h	18th
19th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 34.919	190.811 km / h	1: 34.773	191.105 km / h	19th
20th	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 35.726	189.203 km / h	1: 37.409	185.934 km / h	20th
21st	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 36.225	188.221 km / h	1: 36,152	188.364 km / h	21st
22nd	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 38.272	184.301 km / h	1: 36.743	187.214 km / h	22nd
23	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 37.799	185.192 km / h	1: 37.293	186.155 km / h	23
24	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	1: 41.330	178.739 km / h	no time	-	24
25th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1: 44.046	174.073 km / h	no time	-	25th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	61	1	1: 41: 26.115	06th	1: 36.702
02	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	61	1	+ 3.259	01	1: 36.925
03	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	60	1	+ 1 lap	03	1: 39.080
04th	René Arnoux	Ferrari	59	1	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 38.349
05	Patrick Tambay	Renault	59	1	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 40.459
06th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	59	1	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 40.572
07th	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford	58	2	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 41.926
08th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	58	1	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 42.606
09	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	58	0	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 43.115
10	Derek Warwick	Renault	57	2	+ 4 rounds	10	1: 39.715
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	57	1	+ 4 rounds	12	1: 41.809
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	57	1	+ 4 rounds	22nd	1: 42.234
13	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	57	0	+ 4 rounds	16	1: 44.236
-	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	51	1	DNF	19th	1: 42.588	Suspension damage
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	48	1	DNF	04th	1: 38.440	Electrical damage
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	42	1	DNF	18th	1: 41.855	Engine failure
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	41	5	DNF	25th	1: 45.662	Engine failure
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	27	2	DNF	09	1: 38.098	Electrical damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	26th	0	DNF	13	1: 40.008	collision
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	20th	0	DNF	14th	1: 41.812	Suspension damage
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	10	0	DNF	02	1: 38.678	Turbocharger damage
-	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	09	0	DNF	17th	1: 41.151	collision
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	08th	0	DNF	05	1: 39.996	Engine failure
-	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	07th	2	DNF	24	1: 47.046	defective fuel supply
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	02	0	DNF	08th	1: 40.558	Suspension damage

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren 9 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6th 03  Elio de Angelis lotus 4th

Item driver constructor Points 04th  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 05  Patrick Tambay Renault 2 06th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 9 02  Ferrari 9 03  lotus 4th

Item constructor Points 04th  Renault 2 05  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Overview" ( Memento from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 19, 2012)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 19, 2012)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from May 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 19, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website