1985 Italian Grand Prix

 1985 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 8, 1985
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	295.8 km in 51 laps of 5.8 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 110,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 25.084 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 28.283 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Third:	Ayrton Senna	lotus

The 1985 Italian Grand Prix took place in Monza on September 8th and was the twelfth race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

At the weekend, which between the Grand Prix of the Netherlands was and the twelfth World Championship race in Monza, took Stefan Bellof together with Thierry Boutsen for Porsche to a race of the World Sportscar Championship in the Belgian Spa-Francorchamps part. In the famous Eau Rouge curve, he collided with Jacky Ickx's car and had a fatal accident. As a result, his place at Tyrrell was initially not filled. During the same race, Jonathan Palmer had also had a serious accident at the wheel of a Porsche and was broken. The Zakspeed team then did not take part in the Italian GP.

Andrea de Cesaris , dismissed by team boss Guy Ligier , was replaced by Philippe Streiff . With the Haas (USA) team , a new racing team founded by the American Carl Haas entered for the first time. The 1980 world champion , Alan Jones , returned to Formula 1 behind the wheel of the car developed with Lola .

training

Ayrton Senna secured pole position in the Lotus 97T ahead of the two Williams drivers Keke Rosberg and Nigel Mansell . Nelson Piquet qualified for fourth place on the grid ahead of Alain Prost and Elio de Angelis .

run

Already during the first lap, both Williams drivers passed Senna and thus formed a one-two lead for the team. Prost also overtook Senna on the third lap and shortly afterwards came in second, as Mansell had to make a pit stop due to an electronic defect, which set him back almost two laps.

On the 17th lap, de Angelis, who had overtaken his team-mate Senna on the fifth lap, was ousted from third place by Niki Lauda . When he had to head for the pits on lap 26 due to a damaged front wing, de Angelis initially got the position back, but was overtaken by Senna a little later. At the top, too, positions changed several times between Rosberg and Prost, including a pit stop by the Williams driver. An engine failure on Rosberg's car finally brought Prost to the top on lap 45. He won ahead of Piquet, Senna and Surer. Due to the distance covered, Stefan Johansson was classified fifth ahead of Elio de Angelis, although he retired on the penultimate lap due to a lack of fuel.

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 014	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	G
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	Marc Surer
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM 03	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	10	Kenny Acheson
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 RE60B	Renault EF15 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
Toleman Group Motorsport	19th	Teo Fabi	Toleman TG185	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	20th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo 184TB	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
	23	Eddie Cheever
Osella Squadra Corse	24	Huub Rothengatter	Osella FA1G		P
Team Ligier	25th	Philippe Streiff	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	Stefan Johansson
Minardi F1 team	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M185	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	P
Team Haas (USA) Ltd	33	Alan Jones	Lola THL1	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 27.009	239.975 km / h	1: 25.084	245.405 km / h	01
02	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 26.161	242.337 km / h	1: 25.230	244.984 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 26.960	240.110 km / h	1: 25.486	244.251 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 25.679	243.700 km / h	1: 25.584	243.971 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 27.576	238.421 km / h	1: 25.790	243.385 km / h	05
06th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 27.098	239.730 km / h	1: 26.044	242.667 km / h	06th
07th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 27.552	238.487 km / h	1: 26.468	241.477 km / h	07th
08th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 28.578	235.724 km / h	1: 27.020	239.945 km / h	08th
09	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 27.799	237.816 km / h	1: 27.153	239.579 km / h	09
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 29.011	234.578 km / h	1: 27.473	238.702 km / h	10
11	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 27.746	237.960 km / h	1: 27.723	238.022 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 28.119	236.952 km / h	1: 28.112	236.971 km / h	12
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 29.068	234.428 km / h	1: 28.340	236.360 km / h	13
14th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 28.369	236.282 km / h	1: 28.760	235.241 km / h	14th
15th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 29.050	234.475 km / h	1: 28.386	236.237 km / h	15th
16	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 28.472	236.007 km / h	1: 28.949	234.741 km / h	16
17th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 29.298	233.824 km / h	1: 28.629	235.589 km / h	17th
18th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 33.503	223.308 km / h	1: 28.793	235.154 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	1: 31.727	227.632 km / h	1: 29.839	232.416 km / h	19th
20th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 30.186	231.522 km / h	1: 30.376	231.035 km / h	20th
21st	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	1: 30.271	231.304 km / h	1: 31.449	228.324 km / h	21st
22nd	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 33.529	223.246 km / h	1: 37.664	213.794 km / h	22nd
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 35.770	218.022 km / h	1: 33.981	222.173 km / h	23
24	Kenny Acheson	RAM hard	1: 34.919	219.977 km / h	1: 38.325	212.357 km / h	24
25th	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	1: 34.943	219.921 km / h	1: 45.823	197.311 km / h	25th
26th	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 36.221	217,000 km / h	1: 37.664	213.794 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	51	0	1: 17: 59.451	05	1: 29.714
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	51	1	+ 51.635	04th	1: 30.436
03	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	51	0	+1: 00.390	01	1: 31.703
04th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	51	0	+1: 00.609	09	1: 30.935
05	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	50	1	DNF	10	1: 30.795	Lack of fuel
06th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	50	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 31.896
07th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	50	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 31.745
08th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	50	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 33.418
09	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	50	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 32.820
10	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	49	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 33.575
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	47	2	DNF	03	1: 28.283	Engine failure
12	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	47	2	+ 4 rounds	15th	1: 33.864
13	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	45	1	DNF	07th	1: 30.163	Engine failure
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	44	1	DNF	02	1: 28.421	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	40	0	DNF	20th	1: 32.448	Engine failure
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	33	1	DNF	16	1: 29.998	Vibrations
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	31	1	DNF	13	1: 34.784	broken exhaust manifold
-	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	26th	1	DNF	22nd	1: 37.585	Engine failure
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	19th	0	DNF	26th	1: 35.308	Engine failure
-	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	13	0	DNF	11	1: 36.425	Differential damage
-	Derek Warwick	Renault	09	0	DNF	12	1: 33.330	Gearbox damage
-	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	06th	1	DNF	25th	1: 36.536	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	03	0	DNF	17th	1: 36.311	Engine failure
-	Kenny Acheson	RAM hard	02	0	DNF	24	2: 14.092	Gearbox damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	00	0	DNF	21st	-	Engine failure
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	00	0	DNF	23	-	Turbocharger 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 65 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 53 03  Elio de Angelis lotus 31 04th  Ayrton Senna lotus 23 05  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 21st 06th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 19th 07th  Keke Rosberg Williams 18th 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 14th 09  Patrick Tambay Renault 11

Item driver constructor Points 10  Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 11  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 9 12  Nigel Mansell Williams 7th 13  Marc Surer Brabham 5 14th  Derek Warwick Renault 4th 15th  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 4th 16  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3 17th  René Arnoux Ferrari 3

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 79 02  Ferrari 77 03  lotus 54 04th  Williams 25th 05  Brabham 24

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 15th 07th  Ligier 13 08th  Arrows 9 09  Tyrrell 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 23, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed April 23, 2013)
3. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( memento of the original from April 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 23, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website