1985 Monaco Grand Prix

 1985 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Date:	May 19, 1985
Place:	Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	258.336 km in 78 laps of 3.312 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 20.450 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Time:	1: 22.637 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Elio de Angelis	lotus

The 1985 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 19 and was the fourth race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the San Marino Grand Prix , the Toleman team, with the financial support of the new main sponsor Benetton , who signed a three-year contract, was able to acquire a contingent of tires from Pirelli , which enabled Teo Fabi to start the World Cup season late with the new Toleman TG185 . However, as the tire manufacturer refused to equip more than six teams at the same time, Spirit pilot Mauro Baldi had to forego the Monaco Grand Prix. The team then finally disappeared from Formula 1 after only 25 Grand Prix participations. Baldi also ended his Grand Prix career and from then on concentrated on the sports car world championship .

training

For the third time in a row Ayrton Senna secured pole position. Nigel Mansell followed in front of Michele Alboreto and Eddie Cheever . Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen formed the third row ahead of Keke Rosberg and Andrea de Cesaris .

As only 20 vehicles were allowed to race on the narrow street circuit, six drivers failed to qualify.

run

Senna initially defended his top position against Mansell and Alboreto and Prost, who had passed Cheever on the way to the first corner. Further back in the field, Patrick Tambay and Stefan Johansson collided with Gerhard Berger , whose engine suddenly failed after a few meters. This ended the race for all three participants, with Johansson finishing the first lap despite a defective suspension.

By the fifth lap, Mansell fell back to seventh place behind Elio de Angelis and Keke Rosberg. This order then remained constant until the 14th lap. Then, however, the leader Senna retired due to an engine failure. Alboreto took the lead.

On the 17th lap there was a violent collision between Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese in the area of ​​the Sainte Dévote , as a result of which both drivers were eliminated. Shortly afterwards, Alboreto slipped on oil, which the two badly damaged cars had lost, and had to cover a further arc than Prost who immediately followed him and thus took the lead. Niki Lauda was also surprised by the oil trail, turned and dropped out.

After taking the lead again for a short time, Alboreto had to make a pit stop on lap 32 due to a tire damage resulting from driving over debris, which pushed him back to fourth place behind Prost, de Angelis and de Cesaris. By the end of the race he fought his way past his two compatriots to second place behind the victorious Alain Prost.

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 Bellof
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
Toleman Group Motorsport	19th	Teo Fabi	Toleman TG185	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 FA1G		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	Stefan Johansson
Minardi F1 team	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M185	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	P
West Zakspeed Racing	30th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed 841	Zakspeed 1500/4 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: 21.630	146.064 km / h	1: 20.450	148.206 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 22.650	144.261 km / h	1: 20.536	148.048 km / h	02
03	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 22.630	144.296 km / h	1: 20.563	147.998 km / h	03
04th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 22.755	144.078 km / h	1: 20.729	147.694 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 22.270	144.928 km / h	1: 20.885	147.409 km / h	05
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 24.510	141.086 km / h	1: 21.302	146.653 km / h	06th
07th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 23.099	143.482 km / h	1: 21.320	146.621 km / h	07th
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 22.992	143.667 km / h	1: 21.347	146.572 km / h	08th
09	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 23.319	143.103 km / h	1: 21.465	146.360 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 23.524	142.752 km / h	1: 21.531	146.241 km / h	10
11	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 24.293	141.449 km / h	1: 21.665	146.001 km / h	11
12	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 22.145	145.148 km / h	1: 21.813	145.737 km / h	12
13	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 23.548	142.711 km / h	1: 21.817	145.730 km / h	13
14th	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 22.897	143.832 km / h	1: 21.907	145.570 km / h	14th
15th	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 23.163	143.371 km / h	1: 22.635	144.288 km / h	15th
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 26.681	137.553 km / h	1: 22.880	143.861 km / h	16
17th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 24.473	141.148 km / h	1: 22.912	143.805 km / h	17th
18th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 26.499	137.842 km / h	1: 23.827	142.236 km / h	18th
19th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 41.564	117.396 km / h	1: 23.840	142.214 km / h	19th
20th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 26.243	138.251 km / h	1: 23.965	142.002 km / h	20th
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 26.230	138.272 km / h	1: 24.071	141.823 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 26.214	138.298 km / h	1: 24.236	141.545 km / h	-
DNQ	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 28.026	135.451 km / h	1: 24.763	140.665 km / h	-
DNQ	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	1: 26.182	138.349 km / h	1: 24.764	140.663 km / h	-
DNQ	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	1: 27.505	136.257 km / h	1: 25.068	140.161 km / h	-
DNQ	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	6: 41.037	29.731 km / h	no time	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	78	0	1: 51: 58.034	05	1: 23.898
02	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	1	+ 07.541	03	1: 22.637
03	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	78	0	+1: 27.171	09	1: 24.434
04th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	77	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 24.554
05	Derek Warwick	Renault	77	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 25.305
06th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	77	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 24.788
07th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	77	0	+ 1 lap	02	1: 24.673
08th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	76	1	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 24.617
09	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	76	2	+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 25.631
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	74	1	+ 4 rounds	18th	1: 26.131
11	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	74	1	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 26.653
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	17th	0	DNF	14th	1: 25.842	Lathe operator
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	16	0	DNF	12	1: 27.723	collision
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	16	0	DNF	13	1: 27.124	collision
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	16	0	DNF	20th	1: 26.717	Turbocharger damage
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	14th	0	DNF	01	1: 24.803	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	10	1	DNF	04th	1: 26.548	defective alternator
-	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	01	1	DNF	15th	2: 31.095	Suspension damage
-	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	00	0	DNF	11	-	collision
-	Patrick Tambay	Renault	00	0	DNF	17th	-	collision

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  Elio de Angelis lotus 20th 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 18th 03  Alain Prost McLaren 18th 04th  Patrick Tambay Renault 10 05  Ayrton Senna lotus 9 06th  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 6th 07th  Nigel Mansell Williams 4th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 3 09  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 10  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3 11  Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 12  Derek Warwick Renault 2 13  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 1 14th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 29 02  Ferrari 22nd 03  McLaren 21st 04th  Renault 12

Item constructor Points 05  Arrows 6th 06th  Ligier 5 07th  Williams 4th 08th  Tyrrell 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from August 18, 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 February 19, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 19, 2012)
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 February 19, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website