1985 Portuguese Grand Prix

 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XIV Grande Premio de Portugal
Date:	April 21, 1985
Place:	Estoril
Course:	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silvaist
Length:	291.45 km in 67 laps of 4.35 km
Weather:	rain
Spectator:	~ 20,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 21.007 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 44.121 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Patrick Tambay	Renault

The 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix took place on April 21 at the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silvaist near Estoril and was the second race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Exactly six months to the day after the premiere last year , the second Portuguese Grand Prix took place as a Formula 1 World Championship round.

Shortly after the season opener in Brazil , René Arnoux was surprisingly dismissed from Scuderia Ferrari . Stefan Johansson was then hired as the new regular driver alongside Michele Alboreto after Ken Tyrrell and Stefan Bellof had agreed on a contract extension for his team.

The German racing team Zakspeed was present for the first time with Jonathan Palmer as the only driver. A Zakspeed 841 racing car , which had a four-cylinder turbo engine from its own production, was used. Thus Zakspeed was one of the few teams, alongside Ferrari and Renault , that manufactured their engines themselves.

training

Ayrton Senna secured the first pole position of his Formula 1 career in the Lotus 97T . He relegated Alain Prost to second place on the grid, ahead of Keke Rosberg and Elio de Angelis in the second Lotus . Michele Alboreto and Derek Warwick formed the third row ahead of Niki Lauda and Andrea de Cesaris .

run

It rained throughout the day of the race. As a result, Nigel Mansell and Eddie Cheever had an accident during the warm-up laps , so that they had to start the race with their respective T-Cars from the pit lane.

Ayrton Senna defended his top position, which his team-mate de Angelis, who had started from fourth place, added a Lotus one-two lead before the first corner. Prost followed before Alboreto. Rosberg did not get off well from his starting position. Almost all opponents were able to avoid the Williams, however. However, Palmer easily collided with the almost stationary vehicle and had to give up at the end of the lap due to excessive damage to his Zakspeed.

It turned out that the Pirelli rain tires appeared to be inferior to those of their competitor Goodyear . Several well-known pilots fell behind hopelessly. The order of the first four drivers remained constant until lap 30, with Senna extending the lead over his second-placed team-mate in a remarkable way. Then Prost turned out and left Alboreto third in front of Patrick Tambay , Niki Lauda and Nigel Mansell.

On the 43rd lap, Alboreto passed de Angelis. In the final phase, he fell behind Tambay and was fourth ahead of Mansell and Bellof.

Ayrton Senna achieved his first Grand Prix victory with a lead of more than a minute over the runner-up. He also scored a Grand Slam .

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
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	Stefan Johansson
Minardi F1 team	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M185	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	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: 21.708	191.658 km / h	1: 21.007	193.317 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 23.887	186.680 km / h	1: 21.420	192.336 km / h	02
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	no time	-	1: 21.904	191.199 km / h	03
04th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 22.306	190.266 km / h	1: 22.159	190.606 km / h	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 23.831	186.804 km / h	1: 22.577	189.641 km / h	05
06th	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 24.538	185.242 km / h	1: 23.084	188.484 km / h	06th
07th	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 23.670	187.164 km / h	1: 23.288	188.022 km / h	07th
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 24.723	184.838 km / h	1: 23.302	187.991 km / h	08th
09	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 26.459	181.126 km / h	1: 23.594	187.334 km / h	09
10	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 25.588	182.970 km / h	1: 23.618	187.280 km / h	10
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 25.136	183.941 km / h	1: 23.652	187.204 km / h	11
12	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 25.718	182.692 km / h	1: 24.111	186.183 km / h	12
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 24.519	185.284 km / h	1: 24.230	185.920 km / h	13
14th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 24.880	184.496 km / h	1: 24.563	185.187 km / h	14th
15th	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	1: 34.876	165.058 km / h	1: 24.721	184.842 km / h	15th
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 24.747	184.785 km / h	1: 26.695	180.633 km / h	16
17th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 26.154	181.768 km / h	1: 24.842	184.578 km / h	17th
18th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 24.943	184.359 km / h	1: 26.181	181.711 km / h	18th
19th	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	no time	-	1: 25.717	182.694 km / h	19th
20th	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 27.430	179.115 km / h	1: 26.187	181.698 km / h	20th
21st	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 27.284	179.414 km / h	1: 27.474	179.025 km / h	21st
22nd	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 28.694	176.562 km / h	1: 27.602	178.763 km / h	22nd
23	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 28.166	177.619 km / h	no time	-	23
24	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	1: 30.231	173.555 km / h	1: 28.473	177.003 km / h	24
25th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1: 31.205	171.701 km / h	1: 28.596	176.757 km / h	25th
26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 30.855	172.363 km / h	no time	-	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	67	0	2: 00: 28.006	01	1: 44.121
02	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	67	0	+1: 02.978	05	1: 44.864
03	Patrick Tambay	Renault	66	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 46.290
04th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	66	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 45.212
05	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	65	0	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 46.697
06th	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	65	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 47.861
07th	Derek Warwick	Renault	65	1	+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 45.985
08th	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	62	1	+ 5 rounds	11	1: 46.297
09	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	61	1	+ 6 rounds	26th	1: 51.747
-	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	50	3	NC	15th	1: 50.480	Unrated
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	49	0	DNF	07th	1: 46.633	Electronics failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	36	0	DNF	14th	1: 47.908	Engine failure
-	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	30th	0	DNF	02	1: 44.901	accident
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	29	2	DNF	08th	1: 49.658	Handling problems
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	28	0	DNF	16	1: 49.518	Loss of boost pressure
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	28	4th	DNF	10	1: 51.619	Handling problems
-	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	20th	0	DSQ	22nd	1: 48.395	disqualified
-	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	19th	1	DNF	24	1: 54.588	Lathe operator
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	16	0	DNF	03	1: 45.717	Driving error
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	15th	0	DNF	18th	1: 50.491	Handling problems
-	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	12	0	DNF	17th	1: 48.561	Driving error
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	12	2	DNF	25th	1: 56.040	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	04th	0	DNF	13	1: 51.658	Driving error
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	03	0	DNF	20th	1: 50.643	Driving error
-	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 53.975	Driving error
-	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	02	1	DNF	23	2: 55.894	Collision 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  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 02  Ayrton Senna lotus 9 03  Alain Prost McLaren 9 04th  Elio de Angelis lotus 7th 05  Patrick Tambay Renault 6th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 07th  Nigel Mansell Williams 2 08th  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 1 09  Jacques Laffite Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 16 02  Ferrari 15th 03  McLaren 9 04th  Renault 6th

Item constructor Points 05  Williams 2 06th  Ligier 1 07th  Tyrrell 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2012 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 January 14, 2016 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)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website