1985 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco 19 May 1985 Circuit de Monaco 1976.png 4 16 41e Grand Prix de Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Street circuit 2.057 3.312 78 160.446 258.336 Dry Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:20.450 Brazil 1968 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:22.637 60 (lap record) Italy Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Italy MON The 1985 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 19 May 1985. It was the fourth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG. Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Lotus-Renault and led until he suffered an engine failure on lap 14. Michele Alboreto finished second in a Ferrari, with Elio de Angelis third in the other Lotus-Renault. After the race, de Angelis led the Drivers' Championship by two points from Prost and Alboreto. Summary As usual for the time, the FIA allowed only 20 cars to start the race, due to the tight confines of the Monaco circuit. The Toleman team entered their first race of the season, having missed the opening three rounds due to not having tyres. Having bought out the tyre contract of the struggling Spirit team, Toleman were able to race for the rest of the season. This was the first race in which they were sponsored by the Benetton clothing company, who would buy the team and rename it Benetton Formula from 1986 onwards. Former Brabham driver Teo Fabi got the new Toleman-Hart onto the grid in 20th and last place just 0.106 seconds ahead of the Osella-Alfa Romeo of Piercarlo Ghinzani. There was a big accident on the pit straight involving Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese, this accident was to affect the outcome of the race. The accident happened right after Piquet and Patrese crossed the start/finish line, Piquet attempted to pass Patrese, the two cars touched and Patrese crashed violently and collected Piquet, whose Brabham's rear suspension broke during the collision before Patrese collected Piquet. The cars then spun into the run-off at the first corner at Sainte Devote; both drivers were unhurt. Patrese's gearbox dropped oil onto the track which took out Niki Lauda who while sliding off on the oil managed to avoid hitting anything, he stalled his engine and was out on the spot. The crash also nearly took out the closely following Jacques Laffite and Teo Fabi, while race leader Michele Alboreto also slid wide on the oil; Alboreto's off handed the lead to Alain Prost. Alboreto drove a hard race; he eventually caught and passed Prost 3 laps later, but was re-passed by Prost after he punctured his left rear tyre at the first corner where Piquet and Patrese crashed. This dropped him to 4th behind Andrea de Cesaris, Elio de Angelis and Prost; he caught and passed his compatriots but could not catch Prost; who despite a leaking turbo wastegate, had kept the gap wide enough for Alboreto to be unable to catch him in the remaining laps. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:21.631 1:20.450 2 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:22.560 1:20.536 +0.086 3 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:22.630 1:20.563 +0.113 4 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:22.755 1:20.729 +0.279 5 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:22.270 1:20.885 +0.435 6 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:24.510 1:21.302 +0.852 7 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:23.099 1:21.320 +0.870 8 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:22.992 1:21.347 +0.897 9 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:23.319 1:21.465 +1.015 10 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:23.524 1:21.531 +1.081 11 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 1:24.293 1:21.665 +1.215 12 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:22.145 1:21.813 +1.363 13 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:23.548 1:21.817 +1.367 14 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:22.897 1:21.907 +1.457 15 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:23.163 1:22.635 +2.185 16 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:26.681 1:22.888 +2.438 17 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:24.473 1:22.912 +2.462 18 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.499 1:23.827 +3.377 19 30 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:41.564 1:23.840 +3.390 20 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:26.243 1:23.965 +3.515DNQ Did not qualify 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:26.230 1:24.071 +3.621DNQ Did not qualify 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.214 1:24.236 +3.786DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:28.026 1:24.763 +4.313DNQ Did not qualify 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 1:26.102 1:24.764 +4.314DNQ Did not qualify 8 FRA François Hesnault Brabham-BMW 1:27.505 1:25.068 +4.618DNQ Did not qualify 29 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 6:41.307 no time +5:20.857 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 78 1:51:58.034 5 9 2 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 78 + 7.541 3 6 3 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 78 + 1:27.171 9 4 4 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 77 + 1 Lap 8 3 5 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 77 + 1 Lap 10 2 6 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 77 + 1 Lap 16 1 7 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 77 + 1 Lap 2   8 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 76 + 2 Laps 7   9 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 76 + 2 Laps 6   10 3 GRB Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 4 Laps 18   11 30 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 74 + 4 Laps 19   Ret Retired 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 17 Spun off 14   Ret Retired 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 16 Collision 12   Ret Retired 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 16 Collision 13   Ret Retired 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 16 Turbo 20   Ret Retired 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 13 Engine 1   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 10 Alternator 4   Ret Retired 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1 Accident 15   Ret Retired 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 0 Accident 11   Ret Retired 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 0 Accident 17  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/298/ 1985 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216193921/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/298/ 16 December 2013 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ITA Elio de Angelis 20 2 FRA Alain Prost 18 3 ITA Michele Alboreto 18 4 FRA Patrick Tambay 10 5 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1985/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1985 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR Lotus-Renault 29 2 ITA Ferrari 22 3 GBR McLaren-TAG 21 4 FRA Renault 12 5 GBR Arrows-BMW 6Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Monaco Grand Prix 1985 1985 San Marino Grand Prix 1985 Canadian Grand Prix 1984 Monaco Grand Prix 1986 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:May 1985 sports events in Europe