The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 12

Italian Grand Prix

1985  ·  Autodromo Nazionale di Monza  ·  8 September 1985  ·  51 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:17:59.451
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +51.635
  3. 3rd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +1:00.390

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 9

Derek Warwick

Retirement Renault  —  Transmission

03 Lap 40

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

04 Lap 44

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

05 On the Charge

Martin Brundle

Tyrrell  —  P18 → P8

06 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 5 51 01:17:59.451 9
2 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 51 +51.635 6
3 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 51 +1:00.390 4
4 Marc Surer Brabham 9 51 +1:00.609 3
5 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 10 50 +1 Lap 2
6 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 50 +1 Lap 1
7 Patrick Tambay Renault 8 50 +1 Lap
8 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 18 50 +1 Lap
9 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 14 50 +1 Lap
10 Philippe Streiff Ligier 19 49 +2 Laps
11 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 47 Engine
12 Teo Fabi Toleman 15 47 +4 Laps
13 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 45 Engine
14 Keke Rosberg Williams 2 44 Engine
15 Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 40 Engine
16 Niki Lauda McLaren 16 33 Transmission
17 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 13 31 Exhaust
18 Huub Rothengatter Osella 22 26 Engine
19 Philippe Alliot RAM 26 19 Turbo
20 Gerhard Berger Arrows 11 13 Engine
21 Derek Warwick Renault 6 9 Transmission
22 Alan Jones Lola 25 6 Engine
23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 17 3 Engine
24 Kenny Acheson RAM 24 2 Clutch
25 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 0 Fuel pump
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 0 Withdrew

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