The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 2

Portuguese Grand Prix

1985  ·  Autódromo do Estoril  ·  21 April 1985  ·  67 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · 02:00:28.006
  2. 2nd Michele Alboreto Ferrari · +1:02.978
  3. 3rd Patrick Tambay Renault

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 16

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Williams  —  Spun off

03 Lap 30

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

04 Lap 49

Niki Lauda

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

05 Lap 50

Manfred Winkelhock

Retirement RAM  —  Not classified

06 On the Charge

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Osella  —  P26 → P9

07 Victory

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 67 02:00:28.006 9
2 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 67 +1:02.978 6
3 Patrick Tambay Renault 12 66 +1 Lap 4
4 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 4 66 +1 Lap 3
5 Nigel Mansell Williams 9 65 +2 Laps 2
6 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 21 65 +2 Laps 1
7 Derek Warwick Renault 6 65 +2 Laps
8 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 11 62 +5 Laps
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 61 +6 Laps
10 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 15 50 Not classified
11 Niki Lauda McLaren 7 49 Engine
12 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 14 36 Engine
13 Alain Prost McLaren 2 30 Spun off
14 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 8 29 Tyre
15 Nelson Piquet Brabham 16 28 Tyre
16 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 10 28 Electrical
17 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 22 20 Transmission
18 Mauro Baldi Spirit 29 19 Spun off
19 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 16 Spun off
20 Jacques Laffite Ligier 18 15 Tyre
21 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 12 Spun off
22 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 12 Spun off
23 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 13 4 Spun off
24 Philippe Alliot RAM 20 3 Spun off
25 François Hesnault Brabham 19 3 Electrical
26 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 23 2 Suspension

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