1985 Monaco Grand Prix

  1985 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One season
Date	May 19, 1985
Official name	41e Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.312 km (2.057 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 258.336 km (160.446 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:20.450
Fastest lap
Driver	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Time	1:22.637 on lap 60
Podium
First	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Second	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault

The 1985 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 19, 1985. It was the fourth round of the 1985 Formula One season. The race was won by Alain Prost driving a McLaren. As per usual for the time the FIA allowed only 20 cars on the grid due to the tight confines of the Monaco circuit meaning a total of 6 cars would fail to qualify.

Piquet/Patrese accident

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; both drivers were unhurt. Patrese's gearbox dropped oil onto the track which took off Niki Lauda and nearly took off Teo Fabi and race leader Michele Alboreto; Alboreto's off handed the lead to Alain Prost. Alboreto drove a hard race; he eventually caught Prost, and he 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; whose gap was too big for Alboreto to catch him with the amount of remaining laps.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:21.631	1:20.450	—
2	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:22.560	1:20.536	+0.086
3	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:22.630	1:20.563	+0.113
4	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:22.755	1:20.729	+0.279
5	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:22.270	1:20.885	+0.435
6	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:24.510	1:21.302	+0.852
7	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:23.099	1:21.320	+0.870
8	25	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:22.992	1:21.347	+0.897
9	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:23.319	1:21.465	+1.015
10	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:23.524	1:21.531	+1.081
11	17	Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	1:24.293	1:21.665	+1.215
12	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:22.145	1:21.813	+1.363
13	7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:23.548	1:21.817	+1.367
14	1	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:22.897	1:21.907	+1.457
15	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:23.163	1:22.635	+2.185
16	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:26.681	1:22.888	+2.438
17	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:24.473	1:22.912	+2.462
18	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1:26.499	1:23.827	+3.377
19	30	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:41.564	1:23.840	+3.390
20	19	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1:26.243	1:23.965	+3.515
DNQ	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:26.230	1:24.071	+3.621
DNQ	4	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1:26.214	1:24.236	+3.786
DNQ	10	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:28.026	1:24.763	+4.313
DNQ	9	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM-Hart	1:26.102	1:24.764	+4.314
DNQ	8	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	1:27.505	1:25.068	+4.618
DNQ	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	6:41.307		+5:20.857

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	78	1:51:58.034	5	9
2	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	+ 7.541	3	6
3	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	78	+ 1:27.171	9	4
4	25	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	77	+ 1 Lap	8	3
5	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	77	+ 1 Lap	10	2
6	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	77	+ 1 Lap	16	1
7	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	77	+ 1 Lap	2
8	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	76	+ 2 Laps	7
9	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	76	+ 2 Laps	6
10	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	74	+ 4 Laps	18
11	30	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	74	+ 4 Laps	19
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	17	Spun Off	14
Ret	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	16	Accident	12
Ret	7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	16	Accident	13
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	16	Turbo	20
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	13	Engine	1
Ret	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	10	Alternator	4
Ret	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1	Accident	15
Ret	17	Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	0	Accident	11
Ret	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	0	Accident	17
DNQ	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	4	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford
DNQ	10	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart
DNQ	9	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM-Hart
DNQ	8	François Hesnault	Brabham-BMW
DNQ	8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Cosworth

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Elio de Angelis 20 2 Alain Prost 18 3 Michele Alboreto 18 4 Patrick Tambay 10 5 Ayrton Senna 9

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Renault 29 2 Ferrari 22 3 McLaren-TAG 21 4 Renault 12 5 Arrows-BMW 6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/298/. Retrieved 2007-06-17.