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1985 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEstoril, 67 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 406th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Estoril
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault672hr 00m 28.006s9
2+3(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari67+1m 02.978s6
3+9(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault66+1 lap4
4 (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault66+1 lap3
5PL(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda65+2 laps2
6+15(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps1
7-1(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault65+2 laps 
8+3(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari62+5 laps 
9+17(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo61+6 laps 
NC (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart50+17 laps 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG49DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo36DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG30DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault29DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW28DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW28DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart19DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda16DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault15DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW12DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo4DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart3DNF 
R (FRA) Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW3DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed2DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
3(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
4(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
6(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
7(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault
9  
10(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
12(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
13(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
14  
15(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart
16(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
17(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
18(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
19(FRA) Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
21(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed
24(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart
25  
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
Started from the pit lane
 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
 (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
 (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:21.007 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:21.4200.413
3(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:21.9040.897
4(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:22.1591.152
5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:22.5771.570
6(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:23.0842.077
7(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:23.2882.281
8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:23.3022.295
9(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:23.5942.587
10(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:23.6182.611
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:23.6522.645
12(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:24.1113.104
13(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:24.2303.223
14(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:24.5633.556
15(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart1:24.7213.714
16(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:24.7473.740
17(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:24.8423.835
18(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:24.9433.936
19(FRA) Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW1:25.7174.710
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:26.1875.180
21(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.2846.277
22(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.6026.595
23(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:28.1667.159
24(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart1:28.4737.466
25(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:28.5967.589
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:30.8559.848

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Michele Alboreto12
2(FRA) Alain Prost9
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
4(ITA) Elio de Angelis7
5(FRA) Patrick Tambay6
6(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
7(GBR) Nigel Mansell2
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite1
=(DEU) Stefan Bellof1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Renault16
2Ferrari15
3McLaren-TAG9
4Renault6
5Williams-Honda2
6Ligier-Renault1
=Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Zakspeed
Wins
1st for Ayrton Senna (74th different winner, 4th Brazilian driver)
73rd for Lotus (first since 1982)
Podiums
10th for Patrick Tambay (42nd driver to score ten podiums, 8th French driver)
9th for Michele Alboreto
4th for Ayrton Senna (first for Lotus)
293rd for Ferrari
146th for Lotus
40th for Renault (9th constructor to score 40 podiums)
Poles
1st for Ayrton Senna (68th different polesitter, 4th Brazilian driver)
91st for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd for Ayrton Senna (first for Lotus)
65th for Lotus
Front row starts
31st for Alain Prost
1st for Ayrton Senna (109th different front row starter, 4th Brazilian driver)
Points finishes
1st for Stefan Bellof (221st different point scorer, 10th German driver)
Pole & win
1st for Ayrton Senna (36th different driver to win from pole, 3rd Brazilian driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Ayrton Senna (46th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd Brazilian driver; last until 1987)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Ayrton Senna (28th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 2nd Brazilian driver; last until 1988; last Brazilian driver to complete a hat-trick until 1988; only hat-trick for Lotus)