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Home / Seasons / 1985 F1 World Championship Season / 1985 San Marino Grand Prix

1985 San Marino Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 May 1985
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitImola, 60 laps
Round3 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix was the

  • 407th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Imola
More 1985 season
More San Marino Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
DQ France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG601hr 33m 57.118s 
1+2Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault601hr 34m 35.955s9
2+3Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW59+1 lap6
3+8France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault59+1 lap4
4+4Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG59+1 lap3
5+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda58+2 laps2
6+9Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari57DNF1
7-6Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault57DNF 
8+1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW57DNF 
9+16United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
10+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault56+4 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo50DNF 
NC Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo46+14 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari29DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart27DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart24DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda23DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault22DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni14DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault11DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart9DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW5DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW4DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo4DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerZakspeed   

Notes

  • Stefan Johansson ended lap 57 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Ayrton Senna ended lap 57 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 57 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Martin Brundle ended lap 56 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Alain Prost was disqualified post-race after his car was found to be underweight.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
3Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
5Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
6France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
8Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
10Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
11France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault
12USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault
15Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari
16France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
17  
18Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
19Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni
20France flag lazyload Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW
21France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
22Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
23Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart
24Germany flag lazyload Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
26Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:27.327 
2Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:27.3540.027
3Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:27.8520.525
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:27.8710.544
5Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:27.9180.591
6France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:28.0990.772
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:28.2020.875
8Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:28.3991.072
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:28.4891.162
10Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:28.6971.370
11France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault1:29.1021.775
12USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:29.2591.932
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:29.4062.079
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault1:29.4662.139
15Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:29.8062.479
16France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:30.9823.655
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:31.0283.701
18Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:31.1083.781
19Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:32.7705.443
20France flag lazyload Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW1:33.1425.815
21France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:34.2016.874
22Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:34.2096.882
23Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart1:34.5797.252
24Germany flag lazyload Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:35.6538.326
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.3979.070
26Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart1:36.9229.595

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1985 San Marino Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis16
2Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto12
3France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay10
4France flag lazyload Alain Prost9
=Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna9
6Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen6
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell4
8France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux3
=Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda3
10France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite1
=Germany flag lazyload Stefan Bellof1
=Sweden flag lazyload Stefan Johansson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault25
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari16
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-TAG12
4France flag lazyload Renault10
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-BMW6
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda4
7France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Mauro Baldi
Spirit
Wins
2nd and last for Elio de Angelis (first win since 1982)
74th for Lotus
Podiums
11th and last for Patrick Tambay, 8th for Elio de Angelis, 1st for Thierry Boutsen (147th different podium finisher, 6th Belgian driver; last podium until 1987; first Belgian driver to finish on the podium since 1975)
147th for Lotus, 41st for Renault (last until 2003), 5th for Arrows (first since 1981 and last until 1988)
Poles
2nd for Ayrton Senna
92nd for Lotus
Fastest laps
3rd for Michele Alboreto
100th for Ferrari (1st constructor to set 100 fastest laps)
Front row starts
5th for Keke Rosberg, 2nd for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • San Marino Grand Prix
  • Imola circuit
  • 1985 World Championship season

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