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1985 San Marino Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
DQ (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG601hr 33m 57.118s 
1+2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault601hr 34m 35.955s9
2+3(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW59+1 lap6
3+8(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault59+1 lap4
4+4(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG59+1 lap3
5+2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda58+2 laps2
6+9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari57DNF1
7-6(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault57DNF 
8+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW57DNF 
9+16(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
10+4(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault56+4 laps 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo50DNF 
NC (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo46+14 laps 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari29DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart27DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart24DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda23DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault22DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni14DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault11DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart9DNF 
R (FRA) Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW5DNF 
R (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW4DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo4DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) 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
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
3(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
6(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
7(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
8(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
9(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
10(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
11(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
12(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault
14(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
15(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
16(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
17  
18(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
19(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni
20(FRA) Francois HesnaultBrabham-BMW
21(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
22(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
23(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart
24(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Elio de Angelis16
2(ITA) Michele Alboreto12
3(FRA) Patrick Tambay10
4(FRA) Alain Prost9
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen6
7(GBR) Nigel Mansell4
8(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(AUT) Niki Lauda3
10(FRA) Jacques Laffite1
=(DEU) Stefan Bellof1
=(SWE) Stefan Johansson1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Renault25
2Ferrari16
3McLaren-TAG12
4Renault10
5Arrows-BMW6
6Williams-Honda4
7Ligier-Renault1
=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