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43e Grand Prix de Monaco

19 May 1985Monte Carlo258.336 km (3312 m x 78 Laps)

 Pole Position: Ayrton Senna, Lotus 97T-Renault, 1:20.450 (148.206 km/h) Fastest Lap: Michele Alboreto, Ferrari 156/85, 1:22.637 (144.284 km/h lap 60) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:51:58.034 138.435 km/h 2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:52:05.575 138.280 km/h 3 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:53:25.205 136.662 km/h 4 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault -1 Lap 5 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 -1 Lap 6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault -1 Lap 7 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda -1 Lap 8 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda -2 Laps 9 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW -2 Laps 10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford -4 Laps 11 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 -4 Laps Did Not Finish: 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 17 Spun off 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 16 Collision with Piquet 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 16 Collision with Patrese 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 16 Turbo 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 13 Engine 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 10 Alternator 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 1 Accident/Rear suspension 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows A8-BMW 0 Accident 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE60 0 Collision with Johansson Did Not Qualify: 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 10 Philippe Alliot RAM 03-Hart 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 03-Hart 8 François Hesnault Brabham BT54-BMW 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M185-Motori Moderni Accident/Injury Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1-13 13 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 14-17 12 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 18-23 53 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 24-31 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 32-78 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:22.637 144.284 60 2 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:23.898 142.115 66 3 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:24.434 141.213 47 4 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault 1:24.554 141.013 58 5 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda 1:24.617 140.908 62 6 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda 1:24.673 140.815 59 7 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault 1:24.788 140.624 51 8 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1:24.803 140.599 7 9 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 1:25.305 139.771 42 10 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.631 139.239 43 11 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:25.842 138.897 16 12 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.131 138.431 57 13 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 1:26.548 137.764 10 14 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 1:26.653 137.597 57 15 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 1:26.717 137.496 9 16 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 1:27.124 136.853 5 17 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 1:27.723 135.919 6 18 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 2:31.095 78.912 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1:20.450 148.206 John Player Special Team Lotus 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda 1:20.536 148.048 Canon Williams Honda Team 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:20.563 147.998 Scuderia Ferrari SpA 4 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 1:20.729 147.694 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 5 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:20.885 147.409 Marlboro McLaren International 6 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:21.302 146.653 Barclay Arrows BMW 7 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda 1:21.320 146.621 Canon Williams Honda Team 8 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault 1:21.347 146.572 Equipe Ligier 9 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:21.465 146.360 John Player Special Team Lotus 10 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 1:21.531 146.241 Equipe Renault Elf 11 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows A8-BMW 1:21.665 146.001 Barclay Arrows BMW 12 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 1:21.813 145.737 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 13 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 1:21.817 145.730 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 14 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:21.907 145.570 Marlboro McLaren International 15 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 1:22.635 144.288 Scuderia Ferrari SpA 16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault 1:22.880 143.861 Equipe Ligier 17 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE60 1:22.912 143.805 Equipe Renault Elf 18 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:23.827 142.236 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 19 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 1:23.840 142.214 West Zakspeed Racing 20 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 1:23.965 142.002 Toleman Group Motorsport Did Not Qualify: 21 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:24.071 141.823 Osella Squadra Corse 22 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:24.236 141.545 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 23 10 Philippe Alliot RAM 03-Hart 1:24.763 140.665 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 24 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 03-Hart 1:24.764 140.663 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 25 8 François Hesnault Brabham BT54-BMW 1:25.068 140.161 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 26 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M185-Motori Moderni 6:41.037 29.731 Minardi Team SpA 1st Thursday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:22.706 144.164 2 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:23.420 142.930 3 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 1:23.604 142.615 4 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda 1:23.681 142.484 5 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:23.748 142.370 6 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:23.779 142.317 7 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 1:23.841 142.212 8 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1:23.846 142.204 9 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 1:24.218 141.575 10 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda 1:24.448 141.190 11 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 1:24.551 141.018 12 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault 1:24.598 140.940 13 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE60 1:24.862 140.501 14 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 1:25.240 139.878 15 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.357 139.686 16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault 1:25.616 139.264 17 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.820 138.933 18 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:25.951 138.721 19 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.436 137.943 20 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:26.836 137.307 21 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 1:27.165 136.789 22 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 1:27.753 135.872 23 8 François Hesnault Brabham BT54-BMW 1:29.011 133.952 24 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M185-Motori Moderni 1:29.764 132.828 25 10 Philippe Alliot RAM 03-Hart 1:30.316 132.016 26 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 03-Hart 1:32.077 129.492 2nd Thursday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1:21.630 146.064 2 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 1:22.145 145.148 3 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:22.270 144.928 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:22.630 144.296 5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda 1:22.650 144.261 6 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 1:22.755 144.078 7 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:22.897 143.832 8 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault 1:22.992 143.667 9 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda 1:23.099 143.482 10 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 1:23.163 143.371 11 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:23.319 143.103 12 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 1:23.524 142.752 13 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 1:23.548 142.711 14 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows A8-BMW 1:24.293 141.449 15 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE60 1:24.473 141.148 16 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:24.510 141.086 17 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 03-Hart 1:26.182 138.349 18 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.214 138.298 19 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:26.230 138.272 20 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 1:26.243 138.251 21 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.499 137.842 22 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault 1:26.681 137.553 23 8 François Hesnault Brabham BT54-BMW 1:27.505 136.257 24 10 Philippe Alliot RAM 03-Hart 1:28.026 135.451 25 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 1:41.564 117.396 26 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M185-Motori Moderni 6:41.037 29.731 2nd Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1:20.450 148.206 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda 1:20.536 148.048 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:20.563 147.998 4 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 1:20.729 147.694 5 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:20.885 147.409 6 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:21.302 146.653 7 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda 1:21.320 146.621 8 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault 1:21.347 146.572 9 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:21.465 146.360 10 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 1:21.531 146.241 11 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows A8-BMW 1:21.665 146.001 12 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 1:21.813 145.737 13 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 1:21.817 145.730 14 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:21.907 145.570 15 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 1:22.635 144.288 16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault 1:22.880 143.861 17 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE60 1:22.912 143.805 18 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:23.827 142.236 19 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 1:23.840 142.214 20 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 1:23.965 142.002 21 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:24.071 141.823 22 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:24.236 141.545 23 10 Philippe Alliot RAM 03-Hart 1:24.763 140.665 24 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 03-Hart 1:24.764 140.663 25 8 François Hesnault Brabham BT54-BMW 1:25.068 140.161 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:23.737 142.389 2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 156/85 1:24.070 141.825 3 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE60 1:24.232 141.552 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW10-Honda 1:24.405 141.262 5 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE60 1:25.040 140.207 6 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 97T-Renault 1:25.056 140.181 7 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 97T-Renault 1:25.195 139.952 8 1 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2B-TAG 1:25.346 139.704 9 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:25.361 139.680 10 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW10-Honda 1:25.551 139.369 11 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 156/85 1:25.667 139.181 12 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS25-Renault 1:26.002 138.639 13 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 185T 1:26.266 138.214 14 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT54-BMW 1:26.467 137.893 15 19 Teo Fabi Toleman TG185-Hart 1:26.511 137.823 16 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows A8-BMW 1:27.430 136.374 17 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS25-Renault 1:27.665 136.009 18 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 185T 1:28.060 135.399 19 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:28.250 135.107 20 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 841 1:29.314 133.498 Notes:
  • 1st thursday and 1st saturday practice sessions were not officially recorded.
  • 1st saturday practice times not available.
  • Weather: Overcast, Fresh, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    In the fortnight between the San Marino and Monaco Grands Prix, Toleman finally managed to find tyres by buying Spirit's supply of Pirellis. This meant that Spirit dropped out and Toleman was able to field one car. As part of the deal Toleman agreed a three-year sponsorship with Benetton. The team announced that it would run Teo Fabi as Alfa Romeo has refused to release Eddie Cheever to join the operation. Otherwise the field was unchanged.

    Pole position again went to Ayrton Senna in the Lotus-Renault with Nigel Mansell second quickest for Williams-Honda. Then came Michele Alboreto (Ferrari), Eddie Cheever (Alfa Romeo), Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) and Thierry Boutsen in his Arrows-BMW. The top 10 was completed by Keke Rosberg (Williams-Honda), Andrea de Cesaris (Ligier-Renault), Elio de Angelis (Lotus-Renault) and Derek Warwick in the factory Renault.

    At the start of the race Senna went away well leading Mansell, Alboreto and Prost, who had overtaken Cheever on the run to the first corner. Further back Gerhard Berger started well in his Arrows-BMW but the engine died almost immediately and he was hit by both Patrick Tambay's Renault and Stefan Johansson's Ferrari. All three were effectively out. At the front Alboreto made quick work of Mansell and the Englishman quickly dropped behind Prost, Cheever, de Angelis and Rosberg. The order then stabilized until lap 14 when Senna suffered an engine failure. Alboreto led for five laps during which time Riccardo Patrese (Alfa Romeo) and Nelson Piquet (Brabham) had a big accident going into Ste Devote. This left oil all over the road and caused Alboreto go go wide and lose the lead to Prost. Lauda went off and stalled. Alboreto had also picked up a slow puncture from wreckage of the road and so had to pit for new tyres and dropped behind de Cesaris. he fought back and retook the place and late in the race was able to pass de Angelis as well to take second. But victory was Prost's. Behind Alboreto came de Angelis, de Cesaris, Warwick and and Jacques Laffite (Ligier-Renault).