Race · Round 12 of 16 · 8 September 1985

1985 Italian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 5th on the grid at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 2613 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	5	51	Finished	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	4	51	Finished	6
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	1	51	Finished	4
4	Marc Surer	Brabham	BT54	9	51	Finished	3
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	156/85	10	50	Finished	2
6	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	6	50	Finished	1
7	Patrick Tambay	Renault	—	8	50	Finished	0
8	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	12	18	50	Finished	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	14	50	Finished	0
10	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	JS25	19	49	Finished	0
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	3	47	Engine	0	fastest lap
12	Teo Fabi	Toleman	TG185	15	47	Finished	0
13	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	7	45	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	2	44	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS25	20	40	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	16	33	Transmission	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	13	31	Exhaust	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	—	22	26	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	3	26	19	Turbo	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	11	13	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	—	12	9	Transmission	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL1	25	6	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	17	3	Engine	0
DNF	Kenny Acheson	RAM	3	24	2	Clutch	0
DNS	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	23	—	DNS	0
DNS	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	TG185	21	—	DNS	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout monza-6 · 5.8 km · 10 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	5	1	51
Nelson Piquet	4	2	51
Ayrton Senna	1	3	51
Marc Surer	9	4	51
Stefan Johansson	10	5	50
Elio de Angelis	6	6	50
Patrick Tambay	8	7	50
Martin Brundle	18	8	50
Thierry Boutsen	14	9	50
Philippe Streiff	19	10	49
Nigel Mansell	3	11	47
Teo Fabi	15	12	47
Michele Alboreto	7	13	45
Keke Rosberg	2	DNF	44
Jacques Laffite	20	DNF	40
Niki Lauda	16	DNF	33
Riccardo Patrese	13	DNF	31
Huub Rothengatter	22	DNF	26
Philippe Alliot	26	DNF	19
Gerhard Berger	11	DNF	13
Derek Warwick	12	DNF	9
Alan Jones	25	DNF	6
Eddie Cheever	17	DNF	3
Kenny Acheson	24	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.084	—	0 m	—
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:25.230	+0.146	10 m	+0.146
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:25.486	+0.402	27 m	+0.256
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:25.584	+0.500	34 m	+0.098
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:25.790	+0.706	48 m	+0.206
6	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:26.044	+0.960	65 m	+0.254
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:26.468	+1.384	94 m	+0.424
8	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:27.020	+1.936	132 m	+0.552
9	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:27.153	+2.069	141 m	+0.133
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:27.473	+2.389	163 m	+0.320
11	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:27.723	+2.639	180 m	+0.250
12	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:28.112	+3.028	206 m	+0.389
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:28.340	+3.256	222 m	+0.228
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:28.369	+3.285	224 m	+0.029
15	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:28.386	+3.302	225 m	+0.017
16	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:28.472	+3.388	231 m	+0.086
17	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:28.629	+3.545	242 m	+0.157
18	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:28.793	+3.709	253 m	+0.164
19	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	25	1:29.839	+4.755	324 m	+1.046
20	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:30.186	+5.102	348 m	+0.347
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:30.271	+5.187	354 m	+0.085
22	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:33.529	+8.445	576 m	+3.258
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:33.981	+8.897	606 m	+0.452
24	Kenny Acheson	RAM	10	1:34.919	+9.835	670 m	+0.938
25	Alan Jones	Lola	33	1:34.943	+9.859	672 m	+0.024
26	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:36.221	+11.137	759 m	+1.278

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:29.361	—	0 m	—	—
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:29.969	+0.608	39 m	+0.608	—
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:30.579	+1.218	79 m	+0.610	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:30.651	+1.290	84 m	+0.072	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:31.098	+1.737	113 m	+0.447	—
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:31.353	+1.992	129 m	+0.255	—
7	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:31.601	+2.240	145 m	+0.248	—
8	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:32.058	+2.697	175 m	+0.457	—
9	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:32.252	+2.891	188 m	+0.194	—
10	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:32.532	+3.171	206 m	+0.280	—
11	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:32.639	+3.278	213 m	+0.107	—
12	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:32.711	+3.350	217 m	+0.072	—
13	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:32.756	+3.395	220 m	+0.045	—
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:33.234	+3.873	251 m	+0.478	—
15	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:33.268	+3.907	254 m	+0.034	—
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:33.629	+4.268	277 m	+0.361	—
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:33.633	+4.272	277 m	+0.004	—
18	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:33.999	+4.638	301 m	+0.366	—
19	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:34.067	+4.706	305 m	+0.068	—
20	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:34.574	+5.213	338 m	+0.507	—
21	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	25	1:34.604	+5.243	340 m	+0.030	—
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:36.096	+6.735	437 m	+1.492	—
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:36.609	+7.248	470 m	+0.513	—
24	Alan Jones	Lola	33	1:38.066	+8.705	565 m	+1.457	—
25	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:38.552	+9.191	597 m	+0.486	—
26	Kenny Acheson	RAM	10	1:39.705	+10.344	671 m	+1.153	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 97T
Lotus97T · https://www.flickr.com/jonbradbury · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1985
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Sep 1985
Layout raced: Revised chicanes · 5.8 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.