1985 San Marino Grand Prix

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1985 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 3 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date5 May 1985
Location Autodromo Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.040 km (3.132 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Renault
Time 1:27.327
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari
Time 1:30.961 on lap 29
Podium
First Lotus-Renault
Second Arrows-BMW
Third Renault
Lap leaders
  • 1985 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 5 May 1985. It was the third race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship. The 60-lap race was won by local driver Elio de Angelis, driving a Lotus-Renault, after McLaren driver Alain Prost had been disqualified for being underweight. It was de Angelis' second and last win. Thierry Boutsen was second in an Arrows-BMW, with Patrick Tambay third in a factory Renault.

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Qualifying

Qualifying report

Before the previous race in Portugal it was revealed that René Arnoux had been fired by Ferrari, with no explanation ever given for his sudden departure by either the team or Arnoux. In his place was Swedish driver Stefan Johansson. Arnoux was in the pits at Imola, but was seen with the Brabham team, starting a false rumor he would soon join the team alongside Nelson Piquet. As it turned out, Arnoux would not drive in F1 again until joining Ligier in 1986.

Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Lotus-Renault with a time of 1:27.327, with Keke Rosberg alongside him on the front row in the Williams-Honda. For Senna it would be the first of seven consecutive pole positions at Imola, a run which ended in 1992.

Filling the second row were Elio de Angelis in the second Lotus and Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari. Belgian Thierry Boutsen was a surprise 5th fastest in the Arrows-BMW, ahead of the McLaren-TAG of Alain Prost. In his second race for Ferrari, Johansson qualified 15th.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
112 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:27.5891:27.327
26 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:28.3471:27.354+0.027
311 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:30.3251:27.852+0.525
427 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:27.8711:30.637+0.544
518 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:28.8291:27.918+0.591
62 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:28.6041:28.099+0.772
75 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:29.7561:28.202+0.875
81 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:29.4131:28.399+1.072
97 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:29.4271:28.489+1.162
1017 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 1:28.6971:29.654+1.370
1115 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 1:30.2011:29.102+1.775
1223 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:30.6051:29.259+1.932
1325 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:30.3391:29.406+2.079
1416 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 1:30.4401:29.466+2.139
1528 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:30.2401:29.806+2.479
1626 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:31.6251:30.982+3.655
1730 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 2:30.9901:31.028+3.701
1822 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:31.3881:31.108+3.781
1929 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:32.7701:48.391+5.443
208 Flag of France.svg François Hesnault Brabham-BMW 1:33.1421:33.160+5.815
2110 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:34.2012:05.141+6.874
2224 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:34.9741:34.209+6.882
239 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 1:34.9361:34.579+7.252
244 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:35.7741:35.653+8.326
253 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:36.3971:36.661+9.070
2621 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:36.9221:38.235+9.595

Race

Race report

Limited fuel allowances played a big part in the race, as a succession of drivers ran out of fuel in the last few laps. Prost took the chequered flag before stopping on the slowing-down lap and hitching a ride with Patrick Tambay on the side pod to return to the pits. Later, Prost's car was found to be two kilograms underweight in post-race scrutineering, resulting in his disqualification. Summing up the general feeling that FISA's fuel limit rules had seen Formula One races reduced to mere economy runs, Williams driver Nigel Mansell noted that "it wasn't really racing".

Stefan Johansson ran a good race in his second drive for Ferrari. After starting 15th he steadily made his way through the field and by late in the race had moved to second (benefiting from others running out of fuel) and was poised to benefit from Senna also running dry 3 laps from home. Johansson took the lead from the Lotus to a thunderous applause from the Italian fans, only to run out of fuel himself half a lap later coming out of the Acque Minerali chicane. A post race examination of his car revealed the Ferrari had an electrical malfunction that caused the engine to use more fuel than the readout was telling the team or Johansson. The Ferrari's readout had told Johansson that he still had enough fuel to finish the race.

Prost's disqualification promoted de Angelis to the win, his second in F1, with second place awarded to Boutsen — who ran out of fuel as he reached the start-finish straight on his final lap and pushed his Arrows across the finish line to secure his finishing position — and third to Frenchman Patrick Tambay, in what would turn out to be the last podium finish for both Tambay and the original factory Renault team. Mauro Baldi and Spirit Racing entered their last Grand Prix: the small British team were having financial troubles and the Toleman team offered to buy out their tyre contract: Spirit accepted and withdrew from the championship, allowing Toleman to race for the rest of the season.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 601:34:35.95539
218 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 59Out of fuel56
315 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 59+ 1 Lap114
41 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 59+ 1 Lap83
55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 58Out of fuel72
628 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 57Out of fuel151
712 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 57Out of fuel1 
87 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 57Out of fuel9 
93 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 56Out of fuel25 
1016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 56+ 4 Laps14 
DSQ2 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 60Underweight6 
Ret23 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 50Engine12 
NC24 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 46+ 14 Laps22 
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 29Electrical4 
Ret9 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 27Engine23 
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 24Engine21 
Ret6 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 23Brakes2 
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 22Turbo16 
Ret29 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 14Turbo19 
Ret25 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 11Spun off13 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 9Electrical26 
Ret8 Flag of France.svg François Hesnault Brabham-BMW 5Engine20 
Ret4 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 5Engine24 
Ret17 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 4Engine10 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 4Engine18 
DNS30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 0Engine17 
Source: [1] [2]

Championship standings after the race

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