Season 1985 · Round 12

Italian Grand Prix

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1985-09-08 · Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy · Italian Grand Prix · 51Lap · 295.800km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:17:59.451
Team win 9pt P1 · P16
7 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +51.635
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +1:00.390
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Keke Rosberg L44 Jacques Laffite L40 Niki Lauda L33 Riccardo Patrese L31 Huub Rothengatter L26 Philippe Alliot L19 Gerhard Berger L13 Derek Warwick L9 Alan Jones L6 Eddie Cheever L3 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Nelson Piquet active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 26/75 34.7%
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Closest finish · all-time P1
Circuit Info
51Lap 295.800km 76 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:20.901 · Lando Norris (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P4 Alain Prost 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P11 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P12 Gerhard Berger 14 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L51 Prost · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Piquet · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Senna · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Surer · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Surer SUR 4 Surer SUR Johansson · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Johansson JOH 5 Johansson JOH de Angelis · P6 → P6 6 de Angelis DE 6 de Angelis DE Tambay · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Tambay TAM 7 Tambay TAM Brundle · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Brundle BRU 8 Brundle BRU Boutsen · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Boutsen BOU 9 Boutsen BOU Streiff · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Streiff STR 10 Streiff STR Mansell · P3 → P11 · -8 3 Mansell MAN 11 Mansell MAN Fabi · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Fabi FAB 12 Fabi FAB Alboreto · P7 → P13 · -6 7 Alboreto ALB 13 Alboreto ALB Rosberg · P2 → retired L44 Rosberg · retired L44 2 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Laffite · P20 → retired L40 Laffite · retired L40 20 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Lauda · P16 → retired L33 Lauda · retired L33 16 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Patrese · P13 → retired L31 Patrese · retired L31 13 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Rothengatter · P22 → retired L26 Rothengatter · retired L26 22 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Alliot · P26 → retired L19 Alliot · retired L19 26 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Berger · P11 → retired L13 Berger · retired L13 11 Berger BER R Berger BER Warwick · P6 → retired L9 Warwick · retired L9 6 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Jones · P25 → retired L6 Jones · retired L6 25 Jones JON R Jones JON Cheever · P17 → retired L3 Cheever · retired L3 17 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Acheson · P24 → retired L2 Acheson · retired L2 24 Acheson ACH R Acheson ACH Martini · P23 → retired L0 Martini · retired L0 23 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Ghinzani · pit lane → P26 · +1 — Ghinzani GHI 26 Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 5 51 1:17:59.451 9
2 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 51 +51.635 6
3 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 51 +1:00.390 4
4 8 Marc Surer Brabham 9 51 +1:00.609 3
5 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 10 50 +1 Lap 2
6 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 50 +1 Lap 1
7 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 8 50 +1 Lap
8 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 18 50 +1 Lap
9 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 14 50 +1 Lap
10 25 Philippe Streiff Ligier 19 49 +2 Laps
11 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 47 Engine
12 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 15 47 +4 Laps
13 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 45 Engine
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 2 44 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 40 Engine
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 16 33 Transmission
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 13 31 Exhaust
R 24 Huub Rothengatter Osella 22 26 Engine
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 26 19 Turbo
R 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 11 13 Engine
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 6 9 Transmission
R 33 Alan Jones Lola 25 6 Engine
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 17 3 Engine
R 10 Kenny Acheson RAM 24 2 Clutch
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 0 Fuel pump
W 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
6 Keke Rosberg
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
7 Nelson Piquet
5
2 Alain Prost
6
11 Elio de Angelis
6
16 Derek Warwick
7
27 Michele Alboreto
8
15 Patrick Tambay
9
8 Marc Surer
10
28 Stefan Johansson
11
17 Gerhard Berger
13
22 Riccardo Patrese
14
18 Thierry Boutsen
15
19 Teo Fabi
16
1 Niki Lauda
17
23 Eddie Cheever
18
3 Martin Brundle
19
25 Philippe Streiff
20
26 Jacques Laffite
22
24 Huub Rothengatter
23
29 Pierluigi Martini
24
10 Kenny Acheson
25
33 Alan Jones
26
9 Philippe Alliot
PIT
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15