Season 1985 · Round 2

Portuguese Grand Prix

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1985-04-21 · Autódromo do Estoril · Portugal · Portuguese Grand Prix · 67Lap · 291.450km
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus 2:00:28.006
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +1:02.978
15 Patrick Tambay
Renault
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Manfred Winkelhock L50 Niki Lauda L49 Eddie Cheever L36 Alain Prost L30 Andrea de Cesaris L29 Nelson Piquet L28 Thierry Boutsen L28 Martin Brundle L20 Mauro Baldi L19 Keke Rosberg L16 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 6/13 46.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo do Estoril Estoril, Portugal
67Lap 291.450km 13 races held (1984–) Lap record 1:22.873 · Jacques Villeneuve (1996)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Nigel Mansell 3 wins · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 3 wins · GP #1
P5 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Stirling Moss -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P2 Gerhard Berger 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 7 · GP #1
P2 Ayrton Senna 5 · → Alain Prost -2
P4 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · GP #1
P2 Andrea de Cesaris 11 starts · → Gerhard Berger -2
P2 Michele Alboreto 11 starts · → Gerhard Berger -2
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L67 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Alboreto · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Alboreto ALB 2 Alboreto ALB Tambay · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Tambay TAM 3 Tambay TAM de Angelis · P4 → P4 4 de Angelis DE 4 de Angelis DE Mansell · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Mansell MAN 5 Mansell MAN Bellof · P21 → P6 · +15 21 Bellof BEL 6 Bellof BEL Warwick · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Johansson · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Johansson JOH 8 Johansson JOH Ghinzani · P26 → P9 · +17 26 Ghinzani GHI 9 Ghinzani GHI Winkelhock · P15 → retired L50 Winkelhock · retired L50 15 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Lauda · P7 → retired L49 Lauda · retired L49 7 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Cheever · P14 → retired L36 Cheever · retired L36 14 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Prost · P2 → retired L30 Prost · retired L30 2 Prost PRO R Prost PRO de Cesaris · P8 → retired L29 de Cesaris · retired L29 8 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Piquet · P16 → retired L28 Piquet · retired L28 16 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Boutsen · P10 → retired L28 Boutsen · retired L28 10 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Brundle · P22 → retired L20 Brundle · retired L20 22 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Baldi · P29 → retired L19 Baldi · retired L19 29 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Rosberg · P3 → retired L16 Rosberg · retired L16 3 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Laffite · P18 → retired L15 Laffite · retired L15 18 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Berger · P17 → retired L12 Berger · retired L12 17 Berger BER R Berger BER Martini · P25 → retired L12 Martini · retired L12 25 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Patrese · P13 → retired L4 Patrese · retired L4 13 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Alliot · P20 → retired L3 Alliot · retired L3 20 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Hesnault · P19 → retired L3 Hesnault · retired L3 19 Hesnault HES R Hesnault HES Palmer · P23 → retired L2 Palmer · retired L2 23 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 67 2:00:28.006 9
2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 67 +1:02.978 6
3 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 12 66 +1 Lap 4
4 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 4 66 +1 Lap 3
5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 9 65 +2 Laps 2
6 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 21 65 +2 Laps 1
7 16 Derek Warwick Renault 6 65 +2 Laps
8 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 11 62 +5 Laps
9 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 61 +6 Laps
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 15 50 Not classified
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 7 49 Engine
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 14 36 Engine
R 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 30 Spun off
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 8 29 Tyre
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 16 28 Tyre
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 10 28 Electrical
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 22 20 Transmission
R 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 29 19 Spun off
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 16 Spun off
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 18 15 Tyre
R 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 12 Spun off
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 12 Spun off
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 13 4 Spun off
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 20 3 Spun off
R 14 François Hesnault Brabham 19 3 Electrical
R 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 23 2 Suspension
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
2 Alain Prost
3
6 Keke Rosberg
4
11 Elio de Angelis
5
27 Michele Alboreto
6
16 Derek Warwick
7
1 Niki Lauda
8
25 Andrea de Cesaris
9
5 Nigel Mansell
10
18 Thierry Boutsen
11
28 Stefan Johansson
12
15 Patrick Tambay
13
22 Riccardo Patrese
14
23 Eddie Cheever
15
9 Manfred Winkelhock
16
7 Nelson Piquet
17
17 Gerhard Berger
18
26 Jacques Laffite
19
14 François Hesnault
20
9 Philippe Alliot
21
4 Stefan Bellof
22
3 Martin Brundle
23
30 Jonathan Palmer
25
29 Pierluigi Martini
26
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
29
21 Mauro Baldi
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