Season 1985 · Round 4

Monaco Grand Prix

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1985-05-19 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 78Lap · 258.336km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:51:58.034
Team win 9pt P1 · P12
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +7.541
11 Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus +1:27.171
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Niki Lauda L17 Riccardo Patrese L16 Nelson Piquet L16 Teo Fabi L16 Ayrton Senna L13 Eddie Cheever L10 Stefan Johansson L1 Gerhard Berger L0 Patrick Tambay L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
78Lap 258.336km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 wins · GP #1
P4 Alain Prost 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P9 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 5 · GP #1
P2 Alain Prost 4 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P6 Niki Lauda 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Ayrton Senna 8 · GP #1
P6 Alain Prost 6 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Niki Lauda 4 · → Rubens Barrichello -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P16 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Prost · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Alboreto · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Alboreto ALB 2 Alboreto ALB de Angelis · P9 → P3 · +6 9 de Angelis DE 3 de Angelis DE de Cesaris · P8 → P4 · +4 8 de Cesaris DE 4 de Cesaris DE Warwick · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Warwick WAR 5 Warwick WAR Laffite · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Mansell · P2 → P7 · -5 2 Mansell MAN 7 Mansell MAN Rosberg · P7 → P8 · -1 7 Rosberg ROS 8 Rosberg ROS Boutsen · P6 → P9 · -3 6 Boutsen BOU 9 Boutsen BOU Brundle · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Brundle BRU 10 Brundle BRU Palmer · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Palmer PAL 11 Palmer PAL Lauda · P14 → retired L17 Lauda · retired L17 14 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Patrese · P12 → retired L16 Patrese · retired L16 12 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Piquet · P13 → retired L16 Piquet · retired L16 13 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Fabi · P20 → retired L16 Fabi · retired L16 20 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Senna · P1 → retired L13 Senna · retired L13 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Cheever · P4 → retired L10 Cheever · retired L10 4 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Johansson · P15 → retired L1 Johansson · retired L1 15 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Berger · P11 → retired L0 Berger · retired L0 11 Berger BER R Berger BER Tambay · P17 → retired L0 Tambay · retired L0 17 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 5 78 1:51:58.034 9
2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 78 +7.541 6
3 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 78 +1:27.171 4
4 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 8 77 +1 Lap 3
5 16 Derek Warwick Renault 10 77 +1 Lap 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 77 +1 Lap 1
7 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 77 +1 Lap
8 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 7 76 +2 Laps
9 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 6 76 +2 Laps
10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 18 74 +4 Laps
11 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 19 74 +4 Laps
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 14 17 Spun off
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 12 16 Accident
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 13 16 Accident
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 20 16 Turbo
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 13 Engine
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 4 10 Alternator
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 15 1 Accident
R 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 11 0 Accident
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 17 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
27 Michele Alboreto
4
23 Eddie Cheever
5
2 Alain Prost
6
18 Thierry Boutsen
7
6 Keke Rosberg
8
25 Andrea de Cesaris
9
11 Elio de Angelis
10
16 Derek Warwick
11
17 Gerhard Berger
12
22 Riccardo Patrese
13
7 Nelson Piquet
14
1 Niki Lauda
15
28 Stefan Johansson
16
26 Jacques Laffite
17
15 Patrick Tambay
18
3 Martin Brundle
19
30 Jonathan Palmer
20
19 Teo Fabi
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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