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Alain Prost won the 1985 Italian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1985 Italian Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

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Race recap

Winner
Alain Prost
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, and Ayrton Senna
Race date
September 8, 1985
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Classified drivers
26
Circuit
Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The decisive result

Alain Prost finished first for McLaren. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Brabham, with Ayrton Senna 3 for Team Lotus.

Grid to finish

Martin Brundle from P18 to P8 (+10), Philippe Streiff from P19 to P10 (+9), and Marc Surer from P9 to P4 (+5) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 8 Engine, 5 +1 lap, 4 Finished, 2 DNS, and 2 Transmission. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:28.283 on lap 38. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Alain ProstMcLaren1:17:59.4519
2Nelson PiquetBrabham1:18:51.0866
3Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus1:18:59.8414
4Marc SurerBrabham1:19:00.0603
5Stefan JohanssonFerrari+1 lap2
6Elio de AngelisTeam Lotus+1 lap1
7Patrick TambayRenault+1 lap0
8Martin BrundleTyrrell+1 lap0
9Thierry BoutsenArrows+1 lap0
10Philippe StreiffLigier+2 laps0
11Nigel MansellWilliamsEngine0
12Teo FabiToleman+4 laps0
13Michele AlboretoFerrariEngine0
DNFKeke RosbergWilliamsEngine0
DNFJacques LaffiteLigierEngine0
DNFNiki LaudaMcLarenTransmission0
DNFRiccardo PatreseAlfa RomeoExhaust0
DNFHuub RothengatterOsellaEngine0
DNFPhilippe AlliotRAMTurbo0
DNFGerhard BergerArrowsEngine0