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In National Sport Formula 1 magazine, we rank the 70 best and most memorable races from the first seventy years of the series. We focus on those whose dramatic twists and turns are still mentioned today. We are ranking the top twenty in our online series, but this time we are making an exception. Today would be the Dutch Grand Prix that will return to the competition calendar, most recently in 1985: Niki Lauda’s most recent victory on the list is the 49th.
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| After Niki Lauda’s last victory, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna “accompanied” the Austrian legend to the podium (Photo: AFP) |
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Before the Dutch Grand Prix, McLenese Alain Prost and Ferraris Michele Alboreto had 50 points at the start of the race for World Cup points, while Prost’s teammate Niki Lauda, who won the World Cup From 1984, he had just five modest points in 12th place. The Austrian did so by winning the championship, for which he returned in the early 1980s, had little motivation in 1985, and was hampered by a series of technical errors. In the Netherlands, however, he found himself in a winning position and did not miss the opportunity.
After Friday’s training day, it rained on Saturday, so the results from the first day shaped the starting order. This is how Nelson Piquet took the last pole position in the legendary Brabham stable, while Lauda was in the tenth starting block.
On a dry-running day, Piquet’s lucky post was soon empty when he was stuck at the start. Keke Rosberg took the lead with Williams, followed by Ayrton Senna (Lotus), Teo Fabi (Toleman) and the two McLaren. Prost and Lauda made their way over Fabin and Senna, who were struggling with engine trouble, and then, when Rosberg Williamse pulled over on lap 20, the red and white cars were already in the top two.
First, Lauda changed wheels, and then, when McLaren ruined Prost’s boxing post, the Austrian stepped in front of his teammate.
Prost also had to overtake Senna, which he did on lap 47 of the 70-lap race. The Frenchman followed in the veteran teammate’s footsteps, but McLaren had no team instruction even though Prost was fighting for the World Cup title and Lauda had no chance of a compound lead.
However, this was the last real chance for the three-time world champion to win, they couldn’t get him out of the box.
Prost tried everything in the last ten laps, but Lauda successfully closed all arches on the narrow road, defending the attacks and winning the race. After his last victory (his 25th success hit Jim Clark in the perpetual rankings), he was “escorted” to the podium by two iconic figures from the next era, Prost and Senna.
The narrow Zandvoort track has received a lot of criticism for not being modernized, so it did not return to the racing calendar until 2020. It is not possible to hold a competition this year due to the coronavirus epidemic, so we will have to wait more for the 31st Dutch Grand Prix.
FIRST HALF OF COMPETITION • SECOND HALF OF COMPETITION
30. GRAND PRIZE OF THE NETHERLANDS
August 25, 1985, Zandvoort
70 laps, the eleventh race of the 16-race season
Start line 1: Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW) and Keke Rosberg (Williams-Honda)
The podium finalists: 1. Niki Lauda (McLaren-TAG Porsche), 2. Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG Porsche), 3. Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault)
Leaders in the competition: Niki Lauda 37 rounds (34–70), Keke Rosberg 19 (1–19), Alain Prost 14 (20–33)
PREVIOUS PARTS OF OUR SERIES
13: Jenson Button won the first rainy Hungarian Grand Prix
14 .: An iconic moment in the duel between Häkkinen and Schumacher
15: Senna’s parade ran the first lap and then surrounded Prost
16: Jim Clark took the lead from a round disadvantage, but then the final round came
EXTRA, 45: Stirling Moss eliminated the 50 horsepower disadvantage in Monaco
17: After Nigel Mansell’s tremendous hair, he decided 14 milliseconds
18: Vettel’s mistake marked the end of the fight against Hamilton, perhaps permanently
19: Gilles Villeneuve’s last victory was a masterpiece of the 1980s
20 .: Vettel regained the world title from the grave in Brazil.
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