It was not news to anyone that Ayrton Senna had joined Lotus, and on that weekend, he had his last appointment with Toleman. Senna wanted to say goodbye in style and close this unforgettable time with the team, his first in Formula 1, with a golden key.
Ayrton worked hard in practice to get a good starting position. He set up his car, went to the track, put it into high gear and surprisingly secured third place, only behind Nelson Piquet’s Brabham and Alain Prost’s McLaren.
In the race, he performed well again, passing Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) in a fight for third place in the final lap, closing out his story with Toleman with another podium.
At the end of the Grand Prix, Ayrton Senna received a touching homage from his team’s mechanics with a prophetic poster: “Toleman will never be the same without Senna.”
The 13 points that Ayrton Senna had scored for the team in 1984 were half of the total scored by Toleman since it had participated in Formula 1, between 1981 and 1985.
In 1985, the Italian Benetton Group bought the team and started using its name, while Ayrton Senna began to shine in his new team, giving them their first wins in the Formula 1.
1º
N. Piquet
2º
A. Prost
3º
Ayrton Senna
4º
K. Rosberg
5º
E. de Angelis
6º
N. Mansell
7º
P. Tambay
8º
M. Alboreto
9º
D. Warwick
10º
S. Johansson
11º
N. Lauda
12º
R. Patrese
13º
P. Streiff
14º
E. Cheever
15º
J. Laffite
16º
M. Surer
17º
R. Arnoux
18º
T. Boutsen
19º
M. Winkelhock
20º
A. de Cesaris
21º
F. Hesnault
22º
P. Ghinzani
23º
G. Berger
24º
J. Gartner
25º
M. Baldi
26º
J. Palmer
27º
P. Alliot
70
Laps
27
Cars
10
Retirements
1’22”996
Fastest lap
1º
Sunny Weather
Podium
1º
A. Prost
2º
N. Lauda
3º
Ayrton Senna
3º
final position
9º
position in championship following the race
3º
starting place
4
championship points accumulated
1’24”373
best lap
