Skip to main content

Alfa Romeo 185T








Alfa Romeo 185T


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to navigation
Jump to search









































Alfa Romeo 185T

Alfa Romeo 185T Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile di Torino.jpg
Category
Formula One
Constructor
Alfa Romeo
Designer(s)
Mario Tollentino
John Gentry
Predecessor
184T
Technical specifications[1]
Chassis
Carbon fibre monocoque
Suspension (front)
Coil, wishbone, pushrod
Suspension (rear)
Coil, wishbone, pushrod
Axle track
Front: 1,810 mm (71 in)
Rear: 1,680 mm (66 in)
Wheelbase
2,720 mm (107.1 in)
Engine
Alfa Romeo 890T, 1,496 cc (91.3 cu in), 90° V8, turbo, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted
Transmission
Alfa Romeo / Hewland 6-speed manual
Weight
550 kg (1,212.5 lb)[2]
Fuel
Agip
Tyres
Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo
Notable drivers
22. Italy Riccardo Patrese
23. United States Eddie Cheever
Debut
1985 Brazilian Grand Prix









RacesWinsPolesF.Laps
8000
Constructors' Championships
0
Drivers' Championships
0

The Alfa Romeo 185T is a Formula One car that Benetton Team Alfa Romeo used during the 1985 season. The car was entered in 8 races, but without any success and suffering from poor reliability, the team returned to the previous year's car, the 184T, uprated to "184TB" specification. The 1985 season was the last one for Alfa Romeo in Formula One. The car was powered by Alfa's own 890T, a 1.5 L turbocharged V8 engine which produced around 780 hp (582 kW) at 10,200 rpm.[2] The team drivers were Riccardo Patrese and Eddie Cheever.


Driven by Patrese, the 185T was involved in arguably the most spectacular accident of the season. On lap 16 of the Monaco Grand Prix, Nelson Piquet in his Brabham-BMW was attempting to pass Patrese along the pit straight. Notoriously hard to pass, Patrese moved across on his former Brabham teammate and put the Brazilian into the guardrail. In a shower of sparks, flames and debris famously captured by the television cameras, both the Brabham and the Alfa were destroyed, though both drivers were able to walk away injury free.


It was at Monaco where Cheever achieved the best qualifying position for the 185T when he started from 4th on the grid with a time only 0.279 seconds slower than pole winner Ayrton Senna in his Lotus-Renault. Cheever had failed to qualify the 184T at Monaco in 1984. After qualifying 4th, Cheever told reporters "We have a new wing here, which is much better than the old one, and the grip is good. Most of all though, we're understanding more and more about the Bosch Motronic, and throttle response is excellent. I think we can run with just about anyone on power as well. I mean, the car is good all round right now - if it can finish". Though it would not take too long for the American to change his tune about the 185T.


In an interview he gave in 2000, Riccardo Patrese described the 185T as "The Worst Car I ever drove".[3]



Statistics[edit]


  • 8 Grands Prix

  • Wins: 0

  • Pole positions: 0

  • Fastest Laps: 0

  • Best place in race: 9th at Detroit and at Silverstone

  • Best place in qualification: 4



Complete Formula One results[edit]


(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)


















































































Year
Team
Engine
Tyres
Drivers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Pts.
WCC

1985

Benetton Team Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc

G


BRA

POR

SMR

MON

CAN

DET

FRA

GBR

GER

AUT

NED

ITA

BEL

EUR

RSA

AUS

0

12th

Riccardo Patrese
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
10
Ret
11
9









Eddie Cheever
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
17
9
10










References[edit]




  1. ^ "Alfa Romeo 185T @ StatsF1". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ ab "Alfa Romeo". gaffersports.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-05.


  3. ^ Cooper, Adam. "Out with a whimper". Motorsport magazine Feb 2000. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2014.











Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfa_Romeo_185T&oldid=861176655"





Navigation menu


























(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||).push(function()mw.config.set("wgPageParseReport":"limitreport":"cputime":"0.284","walltime":"0.348","ppvisitednodes":"value":1938,"limit":1000000,"ppgeneratednodes":"value":0,"limit":1500000,"postexpandincludesize":"value":45211,"limit":2097152,"templateargumentsize":"value":2710,"limit":2097152,"expansiondepth":"value":10,"limit":40,"expensivefunctioncount":"value":0,"limit":500,"unstrip-depth":"value":1,"limit":20,"unstrip-size":"value":7909,"limit":5000000,"entityaccesscount":"value":0,"limit":400,"timingprofile":["100.00% 273.603 1 -total"," 48.91% 133.824 1 Template:Infobox_racing_car"," 45.47% 124.421 1 Template:Infobox"," 31.33% 85.729 1 Template:Reflist"," 26.38% 72.182 3 Template:Cite_web"," 21.56% 58.981 6 Template:Convert"," 9.66% 26.437 2 Template:Navbox"," 9.57% 26.181 1 Template:Alfa_Romeo_F1"," 9.19% 25.133 15 Template:Flagicon"," 4.21% 11.524 1 Template:F1-stub"],"scribunto":"limitreport-timeusage":"value":"0.133","limit":"10.000","limitreport-memusage":"value":4083450,"limit":52428800,"cachereport":"origin":"mw1319","timestamp":"20181026173130","ttl":1900800,"transientcontent":false);mw.config.set("wgBackendResponseTime":118,"wgHostname":"mw1330"););

Popular posts from this blog

The Dalles, Oregon

眉山市

清晰法令