The driver who finished 7th in this race, Stefan Johansson, was picked up by the Scuderia for the rest of the year.

[1] The Toleman team, meanwhile, missed the race due to being unable to secure a tyre contract.

"[3] Senna would improve on his lap time but only slightly as he finished behind de Angelis on the grid in fourth.

Also on the front row of the grid was Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Honda who earlier in the weekend had a blown turbo from their engine on the Saturday morning.

[3] McLaren also has engine issues with the attempts of trying to do a qualifying boost not being able to run properly with the two drivers eventually starting in sixth (Alain Prost) and ninth (Niki Lauda) on the grid.

His team-mate, Patrick Tambay who started behind him in 11th advised that Renault was "four seconds behind the pace when we first tested the car here a month ago.

Before the race, Prost finished fastest in the warm-up session ahead of Alboreto and Lauda rounding out the top three.