Italian Grand Prix 

The Italian Grand Prix brought together serious competitors who were more than capable of battling for victory. Racing drivers such as Ayrton Senna, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost, and Michele Alboreto could win in Monza, Italy.
For this reason, the Racing Drivers Association suggested that Formula 1 organizers granted an extra point for the fastest lap during the qualifying rounds, as was the case between 1950 and 1959.
“It’s a new race and I think that the driver to secure a pole position should be rewarded.”
Ayrton Senna supported the initiative and was sympathetic to awarding the pole position with another point. If the idea became a reality, the Brazilian driver would earn his fifth extra point on that occasion. He had already scored pole positions in Portugal, San Marino, Monaco, and the US. Then, in his first time racing in Monza, he walked away with the first position on the starting grid after completing a lap in 1min25s084 with his Lotus.

Ayrton would be starting next to Keke Rosberg’s Williams. Right after them, came in Nigel Mansell (driving the other Williams) and Brabham’s Nelson Piquet. At the brake point at the end of the straight, Senna crossed the gravel trap of the S, allowing Mansell to pass him. Alain Prost, with McLaren, took the fourth position and made Piquet drop to seventh at the start – but he would soon recover.
In the first few laps, Prost and Elio de Angelis (Lotus) who had started in sixth, were able to overtake Ayrton. The Brazilian’s Lotus wasn’t performing well. Gradually, Senna’s car got better and, on the fourth lap, Mansell was stranded in the middle of the track, with mechanical issues. The “Lion” was able to stay in the race, but would spend the rest of the dispute in the last positions.
Ayrton passed his teammate, Elio de Angelis, on lap 31 and held on to third place. Niki Lauda, who had been making a race of recovery, had to retire with transmission problems on lap 33.