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1985 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 43 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 417th World Championship race
  • 32nd World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 20th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault431hr 34m 19.893s9
2+5(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda43+28.422s6
3-2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG43+55.109s4
4+6(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda43+1m 15.290s3
5-2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW42+1 lap2
6+8(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault42+1 lap1
7+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW42+1 lap 
8+4(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW42+1 lap 
9+9(FRA) Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault42+1 lap 
10-4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW40DNF 
11+6(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault38DNF 
12+12(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni38+5 laps 
13+8(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault38+5 laps 
NC (NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo37+6 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo31DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo26DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayRenault24DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart23DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault17DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed16DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart10DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari7DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart7DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari3DNF 
Did not start
  (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG   

Notes

  • Thierry Boutsen ended lap 40 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jacques Laffite ended lap 38 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Niki Lauda did not start due to an injury he picked up from an accident in practice.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
5(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
7(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
8(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
9(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
10(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
11(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart
12(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW
13(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
14(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
16(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart
17(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault
19(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
21(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
22  
23(NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo
24(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni
Started from the pit lane
 (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:55.306 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:55.4030.097
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:55.6480.342
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:56.0210.715
5(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:56.5851.279
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:56.6971.391
7(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:56.7271.421
8(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:56.7701.464
9(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:57.3222.016
10(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:57.4652.159
11(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:57.5882.282
12(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:57.7292.423
13(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:58.1052.799
14(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:58.4073.101
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:58.4143.108
16(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart1:58.7063.400
17(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:58.9333.627
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault1:59.2453.939
19(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:59.3704.064
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:59.6264.320
21(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault2:00.9505.644
22(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed2:05.0599.753
23(NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo2:05.77610.470
24(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni2:06.00710.701
25(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost69
2(ITA) Michele Alboreto53
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna32
4(ITA) Elio de Angelis31
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg21
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet21
7(SWE) Stefan Johansson21
8(AUT) Niki Lauda14
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell13
10(FRA) Patrick Tambay11
11(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
12(BEL) Thierry Boutsen9
13(CHE) Marc Surer5
14(GBR) Derek Warwick5
15(DEU) Stefan Bellof4
16(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG83
2Ferrari77
3Lotus-Renault63
4Williams-Honda34
5Brabham-BMW26
6Renault16
7Ligier-Renault13
8Arrows-BMW9
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Christian Danner
Wins
2nd for Ayrton Senna
75th for Lotus
Podiums
36th for Alain Prost
8th for Ayrton Senna
6th for Nigel Mansell (first for Williams)
152th for Lotus
121st for McLaren
57th for Williams
Poles
15th for Alain Prost
23rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
16th for Alain Prost
34th for McLaren
Front row starts
33rd for Alain Prost
8th for Ayrton Senna