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Home / Seasons / 1985 F1 World Championship Season / 1985 Belgian Grand Prix

1985 Belgian Grand Prix

417th World Championship race, 32nd World Championship Belgian Grand Prix, 20th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps

1985 Italian Grand Prix

1985 European Grand Prix

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1986 Belgian Grand Prix

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Fact File

Date:Sunday, 15 September 1985
Winner:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault
Pole position:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-TAG
Fastest lap:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-TAG
Circuit:Spa-Francorchamps, 43 laps
Round:13 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Brazil flag Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault431hr 34m 19.893s9
2+5United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda43+28.422s6
3-2France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG43+55.109s4
4+6Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda43+1m 15.290s3
5-2Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW42+1 lap2
6+8United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickRenault42+1 lap1
7+1Austria flag Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW42+1 lap 
8+4Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW42+1 lap 
9+9France flag Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault42+1 lap 
10-4Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW40DNF 
11+6France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault38DNF 
12+12Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni38+5 laps 
13+8United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault38+5 laps 
NC Netherlands flag Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo37+6 laps 
R Italy flag Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo31DNF 
R USA flag Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo26DNF 
R France flag Patrick TambayRenault24DNF 
R Italy flag Teo FabiToleman-Hart23DNF 
R Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault17DNF 
R Germany flag Christian DannerZakspeed16DNF 
R France flag Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart10DNF 
R Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonFerrari7DNF 
R Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart7DNF 
R Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari3DNF 
Did not start
  Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG   
  • Niki Lauda did not start due to an injury he picked up from an accident in practice.

Starting Grid

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PosDriverConstructorTime
1France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:55.306
2Brazil flag Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:55.403
3Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:55.648
4Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari1:56.021
5Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:56.585
6Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:56.697
7United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:56.727
8Austria flag Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:56.770
9Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:57.322
10Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:57.465
11Italy flag Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:57.588
12Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:57.729
13France flag Patrick TambayRenault1:58.105
14United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickRenault1:58.407
15Italy flag Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:58.414
16Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart1:58.706
17France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:58.933
18France flag Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault1:59.245
19USA flag Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:59.370
20France flag Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:59.626
21United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault2:00.950
22   
23Netherlands flag Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo2:05.776
24Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni2:06.007
Started from the pit lane
 Germany flag Christian DannerZakspeed2:05.059

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost69
2Italy flag Michele Alboreto53
3Brazil flag Ayrton Senna32
4Italy flag Elio de Angelis31
5Finland flag Keke Rosberg21
6Brazil flag Nelson Piquet21
7Sweden flag Stefan Johansson21
8Austria flag Niki Lauda14
9United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell13
10France flag Patrick Tambay11
11France flag Jacques Laffite10
12Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen9
13Switzerland flag Marc Surer5
14United Kingdom flag Derek Warwick5
15Germany flag Stefan Bellof4
16France flag Rene Arnoux3
=Italy flag Andrea de Cesaris3

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

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

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps Circuit
  • 1985 World Championship season

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