1985 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 7 April 1985
Winner	Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Pole position	Michele Alboreto Ferrari
Fastest lap	Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Circuit	Jacarepagua, 61 laps
Round	1 of 16
Race numbers	The 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix was the: 405th World Championship race 13th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix 6th World Championship race at Jacarepagua
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Previous race	1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+5	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	61	1hr 41m 26.115s	9
2	-1	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	61	+3.259s	6
3		(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	60	+1 lap	4
4	+3	(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	59	+2 laps	3
5	+6	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Renault	59	+2 laps	2
6	+9	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	59	+2 laps	1
7	+16	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	58	+3 laps
8	+13	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	58	+3 laps
9	+11	(FRA) Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	58	+3 laps
10		(GBR) Derek Warwick	Renault	57	+4 laps
11	+1	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	57	+4 laps
12	+10	(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	57	+4 laps
13	+3	(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock	RAM-Hart	57	+4 laps
R		(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	51	DNF
R		(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	48	DNF
R		(USA) Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	42	DNF
R		(ITA) Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	41	DNF
R		(AUT) Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	27	DNF
R		(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	26	DNF
R		(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	20	DNF
R		(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	10	DNF
R		(FRA) Francois Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	9	DNF
R		(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	8	DNF
R		(ITA) Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	7	DNF
R		(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	2	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:27.768
2	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:27.864	0.096
3	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:28.081	0.313
4	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:28.389	0.621
5	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:28.848	1.080
6	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:29.117	1.349
7	(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	1:29.612	1.844
8	(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:29.855	2.087
9	(AUT) Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:29.984	2.216
10	(GBR) Derek Warwick	Renault	1:30.100	2.332
11	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:30.254	2.486
12	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:30.953	3.185
13	(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:31.411	3.643
14	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:31.790	4.022
15	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:32.021	4.253
16	(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock	RAM-Hart	1:32.560	4.792
17	(FRA) Francois Hesnault	Brabham-BMW	1:32.904	5.136
18	(USA) Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:33.091	5.323
19	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	1:34.773	7.005
20	(FRA) Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:35.726	7.958
21	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:36.152	8.384
22	(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:36.743	8.975
23	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:37.293	9.525
24	(ITA) Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	1:41.330	13.562
25	(ITA) Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:44.046	16.278

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Pierluigi Martini; Minardi
Wins: 17th for Alain Prost; 43rd for McLaren
Podiums: 27th for Alain Prost; 8th for Michele Alboreto; 7th for Elio de Angelis; 292nd for Ferrari; 145th for Lotus; 111th for McLaren
Poles: 2nd and last for Michele Alboreto; 103rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 12th for Alain Prost; 29th for McLaren
Front row starts: 4th for Keke Rosberg; 3rd for Michele Alboreto (last until 1988)
Points finishes: 50th for Jacques Laffite
Win & fastest lap: 9th for Alain Prost