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

1985 Dutch Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 August 1985
Winner
  • Niki Lauda
  • McLaren-TAG
Pole position
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Brabham-BMW
Fastest lap
  • Alain Prost
  • McLaren-TAG
CircuitZandvoort, 70 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 Dutch Grand Prix was the:

  • 415th World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship Dutch Grand Prix (last until 2021)
  • 30th World Championship race at Zandvoort (last until 2021)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+9(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG701hr 32m 29.263s9
2+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG70+0.232s6
3+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault70+48.491s4
4+12(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari70+48.837s3
5+6(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault69+1 lap2
6+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda69+1 lap1
7+14(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault69+1 lap 
8-7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW69+1 lap 
9+5(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW68+2 laps 
10-1(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW65DNF 
NC (NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo56+14 laps 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW54DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart52DNF 
R (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Renault39DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault27DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault25DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayRenault22DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda20DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart18DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault17DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed13DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart12DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari9DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1DNF 

Notes

  • Marc Surer ended lap 65 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:11.074 
2(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:11.6470.573
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:11.8010.727
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:11.8370.763
5(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:12.3101.236
6(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:12.4861.412
7(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:12.6141.540
8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:12.7461.672
9(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:12.8561.782
10(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:13.0591.985
11(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:13.0782.004
12(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:13.2892.215
13(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:13.4352.361
14(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:13.6802.606
15(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart1:13.7052.631
16(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:13.7252.651
17(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:13.7682.694
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:13.7972.723
19(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:14.2403.166
20(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:14.9123.838
21(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:14.9203.846
22(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Renault1:15.2364.162
23(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:16.2575.183
24(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:17.9196.845
25(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:18.5257.451
26(NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo1:19.4108.336
Did not qualify
27(GBR) Kenny AchesonRAM-Hart1:20.4299.355

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost56
2(ITA) Michele Alboreto53
3(ITA) Elio de Angelis30
4(BRA) Ayrton Senna19
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson19
6(FIN) Keke Rosberg18
7(AUT) Niki Lauda14
8(BRA) Nelson Piquet13
9(FRA) Patrick Tambay11
10(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
11(BEL) Thierry Boutsen9
12(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
13(DEU) Stefan Bellof4
14(GBR) Derek Warwick4
15(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
17(CHE) Marc Surer2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari75
2McLaren-TAG70
3Lotus-Renault49
4Williams-Honda25
5Brabham-BMW15
6Renault15
7Ligier-Renault13
8Arrows-BMW9
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Stats & milestones

Last start
Stefan Bellof
Milestone race start
150th for Ligier (7th constructor to start 150 races)
Wins
25th and last for Niki Lauda
47th for McLaren
Race 1-2
7th for McLaren
Podiums
54th and last for Niki Lauda
34th for Alain Prost
6th for Ayrton Senna
150th for Lotus (2nd constructor to score 150 podiums)
118th & 119th for McLaren
Poles
18th for Nelson Piquet
39th and last for Brabham
Fastest laps
15th for Alain Prost
33rd for McLaren
Front row starts
28th for Nelson Piquet
8th for Keke Rosberg
Points finishes
73rd and last for Niki Lauda
25th for Michele Alboreto

See also

  • Dutch Grand Prix
  • Zandvoort circuit
  • 1985 World Championship season

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