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

1985 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 October 1985
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite
  • France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault
CircuitBrands Hatch, 75 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 European Grand Prix was the

  • 418th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship European Grand Prix (last until 1993)
  • 13th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
  • 1985 Drivers’ title decider
More 1985 season
More European Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda751hr 32m 58.109s9
2-1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault75+21.396s6
3+1Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda75+58.533s4
4+2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG75+1m 06.121s3
5+4Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault74+1 lap2
6+6Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW73+2 laps1
7+14United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG73+2 laps 
8-3France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault73+2 laps 
9+2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo73+2 laps 
10+9Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW73+2 laps 
11+7USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo73+2 laps 
12+5France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault72+3 laps 
R Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW62DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari59DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault58DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerZakspeed55DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliTyrrell-Renault44DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault40DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiToleman-Hart33DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart31DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart16DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesLola-Hart13DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari13DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault4DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni3DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
4Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
5France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault
6France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
7Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault
9Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
10France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
11Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
12Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
13Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari
14Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart
15Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
17France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault
18USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
19Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
20Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiToleman-Hart
21United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG
22Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesLola-Hart
23France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
24Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliTyrrell-Renault
25Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerZakspeed
26Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:07.169 
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:07.4820.313
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:08.0590.890
4Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:08.1971.028
5France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault1:09.0801.911
6France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:09.4292.260
7Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:09.7622.593
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault1:09.9042.735
9Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:10.0142.845
10France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:10.0812.912
11Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:10.2513.082
12Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:10.3233.154
13Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:10.5173.348
14Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart1:10.5703.401
15Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:10.6593.490
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:10.7313.562
17France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault1:10.9343.765
18USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:11.5004.331
19Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:11.6084.439
20Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:12.0904.921
21United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG1:12.4965.327
22Australia flag lazyload Alan JonesLola-Hart1:13.0845.915
23France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:13.5376.368
24Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliTyrrell-Renault1:13.7216.552
25Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerZakspeed1:15.0547.885
26Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:15.1277.958
Did not qualify
27Netherlands flag lazyload Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo1:16.9949.825

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1985 European Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost72
2Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto53
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna38
4Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis33
5Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg25
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell22
7Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet21
8Sweden flag lazyload Stefan Johansson21
9Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda14
10France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay11
11Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen10
12France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite10
13Switzerland flag Marc Surer5
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick5
15Germany flag lazyload Stefan Bellof4
16France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux3
=Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-TAG86
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari77
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault71
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda47
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW26
6France flag lazyload Renault16
7France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault13
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-BMW10
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Ivan Capelli
Last start
John Watson
RAM
World Champion
1st title for Alain Prost (21st driver to win the World Championship, 1st French champion)
Wins
1st for Nigel Mansell (75th different winner, 13th British driver)
20th for Williams (6th constructor to win 20 races)
Podiums
14th for Keke Rosberg, 9th for Ayrton Senna, 7th for Nigel Mansell
153rd for Lotus, 58th & 59th for Williams
Poles
6th for Ayrton Senna
97th for Lotus
Fastest laps
7th and last for Jacques Laffite (first since 1981)
10th and last for Ligier (13th constructor to set ten fastest laps; first since 1981)
Front row starts
29th for Nelson Piquet, 9th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
43rd and last for Elio de Angelis

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch circuit
  • 1985 World Championship season

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