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

1985 European Grand Prix

418th World Championship race, 3rd World Championship European Grand Prix, 13th World Championship race at Brands Hatch

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Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 6 October 1985
Winner:United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell
United Kingdom flag Williams-Honda
Pole position:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap:France flag Jacques Laffite
France flag Ligier-Renault
Circuit:Brands Hatch, 75 laps
Round:14 of 16

Race Result

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

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Brazil flag Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:07.169
2Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:07.482
3United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:08.059
4Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:08.197
5France flag Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault1:09.080
6France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:09.429
7Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:09.762
8United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickRenault1:09.904
9Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:10.014
10France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:10.081
11Italy flag Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:10.251
12Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:10.323
13Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:10.517
14Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart1:10.570
15Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari1:10.659
16United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:10.731
17France flag Patrick TambayRenault1:10.934
18USA flag Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:11.500
19Austria flag Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:11.608
20Italy flag Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:12.090
21United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-TAG1:12.496
22Australia flag Alan JonesLola-Hart1:13.084
23France flag Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:13.537
24Italy flag Ivan CapelliTyrrell-Renault1:13.721
25Germany flag Christian DannerZakspeed1:15.054
26Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:15.127

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

  • Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1985

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost72
2Italy flag Michele Alboreto53
3Brazil flag Ayrton Senna38
4Italy flag Elio de Angelis33
5Finland flag Keke Rosberg25
6United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell22
7Brazil flag Nelson Piquet21
8Sweden flag Stefan Johansson21
9Austria flag Niki Lauda14
10France flag Patrick Tambay11
11Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen10
12France flag Jacques Laffite10
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-TAG86
2Italy flag Ferrari77
3United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault71
4United Kingdom flag Williams-Honda47
5United Kingdom flag Brabham-BMW26
6France flag Renault16
7France flag Ligier-Renault13
8United Kingdom flag Arrows-BMW10
9United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Statistics & Milestones

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

See also

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

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