1985 European Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 6 October 1985
Winner	Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Pole position	Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap	Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault
Circuit	Brands Hatch, 75 laps
Round	14 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	75	1hr 32m 58.109s	9
2	-1	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	75	+21.396s	6
3	+1	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	75	+58.533s	4
4	+2	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	75	+1m 06.121s	3
5	+4	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	74	+1 lap	2
6	+6	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	73	+2 laps	1
7	+14	(GBR) John Watson	McLaren-TAG	73	+2 laps
8	-3	(FRA) Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	73	+2 laps
9	+2	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	73	+2 laps
10	+9	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	73	+2 laps
11	+7	(USA) Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	73	+2 laps
12	+5	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Renault	72	+3 laps
R		(CHE) Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	62	DNF
R		(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	59	DNF
R		(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	58	DNF
R		(DEU) Christian Danner	Zakspeed	55	DNF
R		(ITA) Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell-Renault	44	DNF
R		(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	40	DNF
R		(ITA) Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	33	DNF
R		(FRA) Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	31	DNF
R		(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	16	DNF
R		(AUS) Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	13	DNF
R		(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	13	DNF
R		(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	6	DNF
R		(GBR) Derek Warwick	Renault	4	DNF
R		(ITA) Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	3	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:07.169
2	(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:07.482	0.313
3	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:08.059	0.890
4	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:08.197	1.028
5	(FRA) Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	1:09.080	1.911
6	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:09.429	2.260
7	(CHE) Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1:09.762	2.593
8	(GBR) Derek Warwick	Renault	1:09.904	2.735
9	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:10.014	2.845
10	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:10.081	2.912
11	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:10.251	3.082
12	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:10.323	3.154
13	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:10.517	3.348
14	(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	1:10.570	3.401
15	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:10.659	3.490
16	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:10.731	3.562
17	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:10.934	3.765
18	(USA) Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:11.500	4.331
19	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	1:11.608	4.439
20	(ITA) Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1:12.090	4.921
21	(GBR) John Watson	McLaren-TAG	1:12.496	5.327
22	(AUS) Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	1:13.084	5.915
23	(FRA) Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:13.537	6.368
24	(ITA) Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell-Renault	1:13.721	6.552
25	(DEU) Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:15.054	7.885
26	(ITA) Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:15.127	7.958
Did not qualify
27	(NLD) Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:16.994	9.825

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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