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

1985 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 October 1985
Winner
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Jacques Laffite
  • 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

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda751hr 32m 58.109s9
2-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault75+21.396s6
3+1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda75+58.533s4
4+2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG75+1m 06.121s3
5+4(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault74+1 lap2
6+6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW73+2 laps1
7+14(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-TAG73+2 laps 
8-3(FRA) Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault73+2 laps 
9+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo73+2 laps 
10+9(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW73+2 laps 
11+7(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo73+2 laps 
12+5(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault72+3 laps 
R (CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW62DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari59DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault58DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed55DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliTyrrell-Renault44DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault40DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart33DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart31DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart16DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart13DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari13DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW6DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault4DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni3DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
4(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
5(FRA) Philippe StreiffLigier-Renault
6(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
7(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW
8(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
9(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
10(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
13(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
14(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart
15(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
16(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
17(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
18(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
19(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
20(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart
21(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-TAG
22(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
24(ITA) Ivan CapelliTyrrell-Renault
25(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed
26(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost72
2(ITA) Michele Alboreto53
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna38
4(ITA) Elio de Angelis33
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg25
6(GBR) Nigel Mansell22
7(BRA) Nelson Piquet21
8(SWE) Stefan Johansson21
9(AUT) Niki Lauda14
10(FRA) Patrick Tambay11
11(BEL) Thierry Boutsen10
12(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
13(CHE) Marc Surer5
14(GBR) Derek Warwick5
15(DEU) Stefan Bellof4
16(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG86
2Ferrari77
3Lotus-Renault71
4Williams-Honda47
5Brabham-BMW26
6Renault16
7Ligier-Renault13
8Arrows-BMW10
9Tyrrell-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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