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1985 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 53 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 411th World Championship race
  • 35th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW531hr 31m 46.266s9
2-1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda53+6.660s6
3+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG53+9.285s4
4+11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari53+53.491s3
5+2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault53+53.690s2
6+3(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault53+1m 15.167s1
7+3(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault53+1m 44.212s 
8+5(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW52+1 lap 
9+2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW52+1 lap 
10+7(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo52+1 lap 
11+5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo52+1 lap 
12+7(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart50+3 laps 
13+12(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth50+3 laps 
14+4(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart49DNF 
15+8(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo49+4 laps 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault32DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG30DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault26DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW20DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni19DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart8DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed6DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari5DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault4DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault2DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda   

Notes

  • Teo Fabi ended lap 49 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:32.462 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:32.8350.373
3(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:33.2670.805
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:33.3350.873
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:33.8121.350
6(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:33.8601.398
7(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:34.0221.560
8(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:34.1911.729
9(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:34.6742.212
10(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:34.6802.218
11(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:34.9762.514
12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:35.4883.026
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:35.5713.109
14(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:35.5723.110
15(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:36.1333.671
16(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:36.1403.678
17(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:36.7294.267
18(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:36.9314.469
19(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:37.1424.680
20(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart1:37.6545.192
21(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:40.0157.553
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:40.2897.827
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:41.6479.185
24(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:42.1369.674
25(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:44.35011.888
26(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:44.40411.942

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Michele Alboreto31
2(FRA) Alain Prost26
3(ITA) Elio de Angelis26
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg18
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson16
6(FRA) Patrick Tambay11
7(BRA) Nelson Piquet10
8(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
9(BEL) Thierry Boutsen6
10(GBR) Nigel Mansell5
11(DEU) Stefan Bellof4
12(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(AUT) Niki Lauda3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
15(GBR) Derek Warwick2
16(FRA) Jacques Laffite2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari50
2Lotus-Renault35
3McLaren-TAG29
4Williams-Honda23
5Renault13
6Brabham-BMW10
7Arrows-BMW6
8Ligier-Renault5
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Stats & milestones

Wins
13th for Nelson Piquet (last for Brabham)
35th and last for Brabham
Podiums
30th for Alain Prost (11th driver to score 30 podiums, 1st French driver)
28th for Nelson Piquet
13th for Keke Rosberg
120th for Brabham
114th for McLaren
56th for Williams
Poles
3rd for Keke Rosberg (first since 1983)
11th for Williams
Fastest laps
1st for Keke Rosberg (81st different fastest lap setter, 1st Finnish driver)
19th for Williams (first since 1981)
Front row starts
6th for Keke Rosberg & Ayrton Senna