1985 German Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 4 August 1985
Winner	Michele Alboreto Ferrari
Pole position	Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart
Fastest lap	Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG
Circuit	Nurburgring, 67 laps
Round	9 of 16
Race numbers	The 1985 German Grand Prix was the: 413th World Championship race 33rd World Championship German Grand Prix 24th World Championship race at Nurburgring (last until 1995)
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+7	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	67	1hr 35m 31.337s	9
2	+1	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	67	+11.661s	6
3	+10	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	67	+51.154s	4
4	+11	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	67	+55.279s	3
5	+7	(AUT) Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	67	+1m 13.972s	2
6	+4	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	67	+1m 16.820s	1
7	+10	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	66	+1 lap
8	+11	(DEU) Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Renault	66	+1 lap
9	-7	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	66	+1 lap
10	+16	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	63	+4 laps
11	+16	(ITA) Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	62	DNF
12	-8	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	61	DNF
R		(USA) Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	45	DNF
R		(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	40	DNF
R		(NLD) Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	32	DNF
R		(ITA) Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	29	DNF
R		(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	27	DNF
R		(GBR) Derek Warwick	Renault	25	DNF
R		(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	23	DNF
R		(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Renault	19	DNF
R		(CHE) Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	15	DNF
R		(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock	RAM-Hart	8	DNF
R		(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	8	DNF
R		(FRA) Francois Hesnault	Renault	8	DNF
R		(FRA) Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	8	DNF
R		(GBR) Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	7	DNF
R		(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	0	DNF

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(ITA) Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1:17.429
2	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:18.616	1.187
3	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:18.725	1.296
4	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:18.781	1.352
5	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:18.792	1.363
6	(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:18.802	1.373
7	(ITA) Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:19.120	1.691
8	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:19.194	1.765
9	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:19.338	1.909
10	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:19.475	2.046
11	(CHE) Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1:19.558	2.129
12	(AUT) Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:19.652	2.223
13	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:19.656	2.227
14	(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:19.738	2.309
15	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:19.781	2.352
16	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:19.917	2.488
17	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	1:20.666	3.237
18	(USA) Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:21.074	3.645
19	(DEU) Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Renault	1:21.219	3.790
20	(GBR) Derek Warwick	Renault	1:21.237	3.808
21	(FRA) Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:22.017	4.588
22	(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock	RAM-Hart	1:22.607	5.178
23	(FRA) Francois Hesnault	Renault	1:23.161	5.732
24	(GBR) Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:24.217	6.788
25	(NLD) Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:26.478	9.049
26	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:27.621	10.192
27	(ITA) Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:40.506	23.077

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Last start: Francois Hesnault; Manfred Winkelhock
Milestone race start: 50th for Toleman (23rd constructor to start 50 races)
Wins: 5th and last for Michele Alboreto (last Italian winner until 1989); 91st for Ferrari
Podiums: 32nd for Alain Prost; 29th for Jacques Laffite; 14th for Michele Alboreto; 300th for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 300 podiums); 116th for McLaren; 38th for Ligier
Poles: 1st for Teo Fabi (69th different polesitter, 11th Italian driver; only pole for Toleman); 1st and only for Toleman (29th different polesitter)
Fastest laps: 24th and last for Niki Lauda; 31st for McLaren
Front row starts: 1st for Teo Fabi (110th different front row starter, 18th Italian driver; only front row start for Toleman); 1st and only for Stefan Johansson (111th different front row starter, 3rd Swedish driver; first Swedish front row starter since 1978)