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

1985 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 August 1985
Winner
  • Michele Alboreto
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Teo Fabi
  • Toleman-Hart
Fastest lap
  • Niki Lauda
  • McLaren-TAG
CircuitNurburgring, 67 laps
Round9 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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On this page

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

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari671hr 35m 31.337s9
2+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG67+11.661s6
3+10(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault67+51.154s4
4+11(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW67+55.279s3
5+7(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG67+1m 13.972s2
6+4(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda67+1m 16.820s1
7+10(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW66+1 lap 
8+11(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Renault66+1 lap 
9-7(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari66+1 lap 
10+16(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+4 laps 
11+16(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni62DNF 
12-8(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda61DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo45DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault40DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo32DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart29DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault27DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault25DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW23DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayRenault19DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW15DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart8DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo8DNF 
R (FRA) Francois HesnaultRenault8DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart8DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed7DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault0DNF 

Notes

  • Pierluigi Martini ended lap 62 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Keke Rosberg ended lap 61 in P12 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:17.429 
2(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:18.6161.187
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:18.7251.296
4(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:18.7811.352
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:18.7921.363
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:18.8021.373
7(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:19.1201.691
8(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:19.1941.765
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:19.3381.909
10(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:19.4752.046
11(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:19.5582.129
12(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:19.6522.223
13(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:19.6562.227
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:19.7382.309
15(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:19.7812.352
16(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:19.9172.488
17(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:20.6663.237
18(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:21.0743.645
19(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Renault1:21.2193.790
20(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:21.2373.808
21(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:22.0174.588
22(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart1:22.6075.178
23(FRA) Francois HesnaultRenault1:23.1615.732
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:24.2176.788
25(NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo1:26.4789.049
26(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.62110.192
27(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:40.50623.077

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Michele Alboreto46
2(FRA) Alain Prost41
3(ITA) Elio de Angelis26
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg18
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson16
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet13
7(FRA) Patrick Tambay11
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
9(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
10(BEL) Thierry Boutsen9
11(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
12(AUT) Niki Lauda5
13(DEU) Stefan Bellof4
14(GBR) Derek Warwick4
15(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
17(CHE) Marc Surer1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari65
2McLaren-TAG46
3Lotus-Renault35
4Williams-Honda24
5Renault15
6Brabham-BMW14
7Ligier-Renault13
8Arrows-BMW9
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Statistics & milestones

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)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Nurburgring circuit
  • 1985 World Championship season

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