1985 Formula One Season

1985 FIA Formula One World Championship
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1985 World Champion, Alain Prost
Season data
Number of races	16
First race	Brazilian Grand Prix
Last race	Australian Grand Prix
Tyre suppliers	G P
Drivers' World Championship
Champion	Alain Prost 73 points
Runners-up	Michele Alboreto 53 points
3rd	Keke Rosberg 40 points
Constructors' World Championship
Champions	McLaren-TAG 90 points
Runners-up	Ferrari 82 points
3rd	Williams-Honda 71 points

The 1985 Formula One season was the 36th season of the FIA Formula One World Championship.

It began on April 7, 1985 in Brazil, and finished after sixteen races on November 3, 1985 in Australia.

The season was dominated by Alain Prost in his McLaren-TAG. Prost won the Drivers' Championship by 20 points over Michele Alboreto. McLaren also won the Constructors' Championship, but by only an eight-point margin over Alboreto's Ferrari team.

Teams and Drivers

Entry List

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Team	Engine
McLaren-TAG Porsche	MP4/2B	G	1	Niki Lauda	1-13, 15-16
Marlboro McLaren International	TAG Porsche TTE PO1 V6t 1.5		1	John Watson	14
			2	Alain Prost	All
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth Tyrrell-Renault	012 014	G	3	Martin Brundle*	All
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Renault EF4B V6t 1.5		4	Stefan Johansson	1
			4	Stefan Bellof†	2-11
			4	Ivan Capelli	14, 16
			4	Philippe Streiff	15
Williams-Honda	FW10	G	5	Nigel Mansell	All
Canon Williams Honda Team	Honda RA164E V6t 1.5 Honda RA165E V6t 1.5		6	Keke Rosberg	All
Brabham-BMW	BT54	P	7	Nelson Piquet	All
Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	BMW M12/13 L4t 1.5		8	François Hesnault	1-4
			8	Marc Gené	5-16
RAM-Hart	03	P	9	Manfred Winkelhock	1-9
Skoal Bandit F1 Team	Hart 415T L4t 1.5		10	Philippe Alliot‡	1-14
			10	Kenny Acheson	10-12
Lotus-Renault	97T	G	11	Elio de Angelis	All
John Player Special Team Lotus	Renault EF15 V6t 1.5		12	Ayrton Senna	All
Renault	RE60 RE60B	G	14	François Hesnault	9
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault EF4B V6t 1.5 Renault EF15 V6t 1.5		15	Patrick Tambay	1-14, 16
			16	Derek Warwick	1-14, 16
Arrows-BMW	A8	G	17	Gerhard Berger	All
Barclay Arrows BMW	BMW M12/13 L4t 1.5		18	Thierry Boutsen	All
Toleman-Hart	TG185	P	19	Teo Fabi	4-16
Toleman Group Motorsport	Hart 415T L4t 1.5		20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	10-16
Spirit-Hart	101D	P	21	Mauro Baldi	1-3
Spirit Enterprises Ltd.	Hart 415T L4t 1.5
Alfa Romeo	184TB 185T	G	22	Riccardo Patrese	All
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 890T V8t 1.5		23	Eddie Cheever	All
Osella-Alfa Romeo	FA1F	P	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-8
Osella Squadra Corse	Alfa Romeo 890T V8t 1.5		24	Huub Rothengatter	9-16
Ligier-Renault	JS25	P	25	Andrea de Cesaris	1-11
Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Renault EF4B V6t 1.5		25	Philippe Streiff	12-14, 16
			26	Jacques Laffite	1-14, 16
Ferrari	156/85	G	27	Michele Alboreto	All
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari Ferrari 031 V6t 1.5		28	René Arnoux	1
			28	Stefan Johansson	2-16
Minardi-Ford Cosworth Minardi-Motori Moderni	M185	P	29	Pierluigi Martini	All
Minardi Team SpA	Ford Cosworth DFY V8 3.0 Motori Moderni 615-90 V6t 1.5
Zakspeed	841	G	30	Jonathan Palmer	2-4, 7-11
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed 1500/4 L4t 1.5		30	Christian Danner	13-14
Lola-Hart	THL1	G	33	Alan Jones	12, 14-16
Team Haas	Hart 415T L4t 1.5

• * Brundle would drive a #4 car in Germany and Austria.
• ^† Bellof would drive a #3 car in Germany and Austria.
• ^‡ Alliot would drive a #9 car during the next four races.

Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Date

1	Brazilian Grand Prix			7 April
		Official Title	XIV Grande Prêmio do Brasil
		Circuit	Jacarepaguá
		Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Lap distance	5.031 km (3.127 mi)
		Race distance	306.891 km (190.734 mi)
		Date	7 April	Laps	61

2	Portuguese Grand Prix			21 April
		Official Title	5° Grande Prémio de Portugal
		Circuit	Autódromo do Estoril
		Location	Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
		Lap distance	4.349 km (2.703 mi)
		Race distance	291.383 km (181.096 mi)
		Date	21 April	Laps	67

3	San Marino Grand Prix			5 May
		Official Title	5° Gran Premio di San Marino
		Circuit	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
		Location	Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
		Lap distance	4.933 km (3.066 mi)
		Race distance	295.98 km (183.953 mi)
		Date	5 May	Laps	60

4	Monaco Grand Prix			19 May
		Official Title	43e Grand Prix de Monaco
		Circuit	Circuit de Monaco
		Location	Monte Carlo, Monaco
		Lap distance	3.312 km (2.058 mi)
		Race distance	258.336 km (160.557 mi)
		Date	19 May	Laps	78

5	Canadian Grand Prix			16 June
		Official Title	XXIV Grand Prix Labatt du Canada
		Circuit	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
		Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
		Lap distance	4.41 km (2.741 mi)
		Race distance	308.7 km (191.858 mi)
		Date	16 June	Laps	70

6	Detroit Grand Prix			23 June
		Official Title	IV Detroit Grand Prix
		Circuit	Detroit Street Circuit
		Location	Detroit, Michigan, USA
		Lap distance	4.023 km (2.5 mi)
		Race distance	253.449 km (157.52 mi)
		Date	23 June	Laps	63

7	French Grand Prix			7 July
		Official Title	71e Grand Prix de France
		Circuit	Circuit Paul Ricard
		Location	Le Castellet, Var, France
		Lap distance	5.809 km (3.61 mi)
		Race distance	307.877 km (191.347 mi)
		Date	7 July	Laps	53

8	British Grand Prix			21 July
		Official Title	XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix
		Circuit	Silverstone Circuit
		Location	Northamptonshire, UK
		Lap distance	4.718 km (2.932 mi)
		Race distance	306.67 km (190.597 mi)
		Date	21 July	Laps	65

9	German Grand Prix			4 August
		Official Title	XLVII Großer Preis von Deutschland
		Circuit	Nürburgring GP-Strecke
		Location	Nürburg, Germany
		Lap distance	4.556 km (2.832 mi)
		Race distance	305.252 km (189.715 mi)
		Date	4 August	Laps	67

10	Austrian Grand Prix			18 August
		Official Title	23. Großer Preis von Österreich
		Circuit	Österreichring
		Location	Spielberg, Styria, Austria
		Lap distance	5.941 km (3.692 mi)
		Race distance	308.932 km (192.002 mi)
		Date	18 August	Laps	52

11	Dutch Grand Prix			25 August
		Official Title	34e Grote Prijs van Nederland
		Circuit	Circuit Park Zandvoort
		Location	Zandvoort, Netherlands
		Lap distance	4.252 km (2.643 mi)
		Race distance	297.64 km (184.984 mi)
		Date	25 August	Laps	70

12	Italian Grand Prix			8 September
		Official Title	56° Gran Premio d'Italia
		Circuit	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
		Location	Monza, Italy
		Lap distance	5.8 km (3.605 mi)
		Race distance	295.8 km (183.841 mi)
		Date	8 September	Laps	70

13	Belgian Grand Prix			15 September
		Official Title	32e Grand Prix de Belgique
		Circuit	Spa-Francorchamps
		Location	Stavelot, Belgium
		Lap distance	6.968 km (4.331 mi)
		Race distance	299.624 km (186.218 mi)
		Date	15 September	Laps	43

14	European Grand Prix			6 October
		Official Title	XXXVII Shell Oils Grand Prix of Europe
		Circuit	Brands Hatch
		Location	West Kingsdown, Kent, UK
		Lap distance	2.614 km (1.625 mi)
		Race distance	196.05 km (121.846 mi)
		Date	6 October	Laps	75

15	South African Grand Prix			19 October
		Official Title	XXXI Southern Sun Hotels S.A. Grand Prix
		Circuit	Kyalami Circuit
		Location	Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
		Lap distance	4.104 km (2.551 mi)
		Race distance	307.8 km (191.299 mi)
		Date	19 October	Laps	75

16	Australian Grand Prix			3 November
		Official Title	50th Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix
		Circuit	Adelaide Street Circuit
		Location	Adelaide, South Australia
		Lap distance	3.780 km (2.349 mi)
		Race distance	309.96 km (192.641 mi)
		Date	3 November	Laps	82

Final Standings

World Championship for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points
1st	Prost	1st	Ret	DSQ	1st	3rd	Ret	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	Ret	73 (76)
2nd	Alboreto	2nd	2nd	Ret	2nd	1st	3rd	Ret	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	53

World Championship for Constructors

Pos.	Constructor	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points
1st	McLaren-TAG Porsche	1	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	1st	Ret	DNS	7th	Ret	Ret	90
		2	1st	Ret	DSQ	1st	3rd	Ret	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	Ret

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