1985 Formula One Season

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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[edit | edit source]

Entry List[edit | edit source]

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Team	Engine		No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers

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		21	Mauro Baldi	1-3

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		29	Pierluigi Martini	All

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		33	Alan Jones	12, 14-16

* 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[edit | edit source]

Round	Grand Prix	Date

		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

		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

		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

		19 May
Official Title	43^e 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

		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

		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 July
Official Title	71^e 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

		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

		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

		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

		25 August
Official Title	34^e 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

		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

		15 September
Official Title	32^e 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

		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

		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

		3 November
Official Title	50^th 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

Season Report[edit | edit source]

Pre-Season[edit | edit source]

Race One: 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Two: 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Three: 1985 San Marino Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Four: 1985 Monaco Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Five: 1985 Canadian Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Six: 1985 Detroit Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Seven: 1985 French Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Eight: 1985 British Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Nine: 1985 German Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Ten: 1985 Austrian Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Eleven: 1985 Dutch Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Twelve: 1985 Italian Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Thirteen: 1985 Belgian Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Fourteen: 1985 European Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Fifteen: 1985 South African Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Race Sixteen: 1985 Australian Grand Prix[edit | edit source]

Post-Season[edit | edit source]

Results[edit | edit source]

Final Standings[edit | edit source]

World Championship for Drivers[edit | edit source]

Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points
Pos.	Driver																	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[edit | edit source]

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

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V T E	1985 Formula One Season
Teams	McLaren • Tyrrell • Williams • Brabham • RAM • Lotus • Renault • Arrows • Toleman • Spirit • Alfa Romeo • Osella • Ligier • Ferrari • Minardi • Zakspeed • Lola
Engines	Alfa Romeo • BMW • Ferrari • Ford • Hart • Honda • Motori Moderni • Renault • TAG • Zakspeed
Drivers	1 Lauda • 2 Prost • 3/4 Brundle • 4 Johansson • 3/4 Bellof • 4 Capelli • 4 Streiff • 5 Mansell • 6 Rosberg • 7 Piquet • 8 Hesnault • 8 Surer • 9 Winkelhock • 9/10 Alliot • 10 Acheson • 11 De Angelis • 12 Senna • 14 Hesnault • 15 Tambay • 16 Warwick • 17 Berger • 18 Boutsen • 19 Fabi • 20 Ghinzani • 21 Baldi • 22 Patrese • 23 Cheever • 24 Ghinzani • 24 Rothengatter • 25 De Cesaris • 25 Streiff • 26 Laffite • 27 Alboreto • 28 Arnoux • 28 Johansson • 29 Martini • 30 Palmer • 30 Danner • 33 Jones
Cars	McLaren MP4/2B • Ferrari 156/85 • Williams FW10 • Lotus 97T • Brabham BT54 • Ligier JS25 • Renault RE60 • Arrows A8 • Tyrrell 012 • Tyrrell 014 • Osella FA1F • Minardi M185 • Alfa Romeo 184TB • Alfa Romeo 185T • RAM 03 • Zakspeed 841 • Toleman TG185 • Spirit 101D • Lola THL1
Tyres	Goodyear • Pirelli
Races	Brazil • Portugal • San Marino • Monaco • Canada • Detroit • France • Britain • Germany • Austria • Netherlands • Italy • Belgium • Europe • South Africa • Australia
See also	1984 Formula One Season • 1986 Formula One Season • Category

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