Belgian Grand Prix 1985

Spa-Francorchamps
Spa
15 September 1985
43 laps
298.4 km
6.940 km a lap

Pole positionAlain ProstMcLaren · 1:55.306
Fastest lapAlain Prost2:01.730 · lap 38
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	12	Lotus · Renault	2	43	1:34:19.893	9
2	Nigel Mansell	5	Williams · Honda	7	43	+28.422	6
3	Alain Prostfastest lap	2	McLaren · TAG	1	43	+55.109	4
4	Keke Rosberg	6	Williams · Honda	10	43	+1:15.290	3
5	Nelson Piquet	7	Brabham · BMW	3	42	+1 lap	2
6	Derek Warwick	16	Renault	14	42	+1 lap	1
7	Gerhard Berger	17	Arrows · BMW	8	42	+1 lap
8	Marc Surer	8	Brabham · BMW	12	42	+1 lap
9	Philippe Streiff	25	Ligier · Renault	18	42	+1 lap
10	Thierry Boutsen	18	Arrows · BMW	6	40	Gearbox
11	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Renault	17	38	Accident
12	Pierluigi Martini	29	Minardi · Motori Moderni	24	38	+5 laps
13	Martin Brundle	3	Tyrrell · Renault	21	38	+5 laps
NC	Huub Rothengatter	24	Osella · Alfa Romeo	23	37	+6 laps
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	22	Alfa Romeo	15	31	Engine
DNF	Eddie Cheever	23	Alfa Romeo	19	26	Gearbox
DNF	Patrick Tambay	15	Renault	13	24	Gearbox
DNF	Teo Fabi	19	Toleman · Hart	11	23	Throttle
DNF	Elio de Angelis	11	Lotus · Renault	9	17	Turbo
DNF	Christian Danner	30	Zakspeed	22	16	Gearbox
DNF	Philippe Alliot	9	RAM · Hart	20	10	Accident
DNF	Stefan Johansson	28	Ferrari	5	7	Spun off
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	Toleman · Hart	16	7	Accident
DNF	Michele Alboreto	27	Ferrari	4	3	Clutch
DNS	Niki Lauda	1	McLaren · TAG	–		Injury

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:55.306
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:55.403	+0.097
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:55.648	+0.342
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:56.021	+0.715
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:56.585	+1.279
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:56.697	+1.391
7	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:56.727	+1.421
8	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:56.770	+1.464
9	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:57.322	+2.016
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:57.465	+2.159
11	Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:57.588	+2.282
12	Marc Surer	Brabham	1:57.729	+2.423
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:58.105	+2.799
14	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:58.407	+3.101
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:58.414	+3.108
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:58.706	+3.400
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:58.933	+3.627
18	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	1:59.245	+3.939
19	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:59.370	+4.064
20	Philippe Alliot	RAM	1:59.626	+4.320
21	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	2:00.950	+5.644
22	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	2:05.059	+9.753
23	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	2:05.776	+10.470
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	2:06.007	+10.701

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alain Prost	38	2:01.730
2	Marc Surer	42	2:02.266	+0.536
3	Nelson Piquet	35	2:02.655	+0.925
4	Keke Rosberg	40	2:03.363	+1.633
5	Nigel Mansell	37	2:03.479	+1.749
6	Ayrton Senna	40	2:03.700	+1.970
7	Gerhard Berger	41	2:04.142	+2.412
8	Philippe Streiff	38	2:04.685	+2.955
9	Jacques Laffite	35	2:04.835	+3.105
10	Teo Fabi	18	2:06.350	+4.620

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 13. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 13
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alain Prost	69
2	Michele Alboreto	53
3	Ayrton Senna	32	▲1
4	Elio de Angelis	31	▼1
5	Keke Rosberg	21	▲2
6	Nelson Piquet	21
7	Stefan Johansson	21	▼2
8	Niki Lauda	14
9	Nigel Mansell	13	▲3
10	Patrick Tambay	11	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 13
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	83
2	Ferrari	77
3	Lotus	63
4	Williams	34
5	Brabham	26
6	Renault	16
7	Ligier	13
8	Arrows	9
9	Tyrrell	4