European Grand Prix 1985

Brands Hatch
Fawkham
6 October 1985
75 laps
315.5 km
4.207 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionAyrton SennaLotus · 1:07.169
Fastest lapJacques Laffite1:11.526 · lap 55
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	5	Williams · Honda	3	75	1:32:58.109	9
2	Ayrton Senna	12	Lotus · Renault	1	75	+21.396	6
3	Keke Rosberg	6	Williams · Honda	4	75	+58.533	4
4	Alain Prost	2	McLaren · TAG	6	75	+1:06.121	3
5	Elio de Angelis	11	Lotus · Renault	9	74	+1 lap	2
6	Thierry Boutsen	18	Arrows · BMW	12	73	+2 laps	1
7	John Watson	1	McLaren · TAG	21	73	+2 laps
8	Philippe Streiff	25	Ligier · Renault	5	73	+2 laps
9	Riccardo Patrese	22	Alfa Romeo	11	73	+2 laps
10	Gerhard Berger	17	Arrows · BMW	19	73	+2 laps
11	Eddie Cheever	23	Alfa Romeo	18	73	+2 laps
12	Patrick Tambay	15	Renault	17	72	+3 laps
DNF	Marc Surer	8	Brabham · BMW	7	62	Turbo
DNF	Stefan Johansson	28	Ferrari	13	59	Electrical
DNF	Jacques Laffitefastest lap	26	Ligier · Renault	10	58	Engine
DNF	Christian Danner	30	Zakspeed	25	55	Engine
DNF	Ivan Capelli	4	Tyrrell · Renault	24	44	Accident
DNF	Martin Brundle	3	Tyrrell · Renault	16	40	Water leak
DNF	Teo Fabi	19	Toleman · Hart	20	33	Engine
DNF	Philippe Alliot	9	RAM · Hart	23	31	Engine
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	Toleman · Hart	14	16	Engine
DNF	Alan Jones	33	Lola · Hart	22	13	Radiator
DNF	Michele Alboreto	27	Ferrari	15	13	Turbo
DNF	Nelson Piquet	7	Brabham · BMW	2	6	Collision
DNF	Derek Warwick	16	Renault	8	4	Injection
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	29	Minardi · Motori Moderni	26	3	Accident
DNQ	Huub Rothengatter	24	Osella · Alfa Romeo	–

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	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:07.169
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:07.482	+0.313
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:08.059	+0.890
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:08.197	+1.028
5	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	1:09.080	+1.911
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:09.429	+2.260
7	Marc Surer	Brabham	1:09.762	+2.593
8	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:09.904	+2.735
9	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:10.014	+2.845
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:10.081	+2.912
11	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:10.251	+3.082
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:10.323	+3.154
13	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:10.517	+3.348
14	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:10.570	+3.401
15	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:10.659	+3.490
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:10.731	+3.562
17	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:10.934	+3.765
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:11.500	+4.331
19	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:11.608	+4.439
20	Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:12.090	+4.921
21	John Watson	McLaren	1:12.496	+5.327
22	Alan Jones	Lola	1:13.084	+5.915
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	1:13.537	+6.368
24	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell	1:13.721	+6.552
25	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:15.054	+7.885
26	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:15.127	+7.958
27	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	1:16.994	+9.825

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Jacques Laffite	55	1:11.526
2	Alain Prost	49	1:11.655	+0.129
3	Keke Rosberg	58	1:12.022	+0.496
4	Nigel Mansell	60	1:12.583	+1.057
5	Ayrton Senna	56	1:12.601	+1.075
6	Marc Surer	38	1:12.862	+1.336
7	Stefan Johansson	48	1:13.353	+1.827
8	Eddie Cheever	45	1:13.620	+2.094
9	Elio de Angelis	50	1:13.793	+2.267
10	John Watson	52	1:14.007	+2.481

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 14. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 14
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alain Prost	72
2	Michele Alboreto	53
3	Ayrton Senna	38
4	Elio de Angelis	33
5	Keke Rosberg	25
6	Nigel Mansell	22	▲3
7	Nelson Piquet	21	▼1
8	Stefan Johansson	21	▼1
9	Niki Lauda	14	▼1
10	Patrick Tambay	11

Constructors' championship after round 14
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	86
2	Ferrari	77
3	Lotus	71
4	Williams	47
5	Brabham	26
6	Renault	16
7	Ligier	13
8	Arrows	10
9	Tyrrell	4