1985 season/Round 9
German Grand Prix 1985
- Nürburgring
- Nürburg
- 4 August 1985
- 67 laps
- 304.3 km
- 4.542 km a lap
- P1Michele AlboretoFerrari1:35:31.337
- P2Alain ProstMcLaren+11.661
- P3Jacques LaffiteLigier+51.154
- Pole positionTeo FabiToleman · 1:17.429
- Fastest lapNiki Lauda1:22.806 · lap 53
- Winner started fromP8on the grid
Result
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 | Teo Fabi | Toleman | 1:17.429 | |
| 2 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:18.616 | +1.187 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:18.725 | +1.296 |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:18.781 | +1.352 |
| 5 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:18.792 | +1.363 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:18.802 | +1.373 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:19.120 | +1.691 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:19.194 | +1.765 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.338 | +1.909 |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:19.475 | +2.046 |
| 11 | Marc Surer | Brabham | 1:19.558 | +2.129 |
| 12 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:19.652 | +2.223 |
| 13 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:19.656 | +2.227 |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 1:19.738 | +2.309 |
| 15 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 1:19.781 | +2.352 |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Renault | 1:19.917 | +2.488 |
| 17 | Gerhard Berger | Arrows | 1:20.666 | +3.237 |
| 18 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 1:21.074 | +3.645 |
| 19 | Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 1:21.219 | +3.790 |
| 20 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 1:21.237 | +3.808 |
| 21 | Philippe Alliot | RAM | 1:22.017 | +4.588 |
| 22 | Manfred Winkelhock | RAM | 1:22.607 | +5.178 |
| 23 | François Hesnault | Renault | 1:23.161 | +5.732 |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:24.217 | +6.788 |
| 25 | Huub Rothengatter | Osella | 1:26.478 | +9.049 |
| 26 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 1:27.621 | +10.192 |
| 27 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 1:40.506 | +23.077 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda | 53 | 1:22.806 | |
| 2 | Keke Rosberg | 59 | 1:23.481 | +0.675 |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | 57 | 1:23.652 | +0.846 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | 51 | 1:23.810 | +1.004 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | 57 | 1:24.112 | +1.306 |
| 6 | Stefan Johansson | 16 | 1:24.185 | +1.379 |
| 7 | Ayrton Senna | 20 | 1:24.270 | +1.464 |
| 8 | Teo Fabi | 25 | 1:24.354 | +1.548 |
| 9 | Stefan Bellof | 54 | 1:24.476 | +1.670 |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 1:24.486 | +1.680 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 9. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michele Alboreto | 46 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 41 | |
| 3 | Elio de Angelis | 26 | |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg | 18 | |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 16 | |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | 13 | |
| 7 | Patrick Tambay | 11 | |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | 10 | ▲2 |
| 9 | Ayrton Senna | 9 | ▼1 |
| 10 | Thierry Boutsen | 9 | ▼1 |