1985 Season

Races

Champion

Alain Prost

Constructor

McLaren

The 1985 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. Alain Prost of French claimed the Drivers' Championship with 73 points and 5 race victories. Michele Alboreto finished as runner-up, 20 points behind. McLaren won the Constructors' Championship with 90 points. The season saw 8 different race winners, making it one of the more competitive years in F1 history. The top three in the final standings were Alain Prost, Michele Alboreto, Keke Rosberg.

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What races were in the 1985 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	1985-04-07	Alain Prost(McLaren)
2	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	1985-04-21	Ayrton Senna(Team Lotus)
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1985-05-05	Elio de Angelis(Team Lotus)
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1985-05-19	Alain Prost(McLaren)
5	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1985-06-16	Michele Alboreto(Ferrari)
6	Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	1985-06-23	Keke Rosberg(Williams)
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	1985-07-07	Nelson Piquet(Brabham)
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1985-07-21	Alain Prost(McLaren)
9	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1985-08-04	Michele Alboreto(Ferrari)
10	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	1985-08-18	Alain Prost(McLaren)
11	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1985-08-25	Niki Lauda(McLaren)
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1985-09-08	Alain Prost(McLaren)
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1985-09-15	Ayrton Senna(Team Lotus)
14	European Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	1985-10-06	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
15	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	1985-10-19	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	1985-11-03	Keke Rosberg(Williams)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Prost	Alboreto	Angelis	Senna	Tambay
R1Brazilian Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	2
R2Portuguese Grand Prix	9	12	7	9	6
R3San Marino Grand Prix	9	12	16	9	10
R4Monaco Grand Prix	18	18	20	9	10
R5Canadian Grand Prix	22	27	22	9	10
R6Detroit Grand Prix	22	31	24	—	—
R7French Grand Prix	26	31	26	—	—
R8British Grand Prix	35	37	26	—	—
R9German Grand Prix	41	46	26	—	—
R10Austrian Grand Prix	50	50	28	—	—
R11Dutch Grand Prix	56	53	30	19	—
R12Italian Grand Prix	65	53	31	23	—
R13Belgian Grand Prix	69	53	31	32	—
R14European Grand Prix	72	53	33	38	—
R15South African Grand Prix	73	53	33	38	—
R16Australian Grand Prix	73	53	33	38	—

Who won the 1985 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Alain Prost	French	5	73
2	Michele Alboreto	Italian	2	53
3	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	2	40
4	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	2	38
5	Elio de Angelis	Italian	1	33
6	Nigel Mansell	British	2	31
7	Stefan Johansson	Swedish	0	26
8	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	1	21
9	Jacques Laffite	French	0	16
10	Niki Lauda	Austrian	1	14
11	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian	0	11
12	Patrick Tambay	French	0	11
13	Marc Surer	Swiss	0	5
14	Derek Warwick	British	0	5
15	Philippe Streiff	French	0	4
16	Stefan Bellof	German	0	4
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	0	3
18	Ivan Capelli	Italian	0	3
19	René Arnoux	French	0	3
20	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	0	3
21	Martin Brundle	British	0	0
22	Huub Rothengatter	Dutch	0	0
23	John Watson	British	0	0
24	Pierluigi Martini	Italian	0	0
25	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	0	0
26	Eddie Cheever	American	0	0
27	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Italian	0	0
28	Philippe Alliot	French	0	0
29	Jonathan Palmer	British	0	0
30	Manfred Winkelhock	German	0	0
31	Teo Fabi	Italian	0	0
32	Christian Danner	German	0	0
33	Kenny Acheson	British	0	0
34	Mauro Baldi	Italian	0	0
35	Alan Jones	Australian	0	0
36	François Hesnault	French	0	0

Who won the 1985 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	McLaren	British	6	90
2	Ferrari	Italian	2	82
3	Williams	British	4	71
4	Team Lotus	British	3	71
5	Brabham	British	1	26
6	Ligier	French	0	23
7	Renault	French	0	16
8	Arrows	British	0	14
9	Tyrrell	British	0	7
10	Osella	Italian	0	0
11	Minardi	Italian	0	0
12	Alfa Romeo	Swiss	0	0
13	RAM	British	0	0
14	Zakspeed	German	0	0
15	Toleman	British	0	0
16	Spirit	British	0	0
17	Lola	British	0	0

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