1985 British Grand Prix

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Results from the 1985 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 21, 1985. Keke Rosberg's qualifying lap remained the fastest in F1 history until 2001.

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Flag of France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 65 1:18:10.436 3 9
2 27 Flag of Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 64 + 1 Lap 6 6
3 26 Flag of France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 64 + 1 Lap 16 4
4 7 Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 64 + 1 Lap 2 3
5 16 Flag of the United Kingdom Derek Warwick Renault 64 + 1 Lap 12 2
6 8 Flag of Switzerland Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 63 + 2 Laps 15 1
7 4 Flag of the United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 63 +2 Laps 20  
8 17 Flag of Austria Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 63 + 2 Laps 17  
9 22 Flag of Italy Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 62 + 3 Laps 14  
10 12 Flag of Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 60 Fuel injection, electronics[1] 4  
11 4 Flag of Germany Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 59 + 6 Laps 26  
Ret 1 Flag of Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 57 Electrical 10  
Ret 18 Flag of Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 57 Spun Off 19  
Ret 25 Flag of Italy Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 41 Clutch 7  
Ret 29 Flag of Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 38 Transmission 23  
NC 11 Flag of Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 37 Not Classified 8  
Ret 9 Flag of Germany Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 28 Turbo 18  
Ret 6 Flag of Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 21 Exhaust 1  
Ret 5 Flag of the United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 17 Clutch 5  
Ret 23 Flag of the United States Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 17 Turbo 22  
Ret 30 Flag of the United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 6 Engine 24  
Ret 19 Flag of Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 4 Transmission 9  
Ret 28 Flag of Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1 Accident 11  
Ret 15 Flag of France Patrick Tambay Renault 0 Spun Off 13  
Ret 10 Flag of France Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 0 Accident 21  
Ret 24 Flag of Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 0 Accident 25  

[edit] Notes

  • Pole position: Keke Rosberg - 1:05.591[2]
  • Fastest lap: Alain Prost - 1:09.886 on lap 43[3]
  • Race scheduled for 66 Laps, but stopped 1 lap early in error

[edit] References

  1. ^ Anthony, Pritchard (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing, p245. ISBN 1-844250-06-7. 
  2. ^ Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985-86. Hazleton Publishing, p244. ISBN 0-905138-38-4. 
  3. ^ Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985-86. Hazleton Publishing, p245. ISBN 0-905138-38-4. 

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.


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