1985 Grand Prix of Austria

 1985 Grand Prix of Austria

Racing data
10th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXIII Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	August 18, 1985
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Österreichring
Length:	308.984 km in 52 laps of 5.942 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 75,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 25.490 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 29.241 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Third:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari

The 1985 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 18 at the Österreichring near Zeltweg and was the tenth race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After Manfred Winkelhock was killed in a sports car race in Mosport Park on the weekend between the German Grand Prix and the eleventh World Cup round of the year in Austria , he was replaced by Kenny Acheson at RAM Racing .

The team Toleman extended its commitment to two cars and took to the at Osella dismissed Piercarlo Ghinzani under contract.

Niki Lauda announced that he would finally end his racing career at the end of the season. Keke Rosberg was hired as his successor at McLaren . His place at Williams was then assured Nelson Piquet , who in turn was to be replaced by Elio de Angelis .

training

Alain Prost was the only one to complete his fastest training lap with an average speed of more than 250 km / h, thus securing pole position from Nigel Mansell . The second row was made up of Niki Lauda and Keke Rosberg, followed by Nelson Piquet and Teo Fabi .

run

Lauda initially took the lead. Due to a mass collision in which Nigel Mansell, Michele Alboreto , Elio de Angelis and Gerhard Berger , among others , were involved, the race was stopped by the red flag before the end of the first lap.

At the restart, which was carried out after around 45 minutes of clean-up work, Prost took over the lead in front of Rosberg. However, since he retired after four laps due to an engine failure, there was a McLaren one-two lead in front of Piquet, de Angelis and Mansell.

Andrea de Cesaris had an accident at high speed on lap 14 . His car rolled over several times, but eventually came to a stop on the wheels. When de Cesaris, who had previously been noticed several times in serious accidents, returned to his box unharmed on foot, he was immediately dismissed by his team boss Guy Ligier .

After a pit stop, Prost fell behind Lauda on lap 26. Ayrton Senna had meanwhile got past de Angelis into third place, which was favored by the technical failures of Mansell and Piquet.

Twelve laps before the end of the race, Lauda retired due to a turbocharger failure, so that Prost won ahead of Senna and Alboreto. Stefan Johansson , Elio de Angelis and Marc Surer finished fourth to sixth.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Niki Lauda	McLaren MP4 / 2B	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Alain Prost
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell 014	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	G
	4th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell 012	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW10	Honda RA163-E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Keke Rosberg
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT54	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	P
	8th	Marc Surer
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM 03	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	10	Kenny Acheson
John Player Special Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 97T	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Patrick Tambay	Renault RE60B	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t	G
	16	Derek Warwick
Barclay Arrows BMW	17th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows A8	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Thierry Boutsen
Toleman Group Motorsport	19th	Teo Fabi	Toleman TG185	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	20th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo 184TB	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
	23	Eddie Cheever
Osella Squadra Corse	24	Huub Rothengatter	Osella FA1G		P
Team Ligier	25th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier JS25	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	P
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari 156/85	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Stefan Johansson
Minardi F1 team	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M185	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	P
West Zakspeed Racing	30th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed 841	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 25.490	250.219 km / h	no time	-	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 26.453	247.432 km / h	1: 26.052	248.585 km / h	02
03	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 26.250	248.014 km / h	1: 26.727	246.650 km / h	03
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 26.333	247.775 km / h	1: 26.762	246.550 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 26.568	247.103 km / h	1: 26.404	247.572 km / h	05
06th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 26.664	246.829 km / h	no time	-	06th
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 26.799	246.445 km / h	no time	-	07th
08th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 27.722	243.852 km / h	1: 27.502	244.465 km / h	08th
09	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 29.774	238.278 km / h	1: 27.516	244.426 km / h	09
10	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 29.485	239.048 km / h	1: 27.851	243.494 km / h	10
11	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 27.954	243.209 km / h	1: 50.796	193.068 km / h	11
12	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 28.134	242.712 km / h	1: 27.961	243.190 km / h	12
13	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 30.602	236.101 km / h	1: 28.006	243.065 km / h	13
14th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 28.123	242.743 km / h	3: 04.856	115.718 km / h	14th
15th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 29.181	239.863 km / h	1: 28.249	242.396 km / h	15th
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 28.617	241.389 km / h	1: 28.262	242.360 km / h	16
17th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 28.566	241.528 km / h	1: 28.762	240.995 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 28.666	241.256 km / h	no time	-	18th
19th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	1: 28.894	240.637 km / h	no time	-	19th
20th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 29.031	240.267 km / h	1: 29.608	238.720 km / h	20th
21st	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 32.766	230.593 km / h	1: 29.827	238.138 km / h	21st
22nd	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Renault	1: 31.022	235.011 km / h	1: 30.514	236.330 km / h	22nd
23	Kenny Acheson	RAM hard	no time	-	1: 35.072	225,000 km / h	23
24	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 35.329	224.393 km / h	1: 58.090	181.143 km / h	24
25th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 36.060	222.686 km / h	1: 35.787	223.320 km / h	25th
26th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	no time	-	1: 36.765	221.063 km / h	26th
DNQ	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 39.247	215.535 km / h	1: 37.317	219.809 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	52	1	1: 20: 12.583	01	1: 29.241
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	52	0	+ 30.002	14th	1: 31.666
03	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	52	0	+ 34.356	09	1: 31.536
04th	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	52	0	+ 39.073	12	1: 31.501
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	52	1	+1: 22.092	07th	1: 30.949
06th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	51	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 32.935
07th	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Renault	49	1	DNF	22nd	1: 34.219	Lack of fuel
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	49	2	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 32.758
09	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	48	0	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 38.336
10	Patrick Tambay	Renault	46	1	DNF	08th	1: 31.525	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	43	0	DNF	15th	1: 33.708	accident
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	40	2	DNF	26th	1: 38.727	Suspension damage
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	39	0	DNF	03	1: 30.052	Turbocharger damage
-	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	33	0	DNF	17th	1: 33.663	Turbocharger damage
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	31	3	DNF	06th	1: 31.089	Engine misfire
-	Derek Warwick	Renault	29	0	DNF	13	1: 33.677	Engine failure
-	Kenny Acheson	RAM hard	28	0	DNF	23	1: 36.491	overheated engine
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	26th	0	DNF	05	1: 31.816	defective exhaust system
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	25th	0	DNF	02	1: 31.835	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	25th	0	DNF	10	1: 34.254	Engine failure
-	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	17th	0	DNF	25th	1: 35.792	Engine failure
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	16	2	DNF	21st	1: 34.040	defective ignition
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	13	0	DNF	18th	1: 33.883	accident
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	05	0	DNF	20th	1: 35.522	Engine failure
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	04th	0	DNF	04th	1: 31.667	Oil pressure loss
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	00	0	DNF	19th	-	Engine failure

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren 50 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 50 03  Elio de Angelis lotus 28 04th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 19th 05  Keke Rosberg Williams 18th 06th  Ayrton Senna lotus 15th 07th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 13 08th  Patrick Tambay Renault 11 09  Jacques Laffite Ligier 10

Item driver constructor Points 10  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 9 11  Nigel Mansell Williams 6th 12  Niki Lauda McLaren 5 13  Derek Warwick Renault 4th 14th  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 4th 15th  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3 16  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 17th  Marc Surer Brabham 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 72 02  McLaren 55 03  lotus 43 04th  Williams 24 05  Renault 15th

Item constructor Points 06th  Brabham 15th 07th  Ligier 13 08th  Arrows 9 09  Tyrrell 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 23, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed April 23, 2013)
3. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( memento of the original from April 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 23, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website