1985 Australian Grand Prix

 1985 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	L Australian Grand Prix
Date:	3rd November 1985
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	309.96 km in 82 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 19.843 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Time:	1: 23.758 min
Podium
First:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Second:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
Third:	Philippe Streiff	Ligier

The 1985 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 3rd as the 16th and final race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

For the first time, an Australian Grand Prix was held as a Formula 1 World Championship round. The race took place on the then new street circuit in Adelaide.

Teams Renault and Ligier , who had boycotted the South African Grand Prix two weeks earlier in protest against the South African political system, were back at the start. Consequently, Philippe Streiff returned to his traditional Ligier team and left the cockpit at Tyrrell to Ivan Capelli .

Niki Lauda contested the last race of his career.

training

Ayrton Senna's seventh pole position of the season resulted from training . Nigel Mansell followed on the grid in front of his team mate Keke Rosberg and Alain Prost, who had been the new world champion for several weeks .

run

Mansell initially took the lead ahead of Senna. However, the two collided during the first lap, after which Mansell had to give up the race at the pits. Rosberg thus led before Senna. Behind it followed Michele Alboreto before Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger and Marc Surer .

Several drivers had problems with their tires and stopped to have them changed. As a result, there were several position changes in the leading group. Because he had violated the rules on the starting grid, Elio de Angelis was shown the black flag for disqualification.

On lap 18, Surer took third place from Prost, but lost that position again to the French on lap 25. However, when he was eliminated two laps later due to an engine failure, the Swiss came back in third place until he was eliminated on lap 42.

Rosberg and Senna dueled for the lead over several laps. When Rosberg was in front, Senna hit the rear of the car and lost his front wing. At first he tried to continue without it to avoid an additional pit stop. After two laps, however, he realized that this was hardly possible and had the wing on the box replaced. He came back on track in third place behind Rosberg and Lauda. On the 50th lap he overtook the Austrian. Rosberg made another pit stop to change tires on lap 53. This lasted longer than usual, so that he fell back to third place behind the new leaders Senna and Lauda.

On the 56th lap, Lauda pulled past Senna to the top. Instead of ending his racing career with a win, however, he retired two laps later due to a minor accident caused by a brake failure. When Senna retired on the 61st lap due to an engine failure, Rosberg finally took the lead. Behind him, the two Ligier drivers Jacques Laffite and Philippe Streiff reached the podium. Due to a misunderstanding, the two teammates collided on the penultimate lap, with Streiff's car losing the right front wheel. Then he finished the last lap on three wheels. Ivan Capelli, Stefan Johansson and Gerhard Berger received the last World Cup points of the 1985 season.

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	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell 014	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	G
	4th	Ivan Capelli
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
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	Philippe Streiff	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
Team Haas (USA) Ltd	33	Alan Jones	Lola THL1	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 22.403	165.140 km / h	1: 19.843	170.434 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 22.564	164.818 km / h	1: 20.537	168.966 km / h	02
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 22.402	165.142 km / h	1: 21.887	166.180 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 23.943	162.110 km / h	1: 21.889	166.176 km / h	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 24.666	160.726 km / h	1: 22.337	165.272 km / h	05
06th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 24.404	161.225 km / h	1: 22.561	164.824 km / h	06th
07th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 25.362	159.415 km / h	1: 22.592	164.762 km / h	07th
08th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 25.173	159.769 km / h	1: 22.683	164.580 km / h	08th
09	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 23.018	163.916 km / h	1: 22.718	164.511 km / h	09
10	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 24.543	160.960 km / h	1: 23.077	163.800 km / h	10
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 23.960	162.077 km / h	1: 23.196	163.566 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 24.372	161.286 km / h	1: 23.426	163.115 km / h	12
13	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 23.597	162.781 km / h	1: 24.295	161.433 km / h	13
14th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 23.758	162.468 km / h	1: 24.128	161.754 km / h	14th
15th	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 24.732	160.600 km / h	1: 23.902	162.189 km / h	15th
16	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 24.691	160.678 km / h	1: 23.941	162.114 km / h	16
17th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 25.646	158.887 km / h	1: 24.241	161.537 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	1: 26.618	157.104 km / h	1: 24.286	161.450 km / h	18th
19th	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	1: 25.780	158.638 km / h	1: 24.369	161.291 km / h	19th
20th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 26.972	156.464 km / h	1: 24.830	160.415 km / h	20th
21st	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	1: 25.021	160.055 km / h	1: 26.630	157.082 km / h	21st
22nd	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell Renault	1: 27.120	156.198 km / h	no time	-	22nd
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 27.196	156.062 km / h	1: 27.402	155.694 km / h	23
24	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 28.261	154.179 km / h	1: 28.110	154.443 km / h	24
25th	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 30.319	150.666 km / h	no time	-	25th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	82	3	2: 00: 40.473	03	1: 23.758
02	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	82	1	+ 46.130	20th	1: 25.469
03	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	82	1	+1: 28.536	18th	1: 25.032
04th	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell Renault	81	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 26.497
05	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	81	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 24.337
06th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	81	3	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 26.216
07th	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	78	1	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 28.942
08th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	78	1	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 28.366
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	62	1	DNF	01	1: 24.140	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	61	1	DNF	05	1: 24.642	Gearbox damage
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	57	0	DNF	16	1: 24.498	Braking problems
-	Derek Warwick	Renault	57	1	DNF	12	1: 26.313	Differential damage
-	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	49	1	NC	17th	1: 27.223	Unrated
-	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	42	0	DNF	06th	1: 25.751	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	42	1	DNF	14th	1: 28.675	broken exhaust
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	41	1	DNF	24	1: 28.535	Engine failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	37	2	DNF	11	1: 26.668	Engine failure
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	28	3	DNF	21st	1: 28.809	Clutch damage
-	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	26th	0	DNF	04th	1: 25.388	Engine failure
-	Patrick Tambay	Renault	20th	1	DNF	08th	1: 26.819	Gearbox damage
-	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	20th	0	DNF	19th	1: 27.504	Engine failure
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	19th	0	DSQ	10	1: 26.913	disqualified
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	14th	0	DNF	09	1: 27.155	Electrical damage
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	05	0	DNF	13	1: 27.744	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	01	0	DNF	02	2: 23.614	Gearbox damage

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 73 (76) 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 53 03  Keke Rosberg Williams 40 04th  Ayrton Senna lotus 38 05  Elio de Angelis lotus 33 06th  Nigel Mansell Williams 31 07th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 26th 08th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 21st 09  Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 10  Niki Lauda McLaren 14th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 11 12  Patrick Tambay Renault 11 13  Derek Warwick Renault 5 14th  Marc Surer Brabham 5 15th  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 4th 16  Philippe Streiff Ligier 4th 17th  Ivan Capelli Tyrrell 3 18th  Gerhard Berger Arrows 3 19th  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 20th  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 90 02  Ferrari 82 03  lotus 71 04th  Williams 71 05  Brabham 26th

Item constructor Points 06th  Ligier 23 07th  Renault 16 08th  Arrows 14th 09  Tyrrell 7th

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Overview" ( Memento from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 23, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed April 23, 2013)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from February 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 23, 2013)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website