1985 Belgian Grand Prix

 1985 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLIII Grand Prix de Belgique
Date:	September 15, 1985
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	298.42 km in 43 laps of 6.94 km
Weather:	occasional showers
Spectator:	~ 60,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 55.306 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	2: 01.730 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Second:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Third:	Alain Prost	McLaren

The 1985 Belgian Grand Prix took place on September 15 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the 13th race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

On the weekend after the Italian Grand Prix , the race in Belgium was rescheduled, which had to be postponed at the beginning of June after the start of official training because the asphalt was broken several times.

At Zakspeed , the German Formula 1 debutant Christian Danner drove instead of the injured Jonathan Palmer .

training

During the first free practice session, Niki Lauda had an accident and broke a wrist. Therefore he had to forego participating in the rest of the race weekend.

McLaren -Pilot Alain Prost qualified for the pole position in front of Ayrton Senna at Lotus and Nelson Piquet on Brabham and the two Ferrari pilots Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson .

The first 20 drivers on the grid completed their fastest laps in less than two minutes. The first 21 drivers achieved average speeds of over 200 km / h.

run

On race day it rained until shortly before the start. As a result, the track was initially still damp and all the drivers started the race on rain tires.

Senna took the lead before the first corner. Piquet also got to Prost past, but turned in the hairpin La souce . Prost and the other opponents were able to just avoid the standing Brabham, so that although there was no accident, there was a certain delay. Senna, who was the only one ahead of Piquet at the time of the spin, profited from this and finished the first lap with a clear lead, which Prost was able to catch up during the following laps. Mansell followed in third place ahead of Johansson after Alboreto had dropped to eighth place due to handling problems and finally had to retire with a damaged clutch.

After a few laps, almost all of the drivers headed for their pits to have slicks fitted. This led to brief shifts in position. Among other things, Elio de Angelis took the lead for one lap before he made a pit stop and gave the top spot back to his team-mate Senna.

Mansell managed to keep second place despite a spin on lap ten. Keke Rosberg , who had been in third place for a few laps, had to leave this position to Alain Prost after an unscheduled pit stop on lap 33. In the meantime, Senna was able to extend his lead during another rain shower. He won ahead of Mansell, Prost and Rosberg as well as Thierry Boutsen and Derek Warwick .

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
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	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
West Zakspeed Racing	30th	Christian Danner	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: 56.563	214.339 km / h	1: 55.306	216.676 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	2: 00.710	206.975 km / h	1: 55.403	216.494 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 56.643	214.192 km / h	1: 55.648	216.035 km / h	03
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 56.999	213.540 km / h	1: 56.021	215.340 km / h	04th
05	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 56.585	214.299 km / h	1: 56.746	214.003 km / h	05
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 59.046	209.868 km / h	1: 56.697	214.093 km / h	06th
07th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 56.727	214.038 km / h	1: 56.996	213.546 km / h	07th
08th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 56.770	213.959 km / h	no time	-	08th
09	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 58.852	210.211 km / h	1: 57.322	212.952 km / h	09
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 57.582	212.482 km / h	1: 57.465	212.693 km / h	10
11	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 57.588	212.471 km / h	1: 57.857	211.986 km / h	11
12	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	2: 00.154	207.933 km / h	1: 57.729	212.216 km / h	12
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 58.105	211.541 km / h	1: 59.335	209.360 km / h	13
14th	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 59.761	208.615 km / h	1: 58.407	211.001 km / h	14th
15th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 59.703	208.717 km / h	1: 58.414	210.989 km / h	15th
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	1: 58.820	210.268 km / h	1: 58.706	210.470 km / h	16
17th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	2: 01.345	205.892 km / h	1: 58.933	210.068 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	2: 00.599	207.166 km / h	1: 59.245	209.518 km / h	18th
19th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	2: 00.861	206.717 km / h	1: 59.370	209.299 km / h	19th
20th	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 59.626	208.851 km / h	1: 59.755	208.626 km / h	20th
21st	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	2: 00.950	206.565 km / h	2: 01.364	205.860 km / h	21st
22nd	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	2: 05.059	199.778 km / h	2: 07.046	196.653 km / h	22nd
23	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 06.083	198.155 km / h	2: 05.776	198.639 km / h	23
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	2: 06.007	198.275 km / h	2: 06,606	197.337 km / h	24
DNS	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	no time	-	no time	-	DNS

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	43	1	1: 34: 19.893	02	2: 03.700
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	43	1	+ 28,422	07th	2: 03.479
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	43	1	+ 55.109	01	2: 01.730
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	43	2	+1: 15.290	10	2: 03.363
05	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	42	1	+ 1 lap	03	2: 02.655
06th	Derek Warwick	Renault	42	1	+ 1 lap	14th	2: 06.697
07th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	42	1	+ 1 lap	08th	2: 04.142
08th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	42	2	+ 1 lap	12	2: 02.266
09	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	42	1	+ 1 lap	18th	2: 04.685
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	40	1	DNF	06th	2: 07.488	Gearbox damage
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	38	1	DNF	17th	2: 04.835	accident
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	38	0	+ 5 rounds	24	2: 15.557
13	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	38	4th	+ 5 rounds	21st	2: 06.557
-	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	37	1	NC	23	2: 19.005	Unrated
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	31	3	DNF	15th	2: 08.113	Ignition defect
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	26th	1	DNF	19th	2: 06.658	Gearbox damage
-	Patrick Tambay	Renault	24	2	DNF	13	2: 07.582	Gearbox damage
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	23	1	DNF	11	2: 06.350	defective throttle cable
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	17th	2	DNF	09	2: 09.675	Turbocharger damage
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	16	1	DNF	22nd	2: 11.835	Gearbox damage
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	10	1	DNF	20th	2: 22.744	Driving error
-	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	07th	1	DNF	05	2: 24.045	Engine failure
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	07th	0	DNF	16	2: 29.896	Driving error
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	03	0	DNF	04th	2: 30.110	Clutch 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 69 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 53 03  Ayrton Senna lotus 32 04th  Elio de Angelis lotus 31 05  Nelson Piquet Brabham 21st 06th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 21st 07th  Keke Rosberg Williams 21st 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 14th 09  Nigel Mansell Williams 13

Item driver constructor Points 10  Patrick Tambay Renault 11 11  Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 12  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 9 13  Derek Warwick Renault 5 14th  Marc Surer Brabham 5 15th  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 4th 16  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3 17th  René Arnoux Ferrari 3

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 83 02  Ferrari 77 03  lotus 63 04th  Williams 34 05  Brabham 26th

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 16 07th  Ligier 13 08th  Arrows 9 09  Tyrrell 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been 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