1985 German Grand Prix

 1985 German Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLVII Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	4th August 1985
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	304.314 km in 67 laps of 4.542 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 45,500
Pole position
Driver:	Teo Fabi	Toleman
Time:	1: 17.429 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Niki Lauda	McLaren
Time:	1: 22.806 min
Podium
First:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Third:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier

Alboreto during training for the 1985 German GP in a Ferrari 156/85

The 1985 German Grand Prix took place on August 4th at the Nürburgring and was the ninth race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Formula 1 premiere on the Nürburgring Grand Prix track last year in the form of the European Grand Prix , a German Grand Prix was held in the Eifel for the first time since 1976 . For the time being, however, there was an exception, because in the following years the race was held at the Hockenheimring again . It was not until 2009 that the Nürburgring was again the venue for the German World Championship run.

Renault fielded a third works car for François Hesnault in the race , which, however, was not eligible for points according to the new regulations. It was the last time that a Formula 1 team with more than two cars took part in a Grand Prix. In order to be able to start out of competition, as it were, those responsible decided to experiment and for the first time had an onboard camera mounted on a Formula 1 car, which was supposed to transmit live images during the race. This camera was a relatively bulky device compared to today's technology. In the past, such cameras were only used occasionally during training. However, they did not have the technology of live transmission, but only recorded the images.

At Osella there was a change in the line-up at short notice compared to the printed program: Piercarlo Ghinzani had to vacate his place in favor of paydriver Huub Rothengatter .

training

Toleman driver Teo Fabi surprised the experts not only by reaching pole position, but above all by completing his best lap almost 1.2 seconds faster than Stefan Johansson in a Ferrari, who was second on the grid . McLaren -Pilot Alain Prost and Keke Rosberg at Williams formed the second row in front of the Lotus of Ayrton Senna and the Brabham of Nelson Piquet . So there were six different vehicles on the first six starting positions.

As it was raining on Saturday, all the pilots except Pierluigi Martini qualified with their lap times achieved during the first qualifying training on Friday.

run

Fabi started badly, so that Johansson took the lead, but was overtaken by Rosberg in the first corner on the outside lane and almost simultaneously by Senna on the inside. Michele Alboreto tried to follow Senna on the inside lane, but collided with his team-mate Johansson, and his front wing caused a tire damage on his car.

At the end of the first lap, Rosberg was ahead of Senna and Alboreto as well as Elio de Angelis , Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell and Teo Fabi. On the third lap, Mansell passed Piquet. Then the order of the first eight remained constant until the 16th lap. Then Senna took over the lead, but had to retire ten laps later because of a broken drive shaft. Shortly before, Piquet had already retired with a technical problem. Fabi and de Angelis followed shortly afterwards.

Rosberg was able to defend the lead until the 45th lap and was then overtaken by both Alboreto and Prost. Jacques Laffite quickly caught up with Nigel Mansell, who was fourth at the time . Between the 56th and 64th lap, the two dueled for fourth place, with positions changing several times. Meanwhile, Rosberg had to give up the race with braking problems.

In the end, Jacques Laffite was third behind Michele Alboreto and Alain Prost. In the final phase, Nigel Mansell fell back to sixth place behind Thierry Boutsen and Niki Lauda due to a damage to the turbocharger .

Registration list

Alboreto during practice on the box

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	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM 03	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	10	Philippe Alliot
John Player Special Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 97T	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Equipe Renault Elf	14th	François Hesnault	Renault RE60	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	G
	15th	Patrick Tambay	Renault RE60B	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t
	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
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	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 17.429	211.177 km / h	no time	-	01
02	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 18.616	207.988 km / h	1: 46.919	152.931 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 18.725	207.700 km / h	1: 43.088	158.614 km / h	03
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 18.781	207.553 km / h	1: 39.547	164.256 km / h	04th
05	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 18.792	207.524 km / h	1: 36.471	169.493 km / h	05
06th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 18.802	207.497 km / h	1: 49.347	149.535 km / h	06th
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 19.120	206.663 km / h	1: 29.714	182.259 km / h	07th
08th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 19.194	206.470 km / h	1: 41.490	161.111 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 19.338	206.095 km / h	no time	-	09
10	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 19.475	205.740 km / h	1: 42.050	160.227 km / h	10
11	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 19.558	205.526 km / h	1: 38.330	166.289 km / h	11
12	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 19.652	205.283 km / h	1: 44.330	156.726 km / h	12
13	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 19.656	205.273 km / h	no time	-	13
14th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 19.738	205.062 km / h	1: 39.623	164.131 km / h	14th
15th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 19.781	204.951 km / h	1: 54.674	142.589 km / h	15th
16	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 19.917	204.602 km / h	1: 33.373	175.117 km / h	16
17th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 20.666	202.703 km / h	1: 41.131	161.683 km / h	17th
18th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 21.074	201.682 km / h	1: 32.376	177.007 km / h	18th
19th	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Renault	1: 21.219	201.322 km / h	no time	-	19th
20th	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 21.237	201.278 km / h	1: 46.473	153.571 km / h	20th
21st	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 22.017	199.364 km / h	no time	-	21st
22nd	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	1: 22.607	197.940 km / h	1: 51.109	147.164 km / h	22nd
23	François Hesnault	Renault	1: 23.161	196.621 km / h	no time	-	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 24.217	194.156 km / h	1: 51.833	146.211 km / h	24
25th	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 26.478	189.079 km / h	no time	-	25th
26th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 27.621	186.613 km / h	1: 47.820	151.653 km / h	26th
27	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	no time	-	1: 40.506	162.689 km / h	27

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	67	1	1: 35: 31,337	08th	1: 24.112
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	67	0	+ 11.661	03	1: 23.810
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	67	0	+ 51.154	13	1: 24.820
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	67	1	+ 55.279	15th	1: 23.652
05	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	67	1	+1: 13.972	12	1: 22.806
06th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	67	0	+1: 16.820	10	1: 24.486
07th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	66	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 25.555
08th	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Renault	66	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 24.476
09	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	66	1	+ 1 lap	02	1: 24.185
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	63	1	+ 4 rounds	26th	1: 28.197
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	62	0	DNF	27	1: 28.341	Engine failure
12	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	61	1	DNF	04th	1: 23.481	Brake defect
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	45	1	DNF	18th	1: 24.937	Turbocharger damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	40	0	DNF	07th	1: 24.515	Engine failure
-	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	32	0	DNF	25th	1: 29.263	Gearbox damage
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	29	0	DNF	01	1: 24.354	Clutch damage
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	26th	0	DNF	05	1: 24.270	broken half-wave
-	Derek Warwick	Renault	25th	0	DNF	20th	1: 26.496	defective ignition
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	23	0	DNF	06th	1: 25.132	Engine failure
-	Patrick Tambay	Renault	19th	0	DNF	16	1: 25.502	Driving error
-	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	15th	0	DNF	11	1: 26.204	Engine failure
-	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	08th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 26.691	Engine failure
-	François Hesnault	Renault	08th	0	DNF	23	1: 28.671	Clutch damage
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	08th	1	DNF	09	1: 25.854	Gearbox damage
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	08th	4th	DNF	21st	1: 28.424	Oil pressure loss
-	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	07th	0	DNF	24	1: 30.543	defective alternator
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	00	0	DNF	14th	-	collision

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  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 46 02  Alain Prost McLaren 41 03  Elio de Angelis lotus 26th 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 18th 05  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 16 06th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 13 07th  Patrick Tambay Renault 11 08th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 09  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 9

Item driver constructor Points 10  Ayrton Senna lotus 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 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 65 02  McLaren 46 03  lotus 35 04th  Williams 24 05  Renault 15th

Item constructor Points 06th  Brabham 14th 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 June 8, 2009 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)  

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 1985  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website