1985 European Grand Prix

 1985 European Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXVII Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	October 6, 1985
Place:	Fawkham
Course:	Brands Hatch Circuit
Length:	315.525 km in 75 laps of 4.207 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 07.169 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
Time:	1: 11.526 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Third:	Keke Rosberg	Williams

The 1985 European Grand Prix took place on October 6th at the Brands Hatch Circuit and was the 14th race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

As Niki Lauda continued to be out of action due to an injury as a result of his training accident at the Belgian Grand Prix , John Watson took over his cockpit and thus made a brief Formula 1 comeback around two years after his last appearance at the 1983 South African Grand Prix .

At Tyrrell , the Italian debutant Ivan Capelli was hired as the successor to the fatally injured Stefan Bellof . Thus the team expanded its engagement to two vehicles again, while RAM Racing contested the rest of the season with only one car.

training

For the sixth time this season, Ayrton Senna secured pole position in the Lotus 97T . Brabham driver Nelson Piquet qualified for second place on the grid ahead of two Williams teammates Nigel Mansell and Keke Rosberg . The third row was formed by Philippe Streiff and Alain Prost , who led the world championship by a clear margin . Since his only remaining competitor for the title, Michele Alboreto , only qualified for 15th place on the grid, the chances for Prost were good to secure his first world championship early this weekend.

run

After just a few meters, Prost's chances of winning the World Championship title early, which had resulted from the starting line-up, were initially significantly worse, as he had to avoid Rosberg, who had started with problems, and ended up on the grass next to the track and on 14th Rank fell back, while his opponent Alboreto was ninth after a good start. Senna led the race after the first lap by Rosberg, Piquet and Mansell.

On the seventh lap, Rosberg spun while trying to overtake Senna in the Surtees curve. Piquet then collided with the Williams FW10 and retired, while Rosberg, who had only suffered a puncture, continued the race after a pit stop. He left the pit lane a few meters before the approaching Senna, who thus initially did not lap him. As a result, Rosberg intentionally blocked the Lotus driver to give his team-mate Mansell, who followed Senna in second place, an advantage. On the ninth lap, he was actually able to overtake the Brazilian.

In the twelfth lap, Alboreto was eliminated due to damage to the turbocharger , which meant that Prost, who had now fought his way back to sixth place, was fifth enough to be the world champion. Although he was pushed to seventh place by Jacques Laffite and Stefan Johansson during the following rounds , he ended up fourth and won the title.

Mansell won his first Grand Prix ahead of Senna and Rosberg. Marc Surer had previously been in second place for a few laps before retiring on lap 63 due to a turbocharger failure.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	John Watson	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
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM 03	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
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
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: 08.020	222.658 km / h	1: 07.169	225.479 km / h	01
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.204	218.849 km / h	1: 07.482	224.433 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 10.537	214.713 km / h	1: 08.059	222.530 km / h	03
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 09.277	218.618 km / h	1: 08.197	222.080 km / h	04th
05	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	1: 10.396	215.143 km / h	1: 09.080	219.241 km / h	05
06th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 10.345	215.299 km / h	1: 09.429	218.139 km / h	06th
07th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.762	217.098 km / h	1: 09.913	216.629 km / h	07th
08th	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 11.014	213.271 km / h	1: 09.904	216.657 km / h	08th
09	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 11.530	211.732 km / h	1: 10.014	216.317 km / h	09
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 11.312	212.379 km / h	1: 10.081	216.110 km / h	10
11	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 10.963	213.424 km / h	1: 10.251	215.587 km / h	11
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 10.918	213.559 km / h	1: 10.323	215.366 km / h	12
13	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 11.309	212.388 km / h	1: 10.517	214.774 km / h	13
14th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	1: 13.517	206.009 km / h	1: 10.570	214.612 km / h	14th
15th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 10.877	213.683 km / h	1: 10.659	214.342 km / h	15th
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 11.296	212.427 km / h	1: 10.731	214.124 km / h	16
17th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 13.048	207.332 km / h	1: 10.934	213.511 km / h	17th
18th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 12.766	208.136 km / h	1: 11,500	211.821 km / h	18th
19th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 11.608	211.502 km / h	1: 11.638	211.413 km / h	19th
20th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 13.024	207.400 km / h	1: 12.090	210.087 km / h	20th
21st	John Watson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 12.496	208.911 km / h	1: 12.516	208.853 km / h	21st
22nd	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	1: 14.050	204.527 km / h	1: 13.084	207.230 km / h	22nd
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 14.355	203.688 km / h	1: 13.537	205.953 km / h	23
24	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell Renault	1: 16.879	197,000 km / h	1: 13.721	205.439 km / h	24
25th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 15.947	199.418 km / h	1: 15.054	201.791 km / h	25th
26th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 16.842	197.095 km / h	1: 15.127	201.595 km / h	26th
DNQ	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 16.994	196.706 km / h	1: 18.022	194.114 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	75	0	1: 32: 58.109	03	1: 12.583
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	75	0	+ 21,396	01	1: 12.601
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	75	1	+ 58.533	04th	1: 12.022
04th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	75	1	+1: 06.121	06th	1: 11.655
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	74	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 13.793
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	73	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 14.583
07th	John Watson	McLaren TAG Porsche	73	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 14.007
08th	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	73	0	+ 2 rounds	05	1: 14.476
09	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	73	0	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 14.317
10	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	73	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 14.391
11	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	73	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 13.620
12	Patrick Tambay	Renault	72	1	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 14.571
-	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	62	0	DNF	07th	1: 12.862	Turbocharger damage
-	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	59	1	DNF	13	1: 13.353	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	58	1	DNF	10	1: 11.526	Engine failure
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	55	0	DNF	25th	1: 19.150	Turbocharger damage
-	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell Renault	44	0	DNF	24	1: 15.538	accident
-	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	40	0	DNF	16	1: 14.462	defective water cooler
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	33	0	DNF	20th	1: 15.595	Engine failure
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	31	0	DNF	23	1: 16.141	overheated engine
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	16	0	DNF	14th	1: 15.946	Oil pressure loss
-	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	13	0	DNF	22nd	1: 16.390	defective cooler
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	13	1	DNF	15th	1: 15.224	Turbocharger damage
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	06th	0	DNF	02	1: 14.649	collision
-	Derek Warwick	Renault	04th	1	DNF	08th	1: 28.545	Electrical damage
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	03	0	DNF	26th	1: 21.352	accident

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 72 02  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 53 03  Ayrton Senna lotus 38 04th  Elio de Angelis lotus 33 05  Keke Rosberg Williams 25th 06th  Nigel Mansell Williams 22nd 07th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 21st 08th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 21st 09  Niki Lauda McLaren 14th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Patrick Tambay Renault 11 11  Jacques Laffite Ligier 10 12  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 10 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 86 02  Ferrari 77 03  lotus 71 04th  Williams 47 05  Brabham 26th

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 16 07th  Ligier 13 08th  Arrows 10 09  Tyrrell 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 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 September 27, 2011 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

Commons : 1985 European Grand Prix  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website