1985 French Grand Prix

 1985 French Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXI Grand Prix de France
Date:	July 7, 1985
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	307.93 km in 53 laps of 5.81 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 54,000
Pole position
Driver:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Time:	1: 32.462 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Time:	1: 39.914 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Second:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Third:	Alain Prost	McLaren

The 1985 French Grand Prix took place on July 7th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the seventh race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After two overseas races, which were left out in order to devote themselves to the further development of the car, the Zakspeed team returned to the field in time for the second part of the European season.

Tyrrell first launched a copy of the new 014 , which was equipped with a Renault turbo engine . The car was driven by Martin Brundle . So this weekend Stefan Bellof was the only driver who still had to compete with a conventional naturally aspirated Ford Cosworth engine .

The Renault works team also used a further developed car of the RE60B type , which had a new engine. Patrick Tambay drove the vehicle, while his teammate Derek Warwick continued to use the tried and tested version.

training

Ayrton Senna had to admit defeat to the winner of the US East Grand Prix , Keke Rosberg , in training this weekend . Behind the two, Michele Alboreto and Alain Prost qualified for the second row. It was followed by Nelson Piquet the fastest of with Pirelli -equipped tires pilots before Niki Lauda .

As a tire suddenly burst in the fast Signes corner, Nigel Mansell had a serious accident during the second qualifying session. He hit the post of a safety fence with his helmet and therefore decided not to take part in the rest of the race weekend.

All pilots qualified with an average speed of more than 200 km / h.

run

It was very hot on race day, which should prove to be an advantage for the Pirelli-equipped pilots. This was made clear, among other things, by the fact that Piquet got past Senna and Rosberg within the first ten laps and thus took over the lead, which he then defended to the finish.

After Senna retired due to an engine failure, Lauda, ​​who had previously overtaken Elio de Angelis , took third place behind Rosberg. His team-mate Prost followed him in fourth place. This sequence remained constant until lap 30, when Lauda retired due to a gearbox failure and Prost took third place. On lap 39 he overtook Rosberg, who was slowing down due to deteriorating tires. In response, the Finn headed for the pits to have new tires fitted. This enabled him to catch up with Prost again and to take second place again on the last lap. Also in the last lap, Stefan Johansson passed Elio de Angelis and finished fourth ahead of him and Patrick Tambay.

Nelson Piquet, who had finished 16th in the drivers' standings with just one championship point before the race, moved up to seventh place thanks to his victory.

Nelson Piquet's win was Brabham's last win in Formula 1 history.

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	Stefan Bellof	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	15th	Patrick Tambay	Renault RE60B	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t	G
	16	Derek Warwick	Renault RE60	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t
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 185T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
	23	Eddie Cheever
Osella Squadra Corse	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	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	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 33.484	223.739 km / h	1: 32.462	226.212 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 32.835	225.303 km / h	1: 33.677	223.278 km / h	02
03	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 35.421	219.197 km / h	1: 33.267	224.259 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 33.547	223.588 km / h	1: 33.335	224.096 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 33.981	222.556 km / h	1: 33.812	222.957 km / h	05
06th	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 33.860	222.843 km / h	1: 34.166	222.118 km / h	06th
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 34.022	222.459 km / h	1: 34.227	221.975 km / h	07th
08th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 34.191	222.059 km / h	no time	-	DNS
09	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 34.674	220.927 km / h	1: 37.455	214.622 km / h	08th
10	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 34.680	220.913 km / h	1: 36.339	217.108 km / h	09
11	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 34.976	220.224 km / h	1: 35.190	219.729 km / h	10
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 36.051	217.759 km / h	1: 35.488	219.043 km / h	11
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 37.335	214.887 km / h	1: 35.571	218.853 km / h	12
14th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 35.572	218.851 km / h	1: 35.640	218.695 km / h	13
15th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 38.173	213.052 km / h	1: 36.133	217.574 km / h	14th
16	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 37.546	214.422 km / h	1: 36.140	217.558 km / h	15th
17th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 36.729	216.233 km / h	1: 38.745	211.818 km / h	16
18th	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 36.931	215.782 km / h	1: 38.489	212.369 km / h	17th
19th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 37.142	215.314 km / h	1: 37.657	214.178 km / h	18th
20th	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	1: 37.654	214.185 km / h	1: 45.628	198.016 km / h	19th
21st	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 40.486	208.148 km / h	1: 40.015	209.129 km / h	20th
22nd	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 40.498	208.124 km / h	1: 40.289	208.557 km / h	21st
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 41.647	205.771 km / h	1: 44.221	200.689 km / h	22nd
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 42.136	204.786 km / h	1: 42.968	203.131 km / h	23
25th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 47.523	194.526 km / h	1: 44.350	200.441 km / h	24
26th	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 44.404	200.337 km / h	1: 45.478	198.297 km / h	25th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	53	0	1: 31: 46.266	05	1: 41.528
02	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	53	1	+ 6.660	01	1: 39.914
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	53	0	+ 9.285	04th	1: 41.991
04th	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	53	0	+ 53.491	15th	1: 43.411
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	53	0	+ 53.690	07th	1: 42.046
06th	Patrick Tambay	Renault	53	0	+1: 15.167	09	1: 43.869
07th	Derek Warwick	Renault	53	1	+1: 44.212	10	1: 43.279
08th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	52	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 41.934
09	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	52	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 42.226
10	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	52	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 45.399
11	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	52	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 45.509
12	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	50	0	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 45.491
13	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	50	1	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 47.553
14th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	49	2	DNF	18th	1: 42.310	Fuel pressure drop
15th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	49	1	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 48.306
-	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	32	1	DNF	20th	1: 45.456	Gearbox damage
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	30th	0	DNF	06th	1: 42.037	Gearbox damage
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	26th	1	DNF	02	1: 41.552	Engine failure
-	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	20th	0	DNF	08th	1: 43.717	collision
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	19th	0	DNF	24	1: 48.720	collision
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	08th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 46.899	defective ignition
-	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	06th	0	DNF	21st	1: 45.696	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	05	0	DNF	03	1: 41.985	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	04th	0	DNF	12	1: 41.843	broken semi-axis
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	02	0	DNF	14th	1: 44.273	Turbocharger 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  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 31 02  Elio de Angelis lotus 26th 03  Alain Prost McLaren 26th 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 18th 05  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 16 06th  Patrick Tambay Renault 11 07th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 10 08th  Ayrton Senna lotus 9

Item driver constructor Points 09  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 6th 10  Nigel Mansell Williams 5 11  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 4th 12  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3 13  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 14th  Niki Lauda McLaren 3 15th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 2 16  Derek Warwick Renault 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 50 02  lotus 35 03  McLaren 29 04th  Williams 23 05  Renault 13

Item constructor Points 06th  Brabham 10 07th  Arrows 6th 08th  Ligier 5 09  Tyrrell 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from August 13, 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 February 19, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 19, 2012)
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 February 19, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website