1985 British Grand Prix

 1985 British Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXVIII British Grand Prix
Date:	July 21, 1985
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	306.735 km in 65 laps of 4.719 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 95,000
Pole position
Driver:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Time:	1: 05.591 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 09.886 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Jacques Laffite	Ligier

The 1985 British Grand Prix took place on July 21st at Silverstone and was the eighth race of the 1985 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The field of participants corresponded exactly to that of the French Grand Prix two weeks earlier.

In addition to Patrick Tambay , Derek Warwick has now also been equipped with the further developed Renault RE60B .

Eddie Cheever resorted to an improved version of the Alfa Romeo 184T from the previous year, as the 185T had proven to be non-competitive in the first half of the season.

training

Keke Rosberg was the first pilot to complete a lap of the 4.719-kilometer high-speed course at an average speed of more than 160 miles per hour. He qualified for pole position in front of Nelson Piquet , Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna . The third row of the grid was formed by Nigel Mansell and Michele Alboreto , who was the leader in the drivers' world championship .

22 of the total of 26 pilots completed their fastest training laps with average speeds of over 240 km / h, the fastest 11 even with more than 250 km / h.

run

A very good start put Senna in the lead ahead of Rosberg, Mansell and Prost. Behind Andrea de Cesaris , Nelson Piquet, who started from second place, followed in sixth place.

In the first corner, Stefan Johansson collided with Patrick Tambay. This led to another collision between Piercarlo Ghinzani and Philippe Alliot . The race was over for all four pilots involved, with Johansson being the only one who could still make the way to his pit.

By the fifth lap, de Cesaris fought his way past Prost and Mansell to third place. In lap nine, Prost, who had passed Mansell shortly before, passed de Cesaris again. When Rosberg had to give up on lap 16 due to a turbocharger failure, Prost came second.

From the 22nd lap on, Niki Lauda was in third place behind Senna and Prost, who was quickly catching up on him. Lauda retired on lap 58 due to an electrical fault, so that Alboreto was able to take third place. On the same lap, Prost took the lead as Senna was struggling with engine problems. The Brazilian was able to counter spontaneously, but retired on lap 60 due to a lack of fuel.

Alain Prost won with one lap ahead of Michele Alboreto and Jacques Laffite , who had overtaken Nelson Piquet with four laps to go. Derek Warwick and Marc Surer finished fifth and sixth.

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
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	Alfa Romeo 184TB
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: 06.107	256.983 km / h	1: 05.591	259.005 km / h	01
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 08.933	246.448 km / h	1: 06.249	256.433 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 06.308	256.204 km / h	1: 08.532	247.890 km / h	03
04th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 06.324	256.143 km / h	1: 06.794	254.340 km / h	04th
05	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 09.080	245.924 km / h	1: 06.675	254.794 km / h	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 06.793	254.344 km / h	1: 07.427	251.952 km / h	06th
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 11.082	238.997 km / h	1: 07.448	251.874 km / h	07th
08th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 07.581	251.378 km / h	1: 07.696	250.951 km / h	08th
09	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 07.678	251.018 km / h	1: 07.871	250.304 km / h	09
10	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 07.743	250.777 km / h	1: 09.001	246.205 km / h	10
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 08.169	249.210 km / h	1: 07.887	250.245 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 08.238	248.958 km / h	1: 08.604	247.630 km / h	12
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 09.989	242.730 km / h	1: 08.240	248.951 km / h	13
14th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 08.384	248.427 km / h	1: 10.110	242.311 km / h	14th
15th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.572	244.184 km / h	1: 08.587	247.691 km / h	15th
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 10.756	240.098 km / h	1: 08.656	247.442 km / h	16
17th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	1: 09.870	243.143 km / h	1: 08.672	247.385 km / h	17th
18th	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	1: 10.299	241.659 km / h	1: 09.114	245.803 km / h	18th
19th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 09.413	244.744 km / h	1: 09.131	245.742 km / h	19th
20th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 10.718	240.227 km / h	1: 09.242	245.348 km / h	20th
21st	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 11,162	238.729 km / h	1: 09.609	244.055 km / h	21st
22nd	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 11.072	239.031 km / h	1: 10.345	241.501 km / h	22nd
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 13.645	230.680 km / h	1: 15.363	225.421 km / h	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 17.856	218.203 km / h	1: 13.713	230.467 km / h	24
25th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 16,400	222.361 km / h	no time	-	25th
26th	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.009	220.603 km / h	1: 16.596	221.792 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	65	0	1: 18: 10.436	03	1: 09.886
02	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	64	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 11.290
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	64	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 11.649
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	64	0	+ 1 lap	02	1: 11.837
05	Derek Warwick	Renault	64	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 12.383
06th	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	63	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 12.135
07th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	63	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 12.432
08th	Gerhard Berger	Arrows BMW	63	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 12.765
09	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	62	0	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 13.111
10	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	60	0	DNF	04th	1: 10.032	Lack of fuel
11	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	59	0	+ 6 rounds	26th	1: 17.854
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	57	0	DNF	10	1: 10.905	Electronics failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	57	0	DNF	19th	1: 13.021	accident
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	41	0	DNF	07th	1: 12.089	Clutch damage
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	38	0	DNF	23	1: 17.486	Suspension damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	37	0	NC	08th	1: 12.068	Unrated
-	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM hard	28	0	DNF	18th	1: 14.486	Engine failure
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	21st	0	DNF	01	1: 12.914	defective exhaust system
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	17th	0	DNF	05	1: 13.532	Clutch damage
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	17th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 15.055	Oil loss
-	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	06th	0	DNF	24	1: 17.499	Engine failure
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	04th	0	DNF	09	1: 18.250	broken shift linkage
-	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	01	0	DNF	11	2: 31.135	Collision damage
-	Patrick Tambay	Renault	00	0	DNF	13	-	collision
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	00	0	DNF	21st	-	collision
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	00	0	DNF	25th	-	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 37 02  Alain Prost McLaren 35 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  Ayrton Senna lotus 9 09  Jacques Laffite Ligier 6th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 6th 11  Nigel Mansell Williams 5 12  Derek Warwick Renault 4th 13  Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 4th 14th  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3 15th  Niki Lauda McLaren 3 16  René Arnoux Ferrari 3 17th  Marc Surer Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 56 02  McLaren 38 03  lotus 35 04th  Williams 23 05  Renault 15th

Item constructor Points 06th  Brabham 14th 07th  Ligier 9 08th  Arrows 6th 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 December 27, 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

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website