The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

1985  ·  Adelaide Street Circuit  ·  3 November 1985  ·  82 laps

  1. 1st Keke Rosberg Williams · 02:00:40.473
  2. 2nd Jacques Laffite Ligier · +43.13
  3. 3rd Philippe Streiff Ligier · +1:28.536

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Transmission

03 Lap 26

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

04 Lap 42

Marc Surer

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

05 Lap 61

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Transmission

06 Lap 62

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

07 On the Charge

Jacques Laffite

Ligier  —  P20 → P2

08 Victory

Keke Rosberg

Williams  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 82 02:00:40.473 9
2 Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 82 +43.13 6
3 Philippe Streiff Ligier 18 82 +1:28.536 4
4 Ivan Capelli Tyrrell 22 81 +1 Lap 3
5 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 15 81 +1 Lap 2
6 Gerhard Berger Arrows 7 81 +1 Lap 1
7 Huub Rothengatter Osella 25 78 +4 Laps
8 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 78 +4 Laps
9 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 62 Engine
10 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 61 Transmission
11 Niki Lauda McLaren 16 57 Accident
12 Derek Warwick Renault 12 57 Transmission
13 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 17 49 Not classified
14 Marc Surer Brabham 6 42 Engine
15 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 42 Exhaust
16 Teo Fabi Toleman 24 40 Engine
17 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 11 37 Oil leak
18 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 21 28 Clutch
19 Alain Prost McLaren 4 26 Engine
20 Patrick Tambay Renault 8 20 Transmission
21 Alan Jones Lola 19 20 Electrical
22 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 18 Disqualified
23 Nelson Piquet Brabham 9 14 Heat shield fire
24 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 13 5 Engine
25 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 1 Transmission

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