The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 10

Austrian Grand Prix

1985  ·  Red Bull Ring  ·  18 August 1985  ·  52 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:20:12.583
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +30.002
  3. 3rd Michele Alboreto Ferrari · +34.356

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 4

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Williams  —  Oil pressure

03 Lap 25

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

04 Lap 26

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham  —  Exhaust

05 Lap 31

Teo Fabi

Retirement Toleman  —  Electrical

06 Lap 39

Niki Lauda

Retirement McLaren  —  Engine

07 Lap 43

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Accident

08 On the Charge

Stefan Bellof

Tyrrell  —  P22 → P7

09 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 1 52 01:20:12.583 9
2 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 14 52 +30.002 6
3 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 52 +34.356 4
4 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 12 52 +39.073 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 52 +1:22.092 2
6 Marc Surer Brabham 11 51 +1 Lap 1
7 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 22 49 Out of fuel
8 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 16 49 +3 Laps
9 Huub Rothengatter Osella 24 48 +4 Laps
10 Patrick Tambay Renault 8 46 Engine
11 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 43 Accident
12 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 40 Suspension
13 Niki Lauda McLaren 3 39 Engine
14 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 33 Turbo
15 Teo Fabi Toleman 6 31 Electrical
16 Derek Warwick Renault 13 29 Engine
17 Kenny Acheson RAM 23 28 Engine
18 Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 26 Exhaust
19 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 25 Engine
20 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 10 25 Engine
21 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 25 17 Engine
22 Philippe Alliot RAM 21 16 Turbo
23 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 18 13 Accident
24 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 20 6 Turbo
25 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 4 Oil pressure
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 19 0 Withdrew

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