The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 13

Belgian Grand Prix

1985  ·  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps  ·  15 September 1985  ·  43 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · 01:34:19.893
  2. 2nd Nigel Mansell Williams · +28.422
  3. 3rd Alain Prost McLaren · +55.109

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 3

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Clutch

03 Lap 7

Stefan Johansson

Retirement Ferrari  —  Spun off

04 Lap 31

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Alfa Romeo  —  Engine

05 Lap 37

Huub Rothengatter

Retirement Osella  —  Not classified

06 On the Charge

Pierluigi Martini

Minardi  —  P24 → P12

07 Victory

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 43 01:34:19.893 9
2 Nigel Mansell Williams 7 43 +28.422 6
3 Alain Prost McLaren 1 43 +55.109 4
4 Keke Rosberg Williams 10 43 +1:15.290 3
5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 42 +1 Lap 2
6 Derek Warwick Renault 14 42 +1 Lap 1
7 Gerhard Berger Arrows 8 42 +1 Lap
8 Marc Surer Brabham 12 42 +1 Lap
9 Philippe Streiff Ligier 18 42 +1 Lap
10 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 9 40 +3 Laps
11 Jacques Laffite Ligier 17 38 Accident
12 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 24 38 +5 Laps
13 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 21 38 +5 Laps
14 Huub Rothengatter Osella 23 37 Not classified
15 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 15 31 Engine
16 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 19 26 Gearbox
17 Patrick Tambay Renault 13 24 Gearbox
18 Teo Fabi Toleman 11 23 Throttle
19 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 17 Turbo
20 Christian Danner Zakspeed 22 16 Gearbox
21 Philippe Alliot RAM 20 10 Accident
22 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 5 7 Spun off
23 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 16 7 Accident
24 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 3 Clutch

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