The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 8

British Grand Prix

1985  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  21 July 1985  ·  65 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:18:10.436
  2. 2nd Michele Alboreto Ferrari
  3. 3rd Jacques Laffite Ligier

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Keke Rosberg

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 17

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Clutch

03 Lap 21

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Williams  —  Exhaust

04 Lap 57

Niki Lauda

Retirement McLaren  —  Electrical

05 Lap 57

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Arrows  —  Spun off

06 On the Charge

Stefan Bellof

Tyrrell  —  P26 → P11

07 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 3 65 01:18:10.436 9
2 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 64 +1 Lap 6
3 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 64 +1 Lap 4
4 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 64 +1 Lap 3
5 Derek Warwick Renault 12 64 +1 Lap 2
6 Marc Surer Brabham 15 63 +2 Laps 1
7 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 20 63 +2 Laps
8 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 63 +2 Laps
9 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 62 +3 Laps
10 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 60 Fuel system
11 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 26 59 +6 Laps
12 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 57 Electrical
13 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 19 57 Spun off
14 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 7 41 Clutch
15 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 38 Transmission
16 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 37 Not classified
17 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 18 28 Turbo
18 Keke Rosberg Williams 1 21 Exhaust
19 Nigel Mansell Williams 5 17 Clutch
20 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 22 17 Turbo
21 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 24 6 Engine
22 Teo Fabi Toleman 9 4 Transmission
23 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 11 1 Accident
24 Patrick Tambay Renault 13 0 Spun off
25 Philippe Alliot RAM 21 0 Accident
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 0 Accident

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