The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 11

Dutch Grand Prix

1985  ·  Circuit Park Zandvoort  ·  25 August 1985  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda McLaren · 01:32:29.263
  2. 2nd Alain Prost McLaren · +0.232
  3. 3rd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +48.491

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 18

Teo Fabi

Retirement Toleman  —  Wheel bearing

03 Lap 20

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

04 Lap 22

Patrick Tambay

Retirement Renault  —  Transmission

05 Lap 52

Philippe Alliot

Retirement RAM  —  Engine

06 Lap 54

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Arrows  —  Suspension

07 Lap 56

Huub Rothengatter

Retirement Osella  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Martin Brundle

Tyrrell  —  P21 → P7

09 Victory

Niki Lauda

McLaren  —  Won from P10

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 70 01:32:29.263 9
2 Alain Prost McLaren 3 70 +0.232 6
3 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 70 +48.491 4
4 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 16 70 +48.837 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 69 +1 Lap 2
6 Nigel Mansell Williams 7 69 +1 Lap 1
7 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 21 69 +1 Lap
8 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 69 +1 Lap
9 Gerhard Berger Arrows 14 68 +2 Laps
10 Marc Surer Brabham 9 65 Exhaust
11 Huub Rothengatter Osella 26 56 Not classified
12 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 8 54 Suspension
13 Philippe Alliot RAM 25 52 Engine
14 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 22 39 Engine
15 Derek Warwick Renault 12 27 Gearbox
16 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 18 25 Turbo
17 Patrick Tambay Renault 6 22 Transmission
18 Keke Rosberg Williams 2 20 Engine
19 Teo Fabi Toleman 5 18 Wheel bearing
20 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 17 Electrical
21 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 23 13 Oil pressure
22 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 15 12 Engine
23 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 17 9 Engine
24 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 24 1 Accident
25 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 20 1 Turbo
26 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 19 1 Turbo

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