The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 14

European Grand Prix

1985  ·  Brands Hatch  ·  6 October 1985  ·  75 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:32:58.109
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna Team Lotus · +21.396
  3. 3rd Keke Rosberg Williams · +58.533

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 6

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham  —  Accident

03 Lap 55

Christian Danner

Retirement Zakspeed  —  Engine

04 Lap 58

Jacques Laffite

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

05 Lap 59

Stefan Johansson

Retirement Ferrari  —  Electrical

06 On the Charge

John Watson

McLaren  —  P21 → P7

07 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 75 01:32:58.109 9
2 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 75 +21.396 6
3 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 75 +58.533 4
4 Alain Prost McLaren 6 75 +1:06.121 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 74 +1 Lap 2
6 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 12 73 +2 Laps 1
7 John Watson McLaren 21 73 +2 Laps
8 Philippe Streiff Ligier 5 73 +2 Laps
9 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 11 73 +2 Laps
10 Gerhard Berger Arrows 19 73 +2 Laps
11 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 18 73 +2 Laps
12 Patrick Tambay Renault 17 72 +3 Laps
13 Marc Surer Brabham 7 62 Turbo
14 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 13 59 Electrical
15 Jacques Laffite Ligier 18 58 Engine
16 Christian Danner Zakspeed 25 55 Engine
17 Ivan Capelli Tyrrell 24 44 Accident
18 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 40 Water leak
19 Teo Fabi Toleman 20 33 Engine
20 Philippe Alliot RAM 23 31 Engine
21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 14 16 Engine
22 Alan Jones Lola 22 13 Radiator
23 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 15 13 Turbo
24 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 6 Accident
25 Derek Warwick Renault 8 4 Injection
26 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 26 3 Accident

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