The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 7

French Grand Prix

1985  ·  Circuit Paul Ricard  ·  7 July 1985  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Brabham · 01:31:46.266
  2. 2nd Keke Rosberg Williams · +6.66
  3. 3rd Alain Prost McLaren · +9.285

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Keke Rosberg

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 5

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

03 Lap 26

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

04 Lap 30

Niki Lauda

Retirement McLaren  —  Gearbox

05 On the Charge

Stefan Bellof

Tyrrell  —  P26 → P13

06 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 53 01:31:46.266 9
2 Keke Rosberg Williams 1 53 +6.66 6
3 Alain Prost McLaren 4 53 +9.285 4
4 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 16 53 +53.491 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 53 +53.69 2
6 Patrick Tambay Renault 10 53 +1:15.167 1
7 Derek Warwick Renault 11 53 +1:44.212
8 Marc Surer Brabham 14 52 +1 Lap
9 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 12 52 +1 Lap
10 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 18 52 +1 Lap
11 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 17 52 +1 Lap
12 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 20 50 +3 Laps
13 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 26 50 +3 Laps
14 Teo Fabi Toleman 19 49 Fuel system
15 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 24 49 +4 Laps
16 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 21 32 Gearbox
17 Niki Lauda McLaren 6 30 Gearbox
18 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 26 Accident
19 Gerhard Berger Arrows 9 20 Accident
20 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 19 Accident
21 Philippe Alliot RAM 23 8 Fuel system
22 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 22 6 Engine
23 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 5 Turbo
24 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 13 4 Steering
25 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 2 Turbo
26 Nigel Mansell Williams 8 0 Injury

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