Australian Grand Prix
1985 Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix
Podium
LAFLigier
2
ROSWilliams
1
STRLigier
3
Key facts
WinnerROS2:00:40.473 from P3
PoleSEN1:19.843
Fastest lapROS1:23.758 on lap 57
Finishers8 / 25classified
Race result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | +/- | Laps | Time / gap | Pts | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROSKeke Rosberg | Williams | 3 | ▲2 | 82 | 2:00:40.473 | 9 | 1:23.758 |
| 2 | LAFJacques Laffite | Ligier | 20 | ▲18 | 82 | +46.130s | 6 | 1:25.469 |
| 3 | STRPhilippe Streiff | Ligier | 18 | ▲15 | 82 | +88.536s | 4 | 1:25.032 |
| 4 | CAPIvan Capelli | Tyrrell | 22 | ▲18 | 81 | +1 lap | 3 | 1:26.497 |
| 5 | JOHStefan Johansson | Ferrari | 15 | ▲10 | 81 | +1 lap | 2 | 1:24.337 |
| 6 | BERGerhard Berger | Arrows | 7 | ▲1 | 81 | +1 lap | 1 | 1:26.216 |
| 7 | ROTHuub Rothengatter | Osella | 25 | ▲18 | 78 | +4 laps | 1:28.942 | |
| 8 | MARPierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | ▲15 | 78 | +4 laps | 1:28.366 | |
| DNF | SENAyrton Senna | Lotus | 1 | 62 | Engine | 1:24.140 | ||
| DNF | ALBMichele Alboreto | Ferrari | 5 | 61 | Transmission | 1:24.642 | ||
| DNF | LAUNiki Lauda | McLaren | 16 | 57 | Brakes | 1:24.498 | ||
| DNF | WARDerek Warwick | Renault | 12 | 57 | Transmission | 1:26.313 | ||
| NC | BRUMartin Brundle | Tyrrell | 17 | 49 | Not classified | 1:27.223 | ||
| DNF | SURMarc Surer | Brabham | 6 | 42 | Engine | 1:25.751 | ||
| DNF | PATRiccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 14 | 42 | Exhaust | 1:28.675 | ||
| DNF | FABTeo Fabi | Toleman | 24 | 40 | Engine | 1:28.535 | ||
| DNF | BOUThierry Boutsen | Arrows | 11 | 37 | Oil leak | 1:26.668 | ||
| DNF | GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani | Toleman | 21 | 28 | Clutch | 1:28.809 | ||
| DNF | PROAlain Prost | McLaren | 4 | 26 | Engine | 1:25.388 | ||
| DNF | TAMPatrick Tambay | Renault | 8 | 20 | Transmission | 1:26.819 | ||
| DNF | JONAlan Jones | Lola | 19 | 20 | Electrical | 1:27.504 | ||
| DNF | PIQNelson Piquet | Brabham | 9 | 14 | Fire | 1:27.155 | ||
| DNF | CHEEddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 13 | 5 | Engine | 1:27.744 | ||
| DNF | MANNigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | 1 | Transmission | 2:23.614 | ||
| DSQ | DEAElio De Angelis | Lotus | 10 | 18 | Illegal start | – |
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap to pole |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SENAyrton Senna | Lotus | 1:19.843 | |
| 2 | MANNigel Mansell | Williams | 1:20.537 | +0.694s |
| 3 | ROSKeke Rosberg | Williams | 1:21.887 | +2.044s |
| 4 | PROAlain Prost | McLaren | 1:21.889 | +2.046s |
| 5 | ALBMichele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:22.337 | +2.494s |
| 6 | SURMarc Surer | Brabham | 1:22.561 | +2.718s |
| 7 | BERGerhard Berger | Arrows | 1:22.592 | +2.749s |
| 8 | TAMPatrick Tambay | Renault | 1:22.683 | +2.840s |
| 9 | PIQNelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:22.718 | +2.875s |
| 10 | DEAElio De Angelis | Lotus | 1:23.077 | +3.234s |
| 11 | BOUThierry Boutsen | Arrows | 1:23.196 | +3.353s |
| 12 | WARDerek Warwick | Renault | 1:23.426 | +3.583s |
| 13 | CHEEddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.597 | +3.754s |
| 14 | PATRiccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.758 | +3.915s |
| 15 | JOHStefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:23.902 | +4.059s |
| 16 | LAUNiki Lauda | McLaren | 1:23.941 | +4.098s |
| 17 | BRUMartin Brundle | Tyrrell | 1:24.241 | +4.398s |
| 18 | STRPhilippe Streiff | Ligier | 1:24.286 | +4.443s |
| 19 | JONAlan Jones | Lola | 1:24.369 | +4.526s |
| 20 | LAFJacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:24.830 | +4.987s |
| 21 | GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani | Toleman | 1:25.021 | +5.178s |
| 22 | CAPIvan Capelli | Tyrrell | 1:27.120 | +7.277s |
| 23 | MARPierluigi Martini | Minardi | 1:27.196 | +7.353s |
| 24 | FABTeo Fabi | Toleman | 1:28.110 | +8.267s |
| 25 | ROTHuub Rothengatter | Osella | 1:30.319 | +10.476s |
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