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British Grand Prix

1985 Marlboro British Grand Prix

Round 8 of 16Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 21 198565 laps

Podium

ALBFerrari

PROMcLaren

LAFLigier

Key facts

WinnerPRO1:18:10.436 from P3

PoleROS1:05.591

Fastest lapPRO1:09.886 on lap 43

Finishers11 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	3	▲2	65	1:18:10.436	9	1:09.886
2	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	6	▲4	64	+1 lap	6	1:11.290
3	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	16	▲13	64	+1 lap	4	1:11.649
4	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	2	▼2	64	+1 lap	3	1:11.837
5	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	12	▲7	64	+1 lap	2	1:12.383
6	SURMarc Surer	Brabham	15	▲9	63	+2 laps	1	1:12.135
7	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	20	▲13	63	+2 laps		1:12.432
8	BERGerhard Berger	Arrows	17	▲9	63	+2 laps		1:12.765
9	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	14	▲5	62	+3 laps		1:13.111
10	SENAyrton Senna	Lotus	4	▼6	60	+5 laps		1:10.032
11	BELStefan Bellof	Tyrrell	26	▲15	59	+6 laps		1:17.854
DNF	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	10		57	Electrical		1:10.905
DNF	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	19		57	Spun off		1:13.021
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Ligier	7		41	Clutch		1:12.089
DNF	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	23		38	Transmission		1:17.486
NC	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	8		37	Not classified		1:12.068
DNF	WINManfred Winkelhock	RAM	18		28	Turbo		1:14.486
DNF	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1		21	Exhaust		1:12.914
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	5		17	Clutch		1:13.532
DNF	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	22		17	Turbo		1:15.055
DNF	PALJonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	24		6	Engine		1:17.499
DNF	FABTeo Fabi	Toleman	9		4	Transmission		1:18.250
DNF	JOHStefan Johansson	Ferrari	11		1	Accident		2:31.135
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	21		0	Accident		–
DNF	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	13		0	Collision		–
DNS	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	25		0	Accident		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1:05.591
2	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:06.249	+0.658s
3	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:06.308	+0.717s
4	SENAyrton Senna	Lotus	1:06.324	+0.733s
5	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:06.675	+1.084s
6	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:06.793	+1.202s
7	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Ligier	1:07.448	+1.857s
8	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	1:07.581	+1.990s
9	FABTeo Fabi	Toleman	1:07.678	+2.087s
10	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	1:07.743	+2.152s
11	JOHStefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:07.887	+2.296s
12	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	1:08.238	+2.647s
13	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	1:08.240	+2.649s
14	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:08.384	+2.793s
15	SURMarc Surer	Brabham	1:08.587	+2.996s
16	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:08.656	+3.065s
17	BERGerhard Berger	Arrows	1:08.672	+3.081s
18	WINManfred Winkelhock	RAM	1:09.114	+3.523s
19	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:09.131	+3.540s
20	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:09.242	+3.651s
21	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	1:09.609	+4.018s
22	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:10.345	+4.754s
23	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:13.645	+8.054s
24	PALJonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:13.713	+8.122s
25	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:16.400	+10.809s
26	BELStefan Bellof	Tyrrell	1:16.596	+11.005s

Silverstone Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1985. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1981	John Watson	McLaren
1979	Clay Regazzoni	Williams
1977	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
1973	Peter Revson	McLaren
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus
1965	Jim Clark	Lotus

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