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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1985

Round 7 of 16Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJul 7 198553 laps

Podium

ROSWilliams

PIQBrabham

PROMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerPIQ1:31:46.266 from P5

PoleROS1:32.462

Fastest lapROS1:39.914 on lap 46

Finishers15 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	5	▲4	53	1:31:46.266	9	1:41.528
2	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1	▼1	53	+6.660s	6	1:39.914
3	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	4	▲1	53	+9.285s	4	1:41.991
4	JOHStefan Johansson	Ferrari	15	▲11	53	+53.491s	3	1:43.411
5	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	7	▲2	53	+53.690s	2	1:42.046
6	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	9	▲3	53	+75.167s	1	1:43.869
7	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	10	▲3	53	+104.212s		1:43.279
8	SURMarc Surer	Brabham	13	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:41.934
9	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	11	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:42.226
10	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	17	▲7	52	+1 lap		1:45.399
11	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	16	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:45.509
12	WINManfred Winkelhock	RAM	19	▲7	50	+3 laps		1:45.491
13	BELStefan Bellof	Tyrrell	25	▲12	50	+3 laps		1:47.553
14	FABTeo Fabi	Toleman	18	▲4	49	+4 laps		1:42.310
15	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	23	▲8	49	+4 laps		1:48.306
DNF	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	20		32	Gearbox		1:45.456
DNF	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	6		30	Gearbox		1:42.037
DNF	SENAyrton Senna	Lotus	2		26	Engine		1:41.552
DNF	BERGerhard Berger	Arrows	8		20	Accident		1:43.717
DNF	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	24		19	Accident		1:48.720
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	22		8	Fuel system		1:46.899
DNF	PALJonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	21		6	Engine		1:45.696
DNF	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	3		5	Turbo		1:41.985
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Ligier	12		4	Steering		1:41.843
DNF	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	14		2	Turbo		1:44.273
DNS	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	–		0	Injury		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1:32.462
2	SENAyrton Senna	Lotus	1:32.835	+0.373s
3	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:33.267	+0.805s
4	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:33.335	+0.873s
5	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:33.812	+1.350s
6	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	1:33.860	+1.398s
7	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	1:34.022	+1.560s
8	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:34.191	+1.729s
9	BERGerhard Berger	Arrows	1:34.674	+2.212s
10	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	1:34.680	+2.218s
11	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	1:34.976	+2.514s
12	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:35.488	+3.026s
13	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Ligier	1:35.571	+3.109s
14	SURMarc Surer	Brabham	1:35.572	+3.110s
15	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	1:36.133	+3.671s
16	JOHStefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:36.140	+3.678s
17	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:36.729	+4.267s
18	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:36.931	+4.469s
19	FABTeo Fabi	Toleman	1:37.142	+4.680s
20	WINManfred Winkelhock	RAM	1:37.654	+5.192s
21	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:40.015	+7.553s
22	PALJonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:40.289	+7.827s
23	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	1:41.647	+9.185s
24	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:42.136	+9.674s
25	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:44.350	+11.888s
26	BELStefan Bellof	Tyrrell	1:44.404	+11.942s

Circuit Paul Ricard

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

Previous winners here

1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1982	René Arnoux	Renault
1980	Alan Jones	Williams
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1976	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1973	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell

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