Race · Round 16 of 16 · 3 November 1985

1985 Australian Grand Prix

Keke Rosberg won for Williams from 3rd on the grid at Adelaide Street Circuit. 17 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Philippe Streiff.

Circuit: Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, Australia
Winner: Keke RosbergWilliams
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Keke Rosberg
Entries: 258 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	3	82	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS25	20	82	Finished	6
3	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	JS25	18	82	Finished	4
4	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell	12	22	81	Finished	3
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	156/85	15	81	Finished	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	7	81	Finished	1
7	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	—	25	78	Finished	0
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	23	78	Finished	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	1	62	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	5	61	Transmission	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	16	57	Brakes	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	—	12	57	Transmission	0
NC	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	12	17	49	NC	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Brabham	BT54	6	42	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	14	42	Exhaust	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	TG185	24	40	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	11	37	Oil leak	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	TG185	21	28	Clutch	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	4	26	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	—	8	20	Transmission	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL1	19	20	Electrical	0
DSQ	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	10	18	Illegal start	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	9	14	Fire	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	13	5	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	2	1	Transmission	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout adelaide-1 · 3.78 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Keke Rosberg	3	1	82
Jacques Laffite	20	2	82
Philippe Streiff	18	3	82
Ivan Capelli	22	4	81
Stefan Johansson	15	5	81
Gerhard Berger	7	6	81
Huub Rothengatter	25	7	78
Pierluigi Martini	23	8	78
Ayrton Senna	1	DNF	62
Michele Alboreto	5	DNF	61
Niki Lauda	16	DNF	57
Derek Warwick	12	DNF	57
Martin Brundle	17	NC	49
Marc Surer	6	DNF	42
Riccardo Patrese	14	DNF	42
Teo Fabi	24	DNF	40
Thierry Boutsen	11	DNF	37
Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	DNF	28
Alain Prost	4	DNF	26
Patrick Tambay	8	DNF	20
Alan Jones	19	DNF	20
Elio de Angelis	10	DSQ	18
Nelson Piquet	9	DNF	14
Eddie Cheever	13	DNF	5
Nigel Mansell	2	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:19.843	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:20.537	+0.694	+0.694
3	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:21.887	+2.044	+1.350
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:21.889	+2.046	+0.002
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:22.337	+2.494	+0.448
6	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:22.561	+2.718	+0.224
7	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:22.592	+2.749	+0.031
8	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:22.683	+2.840	+0.091
9	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:22.718	+2.875	+0.035
10	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:23.077	+3.234	+0.359
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:23.196	+3.353	+0.119
12	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:23.426	+3.583	+0.230
13	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:23.597	+3.754	+0.171
14	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:23.758	+3.915	+0.161
15	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:23.902	+4.059	+0.144
16	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:23.941	+4.098	+0.039
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:24.241	+4.398	+0.300
18	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	25	1:24.286	+4.443	+0.045
19	Alan Jones	Lola	33	1:24.369	+4.526	+0.083
20	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:24.830	+4.987	+0.461
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:25.021	+5.178	+0.191
22	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell	4	1:27.120	+7.277	+2.099
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:27.196	+7.353	+0.076
24	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:28.110	+8.267	+0.914
25	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:30.319	+10.476	+2.209

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:23.854	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:24.117	+0.263	+0.263	—
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:24.222	+0.368	+0.105	—
4	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:24.789	+0.935	+0.567	—
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:24.918	+1.064	+0.129	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:25.183	+1.329	+0.265	—
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:25.579	+1.725	+0.396	—
8	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:25.633	+1.779	+0.054	—
9	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:25.803	+1.949	+0.170	—
10	Alan Jones	Lola	33	1:26.598	+2.744	+0.795	—
11	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	25	1:26.715	+2.861	+0.117	—
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:26.735	+2.881	+0.020	—
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:26.793	+2.939	+0.058	—
14	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:26.812	+2.958	+0.019	—
15	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:26.834	+2.980	+0.022	—
16	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:27.029	+3.175	+0.195	—
17	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:27.103	+3.249	+0.074	—
18	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:27.285	+3.431	+0.182	—
19	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:27.313	+3.459	+0.028	—
20	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:27.341	+3.487	+0.028	—
21	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:27.485	+3.631	+0.144	—
22	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell	4	1:28.563	+4.709	+1.078	—
23	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:28.865	+5.011	+0.302	—
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:29.630	+5.776	+0.765	—
25	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:34.288	+10.434	+4.658	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 97T
Lotus97T · https://www.flickr.com/jonbradbury · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 1985
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 3 Nov 1985
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.