Race · Round 8 of 16 · 21 July 1985

1985 British Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Keke Rosberg
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2611 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	3	65	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	6	64	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS25	16	64	Finished	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	2	64	Finished	3
5	Derek Warwick	Renault	—	12	64	Finished	2
6	Marc Surer	Brabham	BT54	15	63	Finished	1
7	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	12	20	63	Finished	0
8	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	17	63	Finished	0
9	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	14	62	Finished	0
10	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	4	60	Fuel injection	0
11	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	10	26	59	Finished	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	10	57	Electrical	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	19	57	Spun off	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	JS25	7	41	Clutch	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	23	38	Transmission	0
NC	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	8	37	NC	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	3	18	28	Turbo	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	1	21	Exhaust	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	5	17	Clutch	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	22	17	Turbo	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	841	24	6	Engine	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	TG185	9	4	Transmission	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	156/85	11	1	Accident	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	3	21	0	Accident	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	—	13	0	Collision	0
DNS	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	—	Accident	0

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

F1DB layout silverstone-2 · 4.719 km · 9 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
Alain Prost	3	1	65
Michele Alboreto	6	2	64
Jacques Laffite	16	3	64
Nelson Piquet	2	4	64
Derek Warwick	12	5	64
Marc Surer	15	6	63
Martin Brundle	20	7	63
Gerhard Berger	17	8	63
Riccardo Patrese	14	9	62
Ayrton Senna	4	10	60
Stefan Bellof	26	11	59
Niki Lauda	10	DNF	57
Thierry Boutsen	19	DNF	57
Andrea de Cesaris	7	DNF	41
Pierluigi Martini	23	DNF	38
Elio de Angelis	8	NC	37
Manfred Winkelhock	18	DNF	28
Keke Rosberg	1	DNF	21
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	17
Eddie Cheever	22	DNF	17
Jonathan Palmer	24	DNF	6
Teo Fabi	9	DNF	4
Stefan Johansson	11	DNF	1
Philippe Alliot	21	DNF	0
Patrick Tambay	13	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:05.591	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:06.249	+0.658	+0.658
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:06.308	+0.717	+0.059
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:06.324	+0.733	+0.016
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:06.675	+1.084	+0.351
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:06.793	+1.202	+0.118
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	25	1:07.448	+1.857	+0.655
8	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:07.581	+1.990	+0.133
9	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:07.678	+2.087	+0.097
10	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:07.743	+2.152	+0.065
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:07.887	+2.296	+0.144
12	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:08.238	+2.647	+0.351
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:08.240	+2.649	+0.002
14	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:08.384	+2.793	+0.144
15	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:08.587	+2.996	+0.203
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:08.656	+3.065	+0.069
17	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:08.672	+3.081	+0.016
18	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	9	1:09.114	+3.523	+0.442
19	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:09.131	+3.540	+0.017
20	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:09.242	+3.651	+0.111
21	Philippe Alliot	RAM	10	1:09.609	+4.018	+0.367
22	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:10.345	+4.754	+0.736
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:13.645	+8.054	+3.300
24	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	30	1:13.713	+8.122	+0.068
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:16.400	+10.809	+2.687
26	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	4	1:16.596	+11.005	+0.196

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:10.220	—	—	—
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:11.393	+1.173	+1.173	—
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	25	1:12.003	+1.783	+0.610	—
4	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:12.005	+1.785	+0.002	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:12.019	+1.799	+0.014	—
6	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:12.034	+1.814	+0.015	—
7	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:12.065	+1.845	+0.031	—
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:12.125	+1.905	+0.060	—
9	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:12.317	+2.097	+0.192	—
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:12.787	+2.567	+0.470	—
11	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:12.901	+2.681	+0.114	—
12	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:12.969	+2.749	+0.068	—
13	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:12.990	+2.770	+0.021	—
14	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:13.058	+2.838	+0.068	—
15	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:13.198	+2.978	+0.140	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:13.796	+3.576	+0.598	—
17	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	9	1:14.031	+3.811	+0.235	—
18	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:14.044	+3.824	+0.013	—
19	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:14.783	+4.563	+0.739	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	30	1:14.857	+4.637	+0.074	—
21	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:15.046	+4.826	+0.189	—
22	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:15.796	+5.576	+0.750	—
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	10	1:15.844	+5.624	+0.048	—
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:17.020	+6.800	+1.176	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:17.652	+7.432	+0.632	—
26	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	4	1:18.686	+8.466	+1.034	—

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

Photographs from this race

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At the 1985 British Grand Prix — Johansson at 1985 British Grand Prix · PSParrot from England · CC BY 2.0

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The cars in this race

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Lotus 97T
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Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1985
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 21 Jul 1985
Layout raced: With Woodcote chicane · 4.719 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.