Race · Round 9 of 16 · 4 August 1985

1985 German Grand Prix

Michele Alboreto won for Ferrari from 8th on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Michele AlboretoFerrari
Pole: Teo Fabi
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 2712 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	8	67	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	3	67	Finished	6
3	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS25	13	67	Finished	4
4	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	15	67	Finished	3
5	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	12	67	Finished	2	fastest lap
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	10	67	Finished	1
7	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	17	66	Finished	0
8	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	12	19	66	Finished	0
9	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	156/85	2	66	Finished	0
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	10	26	63	Finished	0
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	27	62	Engine	0
12	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	4	61	Brakes	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	18	45	Turbo	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	7	40	Engine	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	—	25	32	Gearbox	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	TG185	1	29	Clutch	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	5	27	Driveshaft	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	—	20	25	Ignition	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	6	23	Turbo	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	—	16	19	Spun off	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Brabham	BT54	11	15	Engine	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	3	22	8	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	9	8	Gearbox	0
DNF	François Hesnault	Renault	—	23	8	Clutch	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	3	21	8	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	841	24	7	Alternator	0
DNS	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	JS25	14	—	Collision	0

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

F1DB layout nurburgring-2 · 4.542 km · 12 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
Michele Alboreto	8	1	67
Alain Prost	3	2	67
Jacques Laffite	13	3	67
Thierry Boutsen	15	4	67
Niki Lauda	12	5	67
Nigel Mansell	10	6	67
Gerhard Berger	17	7	66
Stefan Bellof	19	8	66
Stefan Johansson	2	9	66
Martin Brundle	26	10	63
Pierluigi Martini	27	11	62
Keke Rosberg	4	12	61
Eddie Cheever	18	DNF	45
Elio de Angelis	7	DNF	40
Huub Rothengatter	25	DNF	32
Teo Fabi	1	DNF	29
Ayrton Senna	5	DNF	27
Derek Warwick	20	DNF	25
Nelson Piquet	6	DNF	23
Patrick Tambay	16	DNF	19
Marc Surer	11	DNF	15
Manfred Winkelhock	22	DNF	8
Riccardo Patrese	9	DNF	8
François Hesnault	23	DNF	8
Philippe Alliot	21	DNF	8
Jonathan Palmer	24	DNF	7

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:17.429	—	—
2	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:18.616	+1.187	+1.187
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:18.725	+1.296	+0.109
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:18.781	+1.352	+0.056
5	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:18.792	+1.363	+0.011
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:18.802	+1.373	+0.010
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:19.120	+1.691	+0.318
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:19.194	+1.765	+0.074
9	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:19.338	+1.909	+0.144
10	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:19.475	+2.046	+0.137
11	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:19.558	+2.129	+0.083
12	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:19.652	+2.223	+0.094
13	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:19.656	+2.227	+0.004
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	25	1:19.738	+2.309	+0.082
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:19.781	+2.352	+0.043
16	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:19.917	+2.488	+0.136
17	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:20.666	+3.237	+0.749
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:21.074	+3.645	+0.408
19	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	3	1:21.219	+3.790	+0.145
20	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:21.237	+3.808	+0.018
21	Philippe Alliot	RAM	10	1:22.017	+4.588	+0.780
22	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	9	1:22.607	+5.178	+0.590
23	François Hesnault	Renault	14	1:23.161	+5.732	+0.554
24	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	30	1:24.217	+6.788	+1.056
25	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:26.478	+9.049	+2.261
26	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	4	1:27.621	+10.192	+1.143
27	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:40.506	+23.077	+12.885

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	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:23.116	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:23.122	+0.006	+0.006	—
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:23.398	+0.282	+0.276	—
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:23.701	+0.585	+0.303	—
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:23.935	+0.819	+0.234	—
6	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:24.186	+1.070	+0.251	—
7	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:24.189	+1.073	+0.003	—
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	25	1:24.253	+1.137	+0.064	—
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:24.271	+1.155	+0.018	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:24.571	+1.455	+0.300	—
11	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:24.605	+1.489	+0.034	—
12	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:24.627	+1.511	+0.022	—
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:24.775	+1.659	+0.148	—
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:24.789	+1.673	+0.014	—
15	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:25.064	+1.948	+0.275	—
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:25.543	+2.427	+0.479	—
17	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	9	1:25.769	+2.653	+0.226	—
18	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	3	1:25.926	+2.810	+0.157	—
19	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:25.990	+2.874	+0.064	—
20	Philippe Alliot	RAM	10	1:26.797	+3.681	+0.807	—
21	François Hesnault	Renault	14	1:27.925	+4.809	+1.128	—
22	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:27.938	+4.822	+0.013	—
23	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:27.983	+4.867	+0.045	—
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:28.507	+5.391	+0.524	—
25	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	4	1:28.942	+5.826	+0.435	—
26	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	30	1:29.375	+6.259	+0.433	—
27	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:32.391	+9.275	+3.016	—

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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The cars in this race

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Lotus 97T
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Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 1985
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 4 Aug 1985
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.