1985 German Grand Prix

August 2022 March 2019 F1 West Germany German 4 August 1985 Circuit Nürburgring-1984-GP.svg 9 16 XLVII Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany Permanent racing facility 2.822 4.542 67 189.091 304.314 Dry Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:17.429 Italy Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:22.806 53 Austria Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault France GER thumb|right|250px|Michele Alboreto won the race for Ferrari. thumb|right|250px|Alain Prost finished second, eleven seconds behind Alboreto. The 1985 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 4 August 1985. It was the ninth race of the 1985 Formula One season. This was the first German Grand Prix that was held on the new GP-Strecke section of the track that replaced the old Südschleife section that had not been used since 1970. It was also the first time in nine years the German GP was held at Nürburgring; previously the German Grand Prix had been held on the Nordschleife configuration until 1976, after which the Grand Prix was moved to the Hockenheimring, following Niki Lauda's near-fatal accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix. The GP-Strecke would not host another Grand Prix until the 1995 European Grand Prix, and would not host the German Grand Prix again until the 2009 edition. Michele Alboreto won the race, his fifth and last Formula One victory. This event was the first occasion on which an onboard camera was used in a race; on François Hesnault's Renault car. That car was not eligible for championship points, and this race marked the last time that an F1 team entered more than two cars for a race. As it was the German Grand Prix (and that the team still only had 1 new car built) Tyrrell team boss Ken Tyrrell gave his German driver Stefan Bellof use of the Renault powered Tyrrell 014 for the weekend instead of the car's usual driver Martin Brundle, who was given Bellof's Cosworth powered 012 to drive. To get around a FISA rule stating that a team and driver could not run more than 2 engines in the one chassis during a season (with the 012 running the Cosworth and 014 the Renault), Tyrrell simply switched the drivers from one car to the other but not their car numbers, meaning Bellof drove in car #3 and Brundle in car #4. Bellof qualified the turbo powered car 19th while Brundle was 26th and last with the Cosworth V8, some 10.2 seconds of Fabi's pole time and 6.4 seconds slower than his teammate in his usual car, something Brundle was reported to be not happy with.August 2022 This was to be the last Grand Prix for Manfred Winkelhock: the German fatally crashed his Porsche 962C sportscar at the 1000 km of Mosport in Canada the following week.14 August 1985 Controversy Erupts Over Death of Race Driver https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-14-sp-2840-story.html 4 August 2022 Los Angeles Times en-USManfred Winklehock https://www.statsf1.com/en/manfred-winkelhock.aspx 4 August 2022 statsf1.com His son Markus would make his F1 debut 22 years later, on the same track. As of 2026, Alboreto's win remains the last for an Italian driver driving for Ferrari in Formula One. Classification Qualifying Pole position went to Teo Fabi, the first of his career and the only pole for the Toleman team.Germany 1985 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1985/allemagne.aspx 4 August 2022 statsf1.com He set his pole time during the Friday qualifying session; rain on Saturday meant that none of the drivers could improve their times.August 2022 Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:17.429 — 2 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:18.616 1:46.919 +1.187 3 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:18.725 1:43.088 +1.296 4 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:18.781 1:39.547 +1.352 5 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:18.792 1:36.471 +1.363 6 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:18.802 1:49.347 +1.373 7 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:19.120 1:29.714 +1.691 8 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:19.194 1:41.490 +1.765 9 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:19.338 +1.909 10 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:19.475 1:42.050 +2.046 11 8 SWI Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 1:19.558 1:38.330 +2.129 12 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:19.562 1:44.330 +2.133 13 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:19.656 +2.227 14 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:19.738 1:39.623 +2.309 15 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:19.781 1:54.674 +2.352 16 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:19.917 1:33.373 +2.488 17 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 1:20.666 1:41.131 +3.237 18 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:21.074 1:32.376 +3.645 19 3 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Renault 1:21.219 14:04.270 +3.790 20 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:21.237 1:46.773 +3.808 21 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:22.017 +4.588 22 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 1:22.607 1:51.109 +5.178 23 14 FRA François Hesnault Renault 1:23.161 +5.732 24 30 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:24.217 1:51.833 +6.788 25 24 NED Huub Rothengatter Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:26.478 +9.049 26 4 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.621 1:47.820 +10.192 27 29 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:40.506 +23.077Sources:Germany 1985 - Qualifications https://www.statsf1.com/en/1985/allemagne/qualification.aspx 4 August 2022 statsf1.comGrosser Preis Von Deutschland 1985 - Qualifying 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html 4 August 2022 Formula 1Grosser Preis Von Deutschland 1985 - Qualifying 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html 4 August 2022 Formula 1 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 67 1:35:31.337 8 9 2 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 67 + 11.661 3 6 3 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 67 + 51.154 13 4 4 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 67 + 55.279 15 3 5 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 67 + 1:13.972 12 2 6 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 67 + 1:16.820 10 1 7 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 66 + 1 Lap 17   8 3 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Renault 66 + 1 Lap 19   9 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 66 + 1 Lap 2   10 4 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 63 + 4 Laps 26   11 29 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 62 Engine 27   12 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 61 Brakes 4   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 45 Turbo 18   Ret Retired 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 40 Engine 7   Ret Retired 24 NED Huub Rothengatter Osella-Alfa Romeo 32 Gearbox 25   Ret Retired 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 29 Clutch 1   Ret Retired 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 27 CV jointPritchard Anthony Lotus: The Competition Cars Haynes Publishing 1-84425-006-7 245 March 2006 5   Ret Retired 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 25 Ignition 20   Ret Retired 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 23 Turbo 6   Ret Retired 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 19 Spun Off 16   Ret Retired 8 SWI Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 15 Engine 11   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 8 Engine 22   Ret Retired 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 8 Gearbox 9   Ret Retired 14 FRA François Hesnault Renault 8 Clutch 23   Ret Retired 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 8 Oil pressure 21   Ret Retired 30 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 7 Alternator 24   Ret Retired 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 0 Collision 14  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/303/ 1985 German Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140217235919/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/303/ 17 February 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ITA Michele Alboreto 46 2 FRA Alain Prost 41 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 26 4 FIN Keke Rosberg 18 5 SWE Stefan Johansson 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1985/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1985 - Championship statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 65 2 UK McLaren-TAG 46 3 UK Lotus-Renault 35 4 UK Williams-Honda 24 5 FRA Renault 15Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em German Grand Prix 1985 1985 British Grand Prix 1985 Austrian Grand Prix 1984 German Grand PrixPrevious race at the Nürburgring: 1984 European Grand Prix 1986 German Grand PrixNext race at the Nürburgring: 1995 European Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:Sport in Rhineland-Palatinate German Grand Prix