1985 British Grand Prix

Eighth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship April 2017 April 2017 F1 Great Britain British XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix 21 July 1985 Silverstone Circuit 1975 to 1986.png 8 16 Silverstone CircuitNorthamptonshire, Great Britain Permanent racing facility 2.932 4.719 66 193.529 311.454 65 190.569 306.735 Cool, overcast Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:05.591Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1985–86 Hazleton Publishing 1985 0-905138-38-4 244 Finland Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:09.886Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1985–86 Hazleton Publishing 1985 0-905138-38-4 245 43 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault France GBR The 1985 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 21 July 1985. It was the eighth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship. The 65-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from third position. Michele Alboreto finished second in a Ferrari, with Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Renault. The win, Prost's third of the season, moved him to within two points of Alboreto at the top of the Drivers' Championship. Report Silverstone, a circuit located on a former World War II airfield located between London and Birmingham in England was known for being the fastest circuit used by Formula One; it was even faster than Monza and the Österreichring. The circuit's layout back then was quite different and simpler compared to the current layout used from 2010 onwards. Silverstone alternated the British Grand Prix with Brands Hatch and each circuit would host it every 2nd year. Qualifying saw Keke Rosberg underline Silverstone's incredibly high speed laps by taking pole in his Williams with a lap of 1:05.591. At an average speed of 160.9 mph (259 km/h), it stood as the fastest qualifying lap in F1 history for 17 years. Alongside Rosberg on the front row was Nelson Piquet in the Brabham, while Alain Prost in the McLaren and Ayrton Senna in the Lotus were on the second row. Nigel Mansell in the second Williams and championship leader Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari filled the third row, while on the fourth were Andrea de Cesaris in the Ligier and Elio de Angelis in the second Lotus. Teo Fabi in the Toleman and Niki Lauda in the second McLaren completed the top ten. At the start of the race, Senna made a superb start and passed Prost, the slow-starting Piquet and Rosberg to take the lead, while Mansell moved up to third and de Cesaris to fifth. Behind them, four cars were eliminated at the first corner, Copse, as Patrick Tambay in the Renault lost control and was hit by the second Ferrari of Stefan Johansson, which also caused the Osella of Piercarlo Ghinzani and the RAM of Philippe Alliot to crash into each other. Back at the front, de Cesaris passed Prost and then Mansell to be third, before Prost repassed the Ligier on lap 9. Prost later admitted he was apprehensive about being behind the Ligier thanks to the unpredictable de Cesaris' reputation for crashing. Mansell dropped out on lap 18 with a clutch failure, before team-mate Rosberg suffered a broken exhaust four laps later. Senna continued to lead, with Prost now second and Lauda up to third ahead of de Cesaris, Piquet and Alboreto. Prost and Lauda's McLaren-TAG/Porsche MP4/2B's performance through high-speed corners was far superior to that of any other car competing that year – something that was a feature of all of the original Silverstone's 8 corners (10 if the 3-turn sequence of the Woodcote chicane is counted). Alboreto passed Piquet for fifth, before moving up to fourth on lap 42 when de Cesaris's clutch failed. By then, Senna and Prost were running nose-to-tail. The Frenchman finally passed the Brazilian on lap 58, Lauda's electrics failing on the same lap. Then Senna's fuel injection failed, promoting Alboreto to second, while Jacques Laffite in the second Ligier moved up to third ahead of Piquet. The chequered flag was erroneously shown at the end of lap 65, one lap early, with Prost having lapped the entire field. Halfway around what was meant to have been the final lap, Laffite ran out of fuel, which annoyed Piquet – he would have thus taken the final podium place had the error not been made. The final points were taken by Derek Warwick in the second Renault and Marc Surer in the second Brabham. In the Drivers' Championship, Prost moved to within two points of Alboreto, while in the Constructors' Championship McLaren moved up to second, 18 points behind Ferrari. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:06.107 1:05.591 2 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:08.933 1:06.249 +0.658 3 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:06.308 1:08.532 +0.717 4 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:06.324 1:06.794 +0.733 5 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:09.080 1:06.675 +1.084 6 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:06.793 1:07.427 +1.202 7 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:11.082 1:07.448 +1.857 8 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:07.581 1:07.696 +1.990 9 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:07.678 1:07.871 +2.087 10 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:07.743 1:09.001 +2.152 11 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:08.169 1:07.887 +2.296 12 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:08.238 1:08.604 +2.647 13 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:09.898 1:08.240 +2.649 14 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:08.384 1:10.110 +2.793 15 8 SWI Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 1:09.572 1:08.587 +2.996 16 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:10.756 1:08.656 +3.065 17 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 1:09.870 1:08.672 +3.081 18 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 1:10.299 1:09.114 +3.523 19 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:09.413 1:09.131 +3.540 20 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:10.718 1:09.242 +3.651 21 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:11.162 1:09.609 +4.018 22 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:11.072 1:10.345 +4.754 23 29 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:13.645 1:15.363 +8.054 24 30 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:17.856 1:13.713 +8.122 25 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:16.400 no time +10.809 26 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:17.009 1:16.596 +11.005 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 65 1:18:10.436 3 9 2 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 64 + 1 Lap 6 6 3 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 64 + 1 Lap 16 4 4 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 64 + 1 Lap 2 3 5 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 64 + 1 Lap 12 2 6 8 SWI Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 63 + 2 Laps 15 1 7 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 63 + 2 Laps 20   8 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 63 + 2 Laps 17   9 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 62 + 3 Laps 14   10 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 60 Fuel injection, electronicsPritchard Anthony Lotus: The Competition Cars Haynes Publishing 1-84425-006-7 245 March 2006 4   11 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 59 + 6 Laps 26   Ret Retired 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 57 Electrical 10   Ret Retired 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 57 Spun Off 19   Ret Retired 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 41 Clutch 7   Ret Retired 29 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 38 Transmission 23   NC Not classified 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 37 + 28 Laps 8   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 28 Turbo 18   Ret Retired 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 21 Exhaust 1   Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 17 Clutch 5   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 17 Turbo 22   Ret Retired 30 GBR Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 6 Engine 24   Ret Retired 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 4 Transmission 9   Ret Retired 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1 Accident 11   Ret Retired 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 0 Collision 13   Ret Retired 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 0 Accident 21   Ret Retired 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 0 Accident 25  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/302/ 1985 British Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218001217/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/302/ 18 February 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ITA Michele Alboreto 37 2 FRA Alain Prost 35 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 26 4 FIN Keke Rosberg 18 5 SWE Stefan Johansson 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1985/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1985 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 56 2 GBR McLaren-TAG 38 3 GBR Lotus-Renault 35 4 GBR Williams-Honda 23 5 FRA Renault 15Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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