1985 French Grand Prix

Date: 7 Jul 1985
Circuit: Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
Round: 7 of 16
Winner: Nelson Piquet (Brabham)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	7	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	5	53	1:31:46.266		9
2	6	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1	53	+6.660	1:39.914	6
3	2	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	4	53	+9.285		4
4	28	JOHStefan Johansson	Ferrari	16	53	+53.491		3
5	11	DEAElio de Angelis	Team Lotus	7	53	+53.690		2
6	15	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	10	53	+1:15.167		1
7	16	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	11	53	+1:44.212		0
8	8	SURMarc Surer	Brabham	14	52	+1 Lap		0
9	18	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	12	52	+1 Lap		0
10	23	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	18	52	+1 Lap		0
11	22	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	17	52	+1 Lap		0
12	9	WINManfred Winkelhock	RAM	20	50	+3 Laps		0
13	4	BELStefan Bellof	Tyrrell	26	50	+3 Laps		0
14	19	FABTeo Fabi	Toleman	19	49	Fuel system		0
15	24	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	49	+4 Laps		0
R	3	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	21	32	Gearbox		0
R	1	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	6	30	Gearbox		0
R	12	SENAyrton Senna	Team Lotus	2	26	Accident		0
R	17	BERGerhard Berger	Arrows	9	20	Accident		0
R	29	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	25	19	Accident		0
R	10	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	23	8	Fuel system		0
R	30	PALJonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	22	6	Engine		0
R	27	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	3	5	Turbo		0
R	25	DECAndrea de Cesaris	Ligier	13	4	Steering		0
R	26	LAFJacques Laffite	Ligier	15	2	Turbo		0
W	5	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	8	0	Injury		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 229 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1	31
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	26
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	1	26
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	18
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	0	16
6	Patrick Tambay	Renault	0	11
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	10
8	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	1	9
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	0	6
10	Nigel Mansell	Williams	0	5

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Ferrari	1	50
2	Team Lotus	2	35
3	McLaren	2	29
4	Williams	1	23
5	Renault	0	13
6	Brabham	1	10
7	Arrows	0	6
8	Ligier	0	5
9	Tyrrell	0	4
10	Alfa Romeo	0	0

Full 1985 standings