1985 Formula 1 season

Summary of the 1985 season of Formula 1 was the 36th edition of the Formula 1 World Championship in history. Alain Prost won his first drivers' championship and McLaren-TAG won the constructors'. There were a total of 16 races throughout the year.

Squads and drivers

The following table shows the drivers confirmed for the 1985 F1 World Championship, ordered according to the constructors' championship standings of the previous season.

Scuderia	Chasis		Motor	Neu.	N.o	Pilots	Rounds
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/2B	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6t (Porsche)	G	1	Niki Lauda	1-13, 15-16
						John Watson	14
					2	Alain Prost	All
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell	012 014	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Renault EF4B 1.5 V6t	G	3	Martin Brundle	1-8, 11-16
						Stefan Bellof	9-10
					4	Stefan Johansson	1
						Stefan Bellof	2-8, 11
						Martin Brundle	9-10
						Ivan Capelli	14, 16
						Philippe Streiff	15
Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams	FW10	Honda RA165E 1.5 V6t	G	5	Nigel Mansell	All
					6	Keke Rosberg	All
Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	BT54	BMW M12 1.5 L4t	P	7	Nelson Piquet	All
					8	François Hesnault	1-4
						Marc Surer	5-16
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM	03	Hart 415T 1.5 L4t	P	9	Manfred Winkelhock	1-9
						Philippe Alliot	10-14
					10		1-9
						Kenny Acheson	10-12
John Player Special Team Lotus	Lotus	97T	Renault EF15 1.5 V6t	G	11	Elio de Angelis	All
					12	Ayrton Senna	All
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RE60 RE60B	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6t Renault EF15 1.5 V6t	G	14	François Hesnault	9
					15	Patrick Tambay	1-14, 16
					16	Derek Warwick	1-14, 16
Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows	A8	BMW M12 1.5 L4t	G	17	Gerhard Berger	All
					18	Thierry Boutsen	All
Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman	TG185	Hart 415T 1.5 L4t	P	19	Teo Fabi	4-16
					20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	10-16
Spirit Enterprises Ltd	Spirit	101D	Hart 415T 1.5 L4t	P	21	Mauro Baldi	1-3
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	184TB 185T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	G	22	Riccardo Patrese	All
					23	Eddie Cheever	All
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	P	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-8
						Huub Rothengatter	9-16
Ligier Ligier Gitanes	Ligier	JS25	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6t	P	25	Andrea de Cesaris	1-11
						Philippe Streiff	12-14, 16
					26	Jacques Laffite	1-14, 16
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	156/85	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6t	G	27	Michele Alboreto	All
					28	René Arnoux	1
						Stefan Johansson	2-16
Minardi Team	Minardi	M185	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Motori Moderni Type 615-90 1.5 V6t	P	29	Pierluigi Martini	All
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	841	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t	G	30	Jonathan Palmer	2-4, 7-11
						Christian Danner	13-14
Team Haas (USA) Ltd.	Lola	THL1	Hart 415T 1.5 L4t	G	33	Alan Jones	12, 14-16

Results

Race	Date	Circuit	Winning pilot	Winner Builder	Results
Brazilian Grand Prix	7 April	Jacarepaguá	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Results
Portugal Grand Prix	21 April	Sterilo.	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Results
San Marino Grand Prix	5 May	Imola	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	Results
Monaco Grand Prix	19 May	Monaco	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Results
Grand Prix of Canada	16 June	Gilles Villeneuve	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Results
Eastern United States Grand Prix	23 June	Detroit	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	Results
Grand Prix of France	7 July	Paul Ricard	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Results
Great Britain Prize	21 July	Silverstone	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Results
Grand Prix of Germany	4 August	Nürburgring	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Results
Austria Grand Prix	18 August	Österreichring	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Results
Grand Prix of the Netherlands	25 August	Zandvoort	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Results
Grand Prix of Italy	8 September	Monza	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Results
Grand Prix of Belgium	15 September	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Results
European Grand Prix	6 October	Brands Hatch	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Results
South Africa Grand Prix	19 October	Kyalami	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Results
Australian Grand Prix	3 November	Adelaide	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	Results

Championship

Scoring system

• They put the first six of each race.
• In the pilot championship, the final account only counted the 11 best results of 16 possible.

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Pilot BRA BY SMR MON CAN USE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS Points 1 Alain Prost 1 Ret DSQ 1 3 Ret 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 Ret 73 (76) 2 Michele Alboreto 2 2 Ret 2 1 3 Ret 2 1 3 4 13† Ret Ret Ret Ret 53 3 Keke Rosberg Ret Ret Ret 8 4 1 2 Ret 12† Ret Ret Ret 4 3 2 1 40 4 Ayrton Senna Ret 1 7† Ret 16 Ret Ret 10† Ret 2 3 3 1 2 Ret Ret 38 5 Elio de Angelis 3 4 1 3 5 5 5 NC Ret 5 5 6 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 33 6 Nigel Mansell Ret 5 5 7 6 Ret DNS Ret 6 Ret 6 11† 2 1 1 Ret 31 7 Stefan Johansson 7 8 6† Ret 2 2 4 Ret 9 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 5 26 8 Nelson Piquet Ret Ret 8† Ret Ret 6 1 4 Ret Ret 8 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 21 9 Jacques Laffite 6 Ret Ret 6 8 12 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 11† Ret 2 16 10 Niki Lauda Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 1 Ret DNS Ret Ret 14 11 Thierry Boutsen 11 Ret 2 9 9 7 9 Ret 4 8 Ret 9 10 6 6 Ret 11 12 Patrick Tambay 5 3 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret 10† Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret 11 13 Marc Surer 15 8 8 6 Ret 6 10† 4 8 13† Ret Ret 5 14 Derek Warwick 10 7 10† 5 Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 15 Philippe Streiff 10 9 8 Ret 3 4 16 Stefan Bellof 6 Ret DNQ 11 4 13 11 8 7† Ret 4 17 Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret 4 14 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 18 Ivan Capelli Ret 4 3 19 René Arnoux 4 3 20 Gerhard Berger Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 7 10 5 6 3 NC Martin Brundle 8 Ret 9† 10 12 Ret Ret 7 10 DNQ 7 8 13 Ret 7 Ret 0 NC Huub Rothengatter Ret 9 NC Ret NC DNQ Ret 7 0 NC John Watson 7 0 NC Pierluigi Martini Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 11† Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 8 0 NC Riccardo Patrese Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 0 NC Eddie Cheever Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 0 NC Piercarlo Ghinzani 12 9 NC DNQ Ret Ret 15 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Philippe Alliot 9 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Jonathan Palmer Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Manfred Winkelhock 13 NC Ret DNQ Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 0 NC Teo Fabi Ret Ret Ret 14† Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC François Hesnault Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 0 NC Alan Jones Ret Ret DNS Ret 0 NC Mauro Baldi Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Christian Danner Ret Ret 0 NC Kenny Acheson Ret DNQ Ret 0 Pos. Pilot BRA BY SMR MON CAN USE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS Points

Color Outcome Gold Winner Silver 2.a Bronze 3.a Green Finished at the points Blue Finished without points NC - Not classified Violeta Ret - It's not over. Red DNQ - It wasn't classified. Black DSQ - Unqualified. White DNS - It didn't start. WD - Withdrawal (weekend) C - Race canceled. No color DNP - Registered but did not participate INJ -Lession. EX - Excluding State Outcome Negrita Pole position Cursiva Quick return † Abandon, but classify complete the percentage required for this

Drivers Championship Statistics

Pos.	Pilot	N.o	Points	Victorias	Podium	Poles
1	Alain Prost	2	73 (76)	5	11	2
2	Michele Alboreto	27	53	2	8	1
3	Keke Rosberg	6	40	2	5	2
4	Ayrton Senna	12	38	2	6	7
5	Elio de Angelis	11	33	1	3	1
6	Nigel Mansell	5	31	2	3	1
7	Stefan Johansson	28	26		2
8	Nelson Piquet	7	21	1	2	1
9	Jacques Laffite	26	16		3
10	Niki Lauda	1	14	1	1
11	Patrick Tambay	15	11		2
12	Thierry Boutsen	18	11		1
13	Derek Warwick	16	5
14	Marc Surer	8	5
15	Philippe Streiff	25	4		1
16	Stefan Bellof	4	4
17	René Arnoux	28	3
18	Gerhard Berger	17	3
19	Andrea de Cesaris	25	3
20	Ivan Capelli	4	3
NC	Philippe Alliot	9
NC	Teo Fabi	19				1
NC	Alan Jones	33
NC	Riccardo Patrese	22
NC	Christian Danner	30
NC	Pierluigi Martini	29
NC	Huub Rothengatter	24
NC	Eddie Cheever	23
NC	Manfred Winkelhock	9
NC	François Hesnault	14
NC	John Watson	1
NC	Jonathan Palmer	30
NC	Kenny Acheson	10
NC	Mauro Baldi	21
NC	Martin Brundle	3
NC	Piercarlo Ghinzani	20

Constructors' Championship

Pos. Builder N.o BRA BY SMR MON CAN USE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS Points 1 McLaren-TAG 1 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 1 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret 90 2 1 Ret DSQ 1 3 Ret 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 Ret 2 Ferrari 27 2 2 Ret 2 1 3 Ret 2 1 3 4 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 82 28 4 8 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 9 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 5 3 Williams-Honda 5 Ret 5 5 7 6 Ret DNS Ret 6 Ret 6 11 2 1 1 Ret 71 6 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 1 2 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 2 1 4 Lotus-Renault 11 3 4 1 3 5 5 5 NC Ret 5 5 6 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 71 12 Ret 1 7 Ret 16 Ret Ret 10 Ret 2 3 3 1 2 Ret Ret 5 Brabham-BMW 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 6 1 4 Ret Ret 8 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 26 8 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 15 8 8 6 Ret 6 10 4 8 13 Ret Ret 6 Ligier-Renault 25 Ret Ret Ret 4 14 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 9 8 3 23 26 6 Ret Ret 6 8 12 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 2 7 Renault 14 Ret 16 15 5 3 3 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret 16 10 7 10 5 Ret Ret 7 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 8 Arrows-BMW 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 11 Ret 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 7 10 5 6 14 18 11 Ret 2 9 9 7 9 Ret 4 8 Ret 9 10 6 6 Ret 9 Tyrrell-Ford 3 8 Ret 9 10 12 Ret 4 4 7 6 Ret DNQ 11 4 13 11 10 DNQ 10 Tyrrell-Renault 3 Ret 7 8 7 7 8 13 Ret 7 Ret 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 NC Osella-Alfa Romeo 24 12 9 NC DNQ Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 9 NC Ret NC DNQ Ret 7 0 NC Minardi-Motori Moderni 29 Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 8 0 NC Alfa Romeo 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 0 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret NC RAM-Hart 9 13 NC Ret DNQ Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 10 9 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret WD NC Zakspeed 30 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Toleman-Hart 19 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 20 DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret NC Minardi-Ford 29 Ret Ret 0 NC Spirit-Hart 21 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Lola-Hart 33 Ret Ret DNS Ret 0 Pos. Builder N.o BRA BY SMR MON CAN USE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS Points

Color Outcome Gold Winner Silver 2.a Bronze 3.a Green Finished at the points Blue Finished without points NC - Not classified Violeta Ret - It's not over. Red DNQ - It wasn't classified. Black DSQ - Unqualified. White DNS - It didn't start. WD - Withdrawal (weekend) C - Race canceled. No color DNP - Registered but did not participate INJ -Lession. EX - Excluding State Outcome Negrita Pole position Cursiva Quick return † Abandon, but classify complete the percentage required for this

Constructors' Championship Statistics

McLaren-TAG, Ferrari and Williams-Honda occupied the first three positions.