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1985 Detroit GP
1984 French GP
1985 French GP
1985 British GP
1986 French GP
LXXI
Grand Prix de France
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 7 July 1985
Start time
14:00
Event
French GP
Circuit
Paul Ricard
Event Format
Race of 53 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#7 of
16
in 1985
#411 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
53
Circuit Perimeter
5810 m
Race Distance
5810 × 53 = 307.930 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
26
Qualifiers
26
Finishers
15
Debutants
Renault RE60B
(
Car Model
),
Tyrrell 014
(
Car Model
)
Milestones
Canon Williams Honda Team
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Canon Williams Honda Team
– 1st Pole Position (
Entrant
)
Honda
– 100th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Motor Racing Developments Ltd
– 1st Win (
Entrant
)
Keke Rosberg
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Driver
)
Patrick Tambay
– 100th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Records Broken
1.
Most Consecutive 5th Place Finishes
–
Elio de Angelis
(
3
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
476
),
2.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
450
),
3.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
344
),
4.
Most Retirements
–
Jacques Laffite
(
76
),
5.
Most 4th Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
78
),
6.
Most 5th Place Finishes
–
Elio de Angelis
(
14
),
7.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
1026
),
8.
Most 3rd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
98
)
World Championship standings
1
Michele Alboreto
31
2
Alain Prost
26
3
Elio de Angelis
26
4
Keke Rosberg
18
5
Stefan Johansson
16
6
Patrick Tambay
11
7
Nélson Piquet
10
8
Ayrton Senna
9
9
Thierry Boutsen
6
10
Nigel Mansell
5
11
Stefan Bellof
4
12
René Arnoux
3
Andrea de Cesaris
3
Niki Lauda
3
15
Derek Warwick
2
16
Jacques Laffite
2
1
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
50
2
Lotus
/
Renault
35
3
McLaren
/
TAG
29
4
Williams
/
Honda
23
5
Renault
/
Renault
13
6
Brabham
/
BMW
10
7
Arrows
/
BMW
6
8
Ligier
/
Renault
5
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
4
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 7
Car 6
Car 6
Entrant
Motor Racing Developments Ltd
Canon Williams Honda Team
Canon Williams Honda Team
Driver
Nélson Piquet
Keke Rosberg
Keke Rosberg
Car
Brabham
BT54
Williams
FW10
Williams
FW10
Engine
BMW
1.5 L4T
Honda
1.5 V6T
Honda
1.5 V6T
Time
1:31'46.266
1'32.462
1'39.914
Speed
201.325 km/h
226.212 km/h
209.340 km/h
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