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1985 South African GP
1962 Australian GP
1985 Australian GP
1986 Brazilian GP
1986 Australian GP
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Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
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Qualifying
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Race
Starting Grid
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Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 3 November 1985
Start time
14:00
Event
Australian GP
Circuit
Adelaide
Event Format
Race of 82 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#16 of
16
in 1985
#420 (of all time)
Attendance
100000
Circuit
Laps
82
Circuit Perimeter
3778 m
Race Distance
3778 × 82 = 309.796 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
25
Qualifiers
25
Finishers
8
Debutants
Adelaide
(
Circuit
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 10th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
43
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
457
),
2.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
484
),
3.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
352
),
4.
Most 5th Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
53
),
5.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
1044
),
6.
Most 5th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
94
)
World Championship standings
1
Alain Prost
73
2
Michele Alboreto
53
3
Keke Rosberg
40
4
Ayrton Senna
38
5
Elio de Angelis
33
6
Nigel Mansell
31
7
Stefan Johansson
26
8
Nélson Piquet
21
9
Jacques Laffite
16
10
Niki Lauda
14
11
Thierry Boutsen
11
12
Patrick Tambay
11
13
Marc Surer
5
14
Derek Warwick
5
15
Philippe Streiff
4
16
Stefan Bellof
4
17
Andrea de Cesaris
3
René Arnoux
3
Ivan Capelli
3
20
Gerhard Berger
3
1
McLaren
/
TAG
90
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
82
3
Williams
/
Honda
71
4
Lotus
/
Renault
71
5
Brabham
/
BMW
26
6
Ligier
/
Renault
23
7
Renault
/
Renault
16
8
Arrows
/
BMW
14
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
4
10
Tyrrell
/
Renault
3
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 6
Car 12
Car 6
Entrant
Canon Williams Honda Team
John Player Special Team Lotus
Canon Williams Honda Team
Driver
Keke Rosberg
Ayrton Senna
Keke Rosberg
Car
Williams
FW10
Lotus
97T
Williams
FW10
Engine
Honda
1.5 V6T
Renault
1.5 V6T
Honda
1.5 V6T
Time
2:00'40.473
1'19.843
1'23.758
Speed
154.032 km/h
170.344 km/h
162.382 km/h
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