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1985 Italian GP
1984 Belgian GP
1985 Belgian GP
1985 European GP
1986 Belgian GP
XLIII
Grand Prix de Belgique
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 15 September 1985
Start time
14:00
Event
Belgian GP
Circuit
Spa-Francorchamps
Event Format
Race of 43 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#13 of
16
in 1985
#417 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
43
Circuit Perimeter
6940 m
Race Distance
6940 × 43 = 298.420 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Overcast, Fresh, Wet
Participants
Entries
25
Qualifiers
25
Finishers
13
Debutants
Christian Danner
(
Driver
)
Milestones
Hart
– 200th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
454
),
2.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
1038
),
3.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
94
),
4.
Most 5th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
93
)
World Championship standings
1
Alain Prost
69
2
Michele Alboreto
53
3
Ayrton Senna
32
4
Elio de Angelis
31
5
Keke Rosberg
21
6
Nélson Piquet
21
7
Stefan Johansson
21
8
Niki Lauda
14
9
Nigel Mansell
13
10
Patrick Tambay
11
11
Jacques Laffite
10
12
Thierry Boutsen
9
13
Marc Surer
5
14
Derek Warwick
5
15
Stefan Bellof
4
16
René Arnoux
3
Andrea de Cesaris
3
1
McLaren
/
TAG
83
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
77
3
Lotus
/
Renault
63
4
Williams
/
Honda
34
5
Brabham
/
BMW
26
6
Renault
/
Renault
16
7
Ligier
/
Renault
13
8
Arrows
/
BMW
9
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
4
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 12
Car 2
Car 2
Entrant
John Player Special Team Lotus
Marlboro McLaren International
Marlboro McLaren International
Driver
Ayrton Senna
Alain Prost
Alain Prost
Car
Lotus
97T
McLaren
MP4/2B
McLaren
MP4/2B
Engine
Renault
1.5 V6T
TAG
1.5 V6T
TAG
1.5 V6T
Time
1:34'19.893
1'55.306
2'01.730
Speed
189.811 km/h
216.676 km/h
205.241 km/h
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