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1985 French GP
1984 British GP
1985 British GP
1985 German GP
1986 British GP
XXXVIII
Marlboro British Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 21 July 1985
Start time
14:00
Event
British GP
Circuit
Silverstone
Event Format
Race of 66 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#8 of
16
in 1985
#412 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
65
Circuit Perimeter
4719 m
Race Distance
4719 × 66 = 311.454 km (scheduled)
4719 × 65 = 306.735 km (raced)
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Overcast, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
26
Qualifiers
26
Finishers
11
Debutants
None
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
451
),
2.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
345
),
3.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
477
),
4.
Most Podium Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
311
),
5.
Most 2nd Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
124
),
6.
Most 10th Place Finishes
–
Lotus
(
32
),
7.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
1028
),
8.
Most 6th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
76
)
World Championship standings
1
Michele Alboreto
37
2
Alain Prost
35
3
Elio de Angelis
26
4
Keke Rosberg
18
5
Stefan Johansson
16
6
Nélson Piquet
13
7
Patrick Tambay
11
8
Ayrton Senna
9
9
Thierry Boutsen
6
10
Jacques Laffite
6
11
Nigel Mansell
5
12
Stefan Bellof
4
13
Derek Warwick
4
14
Andrea de Cesaris
3
Niki Lauda
3
René Arnoux
3
17
Marc Surer
1
1
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
56
2
McLaren
/
TAG
38
3
Lotus
/
Renault
35
4
Williams
/
Honda
23
5
Renault
/
Renault
15
6
Brabham
/
BMW
14
7
Ligier
/
Renault
9
8
Arrows
/
BMW
6
9
Tyrrell
/
Ford
4
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 2
Car 6
Car 2
Entrant
Marlboro McLaren International
Canon Williams Honda Team
Marlboro McLaren International
Driver
Alain Prost
Keke Rosberg
Alain Prost
Car
McLaren
MP4/2B
Williams
FW10
McLaren
MP4/2B
Engine
TAG
1.5 V6T
Honda
1.5 V6T
TAG
1.5 V6T
Time
1:18'10.436
1'05.591
1'09.886
Speed
235.425 km/h
259.005 km/h
243.087 km/h
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