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French Grand Prix 1985

Round 7 of 16  · 7 July 1985  · Paul Ricard  · 53 laps

Fastest Lap Keke Rosberg 1:39.914 (lap 46)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PIQ Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 1:31:46.266 9
2 ROS Keke Rosberg FL Williams 1 +6.660 6
3 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 4 +9.285 4
4 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 15 +53.491 3
5 DEA Elio de Angelis Lotus 7 +53.690 2
6 TAM Patrick Tambay Renault 9 +1:15.167 1
7 WAR Derek Warwick Renault 10 +1:44.212
8 SUR Marc Surer Brabham 13 +1 lap
9 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 11 +1 lap
10 CHE Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 17 +1 lap
11 PAT Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 16 +1 lap
12 WIN Manfred Winkelhock RAM 19 +3 laps
13 BEL Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 25 +3 laps
14 FAB Teo Fabi Toleman 18 Fuel system
15 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 23 +4 laps
DNF BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 20 Gearbox
DNF LAU Niki Lauda McLaren 6 Gearbox
DNF SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 2 Engine
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Arrows 8 Accident
DNF MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 24 Accident
DNF ALL Philippe Alliot RAM 22 Fuel system
DNF PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 21 Engine
DNF ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 Turbo
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 12 Steering
DNF LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 Turbo
DNS MAN Nigel Mansell Williams Injury

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 ROS Keke Rosberg Williams 1:32.462
2 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1:32.835
3 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:33.267
4 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:33.335
5 PIQ Nelson Piquet Brabham 1:33.812
6 LAU Niki Lauda McLaren 1:33.860
7 DEA Elio de Angelis Lotus 1:34.022
8 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:34.191
9 BER Gerhard Berger Arrows 1:34.674
10 TAM Patrick Tambay Renault 1:34.680
11 WAR Derek Warwick Renault 1:34.976
12 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 1:35.488
13 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 1:35.571
14 SUR Marc Surer Brabham 1:35.572
15 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:36.133
16 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:36.140
17 PAT Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:36.729
18 CHE Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:36.931
19 FAB Teo Fabi Toleman 1:37.142
20 WIN Manfred Winkelhock RAM 1:37.654
21 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 1:40.015
22 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:40.289
23 ALL Philippe Alliot RAM 1:41.647
24 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1:42.136
25 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:44.350
26 BEL Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 1:44.404