French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 7th July 1985 (UTC)
Sun 7th July 1985 (Local)

Timestamp
1985-07-07T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1985

Round
7

Status

Location
Circuit Paul Ricard

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Description

The 1985 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 7 July 1985. It was the seventh race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship. It was the 63rd French Grand Prix and the ninth to be held at Paul Ricard. The race was held over 53 laps of the 5.81-kilometre (3.61 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 307.93 kilometres (191.34 mi).

The race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW, his only victory of the season. It was the 35th and final Formula One victory for the Brabham team, as well as the first F1 victory for Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli since 1957. Finn Keke Rosberg finished second in a Williams-Honda, having started from pole position, with local driver Alain Prost third in a McLaren-TAG. Prost moved to within five points of Drivers' Championship leader, Italian Michele Alboreto, who retired on lap 6 with a turbo failure in his Ferrari.

This was to be the last French Grand Prix held on the full Paul Ricard circuit until 2018.

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Result List

01	Nelson Piquet	1:31:46.266
02	Keke Rosberg	+0:06.660
03	Alain Prost	+0:09.285
04	Stefan Johansson	+0:53.491
05	Elio de Angelis	+0:53.690
06	Patrick Tambay	+1:15.167
07	Derek Warwick	+1:44.212
08	Marc Surer	+1 Lap
09	Thierry Boutsen	+1 Lap
10	Eddie Cheever	+1 Lap
11	Riccardo Patrese	+1 Lap
12	Manfred Winkelhock	+3 Laps
13	Stefan Bellof	+3 Laps
14	Teo Fabi	DNF
15	Piercarlo Ghinzani	+4 Laps
16	Martin Brundle	DNF
17	Niki Lauda	DNF
18	Ayrton Senna	DNF
19	Gerhard Berger	DNF
20	Pierluigi Martini	DNF
21	Philippe Alliot	DNF
22	Jonathan Palmer	DNF
23	Michele Alboreto	DNF
24	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
25	Jacques Laffite	DNF
26	Nigel Mansell	DNF