British Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 21st July 1985 12:00am Local
Sun 21st July 1985 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1985

Round
Round 8

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Location

Silverstone Circuit

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The 1985 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 21 July 1985. It was the eighth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship.
The 65-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from third position. Michele Alboreto finished second in a Ferrari, with Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Renault. The win, Prost's third of the season, moved him to within two points of Alboreto at the top of the Drivers' Championship.
The chequered flag was erroneously shown at the end of lap 65, one lap early, with Prost having lapped the entire field. Halfway around what was meant to have been the final lap, Laffite ran out of fuel, which annoyed Piquet – he would have thus taken the final podium place had the error not been made. The final points were taken by Derek Warwick in the second Renault and Marc Surer in the second Brabham.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:18:10.436
02	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
03	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1 Lap
04	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1 Lap
05	Derek Warwick	Renault F1 Team	+1 Lap
06	Marc Surer	Brabham	+2 Laps
07	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
08	Gerhard Berger	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
09	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+3 Laps
10	Ayrton Senna	Lotus F1	DNF
11	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Racing	+6 Laps
12	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
14	Andrea De Cesaris	Ligier	DNF
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNF
16	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
17	Manfred Winkelhock	Ram Racing	DNF
18	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	DNF
19	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	DNF
20	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	DNF
22	Teo Fabi	Toleman	DNF
23	Stefan Johansson	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
24	Patrick Tambay	Renault F1 Team	DNF
25	Philippe Alliot	Ram Racing	DNF
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF