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1985 French Grand Prix: Full Race Analysis and Statistics - F1 BoxBox

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1985 French Grand Prix

The French Grand Prix 1985 was the 7th round of the 1985 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France, on July 7th.

Nelson Piquet won the race after starting in the 5th position, followed by Keke Rosberg, who originally had the pole position, and Alain Prost completing the podium.

Final results

1
4
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
1:31:46.266
Finished
2
1
Keke Rosberg
Williams
+6.660
Finished
3
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
+9.285
Finished
4
12
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
+53.491
Finished
5
2
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
+53.690
Finished
6
4
Patrick Tambay
Renault
+1:15.167
Finished
7
4
Derek Warwick
Renault
+1:44.212
Finished
8
6
Marc Surer
Brabham
+1 Lap
9
3
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
+1 Lap
10
8
Eddie Cheever
Alfa Romeo
+1 Lap
11
6
Riccardo Patrese
Alfa Romeo
+1 Lap
12
8
Manfred Winkelhock
RAM
+3 Laps
13
13
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
+3 Laps
14
5
Teo Fabi
Toleman
Fuel system
15
9
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
+4 Laps
16
5
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
Gearbox
17
11
Niki Lauda
McLaren
Gearbox
18
16
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
Accident
19
10
Gerhard Berger
Arrows
Accident
20
5
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
Accident
21
2
Philippe Alliot
RAM
Fuel system
22
-
Jonathan Palmer
Zakspeed
Engine
23
20
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
Turbo
24
11
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
Steering
25
10
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
Turbo
26
18
Nigel Mansell
Williams
Injury
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 13 drivers out of the original 26 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Teo Fabi, and Philippe Alliot, both had a fuel system failure, Martin Brundle, and Niki Lauda, both experienced issues with the gearbox, Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger, and Pierluigi Martini, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Jonathan Palmer, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 6, Michele Alboreto, and Jacques Laffite, both had a turbo failure, Andrea de Cesaris, who had issues with the steering of the car on lap 4, and Nigel Mansell, who was injured on lap 0.

Fuel system

  • Teo Fabi
    Lap 49
  • Philippe Alliot
    Lap 8

Gearbox

  • Martin Brundle
    Lap 32
  • Niki Lauda
    Lap 30

Accident

  • Ayrton Senna
    Lap 26
  • Gerhard Berger
    Lap 20
  • Pierluigi Martini
    Lap 19

Engine

  • Jonathan Palmer
    Lap 6

Turbo

  • Michele Alboreto
    Lap 5
  • Jacques Laffite
    Lap 2

Steering

  • Andrea de Cesaris
    Lap 4

Injury

  • Nigel Mansell
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.