| Race details | ||
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| Race 9 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | August 4, 1985 | |
| Official name | XLII Großer Preis von Deutschland | |
| Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.54 km (2.82 mi) | |
| Distance | 67 laps, 304.18 km (188.94 mi) | |
| Weather | Dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Teo Fabi
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Toleman-Hart |
| Time | 1:17.429 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Niki Lauda
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McLaren-TAG |
| Time | 1:22.806 on lap 53 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Michele Alboreto
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Ferrari |
| Second |  Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG |
| Third | Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Renault |
Michele Alboreto won the race for Ferrari.
Alain Prost finished second, only eleven seconds behind.
The 1985 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on August 4, 1985. It was the ninth round of the 1985 Formula One season.
This was the first German Grand Prix that was held on the new GP-Strecke section of the track that replaced the old Südschleife section that had not been used since 1970. It was also the first time in nine years the German GP was held at Nürburgring; previously the German GP was held on the dangerous and very long Nordschleife section of the track up until 1976, and at that race Niki Lauda had a near-fatal accident in his Ferrari that forced the Formula One circus to move to the safer, shorter and faster Hockenheimring.
Michele Alboreto won the race, his fifth and last F1 victory. This event was the first occasion on which an onboard camera was used in a race; one was attached to François Hesnault's Renault. That car was not eligible for championship points, and this race marked the last time, as of the 2012 season, that an F1 team entered three cars for a race.
As it was the German Grand Prix (and that the team still only had 1 new car built) Tyrrell team boss Ken Tyrrell gave his German driver Stefan Bellof use of the Renault powered Tyrrell 014 for the weekend instead of the car's usual driver Martin Brundle who was given Bellof's Cosworth powered 012 to drive. To get around a FISA rule that a team and driver can not run more than 2 engines in the one chassis during a season (with the 012 running the Cosworth and 014 the Renault), Tyrrell simply switched the drivers from one car to the other but not their car numbers meaning Bellof drove in car #3 and Brundle in car #4. Bellof qualified the turbo powered car 19th while Brundle was 26th and last with the Cosworth V8, some 10.2 seconds of Fabi's pole time and 6.4 seconds slower than his team mate in his usual car, something Brundle was reported to be not happy with.
Sadly it would be Manfred Winkelhock's last ever Formula One Grand Prix. The German was killed after he crashed his Porsche 962C sportscar at the 1000 km of Mosport in Canada just a week after the German Grand prix.
Classification[]
Qualifying[]
A surprise pole position went to Teo Fabi, the first of his career, and the only pole for Toleman Motorsport. This was a time he set during Friday's qualifying session; during Saturday it rained and none of the drivers could improve on their times.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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| 1 | 19 | Teo Fabi
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Toleman-Hart | 1:17.429 | — | |
| 2 | 28 |  Stefan Johansson
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Ferrari | 1:18.616 | 1:46.919 | +1.187 |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG | 1:18.725 | 1:43.088 | +1.296 |
| 4 | 6 |  Keke Rosberg
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Williams-Honda | 1:18.781 | 1:39.547 | +1.352 |
| 5 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna
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Lotus-Renault | 1:18.792 | 1:36.471 | +1.363 |
| 6 | 7 | Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-BMW | 1:18.802 | 1:49.347 | +1.373 |
| 7 | 11 | Elio de Angelis
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Lotus-Renault | 1:19.120 | 1:29.714 | +1.691 |
| 8 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
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Ferrari | 1:19.194 | 1:41.490 | +1.765 |
| 9 | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
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Alfa Romeo | 1:19.338 | +1.909 | |
| 10 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell
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Williams-Honda | 1:19.475 | 1:42.050 | +2.046 |
| 11 | 8 |  Marc Surer
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Brabham-BMW | 1:19.558 | 1:38.330 | +2.129 |
| 12 | 1 | Niki Lauda
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McLaren-TAG | 1:19.562 | 1:44.330 | +2.133 |
| 13 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Renault | 1:19.656 | +2.227 | |
| 14 | 25 | Andrea de Cesaris
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Ligier-Renault | 1:19.738 | 1:39.623 | +2.309 |
| 15 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen
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Arrows-BMW | 1:19.781 | 1:54.674 | +2.352 |
| 16 | 15 | Patrick Tambay
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Renault | 1:19.917 | 1:33.373 | +2.488 |
| 17 | 17 | Gerhard Berger
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Arrows-BMW | 1:20.666 | 1:41.131 | +3.237 |
| 18 | 23 |  Eddie Cheever
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Alfa Romeo | 1:21.074 | 1:32.376 | +3.645 |
| 19 | 3 |  Stefan Bellof
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Tyrrell-Renault | 1:21.219 | 14:04.270 | +3.790 |
| 20 | 16 | Derek Warwick
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Renault | 1:21.237 | 1:08.604 | +3.808 |
| 21 | 10 | Philippe Alliot
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RAM-Hart | 1:22.017 | +4.588 | |
| 22 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock
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RAM-Hart | 1:22.607 | 1:51.109 | +5.178 |
| 23 | 14 | François Hesnault
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Renault | 1:23.161 | +5.732 | |
| 24 | 30 | Jonathan Palmer
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Zakspeed | 1:24.217 | 1:51.833 | +6.788 |
| 25 | 24 |  Huub Rothengatter
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Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:26.478 | +9.049 | |
| 26 | 4 | Martin Brundle
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Tyrrell-Ford | 1:27.621 | 1:47.820 | +10.192 |
| DNQ | 29 | Pierluigi Martini
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Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:40.506 | +23.077 |
Race[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
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Ferrari | 67 | 1:35:31.337 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG | 67 | + 11.661 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Renault | 67 | + 51.154 | 13 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen
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Arrows-BMW | 67 | + 55.279 | 15 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Niki Lauda
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McLaren-TAG | 67 | + 1:13.972 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Nigel Mansell
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Williams-Honda | 67 | + 1:16.820 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 | Gerhard Berger
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Arrows-BMW | 66 | + 1 Lap | 17 | |
| 8 | 3 | Stefan Bellof
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Tyrrell-Renault | 66 | + 1 lap | 19 | |
| 9 | 28 | Stefan Johansson
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Ferrari | 66 | + 1 Lap | 2 | |
| 10 | 4 | Martin Brundle
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Tyrrell-Ford | 63 | + 4 Laps | 26 | |
| 11 | 29 | Pierluigi Martini
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Minardi-Motori Moderni | 62 | Engine | 27 | |
| 12 | 6 | Keke Rosberg
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Williams-Honda | 61 | Brakes | 4 | |
| Ret | 23 | Eddie Cheever
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Alfa Romeo | 45 | Turbo | 18 | |
| Ret | 11 | Elio de Angelis
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Lotus-Renault | 40 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 24 | Huub Rothengatter
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Osella-Alfa Romeo | 32 | Gearbox | 25 | |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi
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Toleman-Hart | 29 | Clutch | 1 | |
| Ret | 12 | Ayrton Senna
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Lotus-Renault | 27 | CV joint[1] | 5 | |
| Ret | 16 | Derek Warwick
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Renault | 25 | Ignition | 20 | |
| Ret | 7 | Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-BMW | 23 | Turbo | 6 | |
| Ret | 15 | Patrick Tambay
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Renault | 19 | Spun Off | 16 | |
| Ret | 8 | Marc Surer
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Brabham-BMW | 15 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock
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RAM-Hart | 8 | Engine | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
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Alfa Romeo | 8 | Gearbox | 9 | |
| Ret | 14 | François Hesnault
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Renault | 8 | Clutch | 23 | |
| Ret | 10 | Philippe Alliot
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RAM-Hart | 8 | Oil Pressure | 21 | |
| Ret | 30 | Jonathan Palmer
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Zakspeed | 7 | Alternator | 24 | |
| Ret | 25 | Andrea de Cesaris
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Ligier-Renault | 0 | Collision | 14 |
Standings after the race[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/303/. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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