French Grand Prix
Nelson Piquet (Brabham) won the 1985 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Circuit Circuit Paul Ricard
LocationLe Castellet, France
Date7 July 1985
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 53 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1 | 53 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 4 | 53 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 16 | 53 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | 53 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | Renault | 10 | 53 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 11 | 53 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Marc Surer | Brabham | 14 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 12 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Manfred Winkelhock | RAM | 20 | 50 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 26 | 50 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Teo Fabi | Toleman | 19 | 49 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 15 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 24 | 49 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 21 | 32 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 17 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 6 | 30 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 18 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 2 | 26 | Accident | 0 |
| 19 | Gerhard Berger | Arrows | 9 | 20 | Accident | 0 |
| 20 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 25 | 19 | Accident | 0 |
| 21 | Philippe Alliot | RAM | 23 | 8 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 22 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 3 | 5 | Turbo | 0 |
| 24 | Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 13 | 4 | Steering | 0 |
| 25 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 15 | 2 | Turbo | 0 |
| 26 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 8 | 0 | Injury | 0 |