Season 1985 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

← R15 1985 Season
1985-11-03 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 82Lap · 309.960km
6 Keke Rosberg
Williams 2:00:40.473
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +43.130
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
25 Philippe Streiff
Ligier +1:28.536
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Ayrton Senna L62 Michele Alboreto L61 Niki Lauda L57 Derek Warwick L57 Martin Brundle L49 Marc Surer L42 Riccardo Patrese L42 Teo Fabi L40 Thierry Boutsen L37 Piercarlo Ghinzani L28 +6
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 5/11 45.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
82Lap 309.960km 11 races held (1985–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P11 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P30 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
P30 Martin Brundle 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L82 Rosberg · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Rosberg ROS 1 Rosberg ROS Laffite · P20 → P2 · +18 20 Laffite LAF 2 Laffite LAF Streiff · P18 → P3 · +15 18 Streiff STR 3 Streiff STR Capelli · P22 → P4 · +18 22 Capelli CAP 4 Capelli CAP Johansson · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Johansson JOH 5 Johansson JOH Berger · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Berger BER 6 Berger BER Rothengatter · P25 → P7 · +18 25 Rothengatter ROT 7 Rothengatter ROT Martini · P23 → P8 · +15 23 Martini MAR 8 Martini MAR Senna · P1 → retired L62 Senna · retired L62 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Alboreto · P5 → retired L61 Alboreto · retired L61 5 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Lauda · P16 → retired L57 Lauda · retired L57 16 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Warwick · P12 → retired L57 Warwick · retired L57 12 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Brundle · P17 → retired L49 Brundle · retired L49 17 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Surer · P6 → retired L42 Surer · retired L42 6 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Patrese · P14 → retired L42 Patrese · retired L42 14 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Fabi · P24 → retired L40 Fabi · retired L40 24 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Boutsen · P11 → retired L37 Boutsen · retired L37 11 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Ghinzani · P21 → retired L28 Ghinzani · retired L28 21 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Prost · P4 → retired L26 Prost · retired L26 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Tambay · P8 → retired L20 Tambay · retired L20 8 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Jones · P19 → retired L20 Jones · retired L20 19 Jones JON R Jones JON de Angelis · P10 → P22 · -12 10 de Angelis DE 22 de Angelis DE Piquet · P9 → retired L14 Piquet · retired L14 9 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Cheever · P13 → retired L5 Cheever · retired L5 13 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Mansell · P2 → retired L1 Mansell · retired L1 2 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 82 2:00:40.473 9
2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 20 82 +43.130 6
3 25 Philippe Streiff Ligier 18 82 +1:28.536 4
4 4 Ivan Capelli Tyrrell 22 81 +1 Lap 3
5 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 15 81 +1 Lap 2
6 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 7 81 +1 Lap 1
7 24 Huub Rothengatter Osella 25 78 +4 Laps
8 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 78 +4 Laps
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 62 Engine
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 61 Transmission
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 16 57 Accident
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 12 57 Transmission
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 17 49 Not classified
R 8 Marc Surer Brabham 6 42 Engine
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 42 Exhaust
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 24 40 Engine
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 11 37 Oil leak
R 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 21 28 Clutch
R 2 Alain Prost McLaren 4 26 Engine
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 8 20 Transmission
R 33 Alan Jones Lola 19 20 Electrical
D 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 10 18 Disqualified
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 9 14 Heat shield fire
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 13 5 Engine
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 1 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
6 Keke Rosberg
4
2 Alain Prost
5
27 Michele Alboreto
6
8 Marc Surer
7
17 Gerhard Berger
8
15 Patrick Tambay
9
7 Nelson Piquet
10
11 Elio de Angelis
11
18 Thierry Boutsen
12
16 Derek Warwick
13
23 Eddie Cheever
14
22 Riccardo Patrese
15
28 Stefan Johansson
16
1 Niki Lauda
17
3 Martin Brundle
18
25 Philippe Streiff
19
33 Alan Jones
20
26 Jacques Laffite
21
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
22
4 Ivan Capelli
23
29 Pierluigi Martini
24
19 Teo Fabi
25
24 Huub Rothengatter
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15