Season 1985 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1985 Season R2 →
1985-04-07 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 61Lap · 306.891km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:41:26.115
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +3.259
Team win 9pt P2 · P4
11 Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Gerhard Berger L51 Ayrton Senna L48 Eddie Cheever L42 Pierluigi Martini L41 Niki Lauda L27 Andrea de Cesaris L26 Riccardo Patrese L20 Keke Rosberg L10 François Hesnault L9 Nigel Mansell L8 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
61Lap 306.891km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
P6 Alain Prost 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L61 Prost · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Alboreto · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Alboreto ALB 2 Alboreto ALB de Angelis · P3 → P3 3 de Angelis DE 3 de Angelis DE Arnoux · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Arnoux ARN 4 Arnoux ARN Tambay · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Tambay TAM 5 Tambay TAM Laffite · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Johansson · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Johansson JOH 7 Johansson JOH Brundle · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Brundle BRU 8 Brundle BRU Alliot · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Alliot ALL 9 Alliot ALL Warwick · P10 → P10 10 Warwick WAR 10 Warwick WAR Boutsen · P12 → P11 · +1 12 Boutsen BOU 11 Boutsen BOU Ghinzani · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Ghinzani GHI 12 Ghinzani GHI Winkelhock · P16 → P13 · +3 16 Winkelhock WIN 13 Winkelhock WIN Berger · P19 → retired L51 Berger · retired L51 19 Berger BER R Berger BER Senna · P4 → retired L48 Senna · retired L48 4 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Cheever · P18 → retired L42 Cheever · retired L42 18 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Martini · P25 → retired L41 Martini · retired L41 25 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Lauda · P9 → retired L27 Lauda · retired L27 9 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU de Cesaris · P13 → retired L26 de Cesaris · retired L26 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Patrese · P14 → retired L20 Patrese · retired L20 14 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Rosberg · P2 → retired L10 Rosberg · retired L10 2 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Hesnault · P17 → retired L9 Hesnault · retired L9 17 Hesnault HES R Hesnault HES Mansell · P5 → retired L8 Mansell · retired L8 5 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Baldi · P24 → retired L7 Baldi · retired L7 24 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Piquet · P8 → retired L2 Piquet · retired L2 8 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 6 61 1:41:26.115 9
2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1 61 +3.259 6
3 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 3 60 +1 Lap 4
4 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 7 59 +2 Laps 3
5 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 11 59 +2 Laps 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 59 +2 Laps 1
7 28 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell 23 58 +3 Laps
8 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 21 58 +3 Laps
9 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 20 58 +3 Laps
10 16 Derek Warwick Renault 10 57 +4 Laps
11 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 12 57 +4 Laps
12 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 22 57 +4 Laps
13 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 16 57 +4 Laps
R 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 19 51 Suspension
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 48 Electrical
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 18 42 Engine
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 41 Engine
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 9 27 Fuel system
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 13 26 Accident
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 20 Puncture
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 2 10 Turbo
R 14 François Hesnault Brabham 17 9 Accident
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 5 8 Exhaust
R 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 24 7 Turbo
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 8 2 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Michele Alboreto
2
6 Keke Rosberg
3
11 Elio de Angelis
4
12 Ayrton Senna
5
5 Nigel Mansell
6
2 Alain Prost
7
28 René Arnoux
8
7 Nelson Piquet
9
1 Niki Lauda
10
16 Derek Warwick
11
15 Patrick Tambay
12
18 Thierry Boutsen
13
25 Andrea de Cesaris
14
22 Riccardo Patrese
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
9 Manfred Winkelhock
17
14 François Hesnault
18
23 Eddie Cheever
19
17 Gerhard Berger
20
9 Philippe Alliot
21
3 Martin Brundle
22
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
23
28 Stefan Johansson
24
21 Mauro Baldi
25
29 Pierluigi Martini
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