Season 1985 · Round 10

Austrian Grand Prix

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1985-08-18 · Red Bull Ring · Austria · Austrian Grand Prix · 52Lap · 308.984km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:20:12.583
Team win 9pt P1 · P13
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +30.002
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +34.356
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
15
Jacques Laffite L43 Pierluigi Martini L40 Niki Lauda L39 Gerhard Berger L33 Teo Fabi L31 Derek Warwick L29 Kenny Acheson L28 Nelson Piquet L26 Nigel Mansell L25 Riccardo Patrese L25 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 16/40 40%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P4
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Austria
52Lap 308.984km 40 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:05.619 · Carlos Sainz (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P3 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P10 Niki Lauda 1 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 12 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P8 Niki Lauda 11 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P11 John Watson 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L52 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Senna · P14 → P2 · +12 14 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Alboreto · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Alboreto ALB 3 Alboreto ALB Johansson · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Johansson JOH 4 Johansson JOH de Angelis · P7 → P5 · +2 7 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Surer · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Surer SUR 6 Surer SUR Bellof · P22 → P7 · +15 22 Bellof BEL 7 Bellof BEL Boutsen · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Boutsen BOU 8 Boutsen BOU Rothengatter · P24 → P9 · +15 24 Rothengatter ROT 9 Rothengatter ROT Tambay · P8 → P10 · -2 8 Tambay TAM 10 Tambay TAM Laffite · P15 → retired L43 Laffite · retired L43 15 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Martini · P23 → retired L40 Martini · retired L40 23 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Lauda · P3 → retired L39 Lauda · retired L39 3 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Berger · P17 → retired L33 Berger · retired L33 17 Berger BER R Berger BER Fabi · P6 → retired L31 Fabi · retired L31 6 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Warwick · P13 → retired L29 Warwick · retired L29 13 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Acheson · P23 → retired L28 Acheson · retired L28 23 Acheson ACH R Acheson ACH Piquet · P5 → retired L26 Piquet · retired L26 5 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Mansell · P2 → retired L25 Mansell · retired L25 2 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Patrese · P10 → retired L25 Patrese · retired L25 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Palmer · P25 → retired L17 Palmer · retired L17 25 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Alliot · P21 → retired L16 Alliot · retired L16 21 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL de Cesaris · P18 → retired L13 de Cesaris · retired L13 18 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Cheever · P20 → retired L6 Cheever · retired L6 20 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Rosberg · P4 → retired L4 Rosberg · retired L4 4 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Ghinzani · P19 → P26 · -7 19 Ghinzani GHI 26 Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 1 52 1:20:12.583 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 14 52 +30.002 6
3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 52 +34.356 4
4 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 12 52 +39.073 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 52 +1:22.092 2
6 8 Marc Surer Brabham 11 51 +1 Lap 1
7 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 22 49 Out of fuel
8 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 16 49 +3 Laps
9 24 Huub Rothengatter Osella 24 48 +4 Laps
10 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 8 46 Engine
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 43 Accident
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 40 Suspension
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 3 39 Engine
R 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 33 Turbo
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 6 31 Electrical
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 13 29 Engine
R 10 Kenny Acheson RAM 23 28 Engine
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 26 Exhaust
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 25 Engine
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 10 25 Engine
R 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 25 17 Engine
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 21 16 Turbo
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 18 13 Accident
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 20 6 Turbo
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 4 Oil pressure
W 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 19 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Alain Prost
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
1 Niki Lauda
4
6 Keke Rosberg
5
7 Nelson Piquet
6
19 Teo Fabi
7
11 Elio de Angelis
8
15 Patrick Tambay
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
22 Riccardo Patrese
11
8 Marc Surer
12
28 Stefan Johansson
13
16 Derek Warwick
14
12 Ayrton Senna
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
18 Thierry Boutsen
17
17 Gerhard Berger
18
25 Andrea de Cesaris
19
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
20
23 Eddie Cheever
21
9 Philippe Alliot
22
4 Stefan Bellof
23
29 Pierluigi Martini
23
10 Kenny Acheson
24
24 Huub Rothengatter
25
30 Jonathan Palmer
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