Season 1985 · Round 11

Dutch Grand Prix

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1985-08-25 · Circuit Park Zandvoort · Netherlands · Dutch Grand Prix · 70Lap · 297.640km
1 Niki Lauda
McLaren 1:32:29.263
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 Alain Prost
McLaren +0.232
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +48.491
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
16
Huub Rothengatter L56 Thierry Boutsen L54 Philippe Alliot L52 Stefan Bellof L39 Derek Warwick L27 Andrea de Cesaris L25 Patrick Tambay L22 Keke Rosberg L20 Teo Fabi L18 Jacques Laffite L17 +6
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 18/36 50%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P17
Most lead changes · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
70Lap 297.640km 36 races held (1952–) Lap record 1:11.097 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Jim Clark -1
P5 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P10 Alan Jones 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 René Arnoux 3 · GP #1
P3 Niki Lauda 2 · → René Arnoux -1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → René Arnoux -1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 6 · GP #1
P7 Nelson Piquet 3 · → Clay Regazzoni -1
Starts
P3 Jacques Laffite 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
P5 Niki Lauda 10 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
P5 John Watson 10 starts · → Jacques Laffite -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Lauda · P10 → P1 · +9 10 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Prost · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Senna · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Alboreto · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB de Angelis · P11 → P5 · +6 11 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Mansell · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Mansell MAN 6 Mansell MAN Brundle · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Brundle BRU 7 Brundle BRU Piquet · P1 → P8 · -7 1 Piquet PIQ 8 Piquet PIQ Berger · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Berger BER 9 Berger BER Surer · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Surer SUR 10 Surer SUR Rothengatter · P26 → retired L56 Rothengatter · retired L56 26 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Boutsen · P8 → retired L54 Boutsen · retired L54 8 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Alliot · P25 → retired L52 Alliot · retired L52 25 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Bellof · P22 → retired L39 Bellof · retired L39 22 Bellof BEL R Bellof BEL Warwick · P12 → retired L27 Warwick · retired L27 12 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR de Cesaris · P18 → retired L25 de Cesaris · retired L25 18 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Tambay · P6 → retired L22 Tambay · retired L22 6 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Rosberg · P2 → retired L20 Rosberg · retired L20 2 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Fabi · P5 → retired L18 Fabi · retired L18 5 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Laffite · P13 → retired L17 Laffite · retired L17 13 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Palmer · P23 → retired L13 Palmer · retired L13 23 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Ghinzani · P15 → retired L12 Ghinzani · retired L12 15 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Johansson · P17 → retired L9 Johansson · retired L9 17 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Martini · P24 → retired L1 Martini · retired L1 24 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Cheever · P20 → retired L1 Cheever · retired L1 20 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Patrese · P19 → retired L1 Patrese · retired L1 19 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 70 1:32:29.263 9
2 2 Alain Prost McLaren 3 70 +0.232 6
3 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 70 +48.491 4
4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 16 70 +48.837 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 69 +1 Lap 2
6 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 7 69 +1 Lap 1
7 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 21 69 +1 Lap
8 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 69 +1 Lap
9 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 14 68 +2 Laps
10 8 Marc Surer Brabham 9 65 Exhaust
R 24 Huub Rothengatter Osella 26 56 Not classified
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 8 54 Suspension
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 25 52 Engine
R 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 22 39 Engine
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 12 27 Gearbox
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 18 25 Turbo
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 6 22 Transmission
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 2 20 Engine
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 5 18 Wheel bearing
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 17 Electrical
R 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 23 13 Oil pressure
R 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 15 12 Engine
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 17 9 Engine
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 24 1 Accident
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 20 1 Turbo
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 19 1 Turbo
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Nelson Piquet
2
6 Keke Rosberg
3
2 Alain Prost
4
12 Ayrton Senna
5
19 Teo Fabi
6
15 Patrick Tambay
7
5 Nigel Mansell
8
18 Thierry Boutsen
9
8 Marc Surer
10
1 Niki Lauda
11
11 Elio de Angelis
12
16 Derek Warwick
13
26 Jacques Laffite
14
17 Gerhard Berger
15
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
16
27 Michele Alboreto
17
28 Stefan Johansson
18
25 Andrea de Cesaris
19
22 Riccardo Patrese
20
23 Eddie Cheever
21
3 Martin Brundle
22
4 Stefan Bellof
23
30 Jonathan Palmer
24
29 Pierluigi Martini
25
9 Philippe Alliot
26
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