Season 1985 · Round 14

European Grand Prix

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1985-10-06 · Brands Hatch · UK · European Grand Prix · 75Lap · 315.500km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:32:58.109
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +21.396
6 Keke Rosberg
Williams +58.533
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Stefan Johansson L59 Jacques Laffite L58 Christian Danner L55 Ivan Capelli L44 Martin Brundle L40 Teo Fabi L33 Philippe Alliot L31 Piercarlo Ghinzani L16 Alan Jones L13 Michele Alboreto L13 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 4/14 28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Brands Hatch Kent, UK
75Lap 315.500km 14 races held (1964–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Alain Prost 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P19 Gerhard Berger 7 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P30 Michele Alboreto 5 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P30 Martin Brundle 5 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Mansell · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Senna · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Rosberg · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Rosberg ROS 3 Rosberg ROS Prost · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO de Angelis · P9 → P5 · +4 9 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Boutsen · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Boutsen BOU 6 Boutsen BOU Watson · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Watson WAT 7 Watson WAT Streiff · P5 → P8 · -3 5 Streiff STR 8 Streiff STR Patrese · P11 → P9 · +2 11 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Berger · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Berger BER 10 Berger BER Cheever · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Cheever CHE 11 Cheever CHE Tambay · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Tambay TAM 12 Tambay TAM Surer · P7 → P13 · -6 7 Surer SUR 13 Surer SUR Johansson · P13 → retired L59 Johansson · retired L59 13 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Laffite · P18 → retired L58 Laffite · retired L58 18 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Danner · P25 → retired L55 Danner · retired L55 25 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Capelli · P24 → retired L44 Capelli · retired L44 24 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Brundle · P16 → retired L40 Brundle · retired L40 16 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Fabi · P20 → retired L33 Fabi · retired L33 20 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Alliot · P23 → retired L31 Alliot · retired L31 23 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Ghinzani · P14 → retired L16 Ghinzani · retired L16 14 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Jones · P22 → retired L13 Jones · retired L13 22 Jones JON R Jones JON Alboreto · P15 → retired L13 Alboreto · retired L13 15 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Piquet · P2 → retired L6 Piquet · retired L6 2 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Warwick · P8 → retired L4 Warwick · retired L4 8 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Martini · P26 → retired L3 Martini · retired L3 26 Martini MAR R Martini MAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 75 1:32:58.109 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 75 +21.396 6
3 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 75 +58.533 4
4 2 Alain Prost McLaren 6 75 +1:06.121 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 9 74 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 12 73 +2 Laps 1
7 1 John Watson McLaren 21 73 +2 Laps
8 25 Philippe Streiff Ligier 5 73 +2 Laps
9 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 11 73 +2 Laps
10 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 19 73 +2 Laps
11 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 18 73 +2 Laps
12 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 17 72 +3 Laps
13 8 Marc Surer Brabham 7 62 Turbo
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 13 59 Electrical
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 18 58 Engine
R 30 Christian Danner Zakspeed 25 55 Engine
R 4 Ivan Capelli Tyrrell 24 44 Accident
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 16 40 Water leak
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 20 33 Engine
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 23 31 Engine
R 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 14 16 Engine
R 33 Alan Jones Lola 22 13 Radiator
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 15 13 Turbo
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 6 Accident
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 8 4 Injection
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 26 3 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
7 Nelson Piquet
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
6 Keke Rosberg
5
25 Philippe Streiff
6
2 Alain Prost
7
8 Marc Surer
8
16 Derek Warwick
9
11 Elio de Angelis
11
22 Riccardo Patrese
12
18 Thierry Boutsen
13
28 Stefan Johansson
14
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
15
27 Michele Alboreto
16
3 Martin Brundle
17
15 Patrick Tambay
18
23 Eddie Cheever
18
26 Jacques Laffite
19
17 Gerhard Berger
20
19 Teo Fabi
21
1 John Watson
22
33 Alan Jones
23
9 Philippe Alliot
24
4 Ivan Capelli
25
30 Christian Danner
26
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