Season 1985 · Round 7

French Grand Prix

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1985-07-07 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 53Lap · 307.928km
7 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:31:46.266
Team win 9pt P1 · P8
6 Keke Rosberg
Williams +6.660
2 Alain Prost
McLaren +9.285
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Martin Brundle L32 Niki Lauda L30 Ayrton Senna L26 Gerhard Berger L20 Pierluigi Martini L19 Philippe Alliot L8 Jonathan Palmer L6 Michele Alboreto L5 Andrea de Cesaris L4 Jacques Laffite L2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
53Lap 307.928km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Piquet · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Rosberg · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Rosberg ROS 2 Rosberg ROS Prost · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Johansson · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Johansson JOH 4 Johansson JOH de Angelis · P7 → P5 · +2 7 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Tambay · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Tambay TAM 6 Tambay TAM Warwick · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Surer · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Surer SUR 8 Surer SUR Boutsen · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Boutsen BOU 9 Boutsen BOU Cheever · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Cheever CHE 10 Cheever CHE Patrese · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Patrese PAT 11 Patrese PAT Winkelhock · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Winkelhock WIN 12 Winkelhock WIN Bellof · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Bellof BEL 13 Bellof BEL Fabi · P19 → P14 · +5 19 Fabi FAB 14 Fabi FAB Ghinzani · P24 → P15 · +9 24 Ghinzani GHI 15 Ghinzani GHI Brundle · P21 → retired L32 Brundle · retired L32 21 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Lauda · P6 → retired L30 Lauda · retired L30 6 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Senna · P2 → retired L26 Senna · retired L26 2 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Berger · P9 → retired L20 Berger · retired L20 9 Berger BER R Berger BER Martini · P25 → retired L19 Martini · retired L19 25 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Alliot · P23 → retired L8 Alliot · retired L8 23 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Palmer · P22 → retired L6 Palmer · retired L6 22 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Alboreto · P3 → retired L5 Alboreto · retired L5 3 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB de Cesaris · P13 → retired L4 de Cesaris · retired L4 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Laffite · P15 → retired L2 Laffite · retired L2 15 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Mansell · P8 → P26 · -18 8 Mansell MAN 26 Mansell MAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 5 53 1:31:46.266 9
2 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 1 53 +6.660 6
3 2 Alain Prost McLaren 4 53 +9.285 4
4 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 16 53 +53.491 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 53 +53.690 2
6 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 10 53 +1:15.167 1
7 16 Derek Warwick Renault 11 53 +1:44.212
8 8 Marc Surer Brabham 14 52 +1 Lap
9 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 12 52 +1 Lap
10 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 18 52 +1 Lap
11 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 17 52 +1 Lap
12 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 20 50 +3 Laps
13 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 26 50 +3 Laps
14 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 19 49 Fuel system
15 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 24 49 +4 Laps
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 21 32 Gearbox
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 6 30 Gearbox
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 2 26 Accident
R 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 9 20 Accident
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 19 Accident
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 23 8 Fuel system
R 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 22 6 Engine
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 5 Turbo
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 13 4 Steering
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 2 Turbo
W 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 8 0 Injury
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Keke Rosberg
2
12 Ayrton Senna
3
27 Michele Alboreto
4
2 Alain Prost
5
7 Nelson Piquet
6
1 Niki Lauda
7
11 Elio de Angelis
8
5 Nigel Mansell
9
17 Gerhard Berger
10
15 Patrick Tambay
11
16 Derek Warwick
12
18 Thierry Boutsen
13
25 Andrea de Cesaris
14
8 Marc Surer
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
28 Stefan Johansson
17
22 Riccardo Patrese
18
23 Eddie Cheever
19
19 Teo Fabi
20
9 Manfred Winkelhock
21
3 Martin Brundle
22
30 Jonathan Palmer
23
9 Philippe Alliot
24
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
25
29 Pierluigi Martini
26
4 Stefan Bellof
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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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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