Season 1985 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1985-07-21 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 65Lap · 306.735km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:18:10.436
Team win 9pt P1 · P12
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
15
Niki Lauda L57 Thierry Boutsen L57 Andrea de Cesaris L41 Pierluigi Martini L38 Elio de Angelis L37 Manfred Winkelhock L28 Keke Rosberg L21 Nigel Mansell L17 Eddie Cheever L17 Jonathan Palmer L6 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
65Lap 306.735km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L65 Prost · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Alboreto · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Alboreto ALB 2 Alboreto ALB Laffite · P16 → P3 · +13 16 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Piquet · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Warwick · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Warwick WAR 5 Warwick WAR Surer · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Surer SUR 6 Surer SUR Brundle · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Brundle BRU 7 Brundle BRU Berger · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Berger BER 8 Berger BER Patrese · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Patrese PAT 9 Patrese PAT Senna · P4 → P10 · -6 4 Senna SEN 10 Senna SEN Bellof · P26 → P11 · +15 26 Bellof BEL 11 Bellof BEL Lauda · P10 → retired L57 Lauda · retired L57 10 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Boutsen · P19 → retired L57 Boutsen · retired L57 19 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU de Cesaris · P7 → retired L41 de Cesaris · retired L41 7 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Martini · P23 → retired L38 Martini · retired L38 23 Martini MAR R Martini MAR de Angelis · P8 → retired L37 de Angelis · retired L37 8 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Winkelhock · P18 → retired L28 Winkelhock · retired L28 18 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Rosberg · P1 → retired L21 Rosberg · retired L21 1 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Mansell · P5 → retired L17 Mansell · retired L17 5 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Cheever · P22 → retired L17 Cheever · retired L17 22 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Palmer · P24 → retired L6 Palmer · retired L6 24 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Fabi · P9 → retired L4 Fabi · retired L4 9 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Johansson · P11 → retired L1 Johansson · retired L1 11 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Tambay · P13 → retired L0 Tambay · retired L0 13 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Alliot · P21 → retired L0 Alliot · retired L0 21 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Ghinzani · P25 → retired L0 Ghinzani · retired L0 25 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 3 65 1:18:10.436 9
2 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 64 +1 Lap 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 64 +1 Lap 4
4 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 64 +1 Lap 3
5 16 Derek Warwick Renault 12 64 +1 Lap 2
6 8 Marc Surer Brabham 15 63 +2 Laps 1
7 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 20 63 +2 Laps
8 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 63 +2 Laps
9 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 62 +3 Laps
10 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 60 Fuel system
11 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 26 59 +6 Laps
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 57 Electrical
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 19 57 Spun off
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 7 41 Clutch
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 38 Transmission
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 37 Not classified
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 18 28 Turbo
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 1 21 Exhaust
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 5 17 Clutch
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 22 17 Turbo
R 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 24 6 Engine
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 9 4 Transmission
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 11 1 Accident
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 13 0 Spun off
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 21 0 Accident
R 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Keke Rosberg
2
7 Nelson Piquet
3
2 Alain Prost
4
12 Ayrton Senna
5
5 Nigel Mansell
6
27 Michele Alboreto
7
25 Andrea de Cesaris
8
11 Elio de Angelis
9
19 Teo Fabi
10
1 Niki Lauda
11
28 Stefan Johansson
12
16 Derek Warwick
13
15 Patrick Tambay
14
22 Riccardo Patrese
15
8 Marc Surer
16
26 Jacques Laffite
17
17 Gerhard Berger
18
9 Manfred Winkelhock
19
18 Thierry Boutsen
20
3 Martin Brundle
21
9 Philippe Alliot
22
23 Eddie Cheever
23
29 Pierluigi Martini
24
30 Jonathan Palmer
25
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
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