Season 1985 · Round 9

German Grand Prix

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1985-08-04 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 67Lap · 304.314km
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari 1:35:31.337
Team win 9pt P1 · P9
2 Alain Prost
McLaren +11.661
26 Jacques Laffite
Ligier +51.154
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Eddie Cheever L45 Elio de Angelis L40 Huub Rothengatter L32 Teo Fabi L29 Ayrton Senna L27 Derek Warwick L25 Nelson Piquet L23 Patrick Tambay L19 Marc Surer L15 Manfred Winkelhock L8 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
67Lap 304.314km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P3 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Alain Prost 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L67 Alboreto · P8 → P1 · +7 8 Alboreto ALB 1 Alboreto ALB Prost · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Laffite · P13 → P3 · +10 13 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Boutsen · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Boutsen BOU 4 Boutsen BOU Lauda · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Lauda LAU 5 Lauda LAU Mansell · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Mansell MAN 6 Mansell MAN Berger · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Berger BER 7 Berger BER Bellof · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Bellof BEL 8 Bellof BEL Johansson · P2 → P9 · -7 2 Johansson JOH 9 Johansson JOH Brundle · P26 → P10 · +16 26 Brundle BRU 10 Brundle BRU Martini · P27 → P11 · +16 27 Martini MAR 11 Martini MAR Rosberg · P4 → P12 · -8 4 Rosberg ROS 12 Rosberg ROS Cheever · P18 → retired L45 Cheever · retired L45 18 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE de Angelis · P7 → retired L40 de Angelis · retired L40 7 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Rothengatter · P25 → retired L32 Rothengatter · retired L32 25 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Fabi · P1 → retired L29 Fabi · retired L29 1 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Senna · P5 → retired L27 Senna · retired L27 5 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Warwick · P20 → retired L25 Warwick · retired L25 20 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Piquet · P6 → retired L23 Piquet · retired L23 6 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Tambay · P16 → retired L19 Tambay · retired L19 16 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Surer · P11 → retired L15 Surer · retired L15 11 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Winkelhock · P22 → retired L8 Winkelhock · retired L8 22 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Patrese · P9 → retired L8 Patrese · retired L8 9 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Hesnault · P23 → retired L8 Hesnault · retired L8 23 Hesnault HES R Hesnault HES Alliot · P21 → retired L8 Alliot · retired L8 21 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Palmer · P24 → retired L7 Palmer · retired L7 24 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL de Cesaris · P14 → retired L0 de Cesaris · retired L0 14 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8 67 1:35:31.337 9
2 2 Alain Prost McLaren 3 67 +11.661 6
3 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 67 +51.154 4
4 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 15 67 +55.279 3
5 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 67 +1:13.972 2
6 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 10 67 +1:16.820 1
7 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 17 66 +1 Lap
8 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 19 66 +1 Lap
9 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 2 66 +1 Lap
10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 26 63 +4 Laps
11 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 27 62 Engine
12 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 61 Brakes
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 18 45 Turbo
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 40 Engine
R 24 Huub Rothengatter Osella 25 32 Gearbox
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 1 29 Clutch
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 5 27 CV joint
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 20 25 Ignition
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 23 Turbo
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 16 19 Spun off
R 8 Marc Surer Brabham 11 15 Engine
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 22 8 Engine
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 9 8 Gearbox
R 14 François Hesnault Renault 23 8 Clutch
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 21 8 Oil pressure
R 30 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 24 7 Alternator
R 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 14 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
19 Teo Fabi
2
28 Stefan Johansson
3
2 Alain Prost
4
6 Keke Rosberg
5
12 Ayrton Senna
6
7 Nelson Piquet
7
11 Elio de Angelis
8
27 Michele Alboreto
9
22 Riccardo Patrese
10
5 Nigel Mansell
11
8 Marc Surer
12
1 Niki Lauda
13
26 Jacques Laffite
14
25 Andrea de Cesaris
15
18 Thierry Boutsen
16
15 Patrick Tambay
17
17 Gerhard Berger
18
23 Eddie Cheever
19
4 Stefan Bellof
20
16 Derek Warwick
21
9 Philippe Alliot
22
9 Manfred Winkelhock
23
14 François Hesnault
24
30 Jonathan Palmer
25
24 Huub Rothengatter
26
3 Martin Brundle
27
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