1985 Australian Grand Prix

1985 Australian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	3 November 1985
Official name	L Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix
Location	Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	3.780 km (2.362 miles)
Distance	82 laps, 309.960 km (193.684 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:19.843
Fastest lap
Driver	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda
Time	1:23.758 on lap 57
Podium
First	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda
Second	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault
Third	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1985 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide on 3 November 1985. The sixteenth and final race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship, it was the 50th running of the Australian Grand Prix and the first to be held on the streets of Adelaide on a layout specifically designed for the debut of the World Championship in Australia. The race was held over 82 laps of the 3.780 km (2.362 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 310 kilometres. The race was won by Keke Rosberg driving a Williams-Honda; this was the final win for Rosberg, the last race for Alfa Romeo until 2019, and the last by a Finnish driver until Mika Häkkinen won the 1997 European Grand Prix.^[1]