1985 Austrian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 10 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 18 August 1985 | ||
Official name | XXIII Holiday Großer Preis von Osterreich | ||
Location | Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.942 km (3.692 miles) | ||
Distance | 52 laps, 308.984 km (191.994 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-TAG | ||
Time | 1:25.490 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | |
Time | 1:29.241 on lap 39 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-TAG | ||
Second | Lotus-Renault | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1985 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 18 August 1985. It was the tenth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship. It was the 25th Austrian Grand Prix and the 24th to be held at Österreichring. The race was run over 52 laps of the 5.94-kilometre (3.69 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 308.9 kilometres (191.9 mi).
The race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from pole position. Prost took his fourth victory of the season by 30 seconds from Brazilian Ayrton Senna in a Lotus-Renault, with Italian Michele Alboreto third in a Ferrari. With the win, Prost moved level on points with Alboreto at the top of the Drivers' Championship.
This was the last F1 race until the start of 1987 in which a car with a naturally aspirated engine was entered, Martin Brundle failing to qualify his Cosworth-powered Tyrrell.