1985 European Grand Prix

1985 European Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 6 October 1985
Official name Shell Oils Grand Prix of Europe
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, United Kingdom
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.61 miles)
Distance 75 laps, 315.5 km (195.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Renault
Time 1:07.169[1]
Fastest lap
Driver France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault
Time 1:11.526 on lap 55[2]
Podium
First
Williams-Honda
Second
Lotus-Renault
Third
Williams-Honda
Lap leaders
Nigel Mansell, driving for Williams, took his first Formula One victory.
Ayrton Senna finished second for Lotus having started from pole position.
Mansell's teammate Keke Rosberg completed the podium.
Alain Prost fought his way to a fourth-place finish, thus securing his first Drivers' Championship.

The 1985 European Grand Prix (formally the Shell Oils Grand Prix of Europe[3]) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 6 October 1985. It was the fourteenth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship.

The 75-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's first Formula One victory in his 72nd race start. Ayrton Senna finished second in a Lotus-Renault, having started from pole position, while Mansell's teammate Keke Rosberg finished third. Alain Prost finished fourth in his McLaren-TAG which, combined with Michele Alboreto's retirement with a turbo failure, secured the Frenchman his first Drivers' Championship.

  1. ^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985-86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985-86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.
  3. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1985". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 29 October 2017.