Eighth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship
1985 British Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
21 July 1985
Official name
XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix
Location
Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.719 km (2.932 miles)
Distance
65 laps, 306.735 km (190.569 miles)
Scheduled distance
66 laps, 311.454 km (193.529 miles)
Weather
Cool, overcast
Pole position
Driver
Keke Rosberg
Williams-Honda
Time
1:05.591[1]
Fastest lap
Driver
Alain Prost
McLaren-TAG
Time
1:09.886[2] on lap 43
Podium
First
Alain Prost
McLaren-TAG
Second
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
Third
Jacques Laffite
Ligier-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1985 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 21 July 1985. It was the eighth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship.
The 65-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from third position. Michele Alboreto finished second in a Ferrari, with Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Renault. The win, Prost's third of the season, moved him to within two points of Alboreto at the top of the Drivers' Championship.
^Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985–86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 244. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.
^Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985–86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 245. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.
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