Race · Round 1 of 16 · 7 April 1985

1985 Brazilian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 6th on the grid at Jacarepagua. 12 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 31 °C, 0.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: JacarepaguaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Michele Alboreto
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2513 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	6	61	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	1	61	Finished	6
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	3	60	Finished	4
4	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	156/85	7	59	Finished	3
5	Patrick Tambay	Renault	—	11	59	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS25	15	59	Finished	1
7	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell	10	23	58	Finished	0
8	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	10	21	58	Finished	0
9	Philippe Alliot	RAM	3	20	58	Finished	0
10	Derek Warwick	Renault	—	10	57	Finished	0
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	12	57	Finished	0
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	22	57	Finished	0
13	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	3	16	57	Finished	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	19	51	Suspension	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	4	48	Electrical	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	18	42	Engine	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	25	41	Engine	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	9	27	Fuel system	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	JS25	13	26	Accident	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	14	20	Puncture	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	2	10	Turbo	0
DNF	François Hesnault	Brabham	BT54	17	9	Accident	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	5	8	Exhaust	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	101D	24	7	Turbo	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	8	2	Transmission	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout jacarepagua-1 · 5.031 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	6	1	61
Michele Alboreto	1	2	61
Elio de Angelis	3	3	60
Rene Arnoux	7	4	59
Patrick Tambay	11	5	59
Jacques Laffite	15	6	59
Stefan Johansson	23	7	58
Martin Brundle	21	8	58
Philippe Alliot	20	9	58
Derek Warwick	10	10	57
Thierry Boutsen	12	11	57
Piercarlo Ghinzani	22	12	57
Manfred Winkelhock	16	13	57
Gerhard Berger	19	DNF	51
Ayrton Senna	4	DNF	48
Eddie Cheever	18	DNF	42
Pierluigi Martini	25	DNF	41
Niki Lauda	9	DNF	27
Andrea de Cesaris	13	DNF	26
Riccardo Patrese	14	DNF	20
Keke Rosberg	2	DNF	10
François Hesnault	17	DNF	9
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	8
Mauro Baldi	24	DNF	7
Nelson Piquet	8	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:27.768	—	0 m	—
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:27.864	+0.096	6 m	+0.096
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:28.081	+0.313	18 m	+0.217
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:28.389	+0.621	36 m	+0.308
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:28.848	+1.080	62 m	+0.459
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:29.117	+1.349	77 m	+0.269
7	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:29.612	+1.844	106 m	+0.495
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:29.855	+2.087	120 m	+0.243
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:29.984	+2.216	127 m	+0.129
10	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:30.100	+2.332	134 m	+0.116
11	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:30.254	+2.486	143 m	+0.154
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:30.953	+3.185	183 m	+0.699
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	25	1:31.411	+3.643	209 m	+0.458
14	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:31.790	+4.022	231 m	+0.379
15	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:32.021	+4.253	244 m	+0.231
16	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	9	1:32.560	+4.792	275 m	+0.539
17	François Hesnault	Brabham	8	1:32.904	+5.136	294 m	+0.344
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:33.091	+5.323	305 m	+0.187
19	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:34.773	+7.005	402 m	+1.682
20	Philippe Alliot	RAM	10	1:35.726	+7.958	456 m	+0.953
21	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:36.152	+8.384	481 m	+0.426
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:36.743	+8.975	514 m	+0.591
23	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell	4	1:37.293	+9.525	546 m	+0.550
24	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:41.330	+13.562	777 m	+4.037
25	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:44.046	+16.278	933 m	+2.716

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:36.481	—	0 m	—	—
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:36.838	+0.357	19 m	+0.357	—
3	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:37.050	+0.569	30 m	+0.212	—
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:37.236	+0.755	39 m	+0.186	—
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:37.712	+1.231	64 m	+0.476	—
6	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:38.062	+1.581	82 m	+0.350	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:38.166	+1.685	88 m	+0.104	—
8	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:38.194	+1.713	89 m	+0.028	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	25	1:38.605	+2.124	111 m	+0.411	—
10	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:38.839	+2.358	123 m	+0.234	—
11	François Hesnault	Brabham	8	1:39.151	+2.670	139 m	+0.312	—
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:39.834	+3.353	175 m	+0.683	—
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:40.278	+3.797	198 m	+0.444	—
14	Philippe Alliot	RAM	10	1:40.825	+4.344	227 m	+0.547	—
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:41.016	+4.535	236 m	+0.191	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:41.163	+4.682	244 m	+0.147	—
17	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:41.624	+5.143	268 m	+0.461	—
18	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:41.874	+5.393	281 m	+0.250	—
19	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:42.063	+5.582	291 m	+0.189	—
20	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:42.813	+6.332	330 m	+0.750	—
21	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell	4	1:42.904	+6.423	335 m	+0.091	—
22	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	9	1:43.640	+7.159	373 m	+0.736	—
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:44.957	+8.476	442 m	+1.317	—
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:45.027	+8.546	446 m	+0.070	—
25	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:49.318	+12.837	669 m	+4.291	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 97T
Lotus97T · https://www.flickr.com/jonbradbury · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 1985
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Apr 1985
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.