Race · Round 13 of 16 · 15 September 1985

1985 Belgian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for Team Lotus from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 14 °C, 11.2 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: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2513 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	2	43	Finished	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	7	43	Finished	6
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	1	43	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	10	43	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	3	42	Finished	2
6	Derek Warwick	Renault	—	14	42	Finished	1
7	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	8	42	Finished	0
8	Marc Surer	Brabham	BT54	12	42	Finished	0
9	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	JS25	18	42	Finished	0
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	6	40	Gearbox	0
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS25	17	38	Accident	0
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	24	38	Finished	0
13	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	12	21	38	Finished	0
NC	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	—	23	37	NC	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	15	31	Engine	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	19	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	—	13	24	Gearbox	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	TG185	11	23	Throttle	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	9	17	Turbo	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	841	22	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	3	20	10	Accident	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	156/85	5	7	Spun off	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	TG185	16	7	Accident	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	4	3	Clutch	0
DNS	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	—	—	Injury	0

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

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 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
Ayrton Senna	2	1	43
Nigel Mansell	7	2	43
Alain Prost	1	3	43
Keke Rosberg	10	4	43
Nelson Piquet	3	5	42
Derek Warwick	14	6	42
Gerhard Berger	8	7	42
Marc Surer	12	8	42
Philippe Streiff	18	9	42
Thierry Boutsen	6	10	40
Jacques Laffite	17	11	38
Pierluigi Martini	24	12	38
Martin Brundle	21	13	38
Huub Rothengatter	23	NC	37
Riccardo Patrese	15	DNF	31
Eddie Cheever	19	DNF	26
Patrick Tambay	13	DNF	24
Teo Fabi	11	DNF	23
Elio de Angelis	9	DNF	17
Christian Danner	22	DNF	16
Philippe Alliot	20	DNF	10
Stefan Johansson	5	DNF	7
Piercarlo Ghinzani	16	DNF	7
Michele Alboreto	4	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:55.306	—	0 m	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:55.403	+0.097	6 m	+0.097
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:55.648	+0.342	21 m	+0.245
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:56.021	+0.715	43 m	+0.373
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:56.585	+1.279	78 m	+0.564
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:56.697	+1.391	84 m	+0.112
7	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:56.727	+1.421	86 m	+0.030
8	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:56.770	+1.464	89 m	+0.043
9	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:57.322	+2.016	122 m	+0.552
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:57.465	+2.159	131 m	+0.143
11	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:57.588	+2.282	139 m	+0.123
12	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:57.729	+2.423	147 m	+0.141
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:58.105	+2.799	170 m	+0.376
14	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:58.407	+3.101	188 m	+0.302
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:58.414	+3.108	189 m	+0.007
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:58.706	+3.400	207 m	+0.292
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:58.933	+3.627	220 m	+0.227
18	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	25	1:59.245	+3.939	239 m	+0.312
19	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:59.370	+4.064	247 m	+0.125
20	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:59.626	+4.320	262 m	+0.256
21	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	2:00.950	+5.644	343 m	+1.324
22	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	30	2:05.059	+9.753	592 m	+4.109
23	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	2:05.776	+10.470	636 m	+0.717
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	2:06.007	+10.701	650 m	+0.231

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	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	2:25.462	—	0 m	—	—
2	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	2:26.491	+1.029	50 m	+1.029	—
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	2:26.732	+1.270	61 m	+0.241	—
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	2:27.380	+1.918	92 m	+0.648	—
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	2:27.996	+2.534	122 m	+0.616	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	2:28.234	+2.772	133 m	+0.238	—
7	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	2:28.480	+3.018	145 m	+0.246	—
8	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	2:28.878	+3.416	164 m	+0.398	—
9	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	2:29.543	+4.081	197 m	+0.665	—
10	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	2:30.151	+4.689	226 m	+0.608	—
11	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	2:32.707	+7.245	349 m	+2.556	—
12	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	2:35.069	+9.607	463 m	+2.362	—
13	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	25	2:36.075	+10.613	511 m	+1.006	—
14	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	2:36.376	+10.914	526 m	+0.301	—
15	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	2:36.788	+11.326	545 m	+0.412	—
16	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	2:37.201	+11.739	565 m	+0.413	—
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	2:37.414	+11.952	575 m	+0.213	—
18	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	2:37.877	+12.415	598 m	+0.463	—
19	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	2:38.333	+12.871	620 m	+0.456	—
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	2:45.582	+20.120	969 m	+7.249	—
21	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	30	2:47.516	+22.054	1,062 m	+1.934	—
22	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	2:49.004	+23.542	1,134 m	+1.488	—
23	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	3:07.970	+42.508	2,047 m	+18.966	—

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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 13 of 1985
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Sep 1985
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.