1985 F1 Championship Standings

1985 F1 Championship Standings
1985 F1 World Championship · 36 of 77

Drivers & Constructors Standings

Final standings · 16 rounds

5
Most GP driver wins
Alain Prost Alain Prost
76pts
World Champion
Alain Prost Alain Prost
8
Different GP winners
90pts
Constructors' Champion
McLaren McLaren
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Alain Prost clinched his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in 1985 with 76 points, taking five wins, 11 podiums and two pole positions along the way. The French driver finished 23 points clear of Michele Alboreto. The team of the drivers' champion, McLaren, also took their third Constructors' Championship with 90 points and six race wins. It was their second constructors' crown in a row.

Prost wrapped up the title with two rounds to spare, at the European Grand Prix (round 14 of 16), while his team McLaren sealed the Constructors' crown two rounds later, at the Australian Grand Prix (round 16 of 16).

See all 1985 F1 results for each race, driver and team. Here you can find the 1985 F1 teams overview, we also have all other F1 results since 1950.

Drivers Standings

1985 F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POSDriverPTS1985 Brazilian F1 GP1985 Portuguese F1 GP1985 San Marino F1 GP1985 Monaco F1 GP1985 Canadian F1 GP1985 Detroit F1 GP1985 French F1 GP1985 British F1 GP1985 German F1 GP1985 Austrian F1 GP1985 Dutch F1 GP1985 Italian F1 GP1985 Belgian F1 GP1985 European F1 GP1985 South African F1 GP1985 Australian F1 GP
1FranceAlainProst73 (76)1*DNFDSQ13DNF31*21*2*13*43DNF
2ItalyMicheleAlboreto5322DNF*2*13DNF213413DNFDNFDNFDNF
3FinlandKekeRosberg40DNFDNFDNF8412*DNF12DNFDNFDNF432*1*
4BrazilAyrtonSenna38DNF1*7DNF16*DNF*DNF10DNF23312DNFDNF
5ItalyEliode Angelis333413555NCDNF556DNF5DNFDSQ
6United KingdomNigelMansell31DNF5576DNFDNSDNF6DNF611*211DNF
7SwedenStefanJohansson26786DNF224DNF94DNF5DNFDNF45
8BrazilNelsonPiquet21DNFDNF8DNFDNF614DNFDNF825DNFDNFDNF
9FranceJacquesLaffite166DNFDNF6812DNF33DNFDNFDNF11DNF*-2
10AustriaNikiLauda14DNFDNF4DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF5*DNF1DNF--DNFDNF
11BelgiumThierryBoutsen1111DNF29979DNF48DNF91066DNF
12FrancePatrickTambay11533DNF7DNF6DNFDNF10DNF7DNF12-DNF
13SwitzerlandMarcSurer5----15886DNF6104813DNFDNF
14United KingdomDerekWarwick5107105DNFDNF75DNFDNFDNFDNF6DNF-DNF
15FrancePhilippeStreiff4-----------1098DNF3
16GermanyStefanBellof4-6DNFDNQ114131187DNF-----
17ItalyAndreade Cesaris3DNFDNFDNF41410DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF-----
18ItalyIvanCapelli3-------------DNF-4
19FranceRenéArnoux34---------------
20AustriaGerhardBerger3DNFDNFDNFDNF1311DNF87DNF9DNF71056
21United KingdomMartinBrundle08DNF91012DNFDNF710DNQ7813DNF7DNF
22NetherlandsHuubRothengatter0--------DNF9NCDNFNC-DNF7
23United KingdomJohnWatson0-------------7--
24ItalyPierluigiMartini0DNFDNFDNF-DNFDNFDNFDNF11DNFDNFDNF12DNFDNF8
25ItalyRiccardoPatrese0DNFDNFDNFDNF10DNF119DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF9DNFDNF
26United StatesEddieCheever0DNFDNFDNFDNF17910DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF11DNFDNF
27ItalyPiercarloGhinzani0129NCDNQDNFDNF15DNF-DNSDNFDNSDNFDNFDNFDNF
28FrancePhilippeAlliot09DNFDNFDNQDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF--
29United KingdomJonathanPalmer0-DNFDNF11--DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF-----
30GermanyManfredWinkelhock013NCDNFDNQDNFDNF12DNFDNF-------
31ItalyTeoFabi0---DNFDNFDNF14DNFDNFDNFDNF12DNFDNFDNFDNF
32GermanyChristianDanner0------------DNFDNF--
33United KingdomKennyAcheson0---------DNF-DNF----
34ItalyMauroBaldi0DNFDNFDNF-------------
35AustraliaAlanJones0-----------DNF-DNFDNSDNF
36FranceFrançoisHesnault0DNFDNFDNFDNQ----DNF-------

1985 Drivers' Championship Progression

P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11P12P13P14P15P16P17P18P19P20P21P22P23P24P25P26P27P28P29P30P31P32P33P34P35P36ProstAlboretoRosbergArnouxSennaAngelisMansellJohanssonPiquetLaffiteLaudaBoutsenTambayBellofSurerWarwickCesarisStreiffCapelliBergerWatsonBrundleRothengatterMartiniBaldiPatreseAlliotWinkelhockCheeverPalmerGhinzaniHesnaultAchesonFabiDannerJones👑

1985 F1 Driver Statistics

POSDriverTeamGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLDNFPTS
1FranceAlainProstUnited KingdomMcLaren165241128945476
2ItalyMicheleAlboretoItalyFerrari16242817562753
3FinlandKekeRosbergUnited KingdomWilliams16221527363840
4BrazilAyrtonSennaUnited KingdomTeam Lotus16222677753938
5United KingdomNigelMansellUnited KingdomWilliams16210317231731
6ItalyEliode AngelisUnited KingdomTeam Lotus16102318590533
7BrazilNelsonPiquetUnited KingdomBrabham161102151901021
8SwedenStefanJohanssonUnited KingdomTyrrell16020207630626
9BelgiumThierryBoutsenUnited KingdomArrows16010109030411
10AustriaGerhardBergerUnited KingdomArrows1600000727073
11United KingdomMartinBrundleUnited KingdomTyrrell1600000783070
12ItalyRiccardoPatreseSwitzerlandAlfa Romeo16000004560120
13United StatesEddieCheeverSwitzerlandAlfa Romeo16000004910120
14FranceJacquesLaffiteFranceLigier15012307111816
15FrancePatrickTambayFranceRenault15002205740911
16United KingdomDerekWarwickFranceRenault1500000608095
17ItalyPierluigiMartiniItalyMinardi15000004590130
18ItalyPiercarloGhinzaniItalyOsella15000003150120
19AustriaNikiLaudaUnited KingdomMcLaren141001058911114
20FrancePhilippeAlliotUnited KingdomRAM14000002840130
21ItalyTeoFabiUnited KingdomToleman13000013000120
22SwitzerlandMarcSurerUnited KingdomBrabham1200000575055
23ItalyAndreade CesarisFranceLigier1100000354083
24GermanyStefanBellofUnited KingdomTyrrell1000000464044
25GermanyManfredWinkelhockUnited KingdomRAM900000228070
26United KingdomJonathanPalmerGermanyZakspeed800000125070
27NetherlandsHuubRothengatterItalyOsella700000278050
28FrancePhilippeStreiffFranceLigier500110262014
29FranceFrançoisHesnaultUnited KingdomBrabham50000025050
30AustraliaAlanJonesUnited KingdomLola40000039040
31ItalyMauroBaldiUnited KingdomSpirit30000035030
32ItalyIvanCapelliUnited KingdomTyrrell200000125013
33United KingdomKennyAchesonUnited KingdomRAM20000030020
34GermanyChristianDannerGermanyZakspeed20000071020
35FranceRenéArnouxItalyFerrari10000059003
36United KingdomJohnWatsonUnited KingdomMcLaren10000073000
Constructors Standings

1985 F1 Constructors' Championship Standings

POSTeamCarPTS1985 Brazilian F1 GP1985 Portuguese F1 GP1985 San Marino F1 GP1985 Monaco F1 GP1985 Canadian F1 GP1985 Detroit F1 GP1985 French F1 GP1985 British F1 GP1985 German F1 GP1985 Austrian F1 GP1985 Dutch F1 GP1985 Italian F1 GP1985 Belgian F1 GP1985 European F1 GP1985 South African F1 GP1985 Australian F1 GP
1United KingdomMcLaren190DNFDNF4DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF5DNF1DNF-7DNFDNF
21DNFDSQ13DNF312121343DNF
2ItalyFerrari278222DNF213DNF213413DNFDNFDNFDNF
28486DNF224DNF94DNF5DNFDNF45
3United KingdomWilliams571DNF5576DNFDNSDNF6DNF611211DNF
6DNFDNFDNF8412DNF12DNFDNFDNF4321
4United KingdomTeam Lotus11713413555NCDNF556DNF5DNFDSQ
12DNF17DNF16DNFDNF10DNF23312DNFDNF
5United KingdomBrabham726DNFDNF8DNFDNF614DNFDNF825DNFDNFDNF
8DNFDNFDNFDNQ15886DNF6104813DNFDNF
6FranceLigier2523DNFDNFDNF41410DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF1098-3
266DNFDNF6812DNF33DNFDNFDNF11DNF-2
7FranceRenault1416--------DNF-------
15533DNF7DNF6DNFDNF10DNF7DNF12-DNF
16107105DNFDNF75DNFDNFDNFDNF6DNF-DNF
8United KingdomArrows1714DNFDNFDNFDNF1311DNF87DNF9DNF71056
1811DNF29979DNF48DNF91066DNF
9United KingdomTyrrell378DNF91012DNFDNF7877813DNF7DNF
476DNFDNQ114131110DNQDNF--DNFDNF4
10ItalyOsella240129NCDNQDNFDNF15DNFDNF9NCDNFNC-DNF7
11ItalyMinardi290DNFDNFDNF-DNFDNFDNFDNF11DNFDNFDNF12DNFDNF8
12SwitzerlandAlfa Romeo220DNFDNFDNFDNF10DNF119DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF9DNFDNF
23DNFDNFDNFDNF17910DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF11DNFDNF
13United KingdomRAM9013NCDNFDNQDNFDNF12DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF--
19DNFDNFDNQDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF-DNF----
14GermanyZakspeed30-DNFDNF11--DNFDNFDNFDNFDNF-DNFDNF--
15United KingdomToleman190---DNFDNFDNF14DNFDNFDNFDNF12DNFDNFDNFDNF
2---------DNSDNFDNSDNFDNFDNFDNF
16United KingdomSpirit210DNFDNFDNF-------------
17United KingdomLola330-----------DNF-DNFDNSDNF

1985 Constructors' Championship Progression

P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11P12P13P14P15P16P17McLarenFerrariWilliamsTeam LotusBrabhamLigierRenaultArrowsTyrrellOsellaMinardiRAMAlfa RomeoSpiritZakspeedTolemanLola👑
Race Results

1985 F1 Race-by-Race Results

1985 F1 World Championship
NOGrand PrixDateWinnerTeamLapsTime
11985 Brazilian F1 GP 1985 Brazilian F1 GPApril 7France Alain ProstUnited Kingdom McLaren6101:41:26.115
21985 Portuguese F1 GP 1985 Portuguese F1 GPApril 21Brazil Ayrton SennaUnited Kingdom Team Lotus6702:00:28.006
31985 San Marino F1 GP 1985 San Marino F1 GPMay 5Italy Elio de AngelisUnited Kingdom Team Lotus6001:34:35.955
41985 Monaco F1 GP 1985 Monaco F1 GPMay 19France Alain ProstUnited Kingdom McLaren7801:51:58.034
51985 Canadian F1 GP 1985 Canadian F1 GPJune 16Italy Michele AlboretoItaly Ferrari7001:46:01.813
61985 Detroit F1 GP 1985 Detroit F1 GPJune 23Finland Keke RosbergUnited Kingdom Williams6301:55:39.851
71985 French F1 GP 1985 French F1 GPJuly 7Brazil Nelson PiquetUnited Kingdom Brabham5301:31:46.266
81985 British F1 GP 1985 British F1 GPJuly 21France Alain ProstUnited Kingdom McLaren6501:18:10.436
91985 German F1 GP 1985 German F1 GPAugust 4Italy Michele AlboretoItaly Ferrari6701:35:31.337
101985 Austrian F1 GP 1985 Austrian F1 GPAugust 18France Alain ProstUnited Kingdom McLaren5201:20:12.583
111985 Dutch F1 GP 1985 Dutch F1 GPAugust 25Austria Niki LaudaUnited Kingdom McLaren7001:32:29.263
121985 Italian F1 GP 1985 Italian F1 GPSeptember 8France Alain ProstUnited Kingdom McLaren5101:17:59.451
131985 Belgian F1 GP 1985 Belgian F1 GPSeptember 15Brazil Ayrton SennaUnited Kingdom Team Lotus4301:34:19.893
141985 European F1 GP 1985 European F1 GPOctober 6United Kingdom Nigel MansellUnited Kingdom Williams7501:32:58.109
151985 South African F1 GP 1985 South African F1 GPOctober 19United Kingdom Nigel MansellUnited Kingdom Williams7501:28:22.866
161985 Australian F1 GP 1985 Australian F1 GPNovember 3Finland Keke RosbergUnited Kingdom Williams8202:00:40.473

1985 points distribution: P1 = 9, P2 = 6, P3 = 4, P4 = 3, P5 = 2, P6 = 1 point.

  • Positions in bold show the driver who started from pole position.
  • Positions marked with an asterisk (*) show the driver who set the fastest lap.
  • DNQ = Did not qualify · DNS = Did not start · DNF = Did not finish · NC = Not classified · DSQ = Disqualified

1985 F1 Championship — Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the 1985 F1 Drivers' Championship?

Alain Prost won the 1985 Formula 1 Drivers' Championship with 76 points, finishing 23 points ahead of Michele Alboreto.

After which race was the 1985 F1 Drivers' Championship decided?

Alain Prost clinched the 1985 Drivers' Championship at the European Grand Prix, round 14 of 16, with two rounds to spare.

How many F1 World Drivers' Championships had Alain Prost won by 1985?

The 1985 title was Alain Prost's first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship.

How many races did Alain Prost win in 1985?

Alain Prost won 5 of the 16 races in 1985, with 11 podiums and 2 pole positions.

Who finished runner-up in the 1985 F1 Drivers' Championship?

Michele Alboreto finished runner-up, 23 points behind Alain Prost.

Which team won the 1985 F1 Constructors' Championship?

McLaren won the 1985 Constructors' Championship with 90 points.

When did McLaren win the 1985 F1 Constructors' Championship?

McLaren secured the 1985 Constructors' Championship at the Australian Grand Prix, round 16 of 16.

Did the 1985 F1 Drivers' champion also win the Constructors' Championship?

Yes. Alain Prost drove for McLaren, which also took the 1985 Constructors' Championship, a championship double.

How many races are in the 1985 F1 season?

The 1985 Formula 1 season featured 16 Grand Prix rounds.