Round 7 · 7 July 1985
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 6
1
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
31
pts
2
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
24
pts
3
Alain Prost
McLaren
22
pts
4
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
13
pts
5
Keke Rosberg
Williams
12
pts
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6
Patrick Tambay
Renault
10
pts
7
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
9
pts
8
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
6
pts
9
Nigel Mansell
Williams
5
pts
10
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
4
pts
11
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
3
pts
12
Niki Lauda
McLaren
3
pts
13
René Arnoux
Ferrari
3
pts
14
Derek Warwick
Renault
2
pts
15
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
2
pts
16
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
1
pts
-
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Marc Surer
Brabham
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Philippe Alliot
RAM
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Gerhard Berger
Arrows
0
pts
-
Jonathan Palmer
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Manfred Winkelhock
RAM
0
pts
-
Teo Fabi
Toleman
0
pts
-
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
0
pts
-
Mauro Baldi
Spirit
0
pts
-
François Hesnault
Brabham
0
pts
After the race
29 drivers
After Round 7
1
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
—
31
+0
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
↑1
26
+4
3
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
↓1
26
+2
4
Keke Rosberg
Williams
↑1
18
+6
5
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
↓1
16
+3
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6
Patrick Tambay
Renault
—
11
+1
7
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
↑9
10
+9
8
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
↓1
9
+0
9
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
↓1
6
+0
10
Nigel Mansell
Williams
↓1
5
+0
11
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
↓1
4
+0
12
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
↓1
3
+0
13
Niki Lauda
McLaren
↓1
3
+0
14
René Arnoux
Ferrari
↓1
3
+0
15
Derek Warwick
Renault
↓1
2
+0
16
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↓1
2
+0
-
Marc Surer
Brabham
—
0
+0
-
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Alliot
RAM
—
0
+0
-
Riccardo Patrese
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Gerhard Berger
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Jonathan Palmer
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Manfred Winkelhock
RAM
—
0
+0
-
Teo Fabi
Toleman
—
0
+0
-
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Mauro Baldi
Spirit
—
0
+0
-
François Hesnault
Brabham
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 1:31:46.266 | 9 |
| 2 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1 | +6.660 | 6 |
| 3 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 4 | +9.285 | 4 |
| 4 | JOH Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 16 | +53.491 | 3 |
| 5 | DE Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | +53.690 | 2 |
| 6 | TAM Patrick Tambay | Renault | 10 | +1:15.167 | 1 |
| 7 | WAR Derek Warwick | Renault | 11 | +1:44.212 | 0 |
| 8 | SUR Marc Surer | Brabham | 14 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 12 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 11 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 1L | 0 |
| 12 | WIN Manfred Winkelhock | RAM | 20 | 3L | 0 |
| 13 | BEL Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 26 | 3L | 0 |
| 14 | FAB Teo Fabi | Toleman | 19 | 4L | 0 |
| 15 | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 24 | 4L | 0 |
| R | BRU Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | McLaren | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | BER Gerhard Berger | Arrows | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | MAR Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 25 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | RAM | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 15 | — | 0 |
| W | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 8 | — | 0 |