Round 8 · 21 July 1985
British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 7
1
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
31
pts
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
26
pts
3
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
26
pts
4
Keke Rosberg
Williams
18
pts
5
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
16
pts
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6
Patrick Tambay
Renault
11
pts
7
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
10
pts
8
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
9
pts
9
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
6
pts
10
Nigel Mansell
Williams
5
pts
11
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
4
pts
12
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
3
pts
13
Niki Lauda
McLaren
3
pts
14
René Arnoux
Ferrari
3
pts
15
Derek Warwick
Renault
2
pts
16
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
2
pts
-
Marc Surer
Brabham
0
pts
-
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
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 8
1
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
—
37
+6
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
35
+9
3
Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus
—
26
+0
4
Keke Rosberg
Williams
—
18
+0
5
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
—
16
+0
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6
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
↑1
13
+3
7
Patrick Tambay
Renault
↓1
11
+0
8
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
—
9
+0
9
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
—
6
+0
10
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑6
6
+4
11
Nigel Mansell
Williams
↓1
5
+0
12
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
↓1
4
+0
13
Derek Warwick
Renault
↑2
4
+2
14
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
↓2
3
+0
15
Niki Lauda
McLaren
↓2
3
+0
16
René Arnoux
Ferrari
↓2
3
+0
17
Marc Surer
Brabham
↑982
1
+1
-
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Gerhard Berger
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Riccardo Patrese
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Alfa Romeo
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Alliot
RAM
—
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 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 3 | 1:18:10.436 | 9 |
| 2 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 6 | 1L | 6 |
| 3 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 16 | 1L | 4 |
| 4 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 2 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | WAR Derek Warwick | Renault | 12 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | SUR Marc Surer | Brabham | 15 | 2L | 1 |
| 7 | BRU Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 8 | BER Gerhard Berger | Arrows | 17 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 14 | 3L | 0 |
| 10 | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 4 | 5L | 0 |
| 11 | BEL Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 26 | 6L | 0 |
| R | LAU Niki Lauda | McLaren | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | MAR Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | WIN Manfred Winkelhock | RAM | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | ROS Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | CHE Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | FAB Teo Fabi | Toleman | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | JOH Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | Renault | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | RAM | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 25 | — | 0 |