Round 9 · 4 August 1985
German Grand Prix
Nürburgring · Nürburg, Germany
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 8
1
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
37
pts
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
35
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
Nelson Piquet
Brabham
13
pts
7
Patrick Tambay
Renault
11
pts
8
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
9
pts
9
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
6
pts
10
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
6
pts
11
Nigel Mansell
Williams
5
pts
12
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
4
pts
13
Derek Warwick
Renault
4
pts
14
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
3
pts
15
Niki Lauda
McLaren
3
pts
16
René Arnoux
Ferrari
3
pts
17
Marc Surer
Brabham
1
pts
-
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Gerhard Berger
Arrows
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Alfa Romeo
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
0
pts
-
Philippe Alliot
RAM
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
30 drivers
After Round 9
1
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
—
46
+9
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
41
+6
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
—
13
+0
7
Patrick Tambay
Renault
—
11
+0
8
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
↑2
10
+4
9
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
↓1
9
+0
10
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
↓1
9
+3
11
Nigel Mansell
Williams
—
6
+1
12
Niki Lauda
McLaren
↑3
5
+2
13
Stefan Bellof
Tyrrell
↓1
4
+0
14
Derek Warwick
Renault
↓1
4
+0
15
Andrea de Cesaris
Ligier
↓1
3
+0
16
René Arnoux
Ferrari
—
3
+0
17
Marc Surer
Brabham
—
1
+0
-
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
-
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Jonathan Palmer
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Manfred Winkelhock
RAM
—
0
+0
-
Teo Fabi
Toleman
—
0
+0
-
Huub Rothengatter
Osella
NEW
0
+0
-
Mauro Baldi
Spirit
—
0
+0
-
François Hesnault
Renault
—
0
+0
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Race classification
27 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 8 | 1:35:31.337 | 9 |
| 2 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 3 | +11.661 | 6 |
| 3 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 13 | +51.154 | 4 |
| 4 | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 15 | +55.279 | 3 |
| 5 | LAU Niki Lauda | McLaren | 12 | +1:13.972 | 2 |
| 6 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 10 | +1:16.820 | 1 |
| 7 | BER Gerhard Berger | Arrows | 17 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | BEL Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | JOH Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 2 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | BRU Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 26 | 4L | 0 |
| 11 | MAR Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 27 | 5L | 0 |
| 12 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Williams | 4 | 6L | 0 |
| R | CHE Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | ROT Huub Rothengatter | Osella | 25 | — | 0 |
| R | FAB Teo Fabi | Toleman | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | WAR Derek Warwick | Renault | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | Renault | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | SUR Marc Surer | Brabham | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | WIN Manfred Winkelhock | RAM | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | HES François Hesnault | Renault | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | RAM | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 14 | — | 0 |