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  1985 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One season
Date	November 3, 1985
Official name	L Australian Grand Prix
Location	Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit 3.780 km (2.362 mi)
Distance	82 laps, 309.960 km (193.684 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:19.843
Fastest lap
Driver	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda
Time	1:23.758
Podium
First	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda
Second	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault
Third	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault

The 1985 Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One championship race held in Adelaide on November 3, 1985. It was the final race for the 1985 season.

It was the 50th Australian Grand Prix and the first to be run as part of the Formula One championship.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	82	2:00:40.473[1]	3	9
2	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	82	+ 43.130	20	6
3	25	Philippe Streiff	Ligier-Renault	82	+ 1:28.536	18	4
4	4	Ivan Capelli	Tyrrell-Renault	81	+ 1 Lap	22	3
5	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	81	+ 1 Lap	15	2
6	17	Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	81	+ 1 Lap	7	1
7	24	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	78	+ 4 Laps	25
8	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	78	+ 4 Laps	23
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	62	Engine	1
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	61	Transmission	5
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	57	Accident	16
Ret	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	57	Transmission	12
Ret	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	49	Not Classified	17
Ret	8	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	42	Engine	6
Ret	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	42	Exhaust	14
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	40	Engine	24
Ret	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	37	Oil Leak	11
Ret	20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	28	Clutch	21
Ret	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	26	Engine	4
Ret	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	20	Transmission	8
Ret	33	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	20	Electrical	19
DSQ	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	18	Disqualified[2]	10
Ret	7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	14	Fire	9
Ret	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	5	Engine	13
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	Transmission	2

Notes

• Pole position: Ayrton Senna - 1:19.843^[1]
• Fastest lap: Keke Rosberg - 1:23.758 on lap 57^[3]
• Elio de Angelis - Was excluded for regaining his original grid position after being delayed on the parade lap.
• Milestone - Alan Jones; 100th Race Start.
• On the second to last lap, Ligier driver Philippe Streiff tried to overtake his team-mate Jacques Laffite for 2nd place and, as result of this maneuver, Streiff's front wheel axis was severely damaged, but the driver still managed to finish in 3rd place despite driving on "three wheels".
• Last race for: Niki Lauda, Alfa Romeo
• Last win for Keke Rosberg
• Last Fastest lap for Keke Rosberg
• McLaren-TAG Porsche and Ferrari came into this race fighting for the Constructor's Championship
  • McLaren-TAG Porsche (90pts) needed either
    • 2nd (or 3rd and 6th) or better
    • 4th (or 5th and 6th) with the Ferraris 1st and 3rd or lower
    • 5th with the Ferraris 1st and 4th or lower
    • 6th with the Ferraris 1st and 5th or lower
    • the Ferraris scoring 1st and 6th or lower
  • Ferrari (80pts) needed either
    • 1st and 2nd with the McLarens scoring fewer than 5pts
    • 1st and 3rd with the McLarens scoring fewer than 3pts
    • 1st and 4th with the McLarens 6th or lower
    • 1st and 5th with the McLaren 7th or lower

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/309/. Retrieved 2007-06-17.