1985 / ROUND 7

French Grand Prix

WinnerNelson PiquetPublished race classification

Official poleKeke RosbergSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance307.877 km53 laps

Race entries26Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	5	53	1:31:46.266	9
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	1	53	1:31:52.926	6
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	4	4	53	1:31:55.551	4
4	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	16	15	53	1:32:39.757	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	7	7	53	1:32:39.956	2
6	Patrick Tambay	Renault	10	9	53	1:33:01.433	1
7	Derek Warwick	Renault	11	10	53	1:33:30.478	0
8	Marc Surer	Brabham	14	13	52	+1 lap	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	12	11	52	+1 lap	0
10	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	18	17	52	+1 lap	0
11	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	17	16	52	+1 lap	0
12	Manfred Winkelhock	RAM	20	19	50	+3 laps	0
13	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	26	25	50	+3 laps	0
14	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	18	49	Fuel system	0
15	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	23	49	+4 laps	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	21	20	32	Gearbox	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	6	6	30	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	2	2	26	Engine	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	9	8	20	Accident	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	25	24	19	Accident	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	23	22	8	Fuel system	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	22	21	6	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	3	3	5	Turbo	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	13	12	4	Steering	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	15	14	2	Turbo	0
DNS	Nigel Mansell	Williams	8	—	—	Injury	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Keke Rosberg	1:32.462
2	Ayrton Senna	1:32.835
3	Michele Alboreto	1:33.267
4	Alain Prost	1:33.335
5	Nelson Piquet	1:33.812
6	Niki Lauda	1:33.860
7	Elio de Angelis	1:34.022
8	Nigel Mansell	1:34.191
9	Gerhard Berger	1:34.674
10	Patrick Tambay	1:34.680
11	Derek Warwick	1:34.976
12	Thierry Boutsen	1:35.488
13	Andrea de Cesaris	1:35.571
14	Marc Surer	1:35.572
15	Jacques Laffite	1:36.133
16	Stefan Johansson	1:36.140
17	Riccardo Patrese	1:36.729
18	Eddie Cheever	1:36.931
19	Teo Fabi	1:37.142
20	Manfred Winkelhock	1:37.654
21	Martin Brundle	1:40.015
22	Jonathan Palmer	1:40.289
23	Philippe Alliot	1:41.647
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:42.136
25	Pierluigi Martini	1:44.350
26	Stefan Bellof	1:44.404

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.