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1985 Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1985 Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/417-qualifying

Original reference ↗

Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1985 Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1985 Formula 1 World Championship · round 13

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:34:19.893 · 43 laps · renault	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:34:48.315 · 43 laps · honda	6
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:35:15.002 · 43 laps · tag	4
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:35:35.183 · 43 laps · honda	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	Time not recorded · 42 laps · bmw	2
6	Derek Warwick	Renault	Time not recorded · 42 laps · renault	1
7	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	Time not recorded · 42 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
8	Marc Surer	Brabham	Time not recorded · 42 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
9	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	Time not recorded · 42 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 40 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	Accident · Time not recorded · 38 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 38 laps · motori-moderni	Unknown / not applicable
13	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 38 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	Time not recorded · 37 laps · alfa-romeo	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	Engine · Time not recorded · 31 laps · alfa-romeo	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 26 laps · alfa-romeo	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 24 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	Throttle · Time not recorded · 23 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	Turbo · Time not recorded · 17 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 16 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	Accident · Time not recorded · 10 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	Spun off · Time not recorded · 7 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	Accident · Time not recorded · 7 laps · hart	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Clutch · Time not recorded · 3 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Niki Lauda	McLaren	Injury · Time not recorded · tag	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:55.306 · tag
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:55.403 · renault
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:55.648 · bmw
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:56.021 · ferrari
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:56.585 · ferrari
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:56.697 · bmw
7	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:56.727 · honda
8	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:56.770 · bmw
9	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:57.322 · renault
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:57.465 · honda
11	Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:57.588 · hart
12	Marc Surer	Brabham	1:57.729 · bmw
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:58.105 · renault
14	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:58.407 · renault
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:58.414 · alfa-romeo
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:58.706 · hart
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:58.933 · renault
18	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	1:59.245 · renault
19	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:59.370 · alfa-romeo
20	Philippe Alliot	RAM	1:59.626 · hart
21	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	2:00.950 · renault
22	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	2:05.059 · zakspeed
23	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	2:05.776 · alfa-romeo
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	2:06.007 · motori-moderni

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:55.306 · tag
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:55.403 · renault
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:55.648 · bmw
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:56.021 · ferrari
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:56.585 · ferrari
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:56.697 · bmw
7	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:56.727 · honda
8	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:56.770 · bmw
9	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:57.322 · renault
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:57.465 · honda
11	Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:57.588 · hart
12	Marc Surer	Brabham	1:57.729 · bmw
13	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:58.105 · renault
14	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:58.407 · renault
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:58.414 · alfa-romeo
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:58.706 · hart
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:58.933 · renault
18	Philippe Streiff	Ligier	1:59.245 · renault
19	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:59.370 · alfa-romeo
20	Philippe Alliot	RAM	1:59.626 · hart
21	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	2:00.950 · renault
22	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	2:05.059 · zakspeed
23	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	2:05.776 · alfa-romeo
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	2:06.007 · motori-moderni

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	69
2	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	53
3	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	32
4	Elio de Angelis	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
5	Keke Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
6	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
7	Stefan Johansson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
8	Niki Lauda	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
9	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
10	Patrick Tambay	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
11	Jacques Laffite	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
12	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
13	Marc Surer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
14	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
15	Stefan Bellof	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
16	René Arnoux	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	1	2:25.462
warmingUpResults	Elio de Angelis	2	2:26.491
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	3	2:26.732
warmingUpResults	Keke Rosberg	4	2:27.380
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	5	2:27.996
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	6	2:28.234
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	7	2:28.480
warmingUpResults	Patrick Tambay	8	2:28.878
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	9	2:29.543
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	10	2:30.151
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	11	2:32.707
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	12	2:35.069
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	13	2:36.075
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	14	2:36.376
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	15	2:36.788
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	16	2:37.201
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	17	2:37.414
warmingUpResults	Marc Surer	18	2:37.877
warmingUpResults	Jacques Laffite	19	2:38.333
warmingUpResults	Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	2:45.582
warmingUpResults	Christian Danner	21	2:47.516
warmingUpResults	Teo Fabi	22	2:49.004
warmingUpResults	Huub Rothengatter	23	3:07.970