1985 British Grand Prix

1985 British Grand Prix
1985 British Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	21 July 1985
Official name	XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit; Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.719 km (2.932 miles)
Distance	65 laps, 306.735 km (190.569 miles)
Scheduled distance	66 laps, 311.454 km (193.529 miles)
Weather	Cool, overcast
Pole position
Driver	Keke Rosberg;
Time	1:05.591
Fastest lap
Driver	Alain Prost
Time	1:09.886 on lap 43
Podium
First	Alain Prost;
Second	Michele Alboreto;
Third	Jacques Laffite;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1985 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVIII Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 21 July 1985. It was the eighth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship.

The 65-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from third position. Michele Alboreto finished second in a Ferrari, with Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Renault. The win, Prost's third of the season, moved him to within two points of Alboreto at the top of the Drivers' Championship.

^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985–86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 244. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.
^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985–86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 245. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.

[Autocourse1985p244-1] Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985–86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 244. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.

[Autocourse1985p245-2] Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1985). AUTOCOURSE 1985–86. Hazleton Publishing. p. 245. ISBN 0-905138-38-4.

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