The 1985 European Grand Prix was Round 14 of the 1985 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Brands Hatch, United Kingdom on Sunday, 6 October 1985. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the Lotus Renault and Nigel Mansell was the race winner in the Williams Honda. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 1985 Drivers World Championship and Alain Prost won the world title for the second time.
1985 Shell Oils Grand Prix Of Europe Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 75 | 1:32:58.109 | 1:32:58.109 | - | - | 1:12.583 | 60 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 75 | +21.396 | 1:33:19.505 | +21.396 | +21.396 | 1:12.601 | 56 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 75 | +58.533 | 1:33:56.642 | +58.533 | +37.137 | 1:12.022 | 58 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 75 | +1:06.121 | 1:34:04.230 | +1:06.121 | +7.588 | 1:11.655 | 49 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Italy | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:13.793 | 50 | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:14.583 | 45 | 12 | 1 | |
| 7 | 1 | John Watson | Great Britain | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:14.007 | 52 | 21 | |||
| 8 | 25 | Philippe Streiff | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:14.476 | 25 | 5 | |||
| 9 | 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:14.317 | 38 | 11 | |||
| 10 | 17 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:14.391 | 54 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 23 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:13.620 | 45 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 15 | Patrick Tambay | France | Renault | Goodyear | 72 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:14.571 | 68 | 17 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Marc Surer | Switzerland | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 62 | Turbo | 13 laps | 10 laps | 1:12.862 | 38 | 7 | ||
| DNF | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ferrari | Goodyear | 59 | Electrical | 16 laps | 3 laps | 1:13.353 | 48 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 58 | Engine | 17 laps | 1 lap | 1:11.526 | 55 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Christian Danner | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 55 | Engine | 20 laps | 3 laps | 1:19.150 | 26 | 25 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 44 | Accident | 31 laps | 11 laps | 1:15.538 | 37 | 24 | ||
| DNF | 3 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 40 | Water leak | 35 laps | 4 laps | 1:14.462 | 35 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Toleman Hart | Pirelli | 33 | Engine | 42 laps | 7 laps | 1:15.595 | 26 | 20 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Philippe Alliot | France | RAM Hart | Pirelli | 31 | Engine | 44 laps | 2 laps | 1:16.141 | 13 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Toleman Hart | Pirelli | 16 | Engine | 59 laps | 15 laps | 1:15.946 | 15 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 33 | Alan Jones | Australia | Lola Hart | Goodyear | 13 | Radiator | 62 laps | 3 laps | 1:16.390 | 9 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 13 | Turbo | 62 laps | 1:15.224 | 6 | 15 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 6 | Accident | 69 laps | 7 laps | 1:14.649 | 6 | 2 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Renault | Goodyear | 4 | Injection | 71 laps | 2 laps | 1:28.545 | 4 | 8 | ||
| DNF | 29 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 3 | Accident | 72 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.352 | 3 | 26 | ||
| DNQ | 24 | Huub Rothengatter | Netherlands | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli |