The 1985 French Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1985 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on Sunday, 7 July 1985. Keke Rosberg started on pole position in the Williams Honda and Nelson Piquet was the race winner in the Brabham BMW.
71e Grand Prix De France De Formule 1 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 53 | 1:31:46.266 | 1:31:46.266 | - | - | 1:41.528 | 2 | 201.324 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 53 | +6.660 | 1:31:52.926 | +6.660 | +6.660 | 1:39.914 | 46 | 201.081 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 53 | +9.285 | 1:31:55.551 | +9.285 | +2.625 | 1:41.991 | 2 | 200.985 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ferrari | Goodyear | 53 | +53.491 | 1:32:39.757 | +53.491 | +44.206 | 1:43.411 | 48 | 199.387 | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Italy | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 53 | +53.690 | 1:32:39.956 | +53.690 | +0.199 | 1:42.046 | 3 | 199.380 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Patrick Tambay | France | Renault | Goodyear | 53 | +1:15.167 | 1:33:01.433 | +1:15.167 | +21.477 | 1:43.869 | 5 | 198.613 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Renault | Goodyear | 53 | +1:44.212 | 1:33:30.478 | +1:44.212 | +29.045 | 1:43.279 | 4 | 197.585 | 11 | |
| 8 | 8 | Marc Surer | Switzerland | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 52 | +1 lap | 1:32:15.100 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:41.934 | 44 | 196.497 | 14 | |
| 9 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 1:32:27.431 | 1 lap | +12.331 | 1:42.226 | 46 | 196.060 | 12 | |
| 10 | 23 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 1:33:28.180 | 1 lap | +1:00.749 | 1:45.399 | 31 | 193.936 | 18 | |
| 11 | 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 52 | +1 lap | 1:33:33.894 | 1 lap | +5.714 | 1:45.509 | 2 | 193.739 | 17 | |
| 12 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | Germany | RAM Hart | Pirelli | 50 | +3 laps | 1:32:00.030 | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:45.491 | 5 | 189.455 | 20 | |
| 13 | 4 | Stefan Bellof | Germany | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 50 | +3 laps | 1:32:31.739 | 3 laps | +31.709 | 1:47.553 | 33 | 188.373 | 26 | |
| 14 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Toleman Hart | Pirelli | 49 | Fuel System | 1:26:54.196 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:42.310 | 48 | 196.556 | 19 | |
| 15 | 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 49 | +4 laps | 1:32:07.650 | 4 laps | +5:13.454 | 1:48.306 | 4 | 185.410 | 24 | |
| DNF | 3 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 32 | Gearbox | 57:05.684 | 1:45.456 | 5 | 195.380 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 30 | Gearbox | 51:59.786 | 1:42.037 | 3 | 201.129 | 6 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 26 | Engine | 46:56.070 | 1:41.552 | 2 | 193.111 | 2 | |||
| DNF | 17 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 20 | Accident | 35:12.198 | 1:43.717 | 4 | 198.049 | 9 | |||
| DNF | 29 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 19 | Accident | 35:07.206 | 1:48.720 | 3 | 188.592 | 25 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Philippe Alliot | France | RAM Hart | Pirelli | 8 | Fuel System | 15:09.437 | 1:46.899 | 2 | 183.990 | 23 | |||
| DNF | 30 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 6 | Engine | 10:50.170 | 1:45.696 | 6 | 193.020 | 22 | |||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 5 | Turbo | 8:49.068 | 1:41.985 | 3 | 197.668 | 3 | |||
| DNF | 25 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 4 | Steering | 6:56.582 | 1:41.843 | 3 | 200.834 | 13 | |||
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 2 | Turbo | 3:37.914 | 1:44.273 | 2 | 191.965 | 15 | |||
| DNS | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | Injured | 8 |