1985 Formula One Season - 1985 Drivers Championship Final Standings

1985 Drivers Championship Final Standings

Pos	Driver	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS	Points
1	Alain Prost	1	Ret	DSQ	1	3	Ret	3	1	2	1	2	1	3	4	3	Ret	73 (76)
2	Michele Alboreto	2	2	Ret	2	1	3	Ret	2	1	3	4	13†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	53
3	Keke Rosberg	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	4	1	2	Ret	12†	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	2	1	40
4	Ayrton Senna	Ret	1	7†	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	10†	Ret	2	3	3	1	2	Ret	Ret	38
5	Elio de Angelis	3	4	1	3	5	5	5	NC	Ret	5	5	6	Ret	5	Ret	DSQ	33
6	Nigel Mansell	Ret	5	5	7	6	Ret	DNS	Ret	6	Ret	6	11†	2	1	1	Ret	31
7	Stefan Johansson	7	8	6†	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	9	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	4	5	26
8	Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	8†	Ret	Ret	6	1	4	Ret	Ret	8	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	21
9	Jacques Laffite	6	Ret	Ret	6	8	12	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret		2	16
10	Niki Lauda	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	1	Ret	DNS		Ret	Ret	14
11	Thierry Boutsen	11	Ret	2	9	9	7	9	Ret	4	8	Ret	9	10	6	6	Ret	11
12	Patrick Tambay	5	3	3	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10†	Ret	7	Ret	12		Ret	11
13	Marc Surer					15	8	8	6	Ret	6	10†	4	8	13†	Ret	Ret	5
14	Derek Warwick	10	7	10†	5	Ret	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret		Ret	5
15	Philippe Streiff												10	9	8	Ret	3	4
16	Stefan Bellof		6	Ret	DNQ	11	4	13	11	8	7†	Ret						4
17	Ivan Capelli														Ret		4	3
=	René Arnoux	4																3
=	Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	14	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret						3
20	Gerhard Berger	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	11	Ret	8	7	Ret	9	Ret	7	10	5	6	3
—	Martin Brundle	8	Ret	9†	10	12	Ret	Ret	7	10	DNQ	7	8	13	Ret	7	NC	0
—	Huub Rothengatter									Ret	9	NC	Ret	NC	DNQ	Ret	7	0
—	John Watson														7			0
—	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	0
—	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	0
—	Eddie Cheever	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	0
—	Piercarlo Ghinzani	12	9	NC	DNQ	Ret	Ret	15	Ret		DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Philippe Alliot	9	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
—	Jonathan Palmer		Ret	Ret	11			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
—	Manfred Winkelhock	13	NC	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret								0
—	Teo Fabi				Ret	Ret	Ret	14†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	François Hesnault	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ					Ret								0
—	Alan Jones												Ret		Ret	DNS	Ret	0
—	Mauro Baldi	Ret	Ret	Ret														0
—	Christian Danner													Ret	Ret			0
—	Kenny Acheson										Ret	DNQ	Ret					0
Pos	Driver	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six positions at each race. The best eleven results could be retained.

Only drivers who scored points were classified by the FIA in the final championship results.

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