1985 · Round 16
Australian Grand Prix
Adelaide Street Circuit · Adelaide, Australia
Pole position
Senna
Biggest climber
▲18
Jacques Laffite
Finishers
8/25
17 did not finish
Classification
Australian GP result
| Pos | Driver | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keke RosbergWilliams | 3 | ▲2 | 82 | 2:00:40.473 | 9 |
| 2 | Jacques LaffiteLigier | 20 | ▲18 | 82 | +43.130 | 6 |
| 3 | Philippe StreiffLigier | 18 | ▲15 | 82 | +1:28.536 | 4 |
| 4 | Ivan CapelliTyrrell | 22 | ▲18 | 81 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Stefan JohanssonFerrari | 15 | ▲10 | 81 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Gerhard BergerArrows | 7 | ▲1 | 81 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Huub RothengatterOsella | 25 | ▲18 | 78 | +4 Laps | |
| 8 | Pierluigi MartiniMinardi | 23 | ▲15 | 78 | +4 Laps | |
| DNF | Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus | 1 | 62 | Engine | ||
| DNF | Michele AlboretoFerrari | 5 | 61 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Niki LaudaMcLaren | 16 | 57 | Accident | ||
| DNF | Derek WarwickRenault | 12 | 57 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Martin BrundleTyrrell | 17 | 49 | Not classified | ||
| DNF | Marc SurerBrabham | 6 | 42 | Engine | ||
| DNF | Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo | 14 | 42 | Exhaust | ||
| DNF | Teo FabiToleman | 24 | 40 | Engine | ||
| DNF | Thierry BoutsenArrows | 11 | 37 | Oil leak | ||
| DNF | Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman | 21 | 28 | Clutch | ||
| DNF | Alain ProstMcLaren | 4 | 26 | Engine | ||
| DNF | Patrick TambayRenault | 8 | 20 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Alan JonesLola | 19 | 20 | Electrical | ||
| DSQ | Elio de AngelisTeam Lotus | 10 | 18 | Disqualified | ||
| DNF | Nelson PiquetBrabham | 9 | 14 | Heat shield fire | ||
| DNF | Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo | 13 | 5 | Engine | ||
| DNF | Nigel MansellWilliams | 2 | 1 | Transmission |