1985 Austrian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One season | |||
The Österreichring (last modified in 1977)
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| Date | August 18, 1985 | ||
| Official name | XVIII Holiday Großer Preis von Osterreich | ||
| Location | Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.942 km (3.692 mi) | ||
| Distance | 52 laps, 308.984 km (191.994 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Time | 1:25.490 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG | |
| Time | 1:29.241 on lap 39 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1985 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on August 18, 1985. It was the tenth round of the 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was the 25th Austrian Grand Prix and the 24th to be held at Österreichring. The race was held over 52 laps of the six-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 309 kilometres.
The race was won by French driver Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/2B. It was Prost's fourth victory of his championship-winning season. Prost won by 30 seconds over Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a Lotus 97T. Italian driver Michele Alboreto driving a Ferrari 156/85 finished third, tying Alboreto and Prost in the championship.
In what was to be the last race for the venerable Cosworth DFV V8 engine until 1987, Tyrrell's Martin Brundle failed to qualify giving the race the distinction of being the first ever all-turbo Formula One Grand Prix starting a string of 22 races where all cars would be powered by turbocharged engines.
Missing from the grid was RAM driver Manfred Winkelhock who had been killed in a sportscar race in Canada just a week before. His place was taken in the team by Kenny Acheson for his first Formula One race since the 1983 South African Grand Prix.
A second Toleman was driven by Piercarlo Ghinzani.
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