1985 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | September 15, 1985 | ||
| Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Distance | 43 laps, 301.172 km (187.136 mi) | ||
| Weather | Wet/Dry, drying up in later stages | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Time | 1:55.306 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG | |
| Time | 2:01.730 on lap 38 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Second | Williams-Honda | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
The 1985 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on September 15, 1985. It was the thirteenth round of the 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was the 43rd Belgian Grand Prix, the 31st to be held at Spa and the second since the circuit had been rebuilt and re-opened at half its original length in 1979. The race was held over 43 laps of the seven kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 301 kilometres.
The race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a Lotus 97T. It was Senna's second World Championship victory and the first of five he would win at Spa-Francorchamps. Senna won by 28 seconds over British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW10. Third was World Championship points leader, French driver Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/2B. The win promoted Senna to third in the drivers' standings and third place allowed Prost to expand his lead over Ferrari driver Michele Alboreto to 16 points.
This race was originally to be run on 2 June but was re-scheduled to 15 September after the then newly laid surface had badly broken up. Because this was a re-scheduled race Formula One's newest team Haas Lola and their driver, 1980 World Champion Alan Jones, who had their first race at the previous round in Italy were not permitted to enter as they were not on the original entry list. During the buildup to the race FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre announced that the controversial South African Grand Prix would take place despite pressure to cancel the event as part of anti-apartheid embargoes.
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