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1985 / PROST

A scrolling recap of 1985 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Alain Prost closed the year on 73 points, a 20-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1985
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Alain Prost	9	9	9	18	22	22	26	35	41	50	56	65	69	72	73	73
Michele Alboreto	6	12	12	18	27	31	31	37	46	50	53	53	53	53	53	53
Keke Rosberg	0	0	0	0	3	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	21	25	31	40
Ayrton Senna	0	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	19	23	32	38	38	38
Elio de Angelis	4	7	16	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	31	31	33	33	33
Nigel Mansell	0	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	13	22	31	31
Stefan Johansson	0	0	1	1	7	13	16	16	16	19	19	21	21	21	24	26
Nelson Piquet	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	13	13	13	13	19	21	21	21	21
Jacques Laffite	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16
Niki Lauda	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	14

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. McLaren–TAG ended on 90 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1985
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	MCLAREN–TAG	90
P2	FERRARI	82
P3	WILLIAMS–HONDA	71
P4	LOTUS–RENAULT	71
P5	BRABHAM–BMW	26
P6	LIGIER–RENAULT	23
P7	RENAULT	16
P8	ARROWS–BMW	14
P9	TYRRELL–FORD	4
P10	TYRRELL–RENAULT	3

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1985
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Alain Prost	P1	P2	P4	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Michele Alboreto	P2	P1	P2	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Keke Rosberg	—	—	—	—	P9	P5	P4	P4	P4	P5	P6	P7	P5	P5	P6	P3
Ayrton Senna	—	P2	P4	P5	P5	P7	P8	P8	P9	P6	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3	P4
Elio de Angelis	P3	P4	P1	P1	P3	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P5
Nigel Mansell	—	P7	P7	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	P11	P11	P12	P12	P9	P6	P5	P6
Stefan Johansson	—	—	P10	P13	P6	P4	P5	P5	P5	P4	P5	P5	P7	P8	P7	P7
Nelson Piquet	—	—	—	—	—	P16	P7	P6	P6	P7	P8	P6	P6	P7	P8	P8
Jacques Laffite	P6	P8	P10	P12	P14	P15	P16	P10	P8	P9	P10	P10	P11	P12	P12	P9
Niki Lauda	—	—	P8	P8	P9	P11	P12	P14	P12	P12	P7	P8	P8	P9	P9	P10
Thierry Boutsen	—	—	P6	P6	P7	P8	P9	P9	P10	P10	P11	P11	P12	P11	P10	P11
Patrick Tambay	P5	P5	P3	P4	P4	P6	P6	P7	P7	P8	P9	P9	P10	P10	P11	P12
Marc Surer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P17	P17	P17	P17	P13	P13	P13	P13	P13
Derek Warwick	—	—	—	P11	P13	P14	P15	P13	P14	P14	P14	P15	P14	P14	P14	P14
Philippe Streiff	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

13 drivers stood on a podium.

8 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 BRAZIL

1 PROST

2 ALBORETO

3 ANGELIS

R02 PORTUGAL

1 SENNA

2 ALBORETO

3 TAMBAY

R03 SAN MARI

1 ANGELIS

2 BOUTSEN

3 TAMBAY

R04 MONACO

1 PROST

2 ALBORETO

3 ANGELIS

R05 CANADA

1 ALBORETO

2 JOHANSSON

3 PROST

R06 DETROIT

1 ROSBERG

2 JOHANSSON

3 ALBORETO

R07 FRANCE

1 PIQUET

2 ROSBERG

3 PROST

R08 GREAT BR

1 PROST

2 ALBORETO

3 LAFFITE

R09 GERMANY

1 ALBORETO

2 PROST

3 LAFFITE

R10 AUSTRIA

1 PROST

2 SENNA

3 ALBORETO

R11 NETHERLA

1 LAUDA

2 PROST

3 SENNA

R12 ITALY

1 PROST

2 PIQUET

3 SENNA

R13 BELGIUM

1 SENNA

2 MANSELL

3 PROST

R14 EUROPE

1 MANSELL

2 SENNA

3 ROSBERG

R15 SOUTH AF

1 MANSELL

2 ROSBERG

3 PROST

R16 AUSTRALI

1 ROSBERG

2 LAFFITE

3 STREIFF

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

20

WINNERS

8

PODIUM·DRIVERS

13

POINTS·SHARED

397

CHAMPION

Alain Prost

73 PTS · 5 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1985	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1985	PROST	ALBORETO	ANGELIS
R02 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1985	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1985	SENNA	ALBORETO	TAMBAY
R03 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1985	Gran Premio di San Marino 1985	ANGELIS	BOUTSEN	TAMBAY
R04 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1985	Grand Prix de Monaco 1985	PROST	ALBORETO	ANGELIS
R05 · Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1985	Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1985	ALBORETO	JOHANSSON	PROST
R06 · 1985 Detroit Grand Prix	1985 Detroit Grand Prix	ROSBERG	JOHANSSON	ALBORETO
R07 · Grand Prix de France 1985	Grand Prix de France 1985	PIQUET	ROSBERG	PROST
R08 · 1985 Marlboro British Grand Prix	1985 Marlboro British Grand Prix	PROST	ALBORETO	LAFFITE
R09 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1985	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1985	ALBORETO	PROST	LAFFITE
R10 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1985	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1985	PROST	SENNA	ALBORETO
R11 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1985	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1985	LAUDA	PROST	SENNA
R12 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1985	Gran Premio d'Italia 1985	PROST	PIQUET	SENNA
R13 · 1985 Belgian Grand Prix	1985 Belgian Grand Prix	SENNA	MANSELL	PROST
R14 · 1985 Shell Oils Grand Prix of Europe	1985 Shell Oils Grand Prix of Europe	MANSELL	SENNA	ROSBERG
R15 · Southern Sun Hotels South African Grand Prix 1985	Southern Sun Hotels South African Grand Prix 1985	MANSELL	ROSBERG	PROST
R16 · 1985 Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix	1985 Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix	ROSBERG	LAFFITE	STREIFF