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1985: An extraordinary season of racing

Paul-Henri Cahier/Getty Images

In association with Richard Mille

In December, Motor Sport will mark 40 years since one of the greatest racing seasons with a gala dinner attended by special guests and stars of the track, included many who competed and won in period.

Ahead of the event, we are revisiting some of the momentous moments and stand-out characters from that year online and in print. Scroll down as we turn the clock back to 1985.

 


Why we love 1985

Ah 1985: heart of the decade of Cold War superpowers and Dayglo socks. The year of Marty McFly andBack to the Future.Then there was Formula 1, in its own little bubble. Alain Prost and Marlboro McLaren-TAGs in their pomp. A new superstar in black and gold.

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Alain Prost sprays champagne at Brands Hatch after 1985 F1 European Grand Prix

F1: The best of 1985

Lauda vs Prost in 1985: The last time Zandvoort said goodbye
F1

Lauda vs Prost in 1985: The last time Zandvoort said goodbye

40 years ago the Dutch GP held its last F1 race, until the Verstappen phenomenon brought it back in 2021 –Matt Bishop remembers a fine contest between two grand prix legends

ByMatt Bishop
Victory at Imola without leading a lap: the chaotic tale of Elio de Angelis’ final F1 win
F1

Victory at Imola without leading a lap: the chaotic tale of Elio de Angelis’ final F1 win

The final laps of the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix have gone down as some of the most bizarre in F1’s history — and the chaos didn’t end with the chequered flag

ByKaty Fairman
The set-up secret to Keke Rosberg’s ‘ultimate’ Silverstone F1 lap: ‘It was common sense!’
F1

The set-up secret to Keke Rosberg’s ‘ultimate’ Silverstone F1 lap: ‘It was common sense!’

Keke Rosberg set a record for years to come with his smoking Silverstone lap of ’85 – Frank Dernie remembers the day and how the team got there

ByJames Elson
Revelation of Estoril: how Ayrton Senna won the 1985 Portuguese GP
Great ReadGreat Read
F1

Revelation of Estoril: how Ayrton Senna won the 1985 Portuguese GP

For all the F1 history that Ayrton Senna created, there’s some irony in the fact that many see his first win as his greatest. Never mind the Donington ‘93 masterclass,…

ByJames Elson
Adelaide: Australia’s 200mph street circuit that witnessed incredible F1 moments
Subscriber
Archive

Adelaide: Australia’s 200mph street circuit that witnessed incredible F1 moments

It’s a hot Thursday in late 1985, and the sleepy city of Adelaide is about to be changed forever. Nineteen eighty world champion Alan Jones, only the second Australian to…

April 2025Issue
ByMotor Sport
1985 European Grand Prix report: Hero time
Archive

1985 European Grand Prix report: Hero time

Brands Hatch, October 6th One thing that the British sporting world is not short of is the ability to step in and take advantage of a “situation”. It was just…

November 1985Issue
ByDenis Jenkinson
Gallery
1985: The year inMotor Sport covers
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November December 1985 covers

Read every issue from 1985 in theMotor Sport Archive

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More racing highlights from 1985

F3000: high jinks and monstrous speed at finishing school for champions
Great ReadGreat Read
Archive

F3000: high jinks and monstrous speed at finishing school for champions

In isolation the statistics look bleak. Between them, Formula 3000’s 20 international champions went on to win only nine Grands Prix, Juan Pablo Montoya taking seven of those while Jean…

April 2015Issue
BySimon Arron
Stefan Johansson: The one that got away – 1985 San Marino GP - LeftStefan Johansson: The one that got away – 1985 San Marino GP - Right
Archive

Stefan Johansson: The one that got away – 1985 San Marino GP

Stefan Johansson is not the only Formula 1 driver of modern times who will forever be marked as a man who never won a race: Jean-Pierre Jarier, Eddie Cheever, Derek…

March 2002Issue
ByAdam Cooper
’80s month: retracing the Birmingham Superprix
Opinion
Car Culture

’80s month: retracing the Birmingham Superprix

There’s little trace left of the Birmingham Superprix, but Jack Phillips managed to track down people that remember the event to cap off Motor Sport’s ’80s month Photos: Lyndon…

ByJack Phillips
Ari Vatanen: To Hell and Back - Left
Archive

Ari Vatanen: To Hell and Back

There are so many surprising things about Ari Vatanen it’s hard to know where to start. The first time I met him was at the Donegal Rally in 1975. Ari…

February 2000Issue
ByMotor Sport
1985: The greatest year - Left1985: The greatest year - Right
Archive

1985: The greatest year

If you had to pick a single year in motor sport as the best ever, what would it be? One man thinks he has the answer Here’s a question that…

March 2018Issue
ByColin Goodwin
Lunch with Andy Rouse
Archive

Lunch with Andy Rouse

In most branches of professional motor sport, the man who is doing the driving is not the same as the man who is doing the engineering back at the workshop.…

November 2015Issue
BySimon Taylor
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