Australian Grand Prix
Round 16 · 3 November 1985 ·Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
Laffite
Ligier
2
Rosberg
Williams
1
Streiff
Ligier
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | Williams | 82 | 2:00:40.473 | 9 |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite |  French | Ligier | 82 | +43.130 | 6 |
| 3 | Philippe Streiff | French | Ligier | 82 | +1:28.536 | 4 |
| 4 | Ivan Capelli |  Italian | Tyrrell | 81 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | Ferrari | 81 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Arrows | 81 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Huub Rothengatter |  Dutch | Osella | 78 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Pierluigi Martini | Italian | Minardi | 78 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| R | Ayrton Senna |  Brazilian | Team Lotus | 62 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Ferrari | 61 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Niki Lauda | Austrian | McLaren | 57 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Derek Warwick |  British | Renault | 57 | Transmission | 0 |
| N | Martin Brundle | British | Tyrrell | 49 | Not classified | 0 |
| R | Marc Surer |  Swiss | Brabham | 42 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Alfa Romeo | 42 | Exhaust | 0 |
| R | Teo Fabi | Italian | Toleman | 40 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Arrows | 37 | Oil leak | 0 |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Toleman | 28 | Clutch | 0 |
| R | Alain Prost | French | McLaren | 26 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Patrick Tambay | French | Renault | 20 | Transmission | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Lola | 20 | Electrical | 0 |
| D | Elio de Angelis | Italian | Team Lotus | 18 | Disqualified | 0 |
| R | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Brabham | 14 | Heat shield fire | 0 |
| R | Eddie Cheever |  American | Alfa Romeo | 5 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Nigel Mansell | British | Williams | 1 | Transmission | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- N
- Not classified
- D
- Disqualified