1985 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  1985 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 12 races in the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 August 1985
Official name	Marlboro British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.710 km (2.927 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Freddie Spencer Time 1:28.420 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Freddie Spencer Second Eddie Lawson Third Christian Sarron
250 cc
Pole position Rider Carlos Lavado Time 1:32.780 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Anton Mang Second Reinhold Roth Third Manfred Herweh
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ezio Gianola Time 1:39.600 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First August Auinger Second Pier Paolo Bianchi Third Jean-Claude Selini
80 cc
Pole position Rider No 80cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 80cc was held Podium First No 80cc was held Second No 80cc was held Third No 80cc was held

The 1985 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 August 1985 at the Silverstone Circuit.

Classification[]

500 cc[]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Freddie Spencer	Rothmans Team HRC	Honda	49'20.170	15
2	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Team Agostini	Yamaha	+8.320	12
3	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha	Yamaha	+32.480	10
4	Didier de Radiguès	Honda Benelux Elf	Honda	+1'07.210	8
5	Randy Mamola	Rothmans Honda Mamola	Honda	+1'16.110	6
6	Raymond Roche	Marlboro Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1'18.720	5
7	Boet van Dulmen	Shell-Toshiba Racing Team	Honda	+1 lap	4
8	Roger Burnett	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	+1 lap	3
9	Neil Robinson	Jim Finlay Racing	Suzuki	+1 lap	2
10		Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	Suzuki	+1 lap	1
11		Kreepy Krauly Racing	Honda	+1 lap
12	Chris Martin		Suzuki	+1 lap
13		Oud Bier	Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Ron Haslam	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	+1 lap
15		Frankonia-Suzuki	Suzuki	+1 lap
16		Team ROC	Honda	+1 lap
17	Steve Parrish		Yamaha	+1 lap
18	Franco Uncini	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	+1 lap
19		Team Italia	Honda	+1 lap
20	Ray Swann		Suzuki	+2 laps
21			Suzuki	+2 laps
22			Suzuki	+2 laps
23		Suzuki	+2 laps
24		Team Italia	Honda	+2 laps
25	Barry Woodland		Suzuki	+3 laps
26	Simon Buckmaster	Sid Griffiths Racing	Suzuki	+3 laps
27			Honda	+3 laps
28			Suzuki	+5 laps
Ret	Thierry Espié		Chevallier	Retired
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Team Italia	Honda	Retired
Ret	Sito Pons	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret		Zwafink & Wilberts Racing	Honda	Accident
Ret			Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Keith Huewen		Honda	Retired
Ret	Alan Jeffrey		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Rob McElnea	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	Retired
Ret			Honda	Retired
Ret		Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	Retired
DNQ			Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Marco Papa		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ			Yamaha	Did not qualify
DNQ			Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ			Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ			Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5]

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