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| Race 10 of 12 races in the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro British Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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| 1 |  Freddie Spencer
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Rothmans Team HRC | Honda | 49'20.170 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Eddie Lawson
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Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +8.320 | 12 | ||
| 3 |  Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha | Yamaha | +32.480 | 10 | ||
| 4 |  Didier de Radiguès
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Honda Benelux Elf | Honda | +1'07.210 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Randy Mamola
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Rothmans Honda Mamola | Honda | +1'16.110 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Raymond Roche
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Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +1'18.720 | 5 | ||
| 7 |  Boet van Dulmen
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Shell-Toshiba Racing Team | Honda | +1 lap | 4 | ||
| 8 |  Roger Burnett
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Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | +1 lap | 3 | ||
| 9 | Neil Robinson
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Jim Finlay Racing | Suzuki | +1 lap | 2 | ||
| 10 |  Paul Lewis
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Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Suzuki | +1 lap | 1 | ||
| 11 |  Dave Petersen
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Kreepy Krauly Racing | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 12 | Chris Martin
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Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
| 13 | Rob Punt
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Oud Bier | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 14 | Ron Haslam
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Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 15 |  Wolfgang Von Muralt
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Frankonia-Suzuki | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 16 | Christian Le Liard
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Team ROC | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 17 | Steve Parrish
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Yamaha | +1 lap | ||||
| 18 |  Franco Uncini
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HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
| 19 | Fabio Biliotti
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Team Italia | Honda | +1 lap | |||
| 20 | Ray Swann
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 21 | Paul Iddon
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 22 | Trevor Nation
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 23 | Maarten Duyzers
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Suzuki | +2 laps | ||||
| 24 | Massimo Messere
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Team Italia | Honda | +2 laps | |||
| 25 | Barry Woodland
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Suzuki | +3 laps | ||||
| 26 | Simon Buckmaster
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Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | +3 laps | |||
| 27 |  Karl Truchsess
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Honda | +3 laps | ||||
| 28 | Mark Ordridge
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Suzuki | +5 laps | ||||
| Ret | Thierry Espié
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Chevallier | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Mark Salle
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Armando Errico
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Team Italia | Honda | Retired | |||
| Ret |  Sito Pons
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HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | Retired | |||
| Ret |  Gustav Reiner
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Zwafink & Wilberts Racing | Honda | Accident | |||
| Ret | Gary Lingham
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Keith Huewen
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Alan Jeffrey
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Suzuki | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Rob McElnea
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Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | |||
| Ret | Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | Retired | |||
| Ret |  Eero Hyvärinen
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Honda | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Roger Marshall
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Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | Retired | |||
| DNQ | Toni Moran
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Marco Papa
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Des Barry
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Yamaha | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Carlos Morante
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | David Griffith
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Peter Lemstra
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1985". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1985 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Silverstone Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "1985 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1985". www.motogp.com.
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