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1985 24 Heures du Mans
Le Mans
373 laps
Average speed of winner: 212.021 kph
Fastest lap: Jochen Mass 3:25.10
Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3), Highlights (Part 4)
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| Finish | Start | Class | Class Rank | Drivers | Car # | Team | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Owner | Qualifying Time | Laps |
| 1 | 4 | C1 | 1 | Klaus Ludwig | 7 | New-Man Joest Racing | Porsche 956B | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Joest | 3:20.03 | 374 |
| Paolo Barilla | ||||||||||||
| John Winter | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | C1 | 2 | Jonathan Palmer | 14 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Porsche 956 GTi | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Goodyear | Richard Lloyd | 3:25.58 | 371 |
| James Weaver | ||||||||||||
| Richard Lloyd | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | C1 | 3 | Derek Bell | 2 | Rothmans Porsche | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Porsche | 3:14.80 | 367 |
| Hans-Joachim Stuck | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 12 | C1 | 4 | Jo Gartner | 33 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 956B | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Yokohama | John Fitzpatrick | 3:32.84 | 366 |
| David Hobbs | ||||||||||||
| Guy Edwards | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | C1 | 5 | Mario Hytten | 10 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 956B | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Goodyear | Kremer | 3:24.13 | 361 |
| George Fouché | ||||||||||||
| Sarel van der Merwe | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | C1 | 6 | Bob Wollek | 4 | Martini Lancia | Lancia LC2 | Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8 | Michelin | Lancia | 3:15.95 | 360 |
| Alessandro Nannini | ||||||||||||
| Lucio Cesario | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | C1 | 7 | Henri Pescarolo | 5 | Martini Lancia | Lancia LC2 | Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8 | Michelin | Lancia | 3:23.46 | 358 |
| Mauro Baldi | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 14 | C1 | 8 | Jürgen Lassig | 26 | Obermaier Racing Team | Porsche 956 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Goodyear | Obermaier | 3:33.30 | 357 |
| Jesús Pareja | ||||||||||||
| Hervé Regout | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 15 | C1 | 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 11 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Goodyear | Kremer | 3:33.41 | 356 |
| Michael Thackwell | ||||||||||||
| Franz Konrad | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | C1 | 10 | Jacky Ickx | 1 | Rothmans Porsche | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Porsche | 3:15.28 | 348 |
| Jochen Mass | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 13 | C1 | 11 | Tiff Needell | 66 | EMKA Productions, Ltd. | EMKA C84/1 | Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3L V8 | Dunlop | EMKA | 3:33.12 | 338 |
| Steve O'Rourke | ||||||||||||
| Nick Faure | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 29 | C1 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | 36 | Tom's Team | Tom's 85C-L | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1L Turbo I4 | Bridgestone | TOMS | 3:48.67 | 330 |
| Masanori Sekiya | ||||||||||||
| Kaoru Hoshino | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 16 | GTP | 1 | Bob Tullius | 44 | Jaguar Group 44 | Jaguar XJR-5 | Jaguar 6.0L V12 | Goodyear | Group 44 | 3:35.32 | 324 |
| Chip Robinson | ||||||||||||
| Claude Ballot-Léna | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 28 | C2 | 1 | Gordon Spice | 70 | Spice Engineering | Spice-Tiga GC85 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Avon | Spice | 3:48.08 | 312 |
| Ray Bellm | ||||||||||||
| Mark Galvin | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 42 | B | 1 | Edgar Dören | 151 | Helmut Gall | BMW M1 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | Avon | Gall | 4:00.31 | 307 |
| Martin Birrane | ||||||||||||
| Jean-Paul Libert | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 38 | C2 | 2 | Ian Harrower | 75 | ADA Engineering | Gebhardt JC843 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Avon | ADA | 3:55.62 | 299 |
| Stephen Earle | ||||||||||||
| John Sheldon | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 21 | C1 | 13 | Michel Pignard | 42 | WM Peugeot | WM P83B | Peugeot PRV 2.6L Turbo V6 | Michelin | WM | 3:43.07 | 299 |
| Jean-Daniel Raulet | ||||||||||||
| Jean Rondeau | ||||||||||||
| 18 | 34 | C1 | 14 | Bruno Sotty | 39 | Graff Racing | Rondeau M382 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Dunlop | Bussi | 3:51.86 | 291 |
| Jean-Claude Justice | ||||||||||||
| Patrick Oudet | ||||||||||||
| 19 | 43 | C2 | 3 | Dave Kennedy | 86 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. | Mazda 737C | Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor | Dunlop | Mazdaspeed | 4:00.78 | 283 |
| Philippe Martin | ||||||||||||
| Jean-Michel Martin | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 18 | C1 | 15 | Yves Courage | 13 | Primagaz | Cougar C12 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Michelin | Courage | 3:38.18 | 279 |
| Alain de Cadenet | ||||||||||||
| Jean-François Yvon | ||||||||||||
| 21 | 45 | C2 | 4 | Paul Smith | 99 | Roy Baker Promotions Ford | Tiga GC285 | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4 | Avon | Roy Baker | 4:05.13 | 274 |
| Will Hoy | ||||||||||||
| Nick Nicholson | ||||||||||||
| 22 | 24 | C1 | 16 | Graham Duxbury | 34 | Kreepy Krauly Racing | March 85G | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Yokohama | Kreepy Krauly | 3:44.84 | 270 |
| Christian Danner | ||||||||||||
| Almo Coppelli | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 44 | C2 | 5 | Roland Bassaler | 95 | Roland Bassaler | Sauber SHS C6 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | Avon | Bassaler | 4:02.88 | 268 |
| Dominique Lacaud | ||||||||||||
| Yvon Tapy | ||||||||||||
| 24 | 40 | C2 | 6 | Yoshimi Katayama | 85 | Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. | Mazda 737C | Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor | Dunlop | Mazdaspeed | 3:57.73 | 264 |
| Yojiro Terada | ||||||||||||
| Takashi Yorino | ||||||||||||
| 25 | 30 | C1 | 17 | Patrick Gaillard | 41 | WM Peugeot | WM P83B | Peugeot PRV 2.6L Turbo V6 | Michelin | WM | 3:49.20 | 267 |
| Pascal Pessiot | ||||||||||||
| Dominique Fornage | ||||||||||||
| 26 | 32 | C2 | 7 | Tim Lee-Davey | 77 | Spice Engineering | Tiga GC84 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | Dunlop | Spice | 3:50.37 | 226 |
| Neil Crang | ||||||||||||
| Tony Lanfranchi | ||||||||||||
| 27 | 27 | C2 | 8 | Frank Jelinski | 74 | Team Labatt | Gebhardt JC853 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | Avon | Gebhardt | 3:47.76 | 224 |
| John Graham | ||||||||||||
| Nick Adams | ||||||||||||
| 28 | 48 | C2 | 9 | François Duret | 98 | Roy Baker Promotions Ford | Tiga GC284 | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4 | Avon | Roy Baker | 4:18.71 | 150 |
| David Andrews | ||||||||||||
| Duncan Bain | ||||||||||||
| 29 | 47 | C2 | 10 | Louis Descartes | 93 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | ALD 01 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | Avon | Descartes | 4:18.26 | 141 |
| Jacques Heuclin | ||||||||||||
| Daniel Hubert | ||||||||||||
| 30 | 10 | C1 | 18 | Massimo Sigala | 18 | Brun Motorsport | Porsche 956 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Brun | 3:26.67 | 323 |
| Oscar Larrauri | ||||||||||||
| Gabriele Tarquini | ||||||||||||
| 31 | 11 | C1 | 19 | Walter Brun | 19 | Brun Motorsport | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Brun | 3:30.33 | 304 |
| Joel Gouhier | ||||||||||||
| Didier Theys | ||||||||||||
| 32 | 5 | C1 | 20 | Al Holbert | 3 | Rothmans Porsche | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Porsche | 3:22.98 | 299 |
| Vern Schuppan | ||||||||||||
| John Watson | ||||||||||||
| 33 | 31 | C1 | 21 | Pierre Yver | 31 | Primagaz | Rondeau M382 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | Dunlop | Courage | 3:49.52 | 286 |
| Pierre-François Rousselot | ||||||||||||
| François Sérvanin | ||||||||||||
| 34 | 8 | C1 | 22 | Paul Belmondo | 8 | New-Man Joest Racing | Porsche 956 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | Dunlop | Joest | 3:25.52 | 277 |
| Mauricio de Narvaez | ||||||||||||
| Kenper Miller | ||||||||||||
| 35 | 20 | C2 | 11 | Martino Finotto | 80 | Carma F.F. | Alba AR6 | Carma FF 1.9L Turbo I4 | Avon | Carma | 3:42.62 | 228 |
| Aldo Bertuzzi | ||||||||||||
| Guido Daccò | ||||||||||||
| 36 | 17 | GTP | 2 | Brian Redman | 40 | Jaguar Group 44 | Jaguar XJR-5 | Jaguar 6.0L V12 | Goodyear | Group 44 | 3:37.29 | 151 |
| Hurley Haywood | ||||||||||||
| Jim Adams | ||||||||||||
| 37 | 26 | C1 | 23 | Patrick Gonin | 67 | Jean-Philippe Grand | Rondeau M482 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Michelin | Grand | 3:47.53 | 143 |
| Pascal Witmeur | ||||||||||||
| Pierre de Thoisy | ||||||||||||
| 38 | 22 | C1 | 24 | Eje Elgh | 38 | Dome Team | Dome 85C-L | Toyota 4T-GT 2.1L Turbo I4 | Dunlop | Dome | 3:43.77 | 141 |
| Geoff Lees | ||||||||||||
| Toshio Suzuki | ||||||||||||
| 39 | 35 | C2 | 12 | Jens Winther | 90 | Jens Winther Denmark | URD C83 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | Avon | Winther | 3:52.17 | 141 |
| David Mercer | ||||||||||||
| Margie Smith-Haas | ||||||||||||
| 40 | 46 | B | 2 | Enzo Calderari | 157 | Angelo Pallavicini | BMW M1 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | Avon | Pallavicini | 4:08.70 | 116 |
| Angelo Pallavicini | ||||||||||||
| Marco Vanoli | ||||||||||||
| 41 | 49 | B | 3 | Raymond Touroul | 156 | Raymond Touroul Team | Porsche 911SC | Porsche 3.0L Flat-6 | Pirelli | Touroul | 4:19.36 | 107 |
| Thierry Perrier | ||||||||||||
| Philippe Dermagne | ||||||||||||
| 42 | 19 | C1 | 25 | Claude Haldi | 43 | WM Peugeot | WM P83B | Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6 | Michelin | WM | 3:38.40 | 73 |
| Roger Dorchy | ||||||||||||
| Jean-Claude Andruet | ||||||||||||
| 43 | 36 | C2 | 13 | Michel Dubois | 104 | Ecurie Blanchet Locatop | Rondeau M379 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | Avon | Blanchet Locatop | 3:52.79 | 65 |
| Hubert Striebig | ||||||||||||
| Noël del Bello | ||||||||||||
| 44 | 41 | C1 | 26 | Bernard de Dryver | 24 | Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland | Cheetah G604 | Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3L V8 | Dunlop | Cheetah | 3:58.33 | 53 |
| Claude Bourgoignie | ||||||||||||
| John Cooper | ||||||||||||
| 45 | 23 | C2 | 14 | Mike Wilds | 79 | Ecurie Ecosse | Ecosse C285 | Ford Cosworth DFv 3.0L V8 | Avon | Ecosse | 3:44.17 | 45 |
| Ray Mallock | ||||||||||||
| David Leslie | ||||||||||||
| 46 | 39 | C1 | 27 | Christian Bussi | 46 | Bussi Racing | Rondeau M482 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Michelin | Bassaler | 3:55.65 | 36 |
| Jack Griffin | ||||||||||||
| Marion Speer | ||||||||||||
| 47 | 37 | B | 4 | Harald Grohs | 152 | Vogelsang | BMW M1 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | Avon | Vogelsang | 3:54.28 | 32 |
| Altfrid Heger | ||||||||||||
| Kurt König | ||||||||||||
| 48 | 33 | C2 | 15 | Richard Jones | 100 | Goodmands Sound | Chevron B62 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Avon | John Bartlett | 3:51.77 | 19 |
| Robin Smith | ||||||||||||
| Max Cohen-Olivar | ||||||||||||
| 49 | 25 | C2 | 16 | Paolo Giangrossi | 82 | Grifo Autoracing | Alba AR3 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | Dunlop | Grifo | 3:46.97 | 5 |
| Pasquale Barberio | ||||||||||||
| Mario Radicella |
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