1985 Formula One World Championship

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The 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 39th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1985 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1985 Formula One World Championship for Manufacturers, both of which commenced on 7 April and ended on 3 November after sixteen races.

Alain Prost (pictured in 1984) won the first of his four Drivers' Championships by a 23-point margin.

Michele Alboreto finished second for Ferrari.

Keke Rosberg finished third, driving for Williams.

Three-time World Champion Niki Lauda (pictured in 1984) retired at the end of the season after a 13-year career.

Alain Prost

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Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Michael Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.

Prost in 2012

Prost's 1983 Renault RE40, in which he came close to winning his first championship

Prost in 1984

Prost driving the McLaren MP4/2B at the 1985 German Grand Prix