Alfa Romeo has made three 8-cylinder Grand Prix racing engines designed for both Formula One and sports car racing; in both inline and V engine configurations. Their first was the supercharged 158/159
Alfetta 159 engine
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 Champion
Alfa Romeo 8-cylinder F1 engine
…naturally-aspirated V8 engine, in 1970. Their third and final engine was the turbocharged 890T V8 engine in 1983, which was used by both Alfa Romeo until 1985, and Osella until 1988, until Alfa Romeo eventually pulled out of F1 that same year. The Alfa Romeo 890T (1988: Osella 890T) was a turbocharged racing…
Alain Prost (pictured in 1984) won the first of his four Drivers' Championships by a 23-point margin.
1982 Champion Keke Rosberg finished third, driving for Williams.
McLaren won the 1985 Constructors' Championship.
Ferrari placed 2nd in the 1985 Constructors' Championship.