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1985 / DRIVER DOSSIER / Brazilian

AyrtonSenna

Team Lotus

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Explore Ayrton Senna's 1985 Formula 1 results, teams, race starts, podiums and championship statistics. Browse other seasons.

CHAMPIONSHIPP4
POINTS38
RACE WINS2
PODIUMS6

The season in numbers.

16 STARTS
BEST FINISHP1
AVERAGE GRID3
AVERAGE FINISH9.1
POSITIONS GAINED/LOST

Net positions gained or lost across completed races. DNFs, DNS and DSQs are excluded to avoid distorting the statistic.

Pit-lane or unknown grids and invalid finishing positions are also excluded. Lapped finishes count as completed races.

Net Positions incl. DNFs: -97

-37 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH9
FINISH RATE43.8%
PODIUM RATE37.5%
RACE POINTS / START2.4Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Brazilian7 Apr4R-110Electrical
ROUND 2Portuguese21 Apr1109Finished
ROUND 3San Marino5 May17-60Out of fuel
ROUND 4Monaco19 May1R-150Engine
ROUND 5Canadian16 Jun216-140+5 Laps
ROUND 6Detroit23 Jun1R-120Accident
ROUND 7French7 Jul2R-160Accident
ROUND 8British21 Jul410-60Fuel system
ROUND 9German4 Aug5R-120CV joint
ROUND 10Austrian18 Aug142+126Finished
ROUND 11Dutch25 Aug43+14Finished
ROUND 12Italian8 Sept13-24Finished
ROUND 13Belgian15 Sept21+19Finished
ROUND 14European6 Oct12-16Finished
ROUND 15South African19 Oct4R-80Engine
ROUND 16Australian3 Nov1R-80Engine
How these statistics are calculated

A finish means “Finished” or a lapped finish. DNFs count starters who did not finish; DNS, DNQ, withdrawals, disqualifications and “Not classified” are excluded from DNF counts. Average finish uses classified positions of starters, including retirements but excluding disqualifications. Average grid excludes zero / unknown grids. Positions Gained/Lost sums grid minus finish only for completed races with valid positive grid and finishing positions. Retirements, non-starters, disqualifications, unclassified results and unknown/pit-lane grids are excluded. A dash means no eligible results; zero means eligible results have no net change. The tooltip’s Net Positions incl. DNFs retains the previous grid-minus-classified-position calculation, including retirements. These figures are not an overtake count. Rates use race starts as denominator. Grand Prix points per start exclude sprints; championship points come from official standings. Historical shared drives can produce multiple entries.

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