1985 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1985 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
1–22 January 7th Dakar Rally [1]
2–3 February 23rd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
17 February 27th Daytona 500 [3]
19 May 43rd Monaco Grand Prix [4]
26 May 69th Indianapolis 500 [5]
1–7 June 68th Isle of Man TT [6]
15–16 June 53rd 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
22–23 June 13th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
27–28 July 37th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
28 July 8th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
6 October 26th James Hardie 1000 [11]
24 November 32nd Macau Grand Prix [12]

Established championships/events
First race Championship Ref
24 March European Formula 3000 Championship [13]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 January Lewis Hamilton British Racing driver Formula One World Champion (2008, 2014-2015, 2017) [14]
9 March Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Racing driver 2012 Spanish Grand Prix winner. [15]
27 June Nico Rosberg German Racing driver Formula One World Champion (2016). [16]
25 July Nelson Piquet Jr. Brazilian Racing driver Formula E champion (2014–15). [17]
19 August Tom Sykes British Motorcycle racer Superbike World champion (2013). [18]
16 October Casey Stoner Australian Motorcycle racer MotoGP World champion (2007, 2011). [19]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
11 March Lee Shepherd 40 American Drag racer [20]
1 October Ninian Sanderson 60 British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1956). [21]
8 November Masten Gregory 53 American Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1965). [22]
23 December Birabongse Bhanudej 71 Thai Racing driver The first Thai Formula One driver. [23]
27 Jean Rondeau 39 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1980). [24]

See also

References
  1. "1985 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "Daytona 24 Hours 1985 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1985 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1985 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1985 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1985". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1985". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "Suzuka 8 Hours 1985 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. "1985 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. "1985 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. "1985 INTERNATIONAL TROPHY". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  14. "Lewis Hamilton — Biography". Grand Prix History. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  15. "Pastor Maldonado". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  16. "Nico Rosberg". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  17. "Nelson Piquet Jr". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. "Tom Sykes". eurosport.co.uk. Eurosport. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  19. "Casey Stoner". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  20. NHRA.com(retrieved 23 May 2017)
  21. "Ninian Sanderson". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  22. "Masten Gregory". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  23. "Prince Bira". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  24. "Jean Rondeau". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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