1985 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1985 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

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1985 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
* Sumo
* Cricket
* 1984–85
* 1985
* 1985–86
* Cycling
* Dance sports
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

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.

## Annual events

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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

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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

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First race  | Championship  | Ref

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24 March  | European Formula 3000 Championship | [13]

## Births

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Date  | Month  | Name  | Nationality  | Occupation  | Note  | Ref

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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

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Date  | Month  | Name  | Age  | Nationality  | Occupation  | Note  | Ref

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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

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* List of 1985 motorsport champions

## References

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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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. 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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