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.

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

• List of 1985 motorsport champions

References

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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.