The 1985 1000 km Brands Hatch was the eighth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship. It took place at Brands Hatch, United Kingdom on September 22, 1985.
As a non-points race for the Teams Championship, and amid concerns over the design of the Porsche 956 in the wake of the death of Stefan Bellof three weeks prior, every Porsche customer team chose not to enter the event, leaving just the factory Rothmans team as the only Porsche entrant
Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 C1 2 Rothmans Porsche Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Porsche 962C 238 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 2 C1 1 Rothmans Porsche Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx Porsche 962C 238 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 3 C1 5 Martini Racing Mauro Baldi Bob Wollek Andrea de Cesaris Lancia LC2 237 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 4 C1 4 Martini Racing Riccardo Patrese Alessandro Nannini Lancia LC2 233 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 5 C1 3 Rothmans Porsche Al Holbert Vern Schuppan Porsche 956 PDK 224 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 6 C2 79 Ecurie Ecosse Mike Wilds Ray Mallock Ecosse C285 219 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 7 C1 34 Cosmik Racing Divina Galica Costas Los Anders Olofsson March 84G 211 Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 8 C2 80 Carma F.F. Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Almo Coppelli Alba AR6 208 Carma FF 1.9 L Turbo I4 9 C2 93 Automobiles Louis Descartes Louis Descartes Jacques Heuclin ALD 01 193 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 10 C2 75 ADA Engineering Nick Adams Ian Harrower Ian Taylor Gebhardt JC843 192 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 11 B 151 Helmut Gall Helmut Gall Edgar Dören BMW M1 191 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 12NC C2 98 Roy Baker Promotions Paul Smith Mike Kimpton Dudley Wood Tiga GC285 149 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 13DNF C2 95 Roland Bassaler Roland Bassaler Dominique Lacaud Sauber SHS C6 156 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 14DNF C2 107 Jean-Claude Ferrarin Jean-Claude Ferrarin Lucien Rossiaud Isolia 001 137 BMW M12 2.0 L I4 15DNF C2 90 Jens Winther Denmark Jens Winther David Mercer URD C83 121 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 16DNF C2 82 Grifo Autoracing Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini Jean-Pierre Frey Alba AR3 79 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 17DNF C1 52 TWR Jaguar Hans Heyer Jan Lammers Jaguar XJR-6 77 Jaguar 6.2 L V12 18DNF C2 88 Ark Racing David Andrews Max Payne Chris Ashmore Ceekar 83J 75 Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0 L I4 19DNF C1 66 EMKA Productions Ltd. Tiff Needell Steve O'Rourke Mark Galvin EMKA C83 74 Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 20DNF C1 23 Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland Bernard de Dryver John Brindley Hervé Regout Cheetah G604 71 Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 21DNF C2 99 Roy Baker Promotions Will Hoy Duncan Bain Mike Catlow Tiga GC284 70 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 22DNF C1 16 RC Racing David Leslie Richard Cleare Kremer CK5 59 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 23DNF C2 54 Spice Engineering Tim Lee-Davey Neil Crang Tiga GC84 57 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 24DNF C2 100 Chevron Racing John Barlett Racing John Sheldon Stanley Dickens Max Cohen-Olivar Chevron B62 24 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 25DNF C1 51 TWR Jaguar Jean-Louis Schlesser Alan Jones Jaguar XJR-6 20 Jaguar 6.2 L V12 26DNF C2 70 Spice Engineering Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Spice-Tiga GC85 12 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
Statistics Pole Position - #4 Martini Racing - 1:14.66 Fastest Lap - #5 Martini Racing - 1:19.11 Average Speed - 179.600 km/h
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