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. DateEventRef 1–22 January7th Dakar Rally 2–3 February23rd 24 Hours of Daytona 17 February27th Daytona 500 19 May43rd Monaco Grand Prix 26 May69th Indianapolis 500 1–7 June68th Isle of Man TT 15–16 June53rd 24 Hours of Le Mans 22–23 June13th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 27–28 July37th 24 Hours of Spa 28 July8th Suzuka 8 Hours 6 October26th James Hardie 1000 24 November32nd Macau Grand Prix
Established championships/events First raceChampionshipRef 24 MarchEuropean Formula 3000 Championship
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef7JanuaryLewis HamiltonBritishRacing driverFormula One World Champion (, -, -)9MarchPastor Maldonado VenezuelanRacing driver2012 Spanish Grand Prix winner.27JuneNico RosbergGermanRacing driverFormula One World Champion ().25JulyNelson Piquet Jr.BrazilianRacing driverFormula E champion (2014–15).19AugustTom SykesBritishMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion ().16OctoberCasey StonerAustralianMotorcycle racerMotoGP World champion (, ).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef11MarchLee Shepherd40AmericanDrag racerNHRA.com(retrieved 23 May 2017)1OctoberNinian Sanderson60BritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().8NovemberMasten Gregory53AmericanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().23DecemberBirabongse Bhanudej71ThaiRacing driverThe first Thai Formula One driver.27Jean Rondeau39FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().
See also List of 1985 motorsport champions
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