Circuit Paul Ricard · 7 July 1985
Nelson Piquet won the 1985 French Grand Prix for Brabham from 5th on the grid, 6.66s ahead of Keke Rosberg. Stefan Bellof gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 13th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham Piquet 9 + Surer 0 | Piquet 9 + Surer 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Williams Rosberg 6 + Mansell 0 | Rosberg 6 + Mansell 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | McLaren Prost 4 + Lauda 0 | Prost 4 + Lauda 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Johansson 3 + Alboreto 0 | Johansson 3 + Alboreto 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Team Lotus de Angelis 2 + Senna 0 | de Angelis 2 + Senna 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Renault Tambay 1 + Warwick 0 | Tambay 1 + Warwick 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Arrows Boutsen 0 + Berger 0 | Boutsen 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Alfa Romeo Cheever 0 + Patrese 0 | Cheever 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | RAM Winkelhock 0 + Alliot 0 | Winkelhock 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tyrrell Bellof 0 + Brundle 0 | Bellof 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Toleman Fabi 0 | Fabi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Osella Ghinzani 0 | Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Minardi Martini 0 | Martini 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Zakspeed Palmer 0 | Palmer 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Ligier de Cesaris 0 + Laffite 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Laffite 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | 1:31:46.266 | 53 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Keke Rosberg Williams | Williams | +6.660s | 53 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +9.285s | 53 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Stefan Johansson Ferrari | Ferrari | +53.491s | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +53.690s | 53 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay Renault | Renault | +1:15.167 | 53 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Derek Warwick Renault | Renault | +1:44.212 | 53 | — | — | |
| 8 | Marc Surer Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 12 | Manfred Winkelhock RAM | RAM | +3 Laps | 50 | — | — | |
| 13 | Stefan Bellof Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 50 | — | — | |
| 14 | Teo Fabi Toleman | Toleman | DNF Fuel system | 49 | — | — | |
| 15 | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | +4 Laps | 49 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Gearbox | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda McLaren | McLaren | DNF Gearbox | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Arrows | Arrows | DNF Accident | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Accident | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot RAM | RAM | DNF Fuel system | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Turbo | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Ligier | Ligier | DNF Steering | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Turbo | 2 | — | — | |
| DNS | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNS Injury | 0 | — | — |