Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tau 1985 he pouri mo Lauda, me te tekau ma tahi nga reti mai i nga whakataetae tekau ma wha i timata ia. Kaore ia i tiimata i te Belgian Grand Prix i Spa-Francorchamps i muri i te hinganga me te whati i tona ringa i te wa e whakangungu ana, ana ka ngaro ia i muri mai i te
Ko te European Grand Prix i Brands Hatch; I whakakapihia ia e John Watson mo taua whakataetae. I whakahaerehia e ia te tuawha i te San Marino Grand Prix, te tuarima i te Tiamana Grand Prix, me te wikitoria i te whakataetae kotahi i te Dutch Grand Prix i reira i mau ai ia ki te Prost tere tere i te mutunga o te whakataetae. Koinei tana wikitoria Grand Prix whakamutunga me te Formula One Grand Prix whakamutunga i Netherlands. I muri i tana panui i tana reti tata i te 1985 Austrian Grand Prix, ka mutu tana reti i te mutunga o taua waa.