1985 1000 km of Fuji

File:Fuji-Historical-1976-1977.svg

Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1975–1985)

The 1985 Fuji 1000 Kilometres was the ninth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship as well as the fifth round of the 1985 All Japan Endurance Championship. It took place at the Fuji Speedway, Japan on October 6, 1985.

Rain

Prior to the start of the race, heavy rain fell on the Fuji circuit. Several racing teams were concerned with the safety of the circuit under such conditions, even leading to the Italian Lancia withdrawing just prior to the warm-up laps. Although the race started, the first ten laps were held under caution in order for the drivers to adapt to the wet circuit. Three teams chose to immediately withdraw before the first lap was even completed, including the two Rothmans Porsches. Within the next several laps, both Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars also returned to the pits to withdraw. The first Japanese squad to withdraw after the race began was the Alpha Cubic Porsche, stopping after only six laps, and followed two laps later by both Mazdas. By time caution was withdrawn at the beginning of the eleventh lap, fifteen cars had already returned to the pits to withdraw. They were joined a lap later by the Bartlett Chevron, the last remaining European entry.

Eighteen cars remained in the event, all Japanese squads. The torrential rain continued however, and after two hours of racing, the organisers chose to end the event after completing only a fourth of the scheduled distance. As the race was shortened, half points were awarded in the Teams Championship, as well as the Drivers Championship, but only to those drivers who had actually had a chance to drive during the race.

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	28	Template:Flagicon Hoshino Racing	Template:Flagicon Kazuyoshi Hoshino Template:Flagicon Akira Hagiwara Template:Flagicon Keiji Matsumoto	March 85G	?	62
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
2	C1	12	Template:Flagicon Panasport Japan	Template:Flagicon Osamu Nakako Template:Flagicon Akio Morimoto Template:Flagicon Emanuele Pirro	Template:Interlanguage link	?	61
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
3	C1	36	Template:Flagicon Tom's	Template:Flagicon Satoru Nakajima Template:Flagicon Masanori Sekiya	Tom's 85C	B	61
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
4	C1	45	Template:Flagicon Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Naoki Nagasaka Template:Flagicon Taku Akaike	Tom's 85C	?	61
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
5	C1	50	Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link	Template:Flagicon Masahiro Hasemi Template:Flagicon Takao Wada	March 85G	?	60
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
6	C1	60	Template:Flagicon Trust Template:Interlanguage link	Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan Template:Flagicon George Fouché Template:Flagicon Keiichi Suzuki	Porsche 956	?	60
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
7	C1	35	Template:Flagicon Misaki Speed	Template:Flagicon Toshio Suzuki Template:Flagicon Kaoru Hoshino	Tom's 85C	?	59
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
8	C1	30	Template:Flagicon Central 20 Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Aguri Suzuki Template:Flagicon Haruhito Yanagida	Lola T810	D	59
					Nissan VG30ET 3.0 L Turbo V6
9	C1	38	Template:Flagicon Dome Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh	Dome 85C	D	58
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
10	C1	37	Template:Flagicon Team Ikuzawa	Template:Flagicon Tiff Needell Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Tom's 85C	?	57
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
11	GTU	175	Template:Flagicon Trust Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Mitsutake Koma Template:Flagicon Ryuusaku Hitomi	Toyota Celica	?	57
					Toyota 2.0 L I4
12	GTP	172	Template:Flagicon Top Fuel Racing	Template:Flagicon Norimasa Sakamoto Template:Flagicon Hironobu Tatsumi	Mazda RX-7 855	?	56
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor
13	C1	57	Template:Flagicon Rays Racing Division	Template:Flagicon Hitoshi Ogawa Template:Flagicon Tsunehisa Asai	TOM'S 84C	?	56
					Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L Turbo I4
14	C2	84	Template:Flagicon Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Kazuo Mogi Template:Flagicon Toshio Motohashi	Lotec M1C	?	55
					BMW M88 3.5 L I6
15	GTX	174	Template:Flagicon OZ Racing	Template:Flagicon Kenji Seino Template:Flagicon Mutsuo Kazama	Mazda RX-7 254	?	54
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
16	GTX	173	Template:Flagicon Mazda Sport Car Club	Template:Flagicon Iwao Sugai Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Sugai	Mazda RX-7 254	?	50
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
17 DNF	C2	96	Template:Flagicon Mr. S Racing Product	Template:Flagicon Syuuji Fujii Template:Flagicon Seiichi Sodeyama Template:Flagicon Tooru Sawada	Mishima Auto 84C	?	51
					BMW M88 3.5 L I6
18 DNF	C1	25	Template:Flagicon Advan Sports Template:Interlanguage link	Template:Flagicon Kunimitsu Takahashi Template:Flagicon Kenji Takahashi	Porsche 962C	Y	34
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
19 WD	C2	100	Template:Flagicon Barlett Chevron Racing	Template:Flagicon Robin Smith Template:Flagicon Kenneth Leim Template:Flagicon Martin Birrane	Chevron B62	A	11
					Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
20 WD	C1	27	Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link Template:Interlanguage link	Template:Flagicon Jiro Yoneyama Template:Flagicon Hideki Okada	Porsche 956	?	10
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
21 DNF	C2	98	Template:Flagicon Roy Baker Promotion Ford	Template:Flagicon Roy Baker Template:Flagicon David Andrews	Tiga GC285	A	10
					Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4
22 WD	C1	7	Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link Joest Racing	Template:Flagicon "John Winter" Template:Flagicon Paolo Barilla Template:Flagicon Marc Duez	Porsche 956B	D	9
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
23 WD	C1	14	Template:Flagicon Richard Lloyd Racing	Template:Flagicon Kenny Acheson Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries	Porsche 956 GTi	G	9
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
24 WD	C1	34	Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link Racing Template:Flagicon Cosmik Racing	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner Template:Flagicon Costas Los Template:Flagicon Anders Olofsson	March 84G	Y	9
					Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
25 WD	C2	85	Template:Flagicon Mazdaspeed	Template:Flagicon Yoshimi Katayama Template:Flagicon Takashi Yorino	Mazda 737C	D	8
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
26 WD	C2	86	Template:Flagicon Mazdaspeed	Template:Flagicon Yojiro Terada Template:Flagicon David Kennedy	Mazda 737C	D	8
					Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
27 WD	C1	33	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Racing	Template:Flagicon Jo Gartner Template:Flagicon Michael Roe	Porsche 956B	Y	6
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
28 WD	C1	48	Template:Flagicon Alpha Cubic Template:Interlanguage link	Template:Flagicon Noritake Takahara Template:Flagicon Chiyomi Totani	Porsche 956B	?	6
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
29 WD	C1	51	Template:Flagicon TWR Jaguar	Template:Flagicon John Nielsen Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell	Jaguar XJR-6	D	4
					Jaguar 6.2 L V12
30 WD	C1	52	Template:Flagicon TWR Jaguar	Template:Flagicon Hans Heyer Template:Flagicon Steve Soper	Jaguar XJR-6	D	4
					Jaguar 6.2 L V12
31 WD	C1	23	Template:Flagicon Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Bernard de Dryver Template:Flagicon Laurent Ferrier	Cheetah G604	D	3
					Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8
32 WD	C1	8	Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link Joest Racing	Template:Flagicon "John Winter" Template:Flagicon Paul Belmondo Template:Flagicon Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 956	D	2
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
33 WD	C1	1	Template:Flagicon Rothmans Porsche	Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx	Porsche 962C	D	0
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
34 WD	C1	2	Template:Flagicon Rothmans Porsche	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Porsche 956	D	0
					Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
35 WD	C2	74	Template:Flagicon Gebhardt Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Stanley Dickens Template:Flagicon Frank Jelinski Template:Flagicon John Graham	Gebhardt JC853	A	0
					Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8
DNS	C1	47	Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link	Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Template:Flagicon Lucio Cesario	Lancia LC2	?	-
					Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8
DNQ	C2	99	Template:Flagicon Roy Baker Promotion Ford	Template:Flagicon Roy Baker Template:Flagicon Bill Bean	Tiga GC284	A	-
					Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4
DNQ	GTU	176	Template:Flagicon Norikura Engineering	Template:Flagicon Yoshimasa Fujiwara Template:Flagicon Makio Nonaka Template:Flagicon Junichi Igura	Nissan Silvia	?	-
					Nissan 2.0 L I6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:15.92
• Average Speed - 135.379 km/h