1985 World Sportscar Championship
The 1985 World Sportscar Championship season was the 33rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1985 World Endurance Championship which was contested over a series of races for Group C1 and Group C2 Prototypes, Group B GT Cars and IMSA GTP cars. The series ran from 14 April 1985 to 1 December 1985 and was composed of 10 races.
This year marked the introduction of Teams titles for outright, Group C2 and GT Cars, replacing the traditional Manufacturers awards. Outright and Group C2 Drivers titles were also awarded.
Schedule
† - Non-points races for teams.Entries
Group C1
Group C2
Season results
Races
| Rnd | Circuit | C1 Winning Team | C2 Winning Team | Results |
| Rnd | Circuit | C1 Winning Drivers | C2 Winning Drivers | Results |
| 1 | Mugello |  Rothmans Porsche |  Spice Engineering | Results |
| 1 | Mugello |  Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm | Results |
| 2 | Monza | Porsche Kremer Racing | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 2 | Monza | Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm | Results |
| 3 | Silverstone | Rothmans Porsche | Ecurie Ecosse | Results |
| 3 | Silverstone | Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass | Ray Mallock Mike Wilds | Results |
| 4 | La Sarthe | Joest Racing | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 4 | La Sarthe | Klaus Ludwig "John Winter" Paolo Barilla | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Mark Galvin | Results |
| 5 | Hockenheimring | Rothmans Porsche | Ecurie Ecosse | Results |
| 5 | Hockenheimring | Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck | Ray Mallock David Leslie Mike Wilds | Results |
| 6 | Mosport | Rothmans Porsche | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 6 | Mosport | Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm | Results |
| 7 | Spa-Francorchamps | Martini Racing | Spice Engineering | Results |
| 7 | Spa-Francorchamps |  Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi | Gordon Spice Ray Bellm | Results |
| 8 | Brands Hatch | Rothmans Porsche | Ecurie Ecosse | Results |
| 8 | Brands Hatch | Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck | Ray Mallock Mike Wilds | Results |
| 9 | Fuji |  Hoshino Racing | Auto Beaurex Motorsport | Results |
| 9 | Fuji | Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Kenji Matsumoto | Kazuo Mogi Toshio Motohashi | Results |
| 10 | Shah Alam | Rothmans Porsche | ADA Engineering | Results |
| 10 | Shah Alam | Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass | Richard Piper Ian Harrower Evan Clements | Results |
Drivers Championship
Points were awarded to the drivers of the top 10 placed cars in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 and drivers of C2 cars were also awarded 2 bonus points if they finished in any of the top ten outright positions. However points were not awarded if a driver:- drove more than one car in the race
- failed to drive the car for at least 30% of the distance
- drove a car which did not complete 90% of the winner's distance
Only half points were awarded at Round 9 due to the race being stopped with less than 50% distance having been covered.
World Endurance Championship for Drivers
The 1985 FIA World Endurance Championship for Drivers was awarded jointly to Rothmans Porsche teammates Hans-Joachim Stuck and Derek Bell who shared a Porsche 962C throughout the seasonGroup C2
The Group C2 title was awarded to Gordon Spice and Ray Bellm who shared a Tiga Ford entered by Spice Engineering.Teams Championship
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, however- Teams were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other team cars were merely skipped in the points allocation
- Teams did not score points if the car did not complete 90% of the winner's distance.
Rounds 2, 8, and 10 were not part of the Teams Championship and counted only for the Drivers titles.
Only half points were awarded at Round 9 due to the race being stopped with less than 50% distance having been covered.