Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Ko te tau 1985 he pouri mo Lauda, me te tekau ma tahi nga reti mai i nga whakataetae tekau ma wha i tiimata e ia. Kaore ia i tiimata i te Belgian Grand Prix i Spa-Francorchamps i muri i te hinganga me te whati i tana ringaringa i te wa e whakangungu ana, ana ka ngaro ia i te European Grand Prix i Brands Hatch; I whakakapihia ia e John Watson mo taua whakataetae. I eke ia ki te tuawhā 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.