1985 1000 km of Mosport

Last updated January 05, 2026

The 1985 Budweiser GT was the sixth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship. Several teams from the Camel GT Championship also participated, under the GTP, GTO, and GTU classes. It took place at Mosport Park, Canada on August 11, 1985.

Winkelhock accident

In the early portions of the race, Manfred Winkelhock was driving the Kremer Racing Porsche 962C after taking over from teammate Marc Surer. At the beginning of the car's 69th lap, Winkelhock's Porsche went off course during the long downhill Turn 2. The car hit the concrete barrier at the bottom of the hill head-on. Caution came out immediately and lasted for 56 minutes as safety crews attempted to extract Winkelhock from the wreckage.

Winkelhock was flown by medical helicopter to Sunnybrook Medical Centre near Toronto suffering from severe head trauma while the race resumed. Winkelhock died the following day after failing to recover from surgery.^[1]

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	2	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	D	253
1	C1	2	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	D	253
2	C1	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 962C	D	253
2	C1	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	D	253
3	C1	52	TWR Jaguar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mike Thackwell Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-6	D	234
3	C1	52	TWR Jaguar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mike Thackwell Martin Brundle	Jaguar 6.2 L V12	D	234
4	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Ludwig Heimrath Sr. Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. Kees Kroesemeijer	Porsche 956	G	234
4	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Ludwig Heimrath Sr. Ludwig Heimrath, Jr. Kees Kroesemeijer	Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	G	234
5	C2	70	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Spice-Tiga GC85	A	231
5	C2	70	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	A	231
6	C2	74	Gebhardt Motorsport	Frank Jelinski John Graham	Gebhardt JC853	A	225
6	C2	74	Gebhardt Motorsport	Frank Jelinski John Graham	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8	A	225
7	GTP	18	Bieri Racing Fomfor Racing	"Fomfor" Uli Bieri Matt Gysler	Sauber C7	G	211
7	GTP	18	Bieri Racing Fomfor Racing	"Fomfor" Uli Bieri Matt Gysler	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	G	211
8	C2	88	Ark Racing	David Andrews Max Payne	Ceekar 83J	A	203
8	C2	88	Ark Racing	David Andrews Max Payne	Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0 L I4	A	203
9	GTO	165	Gerry English	Gerry English Jerry Thompson	Chevrolet Camaro	H	199
9	GTO	165	Gerry English	Gerry English Jerry Thompson	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	H	199
10	GTU	154	Zwiren Racing	Steve Zwiren Peter Dawe Robert Peters	Mazda RX-7	H	184
10	GTU	154	Zwiren Racing	Steve Zwiren Peter Dawe Robert Peters	Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor	H	184
11 DSQ^†	C2	80	Carma F.F.	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Jean-Pierre Frey	Alba AR6	A	218
11 DSQ^†	C2	80	Carma F.F.	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Jean-Pierre Frey	Carma FF 1.9 L Turbo I4	A	218
12 NC	C2	82	Grifo Autoracing	Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini	Alba AR3	D	157
12 NC	C2	82	Grifo Autoracing	Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	D	157
13 NC	C1	34	Cosmik Racing	Christian Danner Costas Los Mikael Nabrink	March 84G	Y	148
13 NC	C1	34	Cosmik Racing	Christian Danner Costas Los Mikael Nabrink	Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	Y	148
14 NC	C2	98	Roy Baker Promotions	Joe DeMarco Chuck Grantham	Tiga GC285	A	146
14 NC	C2	98	Roy Baker Promotions	Joe DeMarco Chuck Grantham	Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4	A	146
15 DNF	GTO	153	No Team Name	Rudy Bartling Fritz Hochreuter	Porsche Carrera RSR	?	125
15 DNF	GTO	153	No Team Name	Rudy Bartling Fritz Hochreuter	Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6	?	125
16 DNF	GTO	139	R & H Racing	Rainer Brezinka Jack Burnett John Centano	Porsche Carrera RSR	?	103
16 DNF	GTO	139	R & H Racing	Rainer Brezinka Jack Burnett John Centano	Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6	?	103
17 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer	Porsche 962C	G	69
17 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer	Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6	G	69
18 DNF	C2	100	John Barlett Racing	Stanley Dickens Robin Smith Max Cohen-Olivar	Chevron B62	A	27
18 DNF	C2	100	John Barlett Racing	Stanley Dickens Robin Smith Max Cohen-Olivar	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8	A	27
19 DNF	C1	51	TWR Jaguar	Martin Brundle Mike Thackwell	Jaguar XJR-6	D	12
19 DNF	C1	51	TWR Jaguar	Martin Brundle Mike Thackwell	Jaguar 6.2 L V12	D	12

† - #80 Carma F.F. was disqualified after completing the final lap of the race too slowly.

Statistics

Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:09.775
Fastest Lap - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:12.915
Average Speed - 168.886 km/h

References

↑ Rainer Nyberg and Mattijs Diepraam (February 2000). "German's single top F1 drive". 8W. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

"FIA World Endurance Championship 1985 - 1000 km Mosport". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2005-10-02. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
"Mosport 1000 Kilometres 1985". Racing Sports Cars. 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

External links

1985 Mosport 1000 Race Highlights (YouTube)

World Sportscar Championship

Previous race:
1985 1000 km of Hockenheim

1985 season

Next race:
1985 1000 km of Spa

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[1] Rainer Nyberg and Mattijs Diepraam (February 2000). "German's single top F1 drive". 8W. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

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