1985 Canadian Grand Prix

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1985 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship
Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg
Race details
Date16 June 1985
Official name XXIV Grand Prix du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.410 km (2.740 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 308.700 km (191.817 miles)
Weather Sunny with temperatures approaching 20.5 °C (68.9 °F); wind speeds up to 12.9 kilometres per hour (8.0 mph) [1]
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Renault
Time 1:24.567
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault
Time 1:27.445 on lap 45
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-TAG
Lap leaders
  • 1985 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1985 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on 16 June 1985. It was the fifth race of the 1985 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 70-lap race was won by Italian driver Michele Alboreto, driving a Ferrari, with Swedish teammate Stefan Johansson second and Frenchman Alain Prost third in a McLaren-TAG. The win gave Alboreto the lead of the Drivers' Championship by five points from Prost and fellow Italian Elio de Angelis, who finished fifth in his Lotus-Renault having started from pole position, while Ferrari took the lead of the Constructors' Championship.

Qualifying

Qualifying report

Qualifying saw Elio de Angelis take pole position in his Lotus by just under three-tenths of a second from teammate Ayrton Senna, with the Ferraris of Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson immediately behind them on the second row. Alain Prost was fifth in his McLaren, with Derek Warwick sixth in the factory Renault. The top ten was completed by Thierry Boutsen in the Arrows, Keke Rosberg in the Williams, Nelson Piquet in the Brabham and Patrick Tambay in the second factory Renault. Reigning World Champion Niki Lauda could only manage 17th in the second McLaren, one place behind Nigel Mansell in the second Williams.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
111 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:26.8951:24.527
212 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:25.3991:24.816+0.289
327 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:25.1271:25.832+0.600
428 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:27.8701:25.170+0.643
52 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:25.9771:25.557+1.030
616 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 1:26.8011:25.622+1.095
718 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:28.2411:25.846+1.319
86 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:26.2651:26.097+1.570
97 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:27.0041:26.301+1.774
1015 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 1:26.9581:26.340+1.813
1123 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:27.6381:26.354+1.827
1217 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 1:30.8261:26.743+2.216
1322 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:28.0811:26.995+2.468
149 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 1:31.1471:27.266+2.739
1525 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:28.7461:27.403+2.876
165 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:28.3671:27.728+3.201
171 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:28.1261:28.130+3.599
1819 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:29.9101:28.625+4.098
1926 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:29.7301:28.750+4.223
208 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 1:30.2061:29.473+4.946
2110 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:29.5011:36.960+4.974
2224 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:32.2991:31.576+7.049
234 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:32.5891:31.733+7.206
243 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:32.7601:31.923+7.396
2529 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:34.9851:37.148+10.458

Race

Race report

At the start, de Angelis led away from Senna and Alboreto. Warwick made a fast start to run fourth, before suffering handling problems. On lap 6, Senna pitted with a turbo problem, losing five laps in the process. Alboreto then closed up to de Angelis, before passing him for the lead on lap 13. In mid-race, Johansson also passed de Angelis to set up a Ferrari 1-2, while Lauda retired with an engine failure after a "disappointing weekend." [2] Alboreto eventually took the chequered flag 1.9 seconds ahead of Johansson, with Prost and Rosberg moving into third and fourth respectively in the closing laps, and de Angelis having to settle for fifth, ahead of Mansell. Johansson had to contend with an intermittent misfire and when he got too close to Alboreto, the team leader simply turned up the turbo pressure and pulled away. Both de Angelis and Prost had to slow down considerably so as to not run out of fuel (with Prost having to stop almost immediately after crossing the finishing line). [2]

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
127 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 701:46:01.81339
228 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 70+ 1.95746
32 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 70+ 4.34154
46 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 70+ 27.82183
511 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 70+ 43.34912
65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 70+ 1:17.878161
715 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 69+ 1 lap10 
826 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 69+ 1 lap19 
918 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 68+ 2 laps7 
1022 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 68+ 2 laps13 
114 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 68+ 2 laps23 
123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 68+ 2 laps24 
1317 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 67+ 3 laps12 
1425 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 67+ 3 laps15 
158 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 67+ 3 laps20 
1612 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 65+ 5 laps2 
1723 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 64+ 6 laps11 
Ret29 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 57Accident25 
Ret1 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 37Engine17 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 35Engine22 
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 28Accident21 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 25Accident6 
Ret9 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 5Accident14 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 3Turbo18 
Ret7 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 0Transmission9 
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "Weather information for the "1985 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 Henry, Alan (July 1985). "Canadian Grand Prix: Ferrari in Command". Grassroots Motorsports . No. 33. p. 727-728. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022.
  3. "1985 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Canada 1985 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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