1985 Canadian Grand Prix
| 1985 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | June 16, 1985 | ||
| Official name | XXIV Grand Prix du Canada | ||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.41 km (2.74 miles) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 308.7 km (191.9 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:24.567 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | |
| Time | 1:27.445 on lap 45 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
The 1985 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 16, 1985. It was the fifth round of the 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Qualifying
For the first time since the F1 circus arrived in Europe for the second round of the season (the Portuguese Grand Prix), Ayrton Senna did not top the time sheets in either qualifying session. Ferrari's Michele Alboreto was fastest on the Friday and Senna's team mate Elio de Angelis fastest in the final qualifying session to snatch the pole. Senna though was second fastest in both sessions making it an all Lotus front row for the first time since the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix where Ronnie Peterson and Mario Andretti qualified the revolutionary ground effect Lotus 79 in first and second respectively.
This would prove to be the final ever qualifying 1-2 for the famous team founded in 1952 by Colin Chapman, and the final time de Angelis would qualify on pole or indeed on the front row before his untimely death from a testing accident 11 months after the 1985 Canadian Grand Prix.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Elio de Angelis
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Lotus-Renault | 1:26.895 | 1:24.527 | — |
| 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna
|
Lotus-Renault | 1:25.399 | 1:24.816 | +0.289 |
| 3 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari | 1:25.127 | 1:25.832 | +0.600 |
| 4 | 28 |  Stefan Johansson
|
Ferrari | 1:27.870 | 1:25.170 | +0.643 |
| 5 | 2 |  Alain Prost
|
McLaren-TAG | 1:25.977 | 1:25.557 | +1.030 |
| 6 | 16 |  Derek Warwick
|
Renault | 1:26.801 | 1:25.622 | +1.095 |
| 7 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen
|
Arrows-BMW | 1:28.241 | 1:25.846 | +1.319 |
| 8 | 6 |  Keke Rosberg
|
Williams-Honda | 1:26.265 | 1:26.097 | +1.570 |
| 9 | 7 | Nelson Piquet
|
Brabham-BMW | 1:27.004 | 1:26.301 | +1.774 |
| 10 | 15 | Patrick Tambay
|
Renault | 1:26.958 | 1:26.340 | +1.813 |
| 11 | 23 |  Eddie Cheever
|
Alfa Romeo | 1:27.638 | 1:26.354 | +1.827 |
| 12 | 17 |  Gerhard Berger
|
Arrows-BMW | 1:30.826 | 1:26.743 | +2.216 |
| 13 | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
|
Alfa Romeo | 1:28.081 | 1:26.995 | +2.468 |
| 14 | 9 |  Manfred Winkelhock
|
RAM-Hart | 1:31.147 | 1:27.266 | +2.739 |
| 15 | 25 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:28.746 | 1:27.403 | +2.876 |
| 16 | 5 | Nigel Mansell
|
Williams-Honda | 1:28.367 | 1:27.728 | +3.201 |
| 17 | 1 | Niki Lauda
|
McLaren-TAG | 1:28.126 | 1:28.130 | +3.599 |
| 18 | 19 | Teo Fabi
|
Toleman-Hart | 1:29.910 | 1:28.625 | +4.098 |
| 19 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:29.730 | 1:28.750 | +4.223 |
| 20 | 8 |  Marc Surer
|
Brabham-BMW | 1:30.206 | 1:29.473 | +4.946 |
| 21 | 10 | Philippe Alliot
|
RAM-Hart | 1:29.501 | 1:36.960 | +4.974 |
| 22 | 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:32.299 | 1:31.576 | +7.049 |
| 23 | 4 | Stefan Bellof
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:32.589 | 1:31.733 | +7.206 |
| 24 | 3 | Martin Brundle
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:32.760 | 1:31.923 | +7.396 |
| 25 | 29 | Pierluigi Martini
|
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:34.985 | 1:37.148 | +10.458 |
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari | 70 | 1:46:01.813 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | Stefan Johansson
|
Ferrari | 70 | + 1.957 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Prost
|
McLaren-TAG | 70 | + 4.341 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Keke Rosberg
|
Williams-Honda | 70 | + 27.821 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis
|
Lotus-Renault | 70 | + 43.349 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Nigel Mansell
|
Williams-Honda | 70 | + 1:17.878 | 16 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | Patrick Tambay
|
Renault | 69 | + 1 Lap | 10 | |
| 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite
|
Ligier-Renault | 69 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
| 9 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen
|
Arrows-BMW | 68 | + 2 Laps | 7 | |
| 10 | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
|
Alfa Romeo | 68 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
| 11 | 4 | Stefan Bellof
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 68 | + 2 Laps | 23 | |
| 12 | 3 | Martin Brundle
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 68 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
| 13 | 17 | Gerhard Berger
|
Arrows-BMW | 67 | + 3 Laps | 12 | |
| 14 | 25 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Ligier-Renault | 67 | + 3 Laps | 15 | |
| 15 | 8 | Marc Surer
|
Brabham-BMW | 67 | + 3 Laps | 20 | |
| 16 | 12 | Ayrton Senna
|
Lotus-Renault | 65 | + 5 Laps | 2 | |
| 17 | 23 | Eddie Cheever
|
Alfa Romeo | 64 | + 6 Laps | 11 | |
| Ret | 29 | Pierluigi Martini
|
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 57 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 1 | Niki Lauda
|
McLaren-TAG | 37 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 35 | Engine | 22 | |
| Ret | 10 | Philippe Alliot
|
RAM-Hart | 28 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 16 | Derek Warwick
|
Renault | 25 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock
|
RAM-Hart | 5 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi
|
Toleman-Hart | 3 | Turbo | 18 | |
| Ret | 7 | Nelson Piquet
|
Brabham-BMW | 0 | Transmission | 9 | |
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Notes
- This was the last Formula One race that Lotus would have both of their cars qualify on the front row of the grid.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1985 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.