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.

1985 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	16 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	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:24.567
Fastest lap
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:27.445 on lap 45
Podium
First	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Second	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari
Third	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Lap leaders

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

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	11	Elio de Angelis	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

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

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
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michele Alboreto 27 2 Alain Prost 22 3 Elio de Angelis 22 4 Patrick Tambay 10 5 Ayrton Senna 9 Source: [4]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 37 2 Lotus-Renault 31 3 McLaren-TAG 25 4 Renault 12 5 Williams-Honda 8 Source: [4]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "Weather information for the "1985 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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. "Canada 1985 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

Previous race: 1985 Monaco Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 1985 season	Next race: 1985 Detroit Grand Prix
Previous race: 1984 Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian Grand Prix	Next race: 1986 Canadian Grand Prix