1985 Canadian Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 Canadian Canada Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg 16 June 1985 5 16 XXIV Grand Prix du Canada Circuit Gilles VilleneuveMontreal, Quebec, Canada Temporary street circuit 2.740 4.410 70 191.817 308.700 Sunny with temperatures approaching 20.5 C F; wind speeds up to 12.9 km/h mphhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1985-06-16 Weather information for the "1985 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 31 August 2018 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:24.567 Italy Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:27.445 45 Brazil 1968 Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy Stefan Johansson Ferrari Sweden Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France CAN 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. 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 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:26.895 1:24.567 2 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:25.399 1:24.816 +0.289 3 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:25.127 1:25.832 +0.600 4 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:27.870 1:25.170 +0.643 5 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:25.977 1:25.557 +1.030 6 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:26.801 1:25.622 +1.095 7 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:28.241 1:25.846 +1.319 8 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:26.265 1:26.097 +1.570 9 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:27.004 1:26.301 +1.774 10 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:26.958 1:26.340 +1.813 11 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:27.638 1:26.354 +1.827 12 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 1:30.826 1:26.743 +2.216 13 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:28.081 1:26.995 +2.468 14 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 1:31.147 1:27.266 +2.739 15 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:28.746 1:27.403 +2.876 16 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:28.367 1:27.728 +3.201 17 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:28.126 1:28.130 +3.599 18 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:29.910 1:28.625 +4.098 19 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:29.730 1:28.750 +4.223 20 8 SWI Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 1:30.206 1:29.473 +4.946 21 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:29.501 1:36.960 +4.974 22 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:32.299 1:31.576 +7.049 23 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:32.589 1:31.733 +7.206 24 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:32.760 1:31.923 +7.396 25 29 ITA 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." https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1985/33/canadian-grand-prix-ferrari-command https://web.archive.org/web/20220121121432/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1985/33/canadian-grand-prix-ferrari-command 2022-01-21 Alan Henry Canadian Grand Prix: Ferrari in Command 727–728 Grassroots Motorsports 33 July 1985 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). Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 70 1:46:01.813 3 9 2 28 SWE Stefan Johansson Ferrari 70 + 1.957 4 6 3 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 70 + 4.341 5 4 4 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 70 + 27.821 8 3 5 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 70 + 43.349 1 2 6 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 70 + 1:17.878 16 1 7 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 69 + 1 lap 10   8 26 FRA Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 69 + 1 lap 19   9 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 68 + 2 laps 7   10 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 68 + 2 laps 13   11 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 68 + 2 laps 23   12 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 68 + 2 laps 24   13 17 AUT Gerhard Berger Arrows-BMW 67 + 3 laps 12   14 25 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 67 + 3 laps 15   15 8 SWI Marc Surer Brabham-BMW 67 + 3 laps 20   16 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 65 + 5 laps 2   17 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 64 + 6 laps 11   Ret Retired 29 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 57 Accident 25   Ret Retired 1 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 37 Engine 17   Ret Retired 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 35 Engine 22   Ret Retired 10 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 28 Accident 21   Ret Retired 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 25 Accident 6   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 5 Accident 14   Ret Retired 19 ITA Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 3 Turbo 18   Ret Retired 7 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 0 Transmission 9  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/299/ 1985 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218000549/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1985/299/ 18 February 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 ITA Michele Alboreto 27 2 FRA Alain Prost 22 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 22 4 FRA Patrick Tambay 10 5 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1985/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1985 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 37 2 GBR Lotus-Renault 31 3 GBR McLaren-TAG 25 4 FRA Renault 12 5 GBR Williams-Honda 8Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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