1985 Canadian Grand Prix

  1985 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One season
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 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 308.7 km (191.9 mi)
Weather	Sunny
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

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	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

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

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

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

References