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 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:26.895 1:24.567 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." 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 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 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Motori Moderni 57 Accident 25 1 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 37 Engine 17 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 35 Engine 22 10 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 28 Accident 21 16 Derek Warwick Renault 25 Accident 6 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM-Hart 5 Accident 14 19 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 3 Turbo 18 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 0 Transmission 9
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 9Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 37 2 Lotus-Renault 31 3 McLaren-TAG 25 4 Renault 12 5 Williams-Honda 8Source:
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