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Home / Seasons / 1985 F1 World Championship Season / 1985 Canadian Grand Prix

1985 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 16 June 1985
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
CircuitMontreal, 70 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 Canadian Grand Prix was the

  • 409th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Montreal
More 1985 season
More Canadian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari701hr 46m 01.813s9
2+2Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari70+1.957s6
3+2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG70+4.341s4
4+4Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda70+27.821s3
5-4Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault70+43.349s2
6+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda70+1m 17.878s1
7+3France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault69+1 lap 
8+11France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault69+1 lap (60.000s) 
9-2Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW68+2 laps 
10+3Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo68+2 laps 
11+12Germany flag lazyload Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
12+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
13-1Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW67+3 laps 
14+1Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault67+3 laps 
15+5Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW67+3 laps 
16-14Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault65+5 laps 
17-6USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo64+6 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni57DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG37DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo35DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart28DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault25DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart5DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiToleman-Hart3DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW0DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Laffite received a 60-second time penalty for a jump start. He originally finished P7.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
3Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
4Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault
7Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
8Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
10France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault
11USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
12Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
14Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart
15Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
17Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
18  
19France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
20Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW
21France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
22Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
23Germany flag lazyload Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni
Started from the pit lane
 Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiToleman-Hart

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:24.567 
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:24.8160.249
3Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:25.1270.560
4Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:25.1700.603
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:25.5570.990
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault1:25.6221.055
7Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:25.8461.279
8Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:26.0971.530
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:26.3011.734
10France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault1:26.3401.773
11USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:26.3541.787
12Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:26.7432.176
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:26.9952.428
14Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockRAM-Hart1:27.2662.699
15Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:27.4032.836
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:27.7283.161
17Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:28.1263.559
18Italy flag lazyload Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:28.6254.058
19France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:28.7504.183
20Switzerland flag Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:29.4734.906
21France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:29.5014.934
22Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:31.5767.009
23Germany flag lazyload Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:31.7337.166
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:31.9237.356
25Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:34.98510.418

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1985 Canadian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto27
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost22
3Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis22
4France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay10
5Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna9
6Sweden flag lazyload Stefan Johansson7
7Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen6
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell5
9France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux3
=Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda3
=Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris3
=Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg3
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick2
14France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite2
15Germany flag lazyload Stefan Bellof1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari37
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault31
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-TAG25
4France flag lazyload Renault12
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda8
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-BMW6
7France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault5
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
300th for Brabham (3rd constructor to start 300 races)
Wins
4th for Michele Alboreto
90th for Ferrari (1st constructor to win 90 races)
Race 1-2
37th for Ferrari
Podiums
29th for Alain Prost, 11th for Michele Alboreto, 1st for Stefan Johansson (148th different podium finisher, 5th Swedish driver; first Swedish driver to finish on the podium since 1978)
295th & 296th for Ferrari, 113rd for McLaren
Poles
3rd and last for Elio de Angelis
94th for Lotus
Qualifying 1-2
14th and last for Lotus
Fastest laps
3rd for Ayrton Senna
66th for Lotus
Front row starts
6th and last for Elio de Angelis, 4th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
25th for Keke Rosberg

See also

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Montreal circuit
  • 1985 World Championship season

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