| 1985 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 5 of 16 in the1985 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 16 June 1985 | ||
| Official name | XXIVGrand 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 | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:24.567 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | |
| Time | 1:27.445 on lap 45 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1985 Canadian Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve inMontreal on 16 June 1985. It was the fifth race of the1985 Formula One World Championship.
The 70-lap race was won by Italian driverMichele Alboreto, driving aFerrari, with Swedish teammateStefan Johansson second and FrenchmanAlain Prost third in aMcLaren-TAG. The win gave Alboreto the lead of the Drivers' Championship by five points from Prost and fellow ItalianElio de Angelis, who finished fifth in hisLotus-Renault having started frompole position, while Ferrari took the lead of the Constructors' Championship.
Qualifying sawElio de Angelis takepole position in hisLotus by just under three-tenths of a second from teammateAyrton Senna, with theFerraris ofMichele Alboreto andStefan Johansson immediately behind them on the second row.Alain Prost was fifth in hisMcLaren, withDerek Warwick sixth in the factoryRenault. The top ten was completed byThierry Boutsen in theArrows,Keke Rosberg in theWilliams,Nelson Piquet in theBrabham andPatrick Tambay in the second factory Renault. Reigning World ChampionNiki Lauda could only manage 17th in the second McLaren, one place behindNigel Mansell in the second Williams.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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| 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 |
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 aturbo 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]
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