1985 Canadian Grand Prix
| 1985 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 16 June 1985 | ||
| Official name | XXIV Grand 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) | ||
| 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 | |||
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.