The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 6

Detroit Grand Prix

1985  ·  Detroit Street Circuit  ·  23 June 1985  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Keke Rosberg Williams · 01:55:39.851
  2. 2nd Stefan Johansson Ferrari · +57.549
  3. 3rd Michele Alboreto Ferrari · +1:03.170

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 18

Derek Warwick

Retirement Renault  —  Transmission

03 Lap 19

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Brakes

04 Lap 26

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Accident

05 Lap 51

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

06 On the Charge

Stefan Bellof

Tyrrell  —  P19 → P4

07 Victory

Keke Rosberg

Williams  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Keke Rosberg Williams 5 63 01:55:39.851 9
2 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 9 63 +57.549 6
3 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 63 +1:03.170 4
4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 19 63 +1:06.225 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 63 +1:26.966 2
6 Nelson Piquet Brabham 10 62 +1 Lap 1
7 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 62 +1 Lap
8 Marc Surer Brabham 11 62 +1 Lap
9 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 7 61 +2 Laps
10 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 17 61 +2 Laps
11 Gerhard Berger Arrows 24 60 +3 Laps
12 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 58 +5 Laps
13 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 51 Accident
14 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 18 30 Accident
15 Philippe Alliot RAM 23 27 Accident
16 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 26 Accident
17 Alain Prost McLaren 4 19 Brakes
18 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 19 Electrical
19 Derek Warwick Renault 6 18 Transmission
20 Patrick Tambay Renault 15 15 Accident
21 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 11 Engine
22 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 10 Brakes
23 Teo Fabi Toleman 13 4 Clutch
24 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 20 3 Turbo
25 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 22 0 Accident

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