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Detroit Grand Prix



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Sun 23rd June 1985 12:00am Local
Sun 23rd June 1985 12:00am UTC

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Season
1985

Round
6

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The 1985 Detroit Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 23, 1985, in Detroit, Michigan. It was the sixth round of the 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship and the fourth Detroit Grand Prix. The race was held over 63 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 260 kilometres.

For the first time in ten years, the United States hosted only one Grand Prix. Finland's Keke Rosberg (Williams FW10) took the lead from pole-sitter Ayrton Senna (Lotus 97T) on lap eight, avoided the tire and brake problems that plagued the other front-runners and held off the Ferrari 156/85s of Stefan Johansson and Michele Alboreto to win. Stefan Bellof earned a scintillating fourth place in his Tyrrell 012, scoring the last points for the legendary Cosworth-Ford DFV engine until 1988. It was the fourth Formula One Grand Prix victory for the 1982 World Champion. Alboreto's third place allowed him to expand his points lead over Lotus driver Elio de Angelis to seven points. Eventual 1985 World Champion Alain Prost was now nine points behind Alboreto and as far from the championship as he would get all year.
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Transparent Spacer01 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Keke Rosberg Team Badge icon Williams Racing1:55:39.851
Transparent Spacer02 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Stefan Johansson Team Badge icon Scuderia Ferrari HP+0:57.549
Transparent Spacer03 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Michele Alboreto Team Badge icon Scuderia Ferrari HP+1:03.170
Transparent Spacer04 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Stefan Bellof Team Badge icon Tyrrell Racing+1:06.225
Transparent Spacer05 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Elio de Angelis Team Badge icon Lotus F1+1:26.966
Transparent Spacer06 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Nelson Piquet Team Badge icon Brabham+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer07 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Thierry Boutsen Team Badge icon Arrows Grand Prix International+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer08 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Marc Surer Team Badge icon Brabham+1 Lap
Transparent Spacer09 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Eddie Cheever Team Badge icon Alfa Romeo S.p.A.+2 Laps
Transparent Spacer10 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Andrea De Cesaris Team Badge icon Ligier+2 Laps
Transparent Spacer11 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Gerhard Berger Team Badge icon Arrows Grand Prix International+3 Laps
Transparent Spacer12 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Jacques Laffite Team Badge icon Ligier+5 Laps
Transparent Spacer13 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Ayrton Senna Team Badge icon Lotus F1DNF
Transparent Spacer14 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Martin Brundle Team Badge icon Tyrrell RacingDNF
Transparent Spacer15 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Philippe Alliot Team Badge icon Ram RacingDNF
Transparent Spacer16 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Nigel Mansell Team Badge icon Williams RacingDNF
Transparent Spacer17 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Alain Prost Team Badge icon McLaren Formula 1 TeamDNF
Transparent Spacer18 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Riccardo Patrese Team Badge icon Alfa Romeo S.p.A.DNF
Transparent Spacer19 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Derek Warwick Team Badge icon Renault F1 TeamDNF
Transparent Spacer20 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Patrick Tambay Team Badge icon Renault F1 TeamDNF
Transparent Spacer21 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Pierluigi Martini Team Badge icon MinardiDNF
Transparent Spacer22 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Niki Lauda Team Badge icon McLaren Formula 1 TeamDNF
Transparent Spacer23 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Teo Fabi Team Badge icon TolemanDNF
Transparent Spacer24 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Manfred Winkelhock Team Badge icon Ram RacingDNF
Transparent Spacer25 Player Cutout thumb Team equipment thumbnailFlag icon Piercarlo Ghinzani Team Badge icon OsellaDNF


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