Detroit Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 23rd June 1985 12:00am Local
Sun 23rd June 1985 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1985

Round
Round 6

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Detroit

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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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01	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	1:55:39.851
02	Stefan Johansson	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:57.549
03	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:03.170
04	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Racing	+1:06.225
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1:26.966
06	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1 Lap
07	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Marc Surer	Brabham	+1 Lap
09	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+2 Laps
10	Andrea De Cesaris	Ligier	+2 Laps
11	Gerhard Berger	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+5 Laps
13	Ayrton Senna	Lotus F1	DNF
14	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
15	Philippe Alliot	Ram Racing	DNF
16	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	DNF
17	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
18	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
19	Derek Warwick	Renault F1 Team	DNF
20	Patrick Tambay	Renault F1 Team	DNF
21	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNF
22	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
23	Teo Fabi	Toleman	DNF
24	Manfred Winkelhock	Ram Racing	DNF
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF