Season 1985 · Round 6

Detroit Grand Prix

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1985-06-23 · Detroit Street Circuit · USA · Detroit Grand Prix · 63Lap · 259.560km
6 Keke Rosberg
Williams 1:55:39.851
28 Stefan Johansson
Ferrari +57.549
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +1:03.170
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Ayrton Senna L51 Martin Brundle L30 Philippe Alliot L27 Nigel Mansell L26 Alain Prost L19 Riccardo Patrese L19 Derek Warwick L18 Patrick Tambay L15 Pierluigi Martini L11 Niki Lauda L10 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Circuit Info
Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, USA
63Lap 259.560km 7 races held (1982–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · GP #1
P2 John Watson 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 René Arnoux 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 3 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P3 John Watson 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Rosberg · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Rosberg ROS 1 Rosberg ROS Johansson · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Johansson JOH 2 Johansson JOH Alboreto · P3 → P3 3 Alboreto ALB 3 Alboreto ALB Bellof · P19 → P4 · +15 19 Bellof BEL 4 Bellof BEL de Angelis · P8 → P5 · +3 8 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Piquet · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Piquet PIQ 6 Piquet PIQ Boutsen · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Boutsen BOU 7 Boutsen BOU Surer · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Surer SUR 8 Surer SUR Cheever · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Cheever CHE 9 Cheever CHE de Cesaris · P17 → P10 · +7 17 de Cesaris DE 10 de Cesaris DE Berger · P24 → P11 · +13 24 Berger BER 11 Berger BER Laffite · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Laffite LAF 12 Laffite LAF Senna · P1 → retired L51 Senna · retired L51 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Brundle · P18 → retired L30 Brundle · retired L30 18 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Alliot · P23 → retired L27 Alliot · retired L27 23 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Mansell · P2 → retired L26 Mansell · retired L26 2 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Prost · P4 → retired L19 Prost · retired L19 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Patrese · P14 → retired L19 Patrese · retired L19 14 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Warwick · P6 → retired L18 Warwick · retired L18 6 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Tambay · P15 → retired L15 Tambay · retired L15 15 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Martini · P25 → retired L11 Martini · retired L11 25 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Lauda · P12 → retired L10 Lauda · retired L10 12 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Fabi · P13 → retired L4 Fabi · retired L4 13 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Winkelhock · P20 → retired L3 Winkelhock · retired L3 20 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Ghinzani · P22 → retired L0 Ghinzani · retired L0 22 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 5 63 1:55:39.851 9
2 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 9 63 +57.549 6
3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 63 +1:03.170 4
4 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 19 63 +1:06.225 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 63 +1:26.966 2
6 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 10 62 +1 Lap 1
7 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 62 +1 Lap
8 8 Marc Surer Brabham 11 62 +1 Lap
9 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 7 61 +2 Laps
10 25 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 17 61 +2 Laps
11 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 24 60 +3 Laps
12 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 58 +5 Laps
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 51 Accident
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 18 30 Accident
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 23 27 Accident
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 26 Accident
R 2 Alain Prost McLaren 4 19 Brakes
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 14 19 Electrical
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 6 18 Transmission
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 15 15 Accident
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 25 11 Engine
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 10 Brakes
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 13 4 Clutch
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock RAM 20 3 Turbo
R 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 22 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
27 Michele Alboreto
4
2 Alain Prost
5
6 Keke Rosberg
6
16 Derek Warwick
7
23 Eddie Cheever
8
11 Elio de Angelis
9
28 Stefan Johansson
10
7 Nelson Piquet
11
8 Marc Surer
12
1 Niki Lauda
13
19 Teo Fabi
14
22 Riccardo Patrese
15
15 Patrick Tambay
16
26 Jacques Laffite
17
25 Andrea de Cesaris
18
3 Martin Brundle
19
4 Stefan Bellof
20
9 Manfred Winkelhock
21
18 Thierry Boutsen
22
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
23
9 Philippe Alliot
24
17 Gerhard Berger
25
29 Pierluigi Martini
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15