1985 1000 km of Mosport

The 1985 Budweiser GT was the sixth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship. Several teams from the Camel GT Championship also participated, under the GTP, GTO, and GTU classes. It took place at Mosport Park, Canada on August 11, 1985.

Winkelhock accident

In the early portions of the race, Manfred Winkelhock was driving the Kremer Racing Porsche 962C after taking over from teammate Marc Surer. At the beginning of the car's 69th lap, Winkelhock's Porsche went off course during the long downhill Turn 2. The car hit the concrete barrier at the bottom of the hill head-on. Caution came out immediately and lasted for 56 minutes as safety crews attempted to extract Winkelhock from the wreckage.

Winkelhock was flown by medical helicopter to Sunnybrook Medical Centre near Toronto suffering from severe head trauma while the race resumed. Winkelhock died the following day after failing to recover from surgery.[1]

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 2 Germany Rothmans Porsche Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 956 D 253
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
2 C1 1 Germany Rothmans Porsche Germany Jochen Mass
Belgium Jacky Ickx
Porsche 962C D 253
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
3 C1 52 United Kingdom TWR Jaguar France Jean-Louis Schlesser
New Zealand Mike Thackwell
United Kingdom Martin Brundle
Jaguar XJR-6 D 234
Jaguar 6.2 L V12
4 C1 11 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Canada Ludwig Heimrath, Sr.
Canada Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.
Netherlands Kees Kroesemeijer
Porsche 956 G 234
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
5 C2 70 United Kingdom Spice Engineering United Kingdom Gordon Spice
United Kingdom Ray Bellm
Spice-Tiga GC85 A 231
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
6 C2 74 Germany Gebhardt Motorsport Germany Frank Jelinski
Canada John Graham
Gebhardt JC853 A 225
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8
7 GTP 18 Canada Bieri Racing
El Salvador Fomfor Racing
El Salvador "Fomfor"
Canada Uli Bieri
Canada Matt Gysler
Sauber C7 G 211
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
8 C2 88 United Kingdom Ark Racing United Kingdom David Andrews
United Kingdom Max Payne
Ceekar 83J A 203
Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0 L I4
9 GTO 165 United States Gerry English United States Gerry English
United States Jerry Thompson
Chevrolet Camaro H 199
Chevrolet 6.0 L V8
10 GTU 154 United States Zwiren Racing United States Steve Zwiren
United States Peter Dawe
Canada Robert Peters
Mazda RX-7 H 184
Mazda 13B 1.3 L 2-Rotor
11
DSQ
C2 80 Italy Carma F.F. Italy Carlo Facetti
Italy Martino Finotto
Switzerland Jean-Pierre Frey
Alba AR6 A 218
Carma FF 1.9 L Turbo I4
12
NC
C2 82 Italy Grifo Autoracing Italy Pasquale Barberio
Italy Maurizio Gellini
Alba AR3 D 157
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
13
NC
C1 34 United Kingdom Cosmik Racing Germany Christian Danner
Greece Costas Los
Sweden Mikael Nabrink
March 84G Y 148
Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
14
NC
C2 98 United Kingdom Roy Baker Promotions Canada Joe DeMarco
United States Chuck Grantham
Tiga GC285 A 146
Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4
15
DNF
GTO 153 Canada No Team Name Canada Rudy Bartling
Canada Fritz Hochreuter
Porsche Carrera RSR ? 125
Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6
16
DNF
GTO 139 Canada R & H Racing Canada Rainer Brezinka
Canada Jack Burnett
Canada John Centano
Porsche Carrera RSR ? 103
Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6
17
DNF
C1 9 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Germany Manfred Winkelhock
Switzerland Marc Surer
Porsche 962C G 69
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
18
DNF
C2 100 United Kingdom John Barlett Racing Sweden Stanley Dickens
United Kingdom Robin Smith
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
Chevron B62 A 27
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
19
DNF
C1 51 United Kingdom TWR Jaguar United Kingdom Martin Brundle
New Zealand Mike Thackwell
Jaguar XJR-6 D 12
Jaguar 6.2 L V12

† - #80 Carma F.F. was disqualified after completing the final lap of the race too slowly.

Statistics

References

  1. Rainer Nyberg and Mattijs Diepraam (February 2000). "German's single top F1 drive". 8W. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

External links

World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
1985 1000 km of Hockenheim
1985 season Next race:
1985 1000 km of Spa
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