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.

Mosport Park

Winkelhock accident

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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

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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 962C 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 10 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

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  • Pole Position - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:09.775
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Rothmans Porsche - 1:12.915
  • Average Speed - 168.886 km/h

References

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  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.
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