1984 Thruxton Grand Prix
Race details
Date 23 April 1984
Official name 28th B.A.R.C. "200"
Location Hampshire, England
Course Thruxton Circuit
Course length 3.793 km (2.356 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 208.615 km (129.580 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Honda
Time 1:05.68
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda
Time 1:07.38
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second March-BMW
Third AGS-BMW

The 28th B.A.R.C. "200" meeting, saw the 13th running of the P&O Ferries sponsored Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy. This was the third round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers, and held at Thruxton Circuit, in Hampshire, on 23 April.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 20 F2 cars were entered for the event, but come qualifying two of these did not arrive in Hampshire.[1]

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 129.148 mph (207.844 km/h).[1]

Race

The race was held over 55 laps of the Thruxton circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 03:11.78mins., averaging a speed of 123.038 mph (198.010 km/h). Just over 21 seconds behind was the Cheylesmore/BS Automotive March of Christian Danner. The third different car in the top three was the AGS-BMW JH19C of Philippe Streiff.[1]

Classification

Race Result

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car – Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 1 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 03:11.78
2nd 66 Germany Christian Danner Cheylesmore/BS Automotive March-BMW 842 1hr 03:33.05
3rd 6 France Philippe Streiff Elf Gitanes AGS (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 1hr 04:22.51
4th 4 Italy Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54
5th 3 Belgium Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54
6th 18 Belgium Didier Theys Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 002 54
7th 10 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53
8th 15 Italy Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 53
9th 11 Italy Lamberto Leoni Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53
10th 9 Italy Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53
11th 19 Switzerland Roland Minder S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club March-BMW 832 51
12th 21 Italy Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 49
DNF 2 Brazil Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 43 Wheel bearing
DNF 5 France Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 38 Transistor box
DNF 17 France Michel Ferté Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 33 Transmission
DNF 33 France Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 33 Engine
DNF 44 Sweden Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 24 Engine
DNS 22 Italy Aldo Bertuzzi Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "F2 Register – Index". The Fastlane – Motorsports Discussion. 23 December 1998. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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