1984 Pau Grand Prix

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1984 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 11 June 1984
Official name XLIV Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Honda
Time 1:10.51
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda
Time 1:12.65
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second AGS-BMW
Third Ralt-Honda

The 44th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the sixth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 11 June.[1]

Report[edit]

Entry[edit]

For this round, the entry was down to just 19 cars. Prior to qualifying, the Minardi Team withdrawn an entry, no driver was available.[2]

Qualifying[edit]

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 89.922 mph.[3]

Race[edit]

The race was held over 73 laps of the Circuit de Pau-Ville. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 29:39.73mins., averaging a speed of 86.024 mph. Second place went to Frenchman, Philippe Streiff aboard the AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) entered AGS-BMW JH19C, who was over 40 seconds adrift. The podium was completed by the second works Ralt-Honda of Brazilian, Roberto Moreno.[4]

Classification[edit]

Race result[edit]

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 1 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 29:39.73
2nd 6 France Philippe Streiff AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 1hr 30:20.59
3rd 2 Brazil Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 30:23.45
4th 66 Germany Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 1hr 30:41.70
5th 18 France Alain Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 002 1hr 30:48.82
6th 5 France Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 72
7th 33 France Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 72
8th 15 Italy Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 70
9th 30 France Marcel Tarrès Marcel Tarres Martini-BMW 43 69
10th 22 Switzerland Max Busslinger Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 67
DNF 8 Austria ”Pierre Chauvet” Emco Sports March-BMW 842 61 Spin / Engine
DNF 4 Italy Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54 Engine
DNF 21 Italy Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 25 Wheel
DNF 10 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 19 Puncture
DNF 44 Switzerland Bert Jans PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 16 Engine
DNF 3 Belgium Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 15 Accident
DNF 17 France Michel Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 12 Accident
DNF 9 Italy Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 8 Accident

References[edit]

  1. ^ "F2 Register - Index".
  2. ^ "F2 Register - Index".
  3. ^ "F2 Register - Index".
  4. ^ "F2 Register - Index".
  5. ^ "F2 Register - Index".