1984 BRDC International Trophy

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1984 BRDC International Trophy Grand Prix
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Race details
Date1 April 1984
Official name 36th BRDC International Trophy
Location Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course Silverstone Circuit
Course length 4.719 km (2.932 miles)
Distance 47 laps, 221.793 km (137.804 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Honda
Time 1:14.82
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda
Time 1:16.00
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second Ralt-Honda
Third Martini-BMW

The 1984 BRDC International Trophy (formally the XXXVI Marlboro / Daily Express International Trophy) was a Formula Two motor race held at Silverstone on 1 April 1984. It was the 36th running of the International Trophy, and the seventh and last under Formula Two regulations. It was also the opening race of the 1984 European Formula Two Championship. [1]

Contents

Report

Entry

A total of 22 F2 cars were entered for the event, and all but the PMC Motorsport entry for Enrique Mansilla arrived for qualifying. [2]

Qualifying

Roberto Moreno took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 141.094 mph. [3]

Race

The race was held over 47 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 01:04.11mins., averaging a speed of 135.376 mph. Over 34 seconds behind was the second works Ralt of Roberto Moreno. The podium was completed by Michel Ferté, in his Martini Racing France/ORECA-entered Martini-BMW 001, albeit one lap adrift. [4]

The lead of the race changed several times between the Ralt teammates with Moreno leading on the last lap when Thackwell attacked him into the Woodcote chicane. Moreno spun over the kerbs allowing Thackwell to take the win while the Brazilian eventually restarted his car and crossed the finish line over 30 seconds later.

Classification

Race Result

PosNoDriverEntrantCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid [5]
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/84471:01:04.112
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/8447+ 34.141
317 Flag of France.svg Michel Ferté Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 00146+ 1 Lap11
43 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84246+ 1 Lap4
533 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 84246+ 1 Lap8
64 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84246+ 1 Lap3
766 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 84246+ 1 Lap6
818 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 00146+ 1 Lap7
910 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28345+ 2 Laps12
1021 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M8444+ 3 Laps19
115 Flag of France.svg Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84243+ 4 Laps10
DNF19 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rolf Biland S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club / Horag Racing March-BMW 83230Gear linkage15
DNF7 Flag of Austria.svg Jo Gartner Emco Sports Spirit-BMW 201B 29Mechanical9
DNF9 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28329Accident17
DNF20 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Beat Jans S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club / Horag Racing March-BMW 83218Engine20
DNF44 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 84218Engine18
DNF6 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C12Engine5
DNF8 Flag of Italy.svg Lamberto Leoni Emco Sports Minardi-BMW M2834Accident13
DNF22 Flag of Italy.svg Aldo Bertuzzi Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M841Accident damage21
DNF11 Flag of Austria.svg ”Pierre Chauvet” Emco Sports Spirit-BMW 201B 0Accident16
DNF15 Flag of Italy.svg Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 8320Accident14

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