1984 European Formula Two Championship

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1984 European Formula Two season
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The 1984 European Formula Two season was contested over 11 rounds. 13 teams, 32 drivers, 8 chassis and 2 engines competed. Ralt driver Mike Thackwell clinched the championship title.^[1]

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt RH6	Honda	1	Mike Thackwell	All
Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt RH6	Honda	2	Roberto Moreno	All
Onyx Racing	March 842	BMW	3	Thierry Tassin	1–8, 10–11
			3	Beppe Gabbiani	9
			4	Emanuele Pirro	All
			5	Pierre Petit	All
			7	Derek Bell	11
Team AGS	AGS JH19C AGS JH19	BMW	6	Philippe Streiff	All
			21	Stefano Livio	8
			24	Marc Sourd	5
Emco Sports	Spirit 201B Minardi M283 Spirit 201 March 842	BMW	7	Jo Gartner	1–2, 5
			7	Pierre Chauvet	4
			8	Pierre Chauvet	5–11
			8	Lamberto Leoni	1–2
			11	Pierre Chauvet	1
Minardi	Minardi M283	BMW	9	Roberto Del Castello	All
			10	Alessandro Nannini	All
			11	Pierre Chauvet	2
			11	Lamberto Leoni	3–5, 7–8, 10–11
San Remo Racing	March 832	BMW	15	Guido Daccò	All
Martini Racing/ORECA	Martini 001 Martini 002	BMW	17	Michel Ferté	All
			18	Didier Theys	1–5, 7–10
			18	Alain Ferté	6
			34	Hans-Peter Pandur	7
Horag Racing	March 832 March 842	BMW	19	Rolf Biland	1–2
			19	Roland Minder	3–5, 10–11
			20	Beat Jans	1–6
			24	Roland Minder	7
Team Merzario	Merzario M84	BMW	21	Stefano Livio	1–7
			22	Aldo Bertuzzi	1–5
			22	Max Busslinger	6–7
			23	Richard Dallest	2, 5
LEP Group	Ralt RT4	BMW	29	Alo Lawler	4
Manfred Anspann	Maurer MM83	BMW	30	Manfred Anspann	2
Marcel Tarrès	Martini MK43	BMW	30	Marcel Tarrès	6
Peter Stürtz	March 802	BMW	31	Peter Stürtz	2
Pedrazza Motorsport	March 812 March 802	BMW	31	Gino Bollinger	7
Pedrazza Motorsport	March 812 March 802	BMW	32	Walter Pedrazza	2, 7
PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March 842	BMW	33	Pascal Fabre	1–9
			44	Tomas Kaiser	1–5, 8–11
			44	Beat Jans	7
			55	Enrique Mansilla	1–2, 4–5
			66	Christian Danner	All
Team JPL	AGS JH19	BMW	34	Hans-Peter Pandur	2
Sachs Sporting	March 822	BMW	35	Udo Wagenhäuser	7
Jochen Dauer	March 812	BMW	36	Jochen Dauer	7

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Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Silverstone Circuit	1 April	Roberto Moreno	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
2	Hockenheimring	8 April	Michel Ferté	Mike Thackwell	Roberto Moreno	Ralt Racing	Report
3	Thruxton Circuit	23 April	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
4	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	13 May	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
5	Mugello Circuit	19 May	Christian Danner	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
6	Circuit de Pau-Ville	11 June	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
7	Hockenheimring	24 June	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Pascal Fabre	PMC Motorsport	Report
8	Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica	22 July	Roberto Moreno	Roberto Moreno	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
9	Autodromo di Pergusa	29 July	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing	Report
10	Donington Park	27 August	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Roberto Moreno	Ralt Racing	Report
11	Brands Hatch	23 September	Roberto Moreno	Roberto Moreno	Philippe Streiff	AGS Elf	Report

Notes

Race 11 stopped due to heavy rain and restarted.

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 9 results count. No driver had a point deduction.

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL	HOC	THR	VLL	MUG	PAU	HOC	MIS	PER	DON	BRH	Pts
1	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	9	6	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	3	-	72
2	Roberto Moreno	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	6	9	-	6	-	4	-	-	6	9	4	44
3	Michel Ferté	Martini Racing France/ORECA	Martini	BMW	4	4	-	3	6	-	4	-	2	-	6	29
4	Philippe Streiff	Team AGS	AGS	BMW	-	2	4	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	9	27
5	Christian Danner	PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March	BMW	-	1	6	4	4	3	-	1	-	4	-	23
6	Thierry Tassin	Onyx Racing	March	BMW	3	-	2	-	2	-	6	3	-	2	-	18
	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing	March	BMW	1	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	1	6	1	18
8	Pascal Fabre	PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March	BMW	2	-	-	2	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	13
9	Pierre Petit	Onyx Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	3	-	-	10
10	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	2	9
11	Didier Theys	Martini Racing France/ORECA	Martini	BMW	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Tomas Kaiser	PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
13	Alain Ferté	Martini Racing France/ORECA	Martini	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Guido Daccò	San Remo Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
15	Roberto Del Castello	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Pierre Chauvet	Emco Sports	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Note:

Race 9 Alessandro Nannini and Michel Ferté were disqualified firstly due to underweight, but later re-instated on appeal.

Complete Overview

first column of every race	10	= grid position

second column of every race	10	= race result

R10=retired, but classified NC=not classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL		HOC		THR		VLL		MUG		PAU		HOC		MIS		PER		DON		BRH
1	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda		1		2	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	9		1	1	1	1	4		R
2	Roberto Moreno	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	1	2		1		R		2		R		3		R	1	NC		2		1	1	3
3	Michel Ferté	Martini Racing/ORECA	Martini	BMW		3	1	3		R		4		2		R		3		R		5		R		2
4	Philippe Streiff	Team AGS	AGS	BMW		R		5		3		R		11		2		R		2		R		7		1
5	Christian Danner	PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March	BMW		7		6		2		3	1	3		4		R		6		R		3		R10
6	Thierry Tassin	Onyx Racing	March	BMW		4		7		5		10		5		R		2		4	-	-		5		7
	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing	March	BMW		6		4		4		12		4		R		R		R		6		2		6
8	Pascal Fabre	PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March	BMW		5		R		R		5		9		7		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Pierre Petit	Onyx Racing	March	BMW		11		R		R		R		7		6		5		3		4		R		8
10	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	Minardi	BMW		9		R		7		R		R		R		4		R		3		10		5
11	Didier Theys	Martini Racing/ORECA	Martini	BMW		8		R		6		6		6	-	-	-	-		R12	-	-		R	-	-
	Tomas Kaiser	PMC Motorsport/BS Automotive	March	BMW		R		9		R		7		R	-	-	-	-		8		7		8		4
13	Alain Ferté	Martini Racing/ORECA	Martini	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Guido Daccò	San Remo Racing	March	BMW		R		10		8		11		8		8		11		5		8		9		R
15	Roberto Del Castello	Minardi	Minardi	BMW		R		8		10		9		12		R		6		7		R		12		R
	Pierre Chauvet	Emco Sports	Minardi	BMW		R
		Minardi	Minardi	BMW				R	-	-
		Emco Sports	Spirit	BMW								R		R
		Emco Sports	March	BMW												R		7		9	-	-		6		11
-	Roland Minder	Horag Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-		11		8		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		12
-	Hans-Peter Pandur	Team JPL	AGS	BMW	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Hans-Peter Pandur	Martini Racing/ORECA	Martini	BMW														8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Lamberto Leoni	Emco Sports	Minardi	BMW		R		R		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Lamberto Leoni	Minardi	Minardi	BMW																10		R9		11	-	-
-	Marcel Tarrès	private entry	Martini	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Derek Bell	Onyx Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		9
-	Beat Jans	Horag Racing	March	BMW		R		11	-	-	-	-	-	-		R		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Max Busslinger	Team Merzario	Merzario	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Stefano Livio	Team Merzario	Merzario	BMW		10		13		12		R		13		R	-	-
-	Stefano Livio	Team AGS	AGS	BMW																R	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aldo Bertuzzi	Team Merzario	Merzario	BMW		R		12		NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Udo Wagenhäuser	Sachs Sporting	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Rolf Biland	Horag Racing	March	BMW		R		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jo Gartner	Emco Sports	Spirit	BMW		R		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Walter Pedrazza	Pedrazza Motorsport	March	BMW	-	-		NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Gino Bollinger	Pedrazza Motorsport	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Beppe Gabbiani	Onyx Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-
-	Manfred Anspann	private entry	Maurer	BMW	-	-		NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

↑ "1984 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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