1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico

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1984 Adriatic Grand Prix
Misano World Circuit (pre-1993).svg
Race details
Date22 July 1984
Official name 1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico
Location Misano Adriatico, Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica
Course length 3.488 km (2.167 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 202.304 km (125.686 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Honda
Time 1:08.72
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Ralt-Honda
Time 1:08.50
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second AGS-BMW
Third March-BMW

The 1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico (Grand Prix of the Adriatic Sea) took place on July 22, and was the eighth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. It was held at the Circuito Internazionale Santamonica, near the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santamonica, Italy. [1]

Contents

Report

Entry

The F2 brigade returned to Italy, however, the race only contained eighteen cars. Prior to qualification, the PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive team did not arrive with a car for Pascal Fabre. [2]

Qualifying

Roberto Moreno took the pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, with an average speed of 113.507 mph. [3]

Race

The race was held over 58 laps of the Misano Circuit. Mike Thackwell won the race for Ralt, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won with a time of 1hr 08:15.71ins., and had an average speed of 110.872 mph. Second place went to Frenchman Philippe Streiff aboard the AGS-BMW JH19C, entered by AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre). Streiff was one lap adrift. The podium was completed by Pierre Petit in the Onyx Race Engineering's March-BMW 842. [4]

Classification

Race Result

Pos.No.DriverEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH61hr 08:15.71
2nd6 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C57
3rd5 Flag of France.svg Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84257
4th3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84257
5th15 Flag of Italy.svg Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 83257
6th66 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 84257
7th9 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28357
8th44 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 84257
9th8 Flag of Austria.svg ”Pierre Chauvet” Emco Sports March-BMW 84257
10th11 Flag of Italy.svg Lamberto Leoni Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28356
11th21 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Livio AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH1955
12th18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 00252Engine
NC2 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH646
DNF17 Flag of France.svg Michel Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 00128Engine
DNF4 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84212Valve spring
DNF10 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28310Engine

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