1984 Mugello Grand Prix

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1984 Mugello Grand Prix
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Race details
Date19 May 1984
Official name 28th Mugello Grand Prix
Location Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy
Course Mugello Circuit
Course length 5.245 km (3.259 miles)
Distance 42 laps, 220.290 km (136.878 miles)
Pole position
Driver
 March-BMW
Time 1:39.45
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda
Time 1:43.92
Podium
First
 Ralt-Honda
Second
 Martini-BMW
Third
 March-BMW

The 28th Gran Premio del Mugello (Mugello Grand Prix), was the fifth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers, with the winner receiving the Trofeo Banca Toscana . This was held at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, in the Tuscany Region of Italy, on 19 May. [1]

Contents

Report

Entry

Just like the previous round at Vallelunga, a total of 25 F2 cars were entered for the event, but come qualifying the field was down to just 17 cars. [2]

Qualifying

Christian Danner took pole position for PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive in their March-BMW 842, averaging a speed of 117.976 mph. [3]

Race

The race was held over 42 laps of the Mugello circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 13:38.89mins., averaging a speed of 111.515 mph. Second place went to the Martini Racing, France/ORECA entered Martini-BMW 001 of Michel Ferté, who was exactly 80 seconds behind. The podium was completed by the PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March of Christian Danner, was only 2.04 seconds adrift. [4]

Classification

Race result

Pos.No.DriverEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH61hr 13:38.89
2nd17 Flag of France.svg Michel Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 0011hr 14:58.89
3rd66 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 8421hr 15:00.93
4th4 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 8421hr 15:15.35
5th3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84241
6th18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 00241
7th5 Flag of France.svg Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 84241
8th15 Flag of Italy.svg Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 83241
9th33 Flag of France.svg Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 84240
10th19 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roland Minder S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club March-BMW 83240
11th6 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C39Engine
12th9 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28339Mechanical
13th21 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M8439
DNF10 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M28332Accident
DNF44 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 84226Engine
DNF8 Flag of Austria.svg ”Pierre Chauvet” Emco Sports Spirit-BMW 201B 2Engine
DNF2 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH60Accident

References

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