1985 Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique

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1985 Belgian F3000 Grand Prix
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Race details
Date2 June 1985
Official name Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique
Location Spa, Belgium
Course Spa-Francorchamps
Course length 6.940 km (4.312 miles)
Distance 29 laps, 201.260 km (125.048 miles)
Pole position
Driver
 Ralt-Cosworth
Time 2:11.195
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Ralt-Cosworth
Time 2:26.769
Podium
First
 Ralt-Cosworth
Second
 March-Cosworth
Third
 March-Cosworth

The inaugural Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique, was the sixth round of the 1985 International Formula 3000. This was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, on 2 June. [1] [2]

Contents

Report

Entry

A total of 18 F3000 cars were entered for the event. [3]

Qualifying

Michel Ferté took pole position for Oreca Motorsport, in their March Engineering-Cosworth 85B, averaging a speed of 131.195 mph. [4] [5]

Race

The race was held over 29 laps of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Cosworth RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 11:56.51mins., averaging a speed of 104.434 mph. Over 50 seconds adrift, was the second place car of Alain Ferté, driving Corbari Italia's March 85B. The podium was completed by the BS Automotive March of Christian Danner. [6] [7]

Classification

Race result

Pos.No.DriverEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Thackwell Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT201hr 11:56.510
2nd22 Flag of France.svg Alain Ferté Corbari Italia March-Cosworth 85B1hr 12:46.546
3rd8 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner BS Automotive March-Cosworth 85B1hr 12:55.153
4th13 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B1hr 12:57.814
5th33 Flag of Italy.svg Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B1hr 13:37.044
6th21 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II Corbari Italia Lola-Cosworth T9501hr 13:52.332
7th2 Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT2025Engine
DNF7 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Lenti Sanremo Racing srl March-Cosworth 85B22Engine
DNF18 Flag of Italy.svg Lamberto Leoni PMC Motorsport Williams-Cosworth FW08C 15Brakes
DNF15 Flag of Scotland.svg Johnny Dumfries Lola Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T95013Accident
DNF26 Flag of Sweden.svg Slim Borgudd Roger Cowman Racing Arrows-Cosworth A6 12Accident
DNF10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mario Hytten Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B11Differential
DNF25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Tassin Eddie Jordan Racing March-Cosworth 85B8Accident
DNF4 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B6Accident
DNF3 Flag of France.svg Michel Ferté Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B4Accident
DNF5 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Autos Gonfaronnaises Sportives AGS-Cosworth JH204Suspension
DNF34 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March-Cosworth 85B4Accident
DNF9 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B3Suspension

References

  1. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  2. ↑ "1e Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique".
  3. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  4. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "1e Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique".
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ http://www.ulitmateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17632%5B%5D
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