1985 Mediterranean Grand Prix

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1985 Mediterranean Grand Prix
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Race details
Date28 July 1985
Official name 24th Gran Premio del Mediterraneo
Location Pergusa, Sicily, Italy
Course Autodromo di Pergusa
Course length 4.950 km (3.076 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 198.000 km (123.040 miles)
Pole position
Driver
 Ralt-Cosworth
Time 1:29.52
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner March-Cosworth
Time 1:31.29
Podium
First
 Ralt-Cosworth
Second
 March-Cosworth
Third
 March-Cosworth

The 24th Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Grand Prix of the Mediterranean), was the eighth round of the 1985 International Formula 3000. This was held on the Isle of Sicily, at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna, on 28 July. [1] [2]

Contents

Report

Entry

A total of just 15 F3000 cars, from 8 teams ventured across the Strait of Messina for the event. [3]

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Team Ralt, in their Ralt-Cosworth RT20, averaging a speed of 123.768 mph. [4] [5]

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Enna-Pergusa circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Cosworth RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 01:58.99mins., averaging a speed of 119.103 mph. Just 0.63 seconds behind, was the second place car of Emanuele Pirro, driving Onyx Racing’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 01:58.99
2nd9 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B1hr 01:59.62
3rd8 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner BS Automotive March-Cosworth 85B1hr 02:20.10
4th13 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B1hr 02:51.85
5th10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mario Hytten Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B1hr 02:52.61
6th33 Flag of Italy.svg Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B1hr 02:53.32
7th14 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Santin Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B40
8th4 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B37
DNF22 Flag of Italy.svg Lamberto Leoni Corbari Italia March-Cosworth 85B31Engine
DNF34 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March-Cosworth 85B18Engine
DNF2 Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT2017Overheating
DNF3 Flag of France.svg Michel Ferté Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B9Accident
DNF7 Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Kaiser BS Automotive March-Cosworth 85B9Accident
DNF15 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Lola Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T9506Accident
DNF21 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II Corbari Italia March-Cosworth 85B6Accident

References

  1. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  2. ↑ "23o Gran Premio dell Mediterraneo".
  3. ↑ "23o Gran Premio dell Mediterraneo".
  4. ↑ "23o Gran Premio dell Mediterraneo".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "23o Gran Premio dell Mediterraneo".
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ http://www.ulitmateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17632%5B%5D
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