1984 Mediterranean Grand Prix

Italy Mediterranean 29 July 1984 Pergusa circuit.png 23rd Gran Premio del Mediterraneo Pergusa, Sicily, Italy Autodromo di Pergusa 3.076 4.950 45 138.420 222.750 Mike Thackwell NZL Ralt-Honda 1:29.48 Mike Thackwell NZL Ralt-Honda 1:30.09 Mike Thackwell NZL Ralt-Honda Roberto Moreno BRA Ralt-Honda Alessandro Nannini ITA Minardi-BMW The 23rd Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Grand Prix of the Mediterranean), was the ninth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held on the Isle of Sicily, at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna, on 29 July.http://www.formula2.net/F279_14.htm F2 Register - Index Report Entry As the F2 brigade arrived on the Isle of Sicily, the entry had reduced further to just 17 cars. Come qualifying, only 13 cars were on track. One of these, ”Pierre Chauvet” withdrew from the meeting as the weather was too hot for him.http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm F2 Register - Index Qualifying Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 123.691 mph.http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm F2 Register - Index Race The race was held over 45 laps of the hot Enna-Pergusa circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 08:55.21ins., averaging a speed of 120.632 mph. Second place went to the other works Ralt driver, Roberto Moreno, completing their fourth 1-2 finish of the season. Moreno was just 2½ seconds behind Thackwell. The podium was completed by Alessandro Nannini in the Minardi Team’s M283. Nannini, along with fifth placed driver, Michel Ferté were disqualified for having underweight cars. They were later re-instated on appeal, but no race times were given for these drivers.http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm F2 Register - Index Thackwell's victory sealed him, the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers title.http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm F2 Register - Index Classification Race result Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 1 NZL Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 08:55.21 2nd 2 BRA Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 08:57.71 3rd 10 ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 4th 5 FRA Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 1hr 09:27.23 5th 17 FRA Michel Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 6th 4 ITA Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 1hr 10:21.32 7th 44 SWE Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 44 8th 15 ITA Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 44 9th 11 ITA Lamberto Leoni Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 42 Accident DNF 66 DEU Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 37 Engine DNF 6 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 5 Clutch, spin DNF 3 ITA Beppe Gabbiani Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 2 Electrical DNF 9 ITA Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 1 Accident Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:30.09secs. (122.881 mph) http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm F2 Register - Index Alessandro Nannini and Michel Ferté were disqualified – cars underweight – but they were instated on appeal but no times were given. References 30em Mediterranean Mediterranean Category:Mediterranean Grand Prix