The 26th Gran Premio di Roma (Rome Grand Prix), was the fourth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at the Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi, to the north of Rome, on 13 May.[1]

1984 Rome Grand Prix
Race details
Date 13 May 1984
Official name 28th Rome Grand Prix
Location Campagnano di Roma, Lazio, Italy
Course ACI Vallelunga Circuit
Course length 3.222 km (2.002 miles)
Distance 65 laps, 209.430 km (130.130 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Honda
Time 1:05.69
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda
Time 1:07.38
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second Ralt-Honda
Third March-BMW

Report edit

Entry edit

A total of 25 F2 cars were entered for the event, but come qualifying the field was down to just 17 cars.[2]

Qualifying edit

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 108.969 mph.[3]

Race edit

The race was held over 65 laps of the Vallelunga circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 15:59.41mins., averaging a speed of 102.049 mph. Second place went to the other works Ralt of, Roberto Moreno. The podium was completed by the PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March of Christian Danner.[4]

Classification edit

Race Result edit

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 1   Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 15:59.41
2nd 2   Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 16:17.87
3rd 66   Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 1hr 16:37.94
4th 17   Michel Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 64
5th 33   Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 64
6th 18   Didier Theys Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 002 64
7th 44   Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 64
8th 19   Roland Minder S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club March-BMW 832 63
9th 9   Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 62
10th 3   Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 62
11th 15   Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 61
12th 4   Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 59 Engine
DNF 10   Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53 Engine
DNF 6   Philippe Streiff Elf Gitanes AGS (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 46 Engine
DNF 5   Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 44 Accident
DNF 11   ”Pierre Chauvet” Emco Sports Spirit-BMW 201B 16 Oil Leak
DNF 21   Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 6 Accident

References edit

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