The 46th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the third round of the 1986 International Formula 3000. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 19 May.[1][2]

1986 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 19 May 1986
Official name XLVI Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 201.480 km (125.560 miles)
Pole position
Driver Onyx Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing
Time 1:13.700
Podium
First Team Ralt
Second Onyx Racing
Third Oreca Motorsport

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Entry

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For this round, a total of 37 arrived in Pau for the race, with just 21 spaces available on the grid for the race.[3]

Qualifying

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Emanuele Pirro took pole position for Onyx Racing, in their March-Cosworth 86B, averaging a speed of 86.239 mph.[4]

Race

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The race was held over 73 laps of the Circuit de Pau-Ville. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 31:17.92., averaging a speed of 82.276 mph. Second place went to the poleman, Emanuele Pirro aboard the Onyx Racing entered March-Cosworth 86B, who was 6.15 seconds adrift. The podium was completed by the Frenchman, Michel Ferté in the Team Oreca’s March-Cosworth 86B, a further 20 seconds behind.[5]

Classification

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Race Result

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Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Laps Time
1 5   Mike Thackwell Team Ralt Ralt-Honda 73 1hr 31min 17.92sec
2 6   Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 73 + 53.15 s
3 10   Michel Ferté Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 73 + 1:13.22 s
4 48   Richard Dallest Equipe Danielson AGS-Cosworth 72 + 1 lap
5 40   Luis Pérez-Sala Pavesi Racing Ralt-Cosworth 72 + 1 lap
6 7   John Jones Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 71 + 2 laps
7 12   Lamberto Leoni ITI F3000/FIRST March-Cosworth 71 + 2 laps
Ret 1   Tomas Kaiser BS Automotive Lola-Cosworth 51 Driveshaft
Ret 11   Pierre-Henri Raphanel Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 51 Gearbox
Ret 36   Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March-Cosworth 35 Accident
Ret 15   Alain Ferté ITI F3000/FIRST March-Cosworth 29 Engine
Ret 9   Philippe Alliot Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 21 Accident
Ret 19   Pascal Fabre Lola Motorsport Lola-Cosworth 20 Throttle
Ret 42   Adrián Campos Peter Gethin Racing March-Cosworth 17 Accident
Ret 34   Gabriele Tarquini Coloni Racing March-Cosworth 6 Wheel Bearing
Ret 4   John Nielsen Team Ralt Ralt-Honda 2 Electrical
Ret 16   Volker Weidler Bromley Motorsport Ralt-Cosworth 0 Accident
Ret 21   Russell Spence Eddie Jordan Racing March-Cosworth 86B 0 Accident
Ret 27   Mario Hytten Arno International Ralt-Cosworth 0 Accident
DNS 26   Maurício Gugelmin West Surrey Racing March-Cosworth Did not start
Participants below did not qualify
DNQ 2   Ken Johnson BS Automotive Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 23   Jeff MacPherson Colin Bennett Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 41   Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Ralt-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 3   Andrew Gilbert-Scott BS Automotive Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 33   Gary Evans GEM Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 38   Eliseo Salazar RAM Motorsport RAM-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 17   Claudio Antonioli San Remo Racing Srl March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 44   Jari Nurminen Venturini Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 47   Aldo Bertuzzi Minardi Team Alfonso Minardi-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 22   ”Pierre Chauvet” Eddie Jordan Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 24   Cathy Muller Horag Racing Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 18   Franco Tacchino San Remo Racing Srl March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 28   Altfrid Heger Bertram Schäfer Racing Ralt-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 14   Franco Scapini ITI F3000/FIRST March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 8   Cary Bren Onyx Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify
DNQ 30   Jean-Pierre Frey Team Dollop March-Cosworth Did not qualify
Fastest Lap:   Emanuele Pirro (Onyx Racing) – 1:13.700 or (83.772 mph)
Source(s): [6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "International F3000 1986".
  2. ^ "Grand Prix de Pau".
  3. ^ "International F3000 1986".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Grand Prix de Pau".
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)