1984 Pau Grand Prix

The 44th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the sixth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 11 June.[1]

Report

Entry

For this round, the entry was down to just 19 cars. Prior to qualifying, the Minardi Team withdrawn an entry, no driver was available.[2]

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 89.922 mph.[3]

Race

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 RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 29:39.73mins., averaging a speed of 86.024 mph. Second place went to Frenchman, Philippe Streiff aboard the AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) entered AGS-BMW JH19C, who was over 40 seconds adrift. The podium was completed by the second works Ralt-Honda of Brazilian, Roberto Moreno.[4]

Classification

Race result
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 1 Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 29:39.73
2nd 6 Philippe Streiff AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 1hr 30:20.59
3rd 2 Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 30:23.45
4th 66 Christian Danner PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 1hr 30:41.70
5th 18 Alain Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 002 1hr 30:48.82
6th 5 Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 72
7th 33 Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 72
8th 15 Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 70
9th 30 Marcel Tarrès Marcel Tarres Martini-BMW 43 69
10th 22 Max Busslinger Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 67
DNF 8 ”Pierre Chauvet” Emco Sports March-BMW 842 61 Spin / Engine
DNF 4 Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54 Engine
DNF 21 Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 25 Wheel
DNF 10 Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 19 Puncture
DNF 44 Bert Jans PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March-BMW 842 16 Engine
DNF 3 Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 15 Accident
DNF 17 Michel Ferté Martini Racing, France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 12 Accident
DNF 9 Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 8 Accident

References
  1. http://www.formula2.net/F284_10.htm
  2. http://www.formula2.net/F284_10.htm
  3. http://www.formula2.net/F284_10.htm
  4. http://www.formula2.net/F284_10.htm
  5. http://www.formula2.net/F284_10.htm
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