1986 Pau Grand Prix

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 mi)
Distance 73 laps, 201.480 km (125.560 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Onyx Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing
Time 1:13.700
Podium
First
Team Ralt
Second
Onyx Racing
Third
Oreca Motorsport

Report

Entry

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

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

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 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

Race Result
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 32 Alberto Lenti Sanremo Racing srl March-Cosworth 65 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
  1. http://dizzy1000.tripod.com/1986.htm
  2. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17671
  3. http://dizzy1000.tripod.com/1986.htm
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17671
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2013-10-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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