1984 Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy

The 28th B.A.R.C. "200" meeting, saw the 13th running of the P&O Ferries sponsored Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy. This was the third round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers, and held at Thruxton Circuit, in Hampshire, on 23 April.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 20 F2 cars were entered for the event, but come qualifying two of these did not arrive in Hampshire.[2]

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 129.148 mph.[3]

Race

The race was held over 55 laps of the Thruxton circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 03:11.78mins., averaging a speed of 123.038 mph. Just over 21 seconds behind was the Cheylesmore/BS Automotive March of Christian Danner. The third different car in the top three was the AGS-BMW JH19C of Philippe Streiff.[4]

Classification

Race Result

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 1 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 03:11.78
2nd 66 Germany Christian Danner Cheylesmore/BS Automotive March-BMW 842 1hr 03:33.05
3rd 6 France Philippe Streiff Elf Gitanes AGS (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 1hr 04:22.51
4th 4 Italy Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54
5th 3 Belgium Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54
6th 18 Belgium Didier Theys Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 002 54
7th 10 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53
8th 15 Italy Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 53
9th 11 Italy Lamberto Leoni Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53
10th 9 Italy Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53
11th 19 Switzerland Roland Minder S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club March-BMW 832 51
12th 21 Italy Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 49
DNF 2 Brazil Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 43 Wheel bearing
DNF 5 France Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 38 Transistor box
DNF 17 France Michel Ferté Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 33 Transmission
DNF 33 France Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 33 Engine
DNF 44 Sweden Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 24 Engine
DNS 22 Italy Aldo Bertuzzi Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84

References

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