1985 Belgian F3000 Grand Prix
Race details
Date 2 June 1985
Official name Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique
Location Spa, Belgium
Course Spa-Francorchamps
Course length 6.940 km (4.312 miles)
Distance 29 laps, 201.260 km (125.048 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Ralt-Cosworth
Time 2:11.195
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt-Cosworth
Time 2:26.769
Podium
First
Ralt-Cosworth
Second
March-Cosworth
Third
March-Cosworth

The inaugural Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique, was the sixth round of the 1985 International Formula 3000. This was held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, on 2 June.[1][2]

Report

Entry

A total of 18 F3000 cars were entered for the event.[3]

Qualifying

Michel Ferté took pole position for Oreca Motorsport, in their March Engineering-Cosworth 85B, averaging a speed of 131.195 mph.[4][5]

Race

The race was held over 29 laps of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Cosworth RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 11:56.51mins., averaging a speed of 104.434 mph. Over 50 seconds adrift, was the second place car of Alain Ferté, driving Corbari Italia's March 85B. The podium was completed by the BS Automotive March of Christian Danner.[6][7]

Classification

Race Result

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 1 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT20 1hr 11:56.510
2nd 22 France Alain Ferté Corbari Italia March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 12:46.546
3rd 8 Germany Christian Danner BS Automotive March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 12:55.153
4th 13 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 12:57.814
5th 33 Italy Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 13:37.044
6th 21 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II Corbari Italia Lola-Cosworth T950 1hr 13:52.332
7th 2 Denmark John Nielsen Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT20 25 Engine
DNF 7 Italy Alberto Lenti Sanremo Racing srl March-Cosworth 85B 22 Engine
DNF 18 Italy Lamberto Leoni PMC Motorsport Williams-Cosworth FW08C 15 Brakes
DNF 15 Scotland Johnny Dumfries Lola Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T950 13 Accident
DNF 26 Sweden Slim Borgudd Roger Cowman Racing Arrows-Cosworth A6 12 Accident
DNF 10 Switzerland Mario Hytten Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B 11 Differential
DNF 25 Belgium Thierry Tassin Eddie Jordan Racing March-Cosworth 85B 8 Accident
DNF 4 France Olivier Grouillard Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B 6 Accident
DNF 3 France Michel Ferté Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B 4 Accident
DNF 5 France Philippe Streiff Autos Gonfaronnaises Sportives AGS-Cosworth JH20 4 Suspension
DNF 34 Italy Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March-Cosworth 85B 4 Accident
DNF 9 Italy Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B 3 Suspension

References

  1. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  2. ↑ "1e Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique".
  3. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  4. ↑ "European F3000 1985".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "1e Grand Prix F3000 de Belgique".
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ http://www.ulitmateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17632%5B%5D
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