1984 Mediterranean Grand Prix

1984 Mediterranean Grand Prix

Race details
Date	29 July 1984
Official name	23rd Gran Premio del Mediterraneo
Location	Pergusa, Sicily, Italy
Course	Autodromo di Pergusa
Course length	4.950 km (3.076 miles)
Distance	45 laps, 222.750 km (138.420 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Mike Thackwell	Ralt-Honda
Time	1:29.48
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Thackwell	Ralt-Honda
Time	1:30.09
Podium
First	Mike Thackwell	Ralt-Honda
Second	Roberto Moreno	Ralt-Honda
Third	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-BMW

Motor car race

The 23rd Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Grand Prix of the Mediterranean), was the ninth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held on the Isle of Sicily, at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna, on 29 July.

Report

Entry

As the F2 brigade arrived on the Isle of Sicily, the entry had reduced further to just 17 cars. Come qualifying, only 13 cars were on track. One of these, ”Pierre Chauvet” withdrew from the meeting as the weather was too hot for him.

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 123.691 mph.

Race

The race was held over 45 laps of the hot Enna-Pergusa circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 08:55.21ins., averaging a speed of 120.632 mph. Second place went to the other works Ralt driver, Roberto Moreno, completing their fourth 1-2 finish of the season. Moreno was just 2½ seconds behind Thackwell. The podium was completed by Alessandro Nannini in the Minardi Team’s M283. Nannini, along with fifth placed driver, Michel Ferté were disqualified for having underweight cars. They were later re-instated on appeal, but no race times were given for these drivers.

Thackwell's victory sealed him, the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers title.

Classification

Race Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	1	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt-Honda RH6	1hr 08:55.21
2nd	2	Roberto Moreno	Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt-Honda RH6	1hr 08:57.71
3rd	10	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi Team	Minardi-BMW M283
4th	5	Pierre Petit	Onyx Race Engineering	March-BMW 842	1hr 09:27.23
5th	17	Michel Ferté	Martini Racing, France/ORECA	Martini-BMW 001
6th	4	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Race Engineering	March-BMW 842	1hr 10:21.32
7th	44	Tomas Kaiser	PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive	March-BMW 842	44
8th	15	Guido Daccò	Sanremo Racing Srl	March-BMW 832	44
9th	11	Lamberto Leoni	Minardi Team	Minardi-BMW M283	42	Accident
DNF	66	Christian Danner	PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive	March-BMW 842	37	Engine
DNF	6	Philippe Streiff	AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre)	AGS-BMW JH19C	5	Clutch, spin
DNF	3	Beppe Gabbiani	Onyx Race Engineering	March-BMW 842	2	Electrical
DNF	9	Roberto Del Castello	Minardi Team	Minardi-BMW M283	1	Accident

Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:30.09secs. (122.881 mph)

Alessandro Nannini and Michel Ferté were disqualified – cars underweight – but they were instated on appeal but no times were given.

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