1985 BRDC International Trophy

1985 BRDC International Trophy Grand Prix

Race details
Date	24 March 1985
Official name	37th BRDC International Trophy
Location	Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course	Silverstone Circuit
Course length	4.719 km (2.932 miles)
Distance	44 laps, 207.636 km (129.008 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Michel Ferté	Ralt-Cosworth
Time	1:17.92
Fastest lap
Driver	John Nielsen	Ralt-Cosworth
Time	1:27.64
Podium
First	Mike Thackwell	Ralt-Cosworth
Second	John Nielsen	Ralt-Cosworth
Third	Michel Ferté	March-Cosworth

Motor car race

The 37th BRDC International Trophy, was the opening round of the 1985 International Formula 3000. The inaugural was held at Silverstone, on 24 March.

Report

Entry

A total of 17 F3000 cars were entered for the first ever event. Every new formula sets new questions and this one was no exception; some teams ran ex-Formula One machinery, while the Lola T950 was based upon an IndyCar design, whereas Ralt and March drew upon their Formula Two experience.

Qualifying

Michel Ferté took pole position for Equipe Oreca, in their March Engineering-Cosworth 85B, averaging a speed of 135.404 mph.

Race

The race was held over 44 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Mike Thackwell wrote himself into the history books by winning the International Trophy for the third time and the first F3000 race in the process, driving a works Ralt RT20 from teammate John Nielsen in a similar car. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 07:41.01mins., averaging a speed of 114.397 mph, with Nielsen over 34 seconds behind. The next three places were filled by March 85Bs in the hands of Michel Ferté, Christian Danner and Gabriele Tarquini, with the sixth place going to a Formula One Tyrrell 012, driven by Roberto Moreno.

Classification

Race Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	1	Mike Thackwell	Team Ralt	Ralt-Cosworth RT20	1hr 07:41.01
2nd	2	John Nielsen	Team Ralt	Ralt-Cosworth RT20	1hr 08:13.35
3rd	3	Michel Ferté	Oreca Motorsport	March-Cosworth 85B	1hr 09:09.77
4th	8	Christian Danner	BS Automotive	March-Cosworth 85B	43
5th	13	Gabriele Tarquini	Sanremo Racing Srl	March-Cosworth 85B	42
6th	20	Roberto Moreno	Barron Racing	Tyrrell-Cosworth 012	42
7th	9	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing	March-Cosworth 85B	41
8th	15	Alain Ferté	Lola Motorsport	Lola-Cosworth T950	41
9th	22	Mario Hytten	Corbari Italia	Lola-Cosworth T950	41
10th	7	Tomas Kaiser	BS Automotive	March-Cosworth 85B	39
NC	17	Thierry Tassin	PMC Motorsport	Williams-Cosworth FW08C	38
NC	18	Lamberto Leoni	PMC Motorsport	Williams-Cosworth FW08C	38
DNF	19	Claudio Langes	Barron Racing	Tyrrell-Cosworth 012	33	Electrical
DNF	5	Philippe Streiff	Autos Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS-Cosworth JH20	7	Suspension
DNF	10	Johnny Dumfries	Onyx Racing	March-Cosworth 85B	1	Accident
DNF	14	Alessandro Santin	Sanremo Racing Srl	March-Cosworth 85B	0	Accident
DNS	4	”Pierre Chauvet”	Onyx Racing	March-Cosworth 85B		Accident

Fastest lap: John Nielsen, 1:27.64secs. (121.191 mph)

References

^ "European F3000 1985".
^ Peter Swinger, "Motor Racing Circuits in England : Then & Now" (Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0 7110 3104 5, 2008)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"37th BRDC International Trophy".
http://www.ulitmateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17627

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