1984 Mediterranean Grand Prix

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.[1]

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.[2]

Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 123.691 mph.[3]

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.[4]

Thackwell's victory sealed him, the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers title.[5]

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

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

References
  1. http://www.formula2.net/F279_14.htm
  2. http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm
  3. http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm
  4. http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm
  5. http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm
  6. http://www.formula2.net/F284_14.htm
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