1984 BRDC International Trophy

The 36th Marlboro / Daily Express B.R.D.C. International Trophy, was the opening round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at Silverstone, on 1 April.^[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 22 F2 cars were entered for the event, and all but the PMC Motorsport entry for Enrique Mansilla arrived for qualifying.^[2]

Qualifying

Roberto Moreno took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 141.094 mph.^[3]

Race

The race was held over 47 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 01:04.11mins., averaging a speed of 135.376 mph. Over 34 seconds behind was the second works Ralt of Roberto Moreno. The podium was completed by Michel Ferté, in his Martini Racing France/ORECA-entered Martini-BMW 001, albeit one lap adrift.^[4]

Classification

Race Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	1	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt-Honda RH6	1hr 01:04.11
2nd	2	Roberto Moreno	Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt-Honda RH6	1hr 01:38.25
3rd	17	Michel Ferté	Martini Racing France/ORECA	Martini-BMW 001	46
4th	3	Thierry Tassin	Onyx Race Engineering	March-BMW 842	46
5th	33	Pascal Fabre	PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive	March-BMW 842	46
6th	4	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Race Engineering	March-BMW 842	46
7th	66	Christian Danner	PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive	March-BMW 842	46
8th	18	Didier Theys	Martini Racing France/ORECA	Martini-BMW 001	46
9th	10	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi Team	Minardi-BMW M283	45
10th	21	Stefano Livio	Merzario Team Srl	Merzario-BMW M84	44
11th	5	Pierre Petit	Onyx Race Engineering	March-BMW 842	43
DNF	19	Rolf Biland	S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club / Horag Racing	March-BMW 832	30	Gear linkage
DNF	7	Jo Gartner	Emco Sports	Spirit-BMW 201B	29	Mechanical
DNF	9	Roberto Del Castello	Minardi Team	Minardi-BMW M283	29	Accident
DNF	20	Bert Jans	S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club / Horag Racing	March-BMW 832	18	Engine
DNF	44	Tomas Kaiser	PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive	March-BMW 842	18	Engine
DNF	6	Philippe Streiff	AGS Elf (Armagnac Bigorre)	AGS-BMW JH19C	12	Engine
DNF	8	Lamberto Leoni	Emco Sports	Minardi-BMW M283	4	Accident
DNF	22	Aldo Bertuzzi	Merzario Team Srl	Merzario-BMW M84	1	Accident damage
DNF	11	”Pierre Chauvet”	Emco Sports	Spirit-BMW 201B	0	Accident
DNF	15	Guido Daccò	Sanremo Racing Srl	March-BMW 832	0	Accident

• Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:16.00secs. (138.87 mph) ^[5]

References

1. http://www.formula2.net/F284_2.htm
2. http://www.formula2.net/F284_2.htm
3. http://www.formula2.net/F284_2.htm
4. http://www.formula2.net/F284_2.htm
5. http://www.formula2.net/F284_2.htm