1984 Rome Grand Prix
# 1984 Rome Grand Prix

The 26th Gran Premio di Roma (Rome Grand Prix), was the fourth round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at the Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi, to the north of Rome, on 13 May.

## Report

### Entry

A total of 25 F2 cars were entered for the event, but come qualifying the field was down to just 17 cars.

### Qualifying

Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of 108.969 mph.

### Race

The race was held over 65 laps of the Vallelunga circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 15:59.41mins., averaging a speed of 102.049 mph. Second place went to the other works Ralt of, Roberto Moreno. The podium was completed by the PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive March of Christian Danner.

## Classification

### Race Result

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car - Engine | Time, Laps | Reason Out |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 1 | Mike Thackwell | Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt-Honda RH6 | 1hr 15:59.41 | |
| 2nd | 2 | Roberto Moreno | Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt-Honda RH6 | 1hr 16:17.87 | |
| 3rd | 66 | Christian Danner | PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive | March-BMW 842 | 1hr 16:37.94 | |
| 4th | 17 | Michel Ferté | Martini Racing, France/ORECA | Martini-BMW 001 | 64 | |
| 5th | 33 | Pascal Fabre | PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive | March-BMW 842 | 64 | |
| 6th | 18 | Didier Theys | Martini Racing, France/ORECA | Martini-BMW 002 | 64 | |
| 7th | 44 | Tomas Kaiser | PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd | March-BMW 842 | 64 | |
| 8th | 19 | Roland Minder | S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club | March-BMW 832 | 63 | |
| 9th | 9 | Roberto Del Castello | Minardi Team | Minardi-BMW M283 | 62 | |
| 10th | 3 | Thierry Tassin | Onyx Race Engineering | March-BMW 842 | 62 | |
| 11th | 15 | Guido Daccò | Sanremo Racing Srl | March-BMW 832 | 61 | |
| 12th | 4 | Emanuele Pirro | Onyx Race Engineering | March-BMW 842 | 59 | Engine |
| DNF | 10 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi Team | Minardi-BMW M283 | 53 | Engine |
| DNF | 6 | Philippe Streiff | Elf Gitanes AGS (Armagnac Bigorre) | AGS-BMW JH19C | 46 | Engine |
| DNF | 5 | Pierre Petit | Onyx Race Engineering | March-BMW 842 | 44 | Accident |
| DNF | 11 | ”Pierre Chauvet” | Emco Sports | Spirit-BMW 201B | 16 | Oil Leak |
| DNF | 21 | Stefano Livio | Merzario Team Srl | Merzario-BMW M84 | 6 | Accident |

* Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:07.38secs. (106.236 mph)
