The 28th B.A.R.C. "200" meeting, saw the 13th running of the P&O Ferries sponsored Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy. This was the third round of the 1984 European Championship for F2 Drivers, and held at Thruxton Circuit, in Hampshire, on 23 April.
Report
Entry A total of 20 F2 cars were entered for the event, but come qualifying two of these did not arrive in Hampshire.
Qualifying Mike Thackwell took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6, averaging a speed of .
Race The race was held over 55 laps of the Thruxton circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 03:11.78mins., averaging a speed of . Just over 21 seconds behind was the Cheylesmore/BS Automotive March of Christian Danner. The third different car in the top three was the AGS-BMW JH19C of Philippe Streiff.
Classification
Race Result Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car – Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 1 Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 1hr 03:11.78 2nd 66 Christian Danner Cheylesmore/BS Automotive March-BMW 842 1hr 03:33.05 3rd 6 Philippe Streiff Elf Gitanes AGS (Armagnac Bigorre) AGS-BMW JH19C 1hr 04:22.51 4th 4 Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54 5th 3 Thierry Tassin Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 54 6th 18 Didier Theys Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 002 54 7th 10 Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53 8th 15 Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 53 9th 11 Lamberto Leoni Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53 10th 9 Roberto Del Castello Minardi Team Minardi-BMW M283 53 11th 19 Roland Minder S.A.R.-Swiss Automobil Racing Club March-BMW 832 51 12th 21 Stefano Livio Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84 49 DNF 2 Roberto Moreno Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6 43 Wheel bearing DNF 5 Pierre Petit Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 842 38 Transistor box DNF 17 Michel Ferté Martini Racing France/ORECA Martini-BMW 001 33 Transmission DNF 33 Pascal Fabre PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 33 Engine DNF 44 Tomas Kaiser PMC Motorsport / BS Automotive Ltd March-BMW 842 24 Engine DNS 22 Aldo Bertuzzi Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M84
Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:07.38mins. ()
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