The 24th Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Grand Prix of the Mediterranean), was the eighth round of the 1985 International Formula 3000. This was held on the Isle of Sicily, at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna, on 28 July.

Report

Entry A total of just 15 F3000 cars, from 8 teams ventured across the Strait of Messina for the event.

Qualifying Mike Thackwell took pole position for Team Ralt, in their Ralt-Cosworth RT20, averaging a speed of 123.768 mph.

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Enna-Pergusa circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Cosworth RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 01:58.99mins., averaging a speed of 119.103 mph. Just 0.63 seconds behind, was the second place car of Emanuele Pirro, driving Onyx Racing’s March 85B. The podium was completed by the BS Automotive March of Christian Danner.

Classification

Race result

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 1 Mike Thackwell Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT20 1hr 01:58.99 2nd 9 Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 01:59.62 3rd 8 Christian Danner BS Automotive March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 02:20.10 4th 13 Gabriele Tarquini Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 02:51.85 5th 10 Mario Hytten Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 02:52.61 6th 33 Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B 1hr 02:53.32 7th 14 Alessandro Santin Sanremo Racing Srl March-Cosworth 85B 40 8th 4 Olivier Grouillard Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B 37 DNF 22 Lamberto Leoni Corbari Italia March-Cosworth 85B 31 Engine DNF 34 Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March-Cosworth 85B 18 Engine DNF 2 John Nielsen Team Ralt Ralt-Cosworth RT20 17 Overheating DNF 3 Michel Ferté Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 85B 9 Accident DNF 7 Tomas Kaiser BS Automotive March-Cosworth 85B 9 Accident DNF 15 Philippe Streiff Lola Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T950 6 Accident DNF 21 Juan Manuel Fangio II Corbari Italia March-Cosworth 85B 6 Accident

Fastest lap: Christian Danner, 1:31.29secs. (121.446 mph) http://www.ulitmateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=17632

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