The 46th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the third round of the 1986 International Formula 3000. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 19 May.
Report
Entry For this round, a total of 37 arrived in Pau for the race, with just 21 spaces available on the grid for the race.
Qualifying Emanuele Pirro took pole position for Onyx Racing, in their March-Cosworth 86B, averaging a speed of 86.239 mph.
Race The race was held over 73 laps of the Circuit de Pau-Ville. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 31:17.92., averaging a speed of 82.276 mph. Second place went to the poleman, Emanuele Pirro aboard the Onyx Racing entered March-Cosworth 86B, who was 6.15 seconds adrift. The podium was completed by the Frenchman, Michel Ferté in the Team Oreca’s March-Cosworth 86B, a further 20 seconds behind.
Classification
Race result Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Laps Time 1 5 Mike Thackwell Team Ralt Ralt-Honda 73 1hr 31min 17.92sec 2 6 Emanuele Pirro Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 73 + 53.15 s 3 10 Michel Ferté Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 73 + 1:13.22 s 4 48 Richard Dallest Equipe Danielson AGS-Cosworth 72 + 1 lap 5 40 Luis Pérez-Sala Pavesi Racing Ralt-Cosworth 72 + 1 lap 6 7 John Jones Onyx Racing March-Cosworth 71 + 2 laps 7 12 Lamberto Leoni ITI F3000/FIRST March-Cosworth 71 + 2 laps Ret 1 Tomas Kaiser BS Automotive Lola-Cosworth 51 Driveshaft Ret 11 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 51 Gearbox Ret 36 Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March-Cosworth 35 Accident Ret 15 Alain Ferté ITI F3000/FIRST March-Cosworth 29 Engine Ret 9 Philippe Alliot Oreca Motorsport March-Cosworth 21 Accident Ret 19 Pascal Fabre Lola Motorsport Lola-Cosworth 20 Throttle Ret 42 Adrián Campos Peter Gethin Racing March-Cosworth 17 Accident Ret 34 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni Racing March-Cosworth 6 Wheel Bearing Ret 4 John Nielsen Team Ralt Ralt-Honda 2 Electrical Ret 16 Volker Weidler Bromley Motorsport Ralt-Cosworth 0 Accident Ret 21 Russell Spence Eddie Jordan Racing March-Cosworth 86B 0 Accident Ret 27 Mario Hytten Arno International Ralt-Cosworth 0 Accident DNS 26 Maurício Gugelmin West Surrey Racing March-Cosworth Did not start Participants below did not qualify DNQ 2 Ken Johnson BS Automotive Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 23 Jeff MacPherson Colin Bennett Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 41 Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Ralt-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 3 Andrew Gilbert-Scott BS Automotive Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 33 Gary Evans GEM Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 38 Eliseo Salazar RAM Motorsport RAM-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 17 Claudio Antonioli San Remo Racing Srl March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 44 Jari Nurminen Venturini Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 47 Aldo Bertuzzi Minardi Team Alfonso Minardi-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 22 ”Pierre Chauvet” Eddie Jordan Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 24 Cathy Muller Horag Racing Lola-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 18 Franco Tacchino San Remo Racing Srl March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 28 Altfrid Heger Bertram Schäfer Racing Ralt-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 14 Franco Scapini ITI F3000/FIRST March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 8 Cary Bren Onyx Racing March-Cosworth Did not qualify DNQ 30 Jean-Pierre Frey Team Dollop March-Cosworth Did not qualify Fastest Lap: Emanuele Pirro (Onyx Racing) – 1:13.700 or (83.772 mph) Source(s):
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