The 1985 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula 3000 motor race held on 27 May 1985 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
Classification
Qualifying Emanuele Pirro took pole position with a time of 1:12.650.
Pos No Driver Team Time Grid 1 9 Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering 1:12.650 1 2 1 Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd 1:12.710 2 3 3 Michel Ferté Equipe Oreca 1:12.830 3 4 22 Alain Ferté Corbari Italia 1:13.210 4 5 2 John Nielsen Ralt Racing Ltd 1:13.210 5 6 5 Philippe Streiff Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives 1:13.470 5 7 4 Olivier Grouillard Equipe Oreca 1:14.250 7 8 34 Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing 1:14.300 8 9 18 Lamberto Leoni PMC Motorsport 1:14.300 9 10 8 Christian Danner BS Automotive 1:14.420 10 11 10 Mario Hytten Onyx Race Engineering 1:14.540 11 12 21 Juan Manuel Fangio II Corbari Italia 1:15.330 12 13 13 Gabriele Tarquini Sanremo Racing 1:15.850 13 14 7 Jean-Philippe Grand BS Automotive 1:16.300 14 15 33 Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing 1:16.460 15
Race Christian Danner won the Grand Prix, with Emanuele Pirro in second and Lamberto Leoni in third.
Pos No Driver Team Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts 1 8 Christian Danner BS Automotive March 85B-Cosworth 72 1hr 30min 28.630sec 10 9 2 9 Emanuele Pirro Onyx Race Engineering March 85B-Cosworth 72 + 41.750 s 1 6 3 18 Lamberto Leoni PMC Motorsport Williams FW08-Cosworth 72 + 59.620 s 9 4 4 4 Olivier Grouillard Equipe Oreca March 85B-Cosworth 72 + 1:03.500 s 7 3 5 5 Philippe Streiff Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives AGS JH20-Cosworth 71 + 1 lap 6 2 Ret 21 Juan Manuel Fangio II Corbari Italia Lola T950-Cosworth 52 Accident 12 Ret 22 Alain Ferté Corbari Italia March 85B-Cosworth 31 Gearbox 4 Ret 3 Michel Ferté Equipe Oreca March 85B-Cosworth 28 Electrical 3 Ret 2 John Nielsen Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RB20-Cosworth 9 Suspension 5 Ret 10 Mario Hytten Onyx Race Engineering March 85B-Cosworth 4 Accident 11 Ret 1 Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RB20-Cosworth 2 Accident 2 DNS 7 Jean-Philippe Grand BS Automotive March 85B-Cosworth Did Not Start DNS 34 Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March 85B-Cosworth Did Not Start DNS 33 Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing March 85B-Cosworth Did Not Start DNS 13 Gabriele Tarquini Sanremo Racing March 85B-Cosworth Did Not Start Fastest Lap: Christian Danner (BS Automotive) - 1:13.26 Sources:
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