Curaçao Grand Prix 1985, Willemstad
John Nielsen won the one-off South American race held during F3000's inaugural year on the Caribbean island off Venezuela. In Autosport he said: "That was a mad race. The track was so slippery from all their big American cars that leaked oil that we used wets. Then we ran out of wets and we used qualifiers in the race."
The following results were kindly provided by Stefan Persson:
Entry List:
|
No. |
Team |
Driver |
Chassis/Engine |
|
1 |
Ralt |
Mike Thackwell (NZ) |
Ralt RT20 - Cosworth |
|
2 |
Ralt |
John Nielsen (DK) |
Ralt RT20 - Cosworth |
|
3 |
Oreca |
Michel Ferté (F) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
4 |
Oreca |
"Pierre Chauvet" (A) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
7 |
BS Automotive |
Johnny Dumfries (GB) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
8 |
BS Automotive |
Christian Danner (D) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
9 |
Onyx |
Emanuele Pirro (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
10 |
Onyx |
Alain Ferté (F) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
13 |
San Remo Racing |
Aldo Bertuzzi (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
14 |
San Remo Racing |
Fulvio Ballabio (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
15 |
Lola Motorsport |
Alessandro Santin (I) |
Lola T950 - Cosworth |
|
16 |
Lola Motorsport |
Gabriele Tarquini (I) |
Lola T950 - Cosworth |
|
21 |
Corbari Italia |
Stefano Livio (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
22 |
Corbari Italia |
Lamberto Leoni (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
25 |
Eddie Jordan Racing |
Claudio Langes (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
26 |
Roger Cowman |
Slim Borgudd (S) |
Arrows A6 - Cosworth |
|
30 |
Onyx |
John Jones (CDN) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
33 |
San Remo Racing |
Guido Dacco (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
34 |
Genoa Racing |
Ivan Capelli (I) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
|
? |
Eric Lang |
Eric Lang (USA) |
March 85B - Cosworth |
Race Result:
|
Race distance: 58 laps, 205.90km |
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|
Pos. |
Driver |
Team |
Chassis/Engine |
Time |
Grid |
|
1 |
John Nielsen (DK) |
Ralt |
Ralt RT20 - Cosworth |
1hr41m29.572s |
3 |
|
2 |
Ivan Capelli (I) |
Genoa Racing |
March 85B - Cosworth |
1:41.50.972 |
2 |
|
3 |
Claudio Langes (I) |
Eddie Jordan Racing |
March 85B - Cosworth |
58 laps |
5 |
|
4 |
Christian Danner (D) |
BS Automotive |
March 85B - Cosworth |
58 laps |
4 |
|
5 |
Alain Ferté (F) |
Onyx |
March 85B - Cosworth |
58 laps |
7 |
|
6 |
Emanuele Pirro (I) |
Onyx |
March 85B - Cosworth |
57 laps |
9 |
|
7 |
Alessandro Santin (I) |
Lola Motorsport |
Lola T950 - Cosworth |
56 laps |
10 |
|
8 |
John Jones (CDN) |
Onyx |
March 85B - Cosworth |
56 laps |
11 |
|
9 |
Fulvio Ballabio (I) |
San Remo Racing |
March 85B - Cosworth |
51 laps |
17 |
|
10 |
Aldo Bertuzzi (I) |
San Remo Racing |
March 85B - Cosworth |
51 laps |
16 |
|
11 |
Gabriele Tarquini (I) |
Lola Motorsport |
Lola T950 - Cosworth |
49 laps - accident |
15 |
|
12 |
Michel Ferté (F) |
Oreca |
March 85B - Cosworth |
47 laps - electrics |
14 |
|
13 |
Lamberto Leoni (I) |
Corbari Italia |
March 85B - Cosworth |
46 laps - brakes |
12 |
|
14 |
Guido Dacco (I) |
San Remo Racing |
March 85B - Cosworth |
40 laps - gearbox |
6 |
|
15 |
Eric Lang (USA) |
Eric Lang |
March 85B - Cosworth |
38 laps - engine |
18 |
|
16 |
Stefano Livio (I) |
Corbari Italia |
March 85B - Cosworth |
37 laps - accident |
13 |
|
17 |
Slim Borgudd (S) |
Roger Cowman |
Arrows A6 - Cosworth |
35 laps - not classified |
19 |
|
18 |
Johnny Dumfries (GB) |
BS Automotive |
March 85B - Cosworth |
32 laps - accident |
8 |
|
19 |
"Pierre Chauvet" (A) |
Oreca |
March 85B - Cosworth |
21 laps - accident |
20 |
|
DNS |
Mike Thackwell (NZ) |
Ralt |
Ralt RT20 - Cosworth |
electrics |
1 |
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