1985 International Formula 3000 season

1985 FIA International Formula 3000 season
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The 1985 International Formula 3000 season was the inaugural season of the series and replaced F2 as the official feeder series to F1. It was scheduled over 12 rounds and contested over 11 rounds. 14 different teams tried their luck with 33 different drivers and 7 different chassis. The series was won by the German Christian Danner driving for BS Automotive.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	1	Mike Thackwell	All
			2	John Nielsen	All
Equipe Oreca	March 85B	Cosworth	3	Michel Ferté	All
			4	Pierre Chauvet	1, 10
				Olivier Grouillard	2-9
				Pascal Fabre	11
			35	Alain Ferté	11
Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH20	Cosworth	5	Philippe Streiff	All
BS Automotive	March 85B	Cosworth	7	Tomas Kaiser	1-4, 8-11
				Jean-Philippe Grand	5-6
				Philippe Alliot	7
			8	Christian Danner	All
Onyx	March 85B	Cosworth	9	Emanuele Pirro	All
			10	Johnny Dumfries	1-4
				Mario Hytten	5-11
Sanremo Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	13	Gabriele Tarquini	All
			14	Alessandro Santin	1-4, 8-11
				Ivan Capelli	5
				Aldo Bertuzzi	7
			33	Roberto Del Castello	2-4
				Guido Daccò	5-11
Lola Motorsport	Lola T950	Cosworth	15	Alain Ferté	1-4
				Johnny Dumfries	6-7
				Philippe Streiff	8
				James Weaver	9-10
				Val Musetti	11
			16	Mario Hytten	1
				Fulvio Ballabio	11
PMC Motorsport	Williams FW08	Cosworth	17	Thierry Tassin	1-2
			18	Lamberto Leoni	1-2, 4-7
Barron Racing	Tyrrell 012	Cosworth	19	Claudio Langes	1-2
			20	Roberto Moreno	1-4
Corbari Italia	Lola T950	Cosworth	21	Juan Manuel Fangio II	2-6
			22	Mario Hytten	2-4
	March 85B		21	Juan Manuel Fangio II	7-8
				Max Busslinger	9-10
				Stefano Livio	11
			22	Alain Ferté	5-7
				Lamberto Leoni	8-11
Ekström Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	23	Eric Lang	2, 11
Eddie Jordan Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	25	Thierry Tassin	3, 6-7, 9-11
Roger Cowman	Arrows A6	Cosworth	26	Slim Borgudd	2, 4, 6, 11
Genoa Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	34	Ivan Capelli	4, 6-11

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Silverstone	United Kingdom	March 24, 1985	44	4.719=207.64 km	1'07:41.01	183.976 km/h	Mike Thackwell	Michel Ferté	John Nielsen
2	Thruxton	United Kingdom	April 7, 1985	54	3.792=204.768 km	1'05:00.83	188.912 km/h	Emanuele Pirro	Mike Thackwell	Christian Danner
3	Estoril	Portugal	April 21, 1985	47	4.35=204.45 km	1'12:44.424	168.640 km/h	John Nielsen	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell
	Nürburgring	West Germany	April 28, 1985	(cancelled due to snow)
4	Vallelunga	Italy	May 12, 1985	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'15:14.83	165.53 km/h	Emanuele Pirro	Mike Thackwell	Emanuele Pirro
5	Pau	France	May 27, 1985	72	2.76=198.72 km	1.30:28.63	131.781 km/h	Christian Danner	Emanuele Pirro	Christian Danner
6	Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	June 2, 1985	29	6.949=201.521 km	1'11:56.510	167.852 km/h	Mike Thackwell	Michel Ferté	Mike Thackwell
7	Dijon	France	June 30, 1985	55	3.8=209.0 km	1'08:54.10	181.998 km/h	Christian Danner	John Nielsen	Thierry Tassin
8	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	July 28, 1985	40	4.95=198.0 km	1'01:58.99	191,664 km/h	Mike Thackwell	Mike Thackwell	Christian Danner
9	Zeltweg	Austria	August 17, 1985	31	5.942=184.202 km	0'53:56.114	204.915 km/h	Ivan Capelli	Christian Danner	Mike Thackwell
10	Zandvoort	Netherlands	August 24, 1985	48	4.252=204.096 km	1'15:19.023	162.589 km/h	Christian Danner	Christian Danner	Christian Danner
11	Donington Park	United Kingdom	September 22, 1985	40	4.023=160.920 km	0'59:17.83	160.954 km/h	Christian Danner	Mike Thackwell	Ivan Capelli

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 8 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which is given in brackets.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine												Total Points
1	Christian Danner	West Germany	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	3	(1)	-	4	9	4	9	4	-	9	9	51
2	Mike Thackwell	New Zealand	Team Ralt	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	9	6	-	-	-	9	6	9	-	6	-	45
3	Emanuele Pirro	Italy	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	9	3	9	6	-	-	6	3	2	-	38
4	John Nielsen	Denmark	Team Ralt	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	6	-	9	6	-	-	4	-	6	3	-	34
5	Michel Ferté	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	17
6	Gabriele Tarquini	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	2	2	4	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	14
7	Ivan Capelli	Italy	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	13
8	Philippe Streiff	France	Team AGS	AGS	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	4	2	12
9	Alain Ferté	France	Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	1	10
10	Lamberto Leoni	Italy	PMC Motorsport	Williams	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-				8
			Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth									4	-
	Mario Hytten	Sweden	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6	8
12	Olivier Grouillard	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
13	Guido Daccò	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	1	-	6
14	Tomas Kaiser	Sweden	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Roberto Moreno	Brazil	Barron Racing	Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
16	Johnny Dumfries	United Kingdom	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Argentina	Corbari Italia	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Philippe Alliot	France	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Thierry Tassin	Belgium	Jordan Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver Car(s) SIL THR EST VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ZEL ZAN DON Pts 1 Christian Danner March 85B-Cosworth 4 6 9 3 1 3 1 3 16 1 1 51 (52) 2 Mike Thackwell Ralt RT20-Cosworth 1 2 NC Ret Ret 1 2 1 9 2 Ret 45 3 Emanuele Pirro March 85B-Cosworth 7 1 4 1 2 Ret Ret 2 4 5 Ret 38 4 John Nielsen Ralt RT20-Cosworth 2 NC 1 2 Ret Ret 3 Ret 2 4 13 34 5 Michel Ferté March 85B-Cosworth 3 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 4 17 6 Gabriele Tarquini March 85B-Cosworth 5 5 3 Ret DNS 4 13 4 13 Ret Ret 14 7 Ivan Capelli March 85B-Cosworth Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 DNS 3 13 8 Philippe Streiff AGS JH20-Cosworth Ret Ret 10 5 5 Ret 9 Ret 5 3 5 12 9 Alain Ferté Lola T950-Cosworth 8 12 7 Ret 10 March 85B-Cosworth Ret 2 4 6 10 Mario Hytten Lola T950-Cosworth 9 10 Ret Ret 8 March 85B-Cosworth Ret Ret 12 5 10 Ret 2 11 Lamberto Leoni Williams FW08-Cosworth NC 16 Ret 3 Ret 15 8 March 85B-Cosworth Ret 3 11 11 12 Olivier Grouillard March 85B-Cosworth 8 6 4 4 Ret 7 8 8 7 13 Guido Daccò March 85B-Cosworth DNS 5 5 6 12 6 7 6 14 Tomas Kaiser March 85B-Cosworth 10 4 DSQ 8 Ret 11 9 8 3 15 Roberto Moreno Tyrrell 012-Cosworth 6 Ret 5 9 3 16 Johnny Dumfries March 85B-Cosworth Ret 7 Ret 6 1 Lola T950-Cosworth Ret 10 17 Thierry Tassin Williams FW08-Cosworth NC 13 1 March 85B-Cosworth Ret Ret Ret 6 8 Ret 18 Juan Manuel Fangio II Lola T950-Cosworth Ret 11 Ret Ret 6 1 March 85B-Cosworth 14 Ret 19 Philippe Alliot March 85B-Cosworth 6 1 — Alessandro Santin March 85B-Cosworth Ret 9 Ret Ret 7 7 7 9 0 — Roberto Del Castello March 85B-Cosworth 14 8 7 0 — James Weaver Lola T950-Cosworth 14 10 0 — Slim Borgudd Arrows A6 DNQ 10 Ret Ret 0 — Pascal Fabre March 85B-Cosworth 10 0 — Eric Lang March 85B-Cosworth 11 12 0 — Aldo Bertuzzi March 85B-Cosworth 11 0 — Max Busslinger March 85B-Cosworth 15 12 0 — Fulvio Ballabio Lola T950-Cosworth 14 0 — Claudio Langes Tyrrell 012-Cosworth Ret 15 0 — Val Musetti Lola T950-Cosworth 15 0 — Stefano Livio March 85B-Cosworth 16 0 — Pierre Chauvet March 85B-Cosworth Ret Ret 0 — Jean-Philippe Grand March 85B-Cosworth DNS Ret 0 Pos Driver Car(s) SIL THR EST VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ZEL ZAN DON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

Notes

• Results in bold indicate pole position.
• Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R16=retired, but classified NC=not classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Christian Danner	West Germany	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	6	4	12	6	12	9	5	3	10	1	6	3	3	1	3	3	1	16	1	1	4	1
2	Mike Thackwell	New Zealand	Team Ralt	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	2	1	1	2	1	NC	1	R	2	R	3	1	2	2	1	1	5	9	6	2	1	R
3	Emanuele Pirro	Italy	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	3	7	3	1	10	4	4	1	1	2	4	R	8	R	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	R
4	John Nielsen	Denmark	Team Ralt	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	5	2	8	NC	2	1	3	2	5	R	8	R	1	3	8	R	6	2	2	4	2	13
5	Michel Ferté	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	R	3	R	1	R	5	8	9	R	7	R	3	R	8	4
6	Gabriele Tarquini	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	13	5	4	5	5	3	9	R	13	NS	9	4	13	13	10	4	11	13	11	R	13	R
7	Ivan Capelli	Italy	Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	R	8	NS	10	R	7	R	6	R	3	1	5	NS	21	3
8	Philippe Streiff	France	Team AGS	AGS	Ford Cosworth	8	R	9	R	11	10	6	5	6	5	5	R	11	9			4	5	7	3	9	5
			Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth															15	R
9	Alain Ferté	France	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	17	8	6	12	6	7	15	R
			Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth									4	R	2	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6
10	Lamberto Leoni	Italy	PMC Motorsport	Williams	Ford Cosworth	15	NC	18	16	-	-	10	R	9	3	11	R	16	15
			Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth															4	R	8	3	9	11	11	11
	Mario Hytten	Sweden	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	12	9
			Corbari Italia	Lola	Ford Cosworth			11	10	14	R	17	R
			Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth									12	R	12	R	15	12	11	5	12	10	12	R	3	2
12	Olivier Grouillard	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	15	8	13	6	11	4	7	4	16	R	10	7	12	8	15	8	-	-	-	-
13	Guido Daccò	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	NS	13	5	9	5	13	6	10	12	13	6	10	7
14	Tomas Kaiser	Sweden	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	14	10	5	4	7	R	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	R	13	11	14	9	12	8
	Roberto Moreno	Brazil	Barron Racing	Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth	7	6	7	R	9	5	16	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	Johnny Dumfries	United Kingdom	Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	4	R	10	7	15	R	8	6	-	-
			Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth											15	R	17	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Argentina	Corbari Italia	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	17	R	17	11	18	R	11	R	14	6
			Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth													14	14	14	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Philippe Alliot	France	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Thierry Tassin	Belgium	PMC Motorsport	Williams	Ford Cosworth	11	NC	20	13
			Jordan Racing	March	Ford Cosworth					16	R	-	-	-	-	7	R	6	R	-	-	9	6	8	8	6	R
-	Alessandro Santin	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	9	R	14	9	4	R	12	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	14	7	10	7	14	9
-	Roberto Del Castello	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	16	14	8	8	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	James Weaver	United Kingdom	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	16	10	-	-
-	Slim Borgudd	Sweden	Cowman Racing	Arrows	Ford Cosworth	-	-	21	NQ	-	-	19	10	-	-	17	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	R
-	Pascal Fabre	France	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10
-	Eric Lang	United States	Ekström Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	12
-	Aldo Bertuzzi	Italy	San Remo Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Max Busslinger	Switzerland	Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	17	12	-	-
-	Fulvio Ballabio	Italy	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	14
-	Claudio Langes	Italy	Barron Racing	Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth	16	R	19	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Val Musetti	United Kingdom	Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15
-	Stefano Livio	Italy	Corbari Italia	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	R16
-	Pierre Chauvet	Austria	Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	10	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	R	-	-
-	Jean-Philippe Grand	France	BS Automotive	March	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	NS	18	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-