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1985 Rome Grand Prix in F3000 at the Vallelunga circuit. Full information

1985 Rome Grand Prix

1985 Rome Grand Prix is 5th F3000 race. Passed at the Vallelunga circuit. Mike Thackwell won the pole position, Emanuele Pirro won this race. John Nielsen and Christian Danner also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 65 laps (208 km).

Previous race: 1985 Eifelrennen
Next race: 1985 Pau Grand Prix
Race Start: 12th May 1985

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1985 Rome Grand Prix

2nd victory for the Onyx Race Engineering team
2nd victory for the Emanuele Pirro
2nd podium for the Emanuele Pirro
3rd podium for the John Nielsen
1st podium for the Christian Danner

1985 Rome Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emanuele Pirro	March 85B, #9	9	1h 15m 14.83s	Onyx Race Engineering
2	John Nielsen	Ralt RB20, #2	6	1h 15m 36.66s	Ralt Cars
3	Christian Danner	March 85B, #8	4	1h 15m 37.12s	BS Automotive
4	Olivier Grouillard	March 85B, #4	3	1h 15m 37.74s	Marlboro Racing France
5	Philippe Streiff	AGS JH20, #5	2	1h 16m 3.81s	Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive
6	Johnny Dumfries	March 85B, #10	1	1h 16m 15.34s	Onyx Race Engineering
7	Roberto del Castello	March 85B, #33	0	1h 16m 17.75s	Sanremo Racing
8	Tomas Kaiser	March 85B, #7	0	64 laps	BS Automotive
9	Roberto Moreno	Tyrrell 012, #20	0	63 laps	Barron Racing
10	Slim Borgudd	Arrows A6, #26	0	62 laps	Roger Cowman Racing
0	Michel Ferte	March 85B, #3	0	53 laps Electrics	Marlboro Racing France
0	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Lola T950, #21	0	48 laps Overheating	Italia 3000 International
0	Mario Hytten	Lola T950, #22	0	39 laps Accident	Italia 3000 International
0	Mike Thackwell	Ralt RB20, #1	0	36 laps Accident	Ralt Cars
0	Alain Ferte	Lola T950, #15	0	24 laps Gear linkage	Lola Motorsport
0	Gabriele Tarquini	March 85B, #13	0	16 laps Electrics	Sanremo Racing
0	Alessandro Santin	March 85B, #14	0	11 laps Oil pipe	Sanremo Racing
0	Lamberto Leoni	Williams FW08, #18	0	4 laps Accident	PMC Motorsport
0	Ivan Capelli	March 85B, #34	0	4 laps Accident	Genoa Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1985 Rome Grand Prix on the Vallelunga circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mike Thackwell	Ralt RB20, #1	1m 5.88s	Ralt Cars
2	Michel Ferte	March 85B, #3	1m 6.11s	Marlboro Racing France
3	John Nielsen	Ralt RB20, #2	1m 6.22s	Ralt Cars
4	Emanuele Pirro	March 85B, #9	1m 6.32s	Onyx Race Engineering
5	Christian Danner	March 85B, #8	1m 6.34s	BS Automotive
6	Philippe Streiff	AGS JH20, #5	1m 6.47s	Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive
7	Ivan Capelli	March 85B, #34	1m 6.61s	Genoa Racing
8	Johnny Dumfries	March 85B, #10	1m 6.71s	Onyx Race Engineering
9	Gabriele Tarquini	March 85B, #13	1m 6.84s	Sanremo Racing
10	Lamberto Leoni	Williams FW08, #18	1m 6.71s	PMC Motorsport
11	Olivier Grouillard	March 85B, #4	1m 7.02s	Marlboro Racing France
12	Alessandro Santin	March 85B, #14	1m 7.12s	Sanremo Racing
13	Roberto del Castello	March 85B, #33	1m 7.61s	Sanremo Racing
14	Tomas Kaiser	March 85B, #7	1m 8.05s	BS Automotive
15	Alain Ferte	Lola T950, #15	1m 6.46s	Lola Motorsport
16	Roberto Moreno	Tyrrell 012, #20	1m 8.57s	Barron Racing
17	Mario Hytten	Lola T950, #22	1m 8.66s	Italia 3000 International
18	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Lola T950, #21	1m 8.82s	Italia 3000 International
19	Slim Borgudd	Arrows A6, #26	1m 9.96s	Roger Cowman Racing

List of all cars for the 1985 Rome Grand Prix on the Vallelunga circuit

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