1985 Curaçao Grand Prix

  1985 Curaçao Grand Prix

Race details
Date	13 October 1985
Official name	Curaçao Grand Prix
Location	Willemstad Street Circuit
Course	Asphalt
Course length	3.550 km (2.206 mi)
Distance	58 laps, 205.900 km (128,687 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Mike Thackwell	Ralt
Fastest lap
Driver	John Nielsen	Ralt
Time	1:44.725
Podium
First	John Nielsen	Ralt
Second	Ivan Capelli	Genoa Racing
Third	Claudio Langes	Eddie Jordan Racing

The 1985 Curaçao Grand Prix was a one-off Formula 3000 race in Willemstad, Curaçao. The race was organised by the SCCA. The Grand Prix was run in the streets of the city. As the track was very slippery the cars initially used wet weather tires. During the race the cars ran on qualifier tires.^[1] John Nielsen won the 58 lap race with a 41-second lead over Ivan Capelli.

Uitslag

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	Time/Retired
1	John Nielsen	Ralt	Ralt RT20	1:41:29.572
2	Ivan Capelli	Genoa Racing	March 85B	1:41:50.972
3	Claudio Langes	Eddie Jordan Racing	March 85B	58
4	Christian Danner	BS Automotive	March 85B	58
5	Alain Ferté	Onyx Racing	March 85B	58
6	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing	March 85B	57
7	Alessandro Santin	Lola Motorsport	Lola T950	56
8	John Jones	Onyx Racing	March 85B	56
9	Fulvio-Maria Ballabio	San Remo Racing	March 85B	51
10	Aldo Bertuzzi	San Remo Racing	March 85B	51
Ret	Tommy Borgudd	Roger Cowman Racing	Arrows A6	49 Accident
Ret	Guido Daccò	San Remo Racing	March 85B	47 Electrics
Ret	Johnny Dumfries	BS Automotive	March 85B	46 Brakes
Ret	Michel Ferté	Oreca	March 85B	40 Gearbox
Ret	Fritz Glatz	Oreca	March 85B	38 Engine
Ret	Eric Lang	Eric Lang	March 85B	37 Accident
Ret	Lamberto Leoni	Combari Italia	March 85B	35 Not classified
Ret	Stefano Livio	Combari Italia	March 85B	32 Accident
Ret	Gabriele Tarquini	Lola Motorsport	Lola T950	21 Accident
Ret	Mike Thackwell	Ralt	Ralt RT20	Electrics

References

1. "Curacao Grand Prix 1985". Unofficial F3000. Retrieved 12 April 2014.