1984 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Brazil  1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season
Circuit Jacarepagua.png
Date March 25, 1984
Official name X Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location Jacarepaguá Circuit
Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.031 km (3.126 mi)
Distance 61 laps, 306.891 km (190.686 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Renault
Time 1:28.392
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Time 1:36.499 on lap 42
Podium
First McLaren-TAG
Second Williams-Honda
Third Lotus-Renault

The 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro on March 25, 1984. It was the first round of the 1984 Formula One season and the first race where the FISA mandated 220 litre fuel limit came into effect, with the re-fueling of 1983 now banned. Many of the drivers correctly predicted that this would turn Grand Prix racing into fuel economy runs rather than actual races. It was also the first Formula One race for the future triple World Champion, Ayrton Senna.

Qualifying

Elio de Angelis claimed the first pole position of the season in his Lotus-Renault from the Ferrari of Michele Alboreto in his first race for the Prancing Horse. Derek Warwick, in his first race for Renault, was 3rd on the grid with the McLaren-TAG of Alain Prost 4th, Prost returning to the team he started his career with after three seasons with Renault. Reigning World Champion (and local favourite) Nelson Piquet qualified 7th in his Brabham-BMW, while another Brazilian, a Formula One rookie by the name of Ayrton Senna qualified 17th for his first ever Grand Prix in his Toleman-Hart.

Race

Alboreto got the jump at the start and led early from Warwick and de Angelis, with the McLarens of Niki Lauda and Prost. The Frenchman had made a bad start after bogging down at the green light with too few revs and was 10th at the end of the first lap. Not having done a practice start in the car, during the warm-up he had asked Lauda what revs to use at the start. Lauda told him no less than 10,000 but on the grid Prost felt this was too high and dropped to 8,000 only to find Lauda had been correct. Despite this he was beginning to show the superior race speed which would become the story of the season. When Lauda passed Warwick for 2nd at the end of the back straight on lap 10, the McLaren's right rear hit the Renault's left front tyre. The hit damaged Warwick's suspension, leading to suspension failure for the Renault driver late in the race when running second.

Senna was the first retirement of the 1984 season with turbo failure on lap 8.

Alboreto's race was ruined by a loose bolt in his car's right front brake caliper which released all the brake fluid and caused the brake to overheat, resulting in a couple of spins. Lauda was leading by some 40 seconds on lap 34 when the wires to his McLaren's battery came loose causing electrical failure. Piquet, who had almost stalled his Brabham as the flag fell, finished an unhappy race on lap 32 when the BMW engine failed coming onto the pit straight.

After Passing Warwick for the lead, Prost, who was in the pits for a tyre change when Lauda coasted in to retire, lost the lead back to the Englishman when he made his second stop for tyres. He regained the lead for good following Warwick's retirement and ran out the winner by 40.514 seconds from the Williams-Honda of Keke Rosberg and the Lotus of de Angelis. For Rosberg it was his third successive second place in the Brazilian Grand Prix, though it was the only one in which he was not disqualified. Eddie Cheever drove well to finish 4th in the Alfa Romeo many said would not finish the race before running out of fuel, while Renault's Patrick Tambay was classified in 6th after running dry on the last lap, losing 5th to another F1 rookie in Martin Brundle in his Tyrrell-Ford.

Brundle, and the entire Tyrrell team would later be disqualified from the season for technical infringements. This gave 5th place to Tambay with Thierry Boutsen elevated to 6th in his Arrows-Ford.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Qual Gap
1 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:28.392
2 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:28.898 +0.506
3 16 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Renault 1:29.025 +0.633
4 7 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:29.330 +0.938
5 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:29.364 +0.972
6 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:29.854 +1.462
7 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:30.149 +1.757
8 15 France Patrick Tambay Renault 1:30.554 +2.162
9 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:30.611 +2.219
10 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 1:30.695 +2.303
11 22 Italy Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:30.973 +2.581
12 23 United States Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:31.282 +2.890
13 5 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:31.548 +3.156
14 26 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:32.895 +4.503
15 14 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:32.997 +4.253
16 2 Italy Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:33.227 +4.835
17 19 Brazil Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:33.525 +5.133
18 20 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:35.300 +6.908
19 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:36.081 +7.689
20 25 France François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:36.238 +7.846
21 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 1:36.312 +7.920
22 24 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:36.434 +8.042
23 4 West Germany Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:36.609 +8.217
24 21 Italy Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:36.816 +8.424
25 17 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:37.204 +8.812
26 9 France Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:37.709 +9.317
DNQ 10 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:37.919 +9.527

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 61 1:42:34.492 4 9
2 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 61 + 40.514 9 6
3 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 61 + 59.128 1 4
4 23 United States Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 60 + 1 Lap 12 3
5 15 France Patrick Tambay Renault 59 Out of fuel 8 2
6 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 59 + 2 Laps 20 1
7 17 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 59 + 2 Laps 24  
8 10 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 58 + 3 Laps 26  
DSQ 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 60 Disqualified 18  
Ret 16 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Renault 51 Suspension 3  
Ret 26 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 42 Gearbox 14  
Ret 22 Italy Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 41 Gearbox 11  
Ret 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 38 Electrical 6  
Ret 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 35 Accident 5  
Ret 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 32 Engine 7  
Ret 2 Italy Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 32 Turbo 15  
Ret 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 30 Battery 10  
Ret 24 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 28 Gearbox 21  
Ret 25 France François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 25 Overheating 19  
Ret 9 France Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 24 Battery 25  
Ret 20 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 18 Turbo 17  
Ret 5 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 15 Electrical 13  
Ret 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 14 Brakes 2  
Ret 21 Italy Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 12 Distributor 23  
DSQ 4 West Germany Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 11 Disqualified 22  
Ret 19 Brazil Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 8 Turbo 16  
EX 14 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 0 Excluded    
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Lap Leaders

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Martin Brundle and Tyrrell were subsequently disqualified from 1984 results and their points reallocated.

References

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