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1984 European Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryWest Germany
Grand PrixEuropean
Official nameXXXVI Großer Preis von Europa
Date7 October
ImageCircuit Nürburgring-1984-GP.svg
Year1984
Race_No15
Season_No16
LocationNürburgring
Nürburg, West Germany
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi2.822
Course_km4.542
Distance_laps67
Distance_mi189.091
Distance_km304.314
WeatherSunny
Pole_DriverBRA Nelson Piquet
Pole_TeamBrabham-BMW
Pole_Time1:18.871
Fast_DriverBRA Nelson Piquet
Fast_TeamBrabham-BMW
Fast_Time1:23.146
Fast_Lap62
Fast_Driver2Michele Alboreto
Fast_Team2Ferrari
Fast_Country2Italy
Fast_Lap262
First_DriverFRA Alain Prost
First_TeamMcLaren-TAG
Second_DriverItaly Michele Alboreto
Second_TeamFerrari
Third_DriverBRA Nelson Piquet
Third_TeamBrabham-BMW
Lapchart

Nürburg, West Germany

The 1984 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 7 October 1984. It was the fifteenth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship. It was also the first Formula One race to be held at the Nürburgring since 1976, and the first to be run on the new 4.54 km GP-Strecke circuit, rather than the historic 22.83 km Nordschleife, which after new pit facilities and layout modifications had been shortened so that both circuits could be used at the same time.

The 67-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG. Italian Michele Alboreto finished second in a Ferrari, with Brazilian Nelson Piquet third in a Brabham-BMW, having started from pole position.

Prost's Austrian teammate Niki Lauda, who nearly lost his life in the last F1 race at the Nürburgring in 1976, finished fourth. With the reallocation of the disqualified Tyrrell team's points two days after the race and Prost thus gaining an extra point, Lauda's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to 3.5 points with one race remaining.

Report

During the race morning warm-up session, Alain Prost spun his McLaren-TAG and hit a course car parked at the side of the circuit.

Prior to the Grand Prix, young Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna had won a special Race of Champions event where all the competitors were driving the Mercedes-Benz 190E's against a host of former and current star drivers including Alain Prost, Carlos Reutemann, Denny Hulme, Phil Hill, Niki Lauda, Stirling Moss, James Hunt and Alan Jones. However, when the Grand Prix itself started, Senna had no such luck, triggering a first corner accident which took out the cars of Keke Rosberg, Marc Surer, Gerhard Berger, and Piercarlo Ghinzani. Senna's Toleman (which had started 12th) had run into the back of Rosberg's Williams under braking at the end of the main straight which caused the accident. Rosberg had started fourth (after blowing his Honda engine coming out of the final corner of his qualifying lap), but was slow off the line as his engine had suddenly developed a misfire.

After qualifying second on the grid, Alain Prost won the race in his McLaren from the Ferrari of Michele Alboreto and the Brabham-BMW of defending World Champion Nelson Piquet, with both the Ferrari and Brabham running out of fuel as they crossed the finish line. When they got out of their cars which stopped at the pit exit, Alboreto and Piquet raised their arms to each other in a gesture of frustration at FISA's 220 litre fuel limit for turbos which had reduced races to economy runs.

Niki Lauda, who had almost lost his life in a fiery crash during the 1976 German GP, started 15th and finished 4th in his McLaren. In stark contrast to the lack of safety of the Nordschleife, Lauda gave the new GP-Strecke the thumbs up as a very safe Grand Prix circuit, saying that it was "the perfect place to hold a Grand Prix".

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Source:
1BRA Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW**1:18.871**1:43.988
7FRA Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG**1:19.175**1:40.693+0.304
15FRA Patrick TambayRenault**1:19.499**no time+0.628
6FIN Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda**1:20.652**1:43.619+1.781
27ITA Michele AlboretoFerrari**1:20.910**1:41.878+2.039
28FRA René ArnouxFerrari**1:21.180**1:42.457+2.309
16GBR Derek WarwickRenault**1:21.571**1:44.289+2.700
12GBR Nigel MansellLotus-Renault**1:21.710**1:40.705+2.839
22ITA Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo**1:21.937**1:41.724+3.066
2ITA Teo FabiBrabham-BMW**1:22.206**1:45.075+3.335
18BEL Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW**1:22.248**1:44.642+3.377
19BRA Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart**1:22.439**1:43.747+3.568
23USA Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo**1:22.525**1:41.285+3.654
5FRA Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda**1:22.613**no time+3.742
8AUT Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG**1:22.643**1:40.392+3.772
17SWI Marc SurerArrows-BMW**1:22.708**1:45.319+3.837
26ITA Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault**1:23.034**1:42.362+4.163
31Austria Gerhard BergerATS-BMW**1:23.116**1:44.899+4.245
25FRA François HesnaultLigier-Renault**1:23.322**1:44.420+4.451
24ITA Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo**1:24.699**1:42.746+5.828
10GBR Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart**1:25.050**1:51.449+6.179
30Austria Jo GartnerOsella-Alfa Romeo**1:26.156**1:48.214+7.285
11ITA Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault**1:26.161**1:39.762+7.290
21ITA Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart**1:28.137**1:45.814+9.266
9FRA Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart**1:30.259**1:53.587+11.388
20Sweden Stefan JohanssonToleman-Hart**1:41.178**1:43.881+22.307

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints1234567891011RetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRet
7FRA **Alain Prost****McLaren-TAG**671:35:13.2842**9**
27ITA **Michele Alboreto****Ferrari**67+ 23.9115**6**
1BRA **Nelson Piquet****Brabham-BMW**67+ 24.9221**4**
8AUT **Niki Lauda****McLaren-TAG**67+ 43.08615**3**
28FRA **René Arnoux****Ferrari**67+ 1:01.4306**2**
22ITA **Riccardo Patrese****Alfa Romeo**66+ 1 Lap9**1**
26ITA Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault65+ 2 Laps17
21ITA Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart65+ 2 Laps24
18BEL Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW64Ignition11
25FRA François HesnaultLigier-Renault64+ 3 Laps19
16GBR Derek WarwickRenault61Overheating7
30AUT Jo GartnerOsella-Alfa Romeo60Fuel System22
2ITA Teo FabiBrabham-BMW57Gearbox10
12GBR Nigel MansellLotus-Renault51Engine8
15FRA Patrick TambayRenault47Fuel System3
23USA Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo37Fuel System13
9FRA Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart37Turbo25
10GBR Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart35Turbo21
5FRA Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda27Engine14
11ITA Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault25Turbo23
20SWE Stefan JohanssonToleman-Hart17Overheating26
6FIN Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda0Collision4
19BRA Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart0Collision12
17SWI Marc SurerArrows-BMW0Collision16
31AUT Gerhard BergerATS-BMW0Collision18
24ITA Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo0Collision20

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
1AUT Niki Lauda66
2FRA Alain Prost62.5
3ITA Elio de Angelis32
4BRA Nelson Piquet28
5ITA Michele Alboreto27.5

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
1GBR McLaren-TAG128.5
2ITA Ferrari54.5
3GBR Lotus-Renault45
4GBR Brabham-BMW37
5FRA Renault34
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points adjusted in accordance with FISA's decision on 9 October 1984 to reallocate Tyrrell's points. Prost's extra point comes from his promotion from fifth to fourth in the Detroit Grand Prix.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1983 European Grand Prix Previous race at the Nürburgring: 1976 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1985 European Grand Prix Next race at the Nürburgring: 1985 German Grand Prix

References

  1. "Grosser Preis Von Europa 1984 - QUALIFYING 1".
  2. "Grosser Preis Von Europa 1984 - QUALIFYING 2".
  3. "Grosser Preis Von Europa 1984 - OVERALL QUALIFYING".
  4. "1984 European Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  5. "Europe 1984 - Championship • STATS F1".
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