1984 Brazilian Grand Prix

1st round of the 1984 Formula One Championship June 2021 F1 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix XIII Grande Prêmio Brasil de Fórmula 1 25 March Autódromo_de_Jacarepaguá_1978-1995.png 1984 1 16 Jacarepaguá CircuitJacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro Permanent racing facility 3.126 5.031 61 190.693 306.891 Dry Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:28.392 Italy Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:36.499 42 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda Finland Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Italy BRA The 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix, officially known as the XIII Grande Prêmio Brasil de Fórmula 1 was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 1984 in Rio de Janeiro. The race was contested over 61 laps of Jacarepaguá Circuit and was the first race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship. This race was the 13th edition of the Brazilian Grand Prix, the ninth time that the Jacarepaguá Circuit race held a Grand Prix, and marked the debut of Ayrton Senna in Formula One. In qualifying, Italian driver, Elio de Angelis from Team Lotus claimed pole for the second time in his career as he finished ahead of fellow Italian driver, Michele Alboreto who was in the Ferrari. In the race it was Alain Prost in the McLaren car who would take out his second win in Brazil. He finished ahead of Keke Rosberg who was in the Williams with de Angelis finishing in third. 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 With only 220 litres of fuel allowed, many teams on the grid tried various ways to save fuel from evaporating in the Rio heat. McLaren covered their cars in tin foil while others such as Lotus and Renault attempted to freeze their fuel in order to actually fit more in. The Renault team also had a sophisticated (for 1984) electronic fuel monitoring system which they hoped would give them an advantage over their rivals. Alboreto got the jump at the start and led early from Warwick and de Angelis, with the McLarens of Niki Lauda 4th and Prost fighting back from a bad start. The Frenchman had bogged down at the green light with too few revs and was only 10th at the end of the first lap (Piquet also made a bad start after almost stalling at the green light and much to the agony of the crowd, was only in 23rd halfway through the first lap). Not having done a practice start in the car, during the warm-up Prost 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. Lauda quickly passed de Angelis and when he 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 when the Hart 415T in his Toleman blew its turbo 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 and a pit stop where buckets of water were thrown over the brakes in a vain attempt at cooling it. Lauda was leading by some 40 seconds on lap 34 when the wires to his McLaren's battery came loose causing electrical failure, while after almost stalling his Brabham-BMW at the start, Piquet 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. With 10 laps to go it looked like Warwick was headed for his first ever Grand Prix win with a 20+ second lead on the McLaren. But the lap 10 clash with Lauda had come home to roost and the Renault's front left suspension failed, handing the lead to Prost who then easily ran out the winner by 40 seconds from the Williams-Honda of Keke Rosberg and the Lotus-Renault 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 finish 4th in the Alfa Romeo giving some hope that the 890T V8 would not be as thirsty for fuel as predicted, while Renault's Patrick Tambay was classified in 6th after running out of fuel on the last lap, losing 5th to another F1 rookie, Martin Brundle in his Tyrrell-Ford. Brundle, and the Tyrrell team, would later be disqualified from the season for technical infringements. This promoted Tambay to 5th and the Arrows-Ford of Thierry Boutsen to 6th. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:29.625 1:28.392 — 2 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:29.950 1:28.898 +0.506 3 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:30.945 1:29.025 +0.633 4 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:29.823 1:29.330 +0.938 5 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:29.364 1:30.182 +0.972 6 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:29.951 1:29.854 +1.462 7 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:31.068 1:30.149 +1.757 8 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:30.719 1:30.554 +2.162 9 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:31.778 1:30.611 +2.219 10 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:30.832 1:30.695 +2.303 11 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:30.973 1:31.679 +2.581 12 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:33.115 1:31.282 +2.890 13 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:32.032 1:31.548 +3.156 14 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:34.622 1:32.895 +4.503 15 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:35.395 1:32.997 +4.253 16 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:33.951 1:33.227 +4.835 17 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:36.867 1:33.525 +5.133 18 20 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:35.980 1:35.300 +6.908 19 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:36.081 1:36.191 +7.689 20 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:36.257 1:36.238 +7.846 21 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 1:36.737 1:36.312 +7.920 22 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:40.431 1:36.434 +8.042 23 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:36.957 1:36.609 +8.217 24 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:36.816 1:39.873 +8.424 25 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:37.204 1:37.348 +8.812 26 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:38.124 1:37.709 +9.317 DNQ Did not qualify 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:39.840 1:37.919 +9.527Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/466/brazil/qualifying-1.html Brazilian Grand Prix 1984 - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/466/brazil/qualifying-2.html Brazilian Grand Prix 1984 - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/466/brazil/qualifying-0.html Brazilian Grand Prix 1984 - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 13 September 2019 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG Michelin 61 1:42:34.492 4 9 2 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda Goodyear 61 + 40.514 9 6 3 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Goodyear 61 + 59.128 1 4 4 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo Goodyear 60 + 1 Lap 12 3 5 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault Michelin 59 Out of Fuel 8 2 6 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford Goodyear 59 + 2 Laps 20 1 7 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Goodyear 59 + 2 Laps 24   8 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart Pirelli 58 + 3 Laps 26   DSQ Disqualified 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 60 Disqualified 18   Ret Retired 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault Michelin 51 Suspension 3   Ret Retired 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault Michelin 42 Gearbox 14   Ret Retired 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo Goodyear 41 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG Michelin 38 Electrical 6   Ret Retired 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault Goodyear 35 Accident 5   Ret Retired 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Michelin 32 Engine 7   Ret Retired 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW Michelin 32 Turbo 15   Ret Retired 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari Goodyear 30 Battery 10   Ret Retired 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo Pirelli 28 Gearbox 21   Ret Retired 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault Michelin 25 Overheating 19   Ret Retired 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart Pirelli 24 Battery 25   Ret Retired 20 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart Pirelli 18 Turbo 17   Ret Retired 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda Goodyear 15 Electrical 13   Ret Retired 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari Goodyear 14 Brakes 2   Ret Retired 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart Pirelli 12 Distributor 23   DSQ Disqualified 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 11 Disqualified 22   Ret Retired 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart Pirelli 8 Turbo 16   EX Excluded 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW Pirelli 0 Excluded    Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/311/ 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031254/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/311/ 4 November 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1984-brazilian-grand-prix/ 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 25 March 1984 27 November 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 9 2 FIN Keke Rosberg 6 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 4 4 USA Eddie Cheever 3 5 GBR Martin Brundle 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/bresil/championnat.aspx Brazil 1984 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK McLaren-TAG 9 2 UK Williams-Honda 6 3 UK Lotus-Renault 4 4 ITA Alfa Romeo 3 5 GBR Tyrrell-Ford 2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell and its drivers were subsequently disqualified and their points reallocated. References 30em External links Comments on Ayrton Senna @ 1984 Brazilian GP (archived) Brazilian Grand Prix 1984 1983 South African Grand Prix 1984 South African Grand Prix 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix Category:Brazilian Grand Prix Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix