1984 German Grand Prix

11th round of the 1984 Formula One season April 2026 F1 West Germany German 5 August 1984 Circuit_Hockenheimring-1982.svg 11 16 XLVI Großer Preis von Deutschland HockenheimringHockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany Permanent racing facility 4.227https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1984-german-grand-prix/ 1984 German Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 6.802 44 185.832 299.068 Dry Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:47.012 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:53.538 31 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG France Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG Austria Derek Warwick Renault UK GER The 1984 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheim on 5 August 1984. It was the eleventh race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won by Alain Prost, who also took pole position and set the fastest lap, driving a McLaren-TAG. Teammate Niki Lauda finished second, completing McLaren's second 1-2 finish of the season, while Derek Warwick was third in a Renault. Nigel Mansell (Lotus-Renault), Patrick Tambay (Renault) and René Arnoux (Ferrari) rounded out the top six. Race report De Angelis took the lead from Prost at the start overtaking on the inside of the first corner. Marc Surer's Arrows-BMW had a fuel injection problem and retired at the end of Lap 1. Rosberg was climbing up the order quickly at the start, moving from 19th to 7th across the opening 5 laps. On Lap 5, Senna had a spin on the fast outward leg before the East Curve Chicane and crashed into the wall due to his rear aerofoil having collapsed, having run in fifth in the Toleman. On Lap 7, de Angelis' Renault engine in the Lotus blew up and Prost went into the lead, de Angelis trying to drive the car into the pits. Piquet soon overtook Prost and went into the lead. Lauda was following behind in third place, having started off carefully, and had passed Rosberg and Warwick as the race settled down. Within a lap the two Williams failed. Laffite came into the pits with smoke pouring from an exhaust pipe and signs of a disintegrated piston coming out of the pipe, and Rosberg coasted to a stop out on the circuit with an electrical fault. Barely after the retirement of both Williams cars, the second RAM entry also withdrew from the race. Shortly thereafter, Piercarlo Ghinzani's Osella was forced into the pit lane due to a fire originating around the right-hand turbocharger of its Alfa Romeo V8 engine. Michele Alboreto retired with an electrical failure, while Riccardo Patrese exited the race as a result of a gearbox malfunction. The high-speed nature of the circuit, combined with three chicanes that required repeated heavy braking and rapid acceleration, placed considerable mechanical strain on the field and contributed to the high rate of retirements. On lap 22, Nelson Piquet began experiencing difficulties with gear selection and was forced to slow significantly, allowing both Alain Prost and Niki Lauda to pass. Piquet's Brabham was fitted with a special six-speed gearbox configuration, consisting of five conventional ratios and an overdrive top gear. Pqiuet encountered problems engaging second, fourth, and sixth gears. After completing one additional lap without resolving the issue, he entered the pit lane at the end of lap 23 and retired from the race. The race having settled down, Prost and Lauda secured a 1-2 for the McLaren team. Derek Warwick came third, his final podium finish in Formula One.Derek WARWICK - Podiums https://www.statsf1.com/en/derek-warwick/podium.aspx 7 April 2026 www.statsf1.com Prost extended his championship standings by three points to Lauda.Jenkinson Denis 7 July 2014 1984 German Grand Prix race report https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1984/53/the-german-grand-prix-magnificent-mclarens/ 3 February 2026 Motor Sport Magazine en-GBGermany 1984 - Lap by lap https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/allemagne/tour-par-tour.aspx 7 April 2026 www.statsf1.comGermany 1984 - Championship https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/allemagne/championnat.aspx 7 April 2026 www.statsf1.com Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 7FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:49.439 1:47.012 2 11ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:48.033 1:47.065 +0.053 3 16GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:48.576 1:48.382 +1.370 4 15FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:51.414 1:48.425 +1.413 5 1BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:48.698 1:48.584 +1.572 6 27ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:49.782 1:48.847 +1.835 7 8AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:48.912 1:49.004 +1.900 8 2ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:51.693 1:49.302 +2.290 9 19BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:49.395 1:49.831 +2.383 10 28FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:50.830 1:49.857 +2.845 11 26ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:50.338 1:50.117 +3.105 12 5FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:51.428 1:50.511 +3.499 13 14FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:51.697 1:50.686 +3.674 14 17SWI Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:56.450 1:51.475 +4.463 15 18BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:52.144 1:51.551 +4.539 16 12GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:52.958 1:51.715 +4.703 17 25FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:53.985 1:51.872 +4.860 18 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:54.802 1:51.950 +4.938 19 6FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 2:12.229 1:52.003 +4.991 20 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:52.769 1:54.665 +5.757 21 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:59.505 1:54.546 +7.534 22 9FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:55.505 1:55.795 +8.493 23 30 Austria Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:58.457 1:55.594 +8.582 24 21NED Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 1:56.112 2:00.118 +9.100 25 10GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:56.797 46:43.220 +9.785 26 3 SWE Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 2:00.268 1:59.461 +12.449DNQ Did not qualify 4New Zealand Mike Thackwell Tyrrell-Ford 2:01.320 1:59.516 +12.504Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/476/germany/qualifying-1.html Grosser Preis Von Deutschland 1984 - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 11 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/476/germany/qualifying-2.html Grosser Preis Von Deutschland 1984 - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 11 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/476/germany/qualifying-0.html Grosser Preis Von Deutschland 1984 - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 11 May 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 44 1:24:43.210 1 9 2 8Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 44 + 3.149 7 6 3 16UK Derek Warwick Renault 44 + 36.423 3 4 4 12UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 44 + 51.663 16 3 5 15France Patrick Tambay Renault 44 + 1:11.949 4 2 6 28France René Arnoux Ferrari 43 + 1 Lap 10 1 7 26 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 43 + 1 Lap 11   8 25France François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 43 + 1 Lap 17   9 21Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 40 + 4 Laps 24   DSQ Disqualified 3Sweden Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 42 Disqualified 26  Ret Retired 14West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 31 Gearbox 13  Ret Retired 23USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 29 Engine 18  Ret Retired 2Italy Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 28 Turbo 8  Ret Retired 1Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 23 Gearbox 5  Ret Retired 22Italy Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 16 Fuel System 20   Ret Retired 24Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 14 Electrical 21  Ret Retired 30Austria Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 13 Turbo 23  Ret Retired 27Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 13 Engine 6  Ret Retired 10UK Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 11 Turbo 25   Ret Retired 6Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 10 Electrical 19  Ret Retired 5 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 10 Engine 12  Ret Retired 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 8 Engine 15  Ret Retired 11Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 8 Turbo 2   Ret Retired 9France Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 7 Overheating 22  Ret Retired 19 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 4 Rear Wing 9  Ret Retired 17Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1 Turbo 14  DNQ Did not qualify 4 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Tyrrell-Ford       Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/321/ 1984 German Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031521/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/321/ 4 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 43.5 2 AUT Niki Lauda 39 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 26.5 4 FRA René Arnoux 24.5 5 UK Derek Warwick 23Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1984 - Championship www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK McLaren-TAG 82.5 2 UK Lotus-Renault 35.5 3 ITA Ferrari 35.5 4 FRA Renault 32 5 UK Williams-Honda 24Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell's points were subsequently reallocated. References 30em German Grand Prix 1984 1984 British Grand Prix 1984 Austrian Grand Prix 1983 German Grand Prix 1985 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix German Grand Prix