1984 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 29 April 1984 3 16 XL Grote Prijs van België Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium Circuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg 2.648 4.262 70 298.34 185.38 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:14.846 ITA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:19.294 64 FRA Michele Alboreto Ferrari ITA Derek Warwick Renault GBR René Arnoux Ferrari FRA BEL The 1984 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zolder on 29 April 1984. It was the third race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship. It was the 42nd Belgian Grand Prix, and the tenth and last to be held at Zolder. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.26 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 298.3 km mi. The race was won from pole position by Italian driver Michele Alboreto, driving a Ferrari. It was the third Grand Prix victory for Alboreto, who also became the first Italian driver to win for Ferrari since Ludovico Scarfiotti at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix. British driver Derek Warwick finished second in a Renault, some 42 seconds behind, with Alboreto's French teammate René Arnoux third. Warwick moved into second place in the Drivers' Championship, five points behind Frenchman Alain Prost, who failed to finish in his McLaren-TAG. Qualifying Qualifying report Goodyear dominated qualifying filling six of the top seven places with Michele Alboreto securing his first career pole position. Ferrari team mate René Arnoux was second, followed by Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Honda. Renault's Derek Warwick, the first Michelin runner, was fourth ahead of Elio de Angelis in the Lotus-Renault and the surprisingly fast ATS-BMW of Manfred Winkelhock. The McLaren-TAGs were off the pace with points leader Alain Prost in eighth and Niki Lauda in 14th. Reigning world champion Nelson Piquet qualified his Brabham-BMW ninth. The best of the Pirelli runners was Johnny Cecotto in 16th in his Toleman-Hart. The only non-qualifier was Philippe Alliot in his RAM-Hart. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 27ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:18.369 1:14.846 2 28FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:18.017 1:15.398 +0.552 3 6FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:18.617 1:15.414 +0.568 4 16GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:16.311 1:15.611 +0.765 5 11ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:17.705 1:15.979 +1.133 6 14FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:18.048 1:16.130 +1.284 7 22ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:18.052 1:16.431 +1.585 8 7FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:16.587 1:16.595 +1.741 9 1BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:16.604 1:24.286 +1.758 10 12GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:17.433 1:16.720 +1.874 11 23USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:18.401 1:16.746 +1.900 12 15FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:18.753 1:17.171 +2.325 13 26ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:18.239 1:17.471 +2.625 14 8AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:18.831 1:18.071 +3.225 15 5FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:19.230 1:18.125 +3.279 16 20VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:19.537 1:18.321 +3.475 17 18BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:19.164 1:18.351 +3.505 18 2ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:20.193 1:18.848 +4.002 19 19BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:18.914 1:18.876 +4.030 20 24ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:21.432 1:19.734 +4.888 21 4FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.003 1:19.811 +4.965 22 3GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.527 1:20.123 +5.277 23 25FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:20.439 1:21.493 +5.593 24 17SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:20.615 1:21.088 +5.769 25 21ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:23.462 1:20.644 +5.798 26 10GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:25.647 1:20.793 +5.947DNQ Did not qualify 9FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:21.253 1:44.990 +6.407Source:Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/468/belgium/qualifying-1.html formula1.com 13 September 2019Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/468/belgium/qualifying-2.html formula1.com 13 September 2019Belgian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/468/belgium/qualifying-0.html formula1.com 13 September 2019 Race Race report Alboreto led all 70 laps and was even able to retain the lead during pit stops, despite Piquet pushing through without stopping. Warwick started well to run second for much of the race with Arnoux, Winkelhock and de Angelis pursuing. Prost and Riccardo Patrese were early retirements with Johnny Cecotto dropping out on lap 1 with a broken clutch. Lauda's McLaren MP4/2 broke its water pump at half-distance, the second such failure for the TAG-Porsche engine after Prost suffered the same fate on the warm up lap in South Africa. Shortly afterwards Winkelhock stopped and Andrea de Cesaris crashed his Ligier JS23-Renault. Piquet found himself third after the stops, but faded as the race neared its conclusion. Arnoux moved into third until he was caught by Rosberg. Piquet's BMW engine blew and with a lap to go and Rosberg ran out of fuel, allowing Arnoux to join Alboreto and Warwick on the podium. Rosberg was classified fourth, with de Angelis fifth and Stefan Bellof completing the top six in his Tyrrell 012-Ford. Post race The results would change months later as the impact of Tyrrell Racing's disqualification from the 1984 season saw Stefan Bellof removed from sixth position, promoting Ayrton Senna's Toleman TG183B into the points. The Belgian Grand Prix would return to traditional home at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 1985. The shortened version of the home of Belgian motorsport had its Formula One debut the previous year and proven instantly popular as Gilles Villeneuve's death two years earlier at Zolder was still fresh. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 70 1:36:32.048 1 9 2 16GBR Derek Warwick Renault 70 + 42.386 4 6 3 28FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 70 + 1:09.803 2 4 4 6FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 69 Out of fuel 3 3 5 11ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 69 + 1 lap 5 2 6 19BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 68 + 2 laps 19 1 7 15FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 68 + 2 laps 12   8 17SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 68 + 2 laps 24   9 1BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 66 Engine 9   10 10GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 64 + 6 laps 26  Ret Retired 21ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 53 Suspension 25  Ret Retired 26ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 42 Accident 13  Ret Retired 2ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 42 Spun off 18  Ret Retired 14FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 39 Exhaust 6  Ret Retired 8AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 35 Water pump 14  Ret Retired 23USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 28 Engine 11  Ret Retired 5FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 15 Electrical 15  Ret Retired 25FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 15 Radiator 23  Ret Retired 18BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 15 Engine 17  Ret Retired 24ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 14 Transmission 20  Ret Retired 12GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 14 Clutch 10  Ret Retired 7FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 5 Distributor 8  Ret Retired 22ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 2 Ignition 7  Ret Retired 20VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1 Clutch 16  DSQ Disqualified 4FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 69 Disqualified 21  DSQ Disqualified 3GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 51 Disqualified 22  DNQ Did not qualify 9FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart        Source:1984 Belgian Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/313/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031451/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/313/ 4 November 2014 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 15 2 GBR Derek Warwick 10 3 ITA Michele Alboreto 9 4 AUT Niki Lauda 9 5 FIN Keke Rosberg 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1984 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-TAG 24 2 ITA Ferrari 13 3 FRA Renault 11 4 GBR Williams-Honda 9 5 GBR Lotus-Renault 6Source: 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 Belgian Grand Prix 1984 1984 South African Grand Prix 1984 San Marino Grand Prix 1983 Belgian Grand Prix 1985 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Category:Circuit Zolder Category:Sports competitions in Limburg (Belgium)