1984 South African Grand Prix

February 2021 June 2012 F1 South Africa 1928 South African Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png XVIII National Panasonic Grand Prix of South Africa 7 April 1984 2 16 KyalamiMidrand, Transvaal Province, South Africa Permanent racing facility 2.550 4.104 75 191.258 307.800 Dry Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:04.871 Brazil 1968 Patrick Tambay Renault 1:08.877 64 FRA Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG AUT Alain Prost McLaren-TAG FRA Derek Warwick Renault GBR RSA The 1984 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 7 April 1984. It was race 2 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship. The 75-lap race was won by Niki Lauda, driving a McLaren-TAG, with teammate Alain Prost second and Derek Warwick third in a Renault. Report Qualifying Qualifying saw reigning World Champion Nelson Piquet take the first of an eventual nine pole positions for 1984 in his Brabham-BMW (which was clocked at 325 km/h mph 0 on on the circuit's long front straight),Australian Motor Racing Year 1984/85 1985 Berghouse Publishing Group Pty Ltd Killara, NSW, Australia 126 1st with Keke Rosberg alongside him on the front row in his Williams-Honda. On the second row were Nigel Mansell in the Lotus and Patrick Tambay in the factory Renault, while on the third row were Alain Prost in the McLaren and Teo Fabi in the second Brabham. The top ten was completed by Elio de Angelis in the second Lotus, Niki Lauda in the second McLaren, Derek Warwick in the second Renault and Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari. The Cosworth-powered Tyrrells and Arrows struggled, with Thierry Boutsen coming 27th and last in his Arrows and thus failing to qualify. Race In the Sunday morning warm-up session Piercarlo Ghinzani, who had qualified 20th in his Osella, crashed heavily at the fast left-hand Jukskei Sweep, the car bursting into flames. Ghinzani escaped with minor burns on his hands, and subsequently withdrew from the race, thus promoting Boutsen to the last grid spot. Before the start of the race, Prost's McLaren refused to fire up thanks to a fuel pump failure and his McLaren was pushed to the side of the road and he started from the pitlane in the spare car.https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr390.html South African GP, 1984 grandprix.com 16 July 2023 In fact, Ghinzani's accident and the subsequent 30 minutes delay before the start was extremely fortunate for Prost. During the warmup, Lauda had a chronic misfire in his TAG-Porsche race engine. It took the McLaren team until 13 minutes into the extra 30 to completely change the electrical system in Lauda's car, which cured the low-end misfire but one still remained intermittent between 7,500 and 8,500 rpm, but it was driveable and allowed Lauda to be 2nd fastest in the warmup to Piquet. In truth however, without Ghinzani's accident and the extra 30 minutes, the McLaren team wouldn't have fixed Lauda's car on time and the former dual World Champion would have been forced to race the spare car, meaning Prost would not have even started.Australian Motor Racing Year 1984/85 1985 Berghouse Publishing Group Pty Ltd Killara, NSW, Australia 127–128 At the start, Piquet almost stalled on the grid and was passed by Rosberg and Mansell. The Lotus then faltered and Mansell fell down the order, putting Piquet back up to second by the first corner. At the end of lap 1, Piquet passed Rosberg for the lead, before teammate Fabi moved into second on lap 2. Lauda had made a good start to run fourth; he then overtook Rosberg on lap 4 and Fabi on lap 10. Both Brabhams then hit trouble, needing new tyres before retiring with turbo failures, Fabi on lap 19 and Piquet on lap 30. From there, Lauda controlled the race and went on to win easily, with Prost over a minute behind in second and the only other driver on the lead lap. Warwick gained his first Formula One podium by finishing third, while completing the top six were Riccardo Patrese (Alfa Romeo, its second points finish in a row giving more, somewhat false, hope that the 890T V8 would be competitive), Andrea de Cesaris (Ligier-Renault) and, gaining his first ever World Championship point, Ayrton Senna in his Toleman-Hart. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:05.280 1:04.871 — 2 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:05.127 1:05.058 +0.187 3 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:05.792 1:05.125 +0.254 4 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:05.588 1:05.339 +0.468 5 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:06.576 1:05.354 +0.483 6 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:05.923 1:07.236 +1.052 7 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:06.305 1:05.953 +1.082 8 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:06.238 1:06.043 +1.172 9 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:06.056 1:06.491 +1.185 10 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:07.404 1:06.323 +1.452 11 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:07.142 1:06.762 +1.891 12 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:06.974 1:07.417 +2.103 13 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:07.657 1:06.981 +2.110 14 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:09.132 1:07.245 +2.374 15 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:07.514 1:07.345 +2.474 16 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:07.704 1:07.993 +2.833 17 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:09.909 1:07.787 +2.916 18 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:08.399 1:08.042 +3.171 19 20 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:09.892 1:08.298 +3.427 20 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:10.829 1:09.609 +4.738 21 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:10.450 1:09.923 +5.052 22 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart no time 1:10.383 +5.512 23 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart no time 1:10.619 +5.748 24 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:12.227 1:11.808 +6.937 25 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:12.322 1:12.022 +7.151 26 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:12.233 1:12.453 +7.362 27 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 1:12.326 1:12.274 +7.403Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/467/south-africa/qualifying-1.html National Panasonic Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/467/south-africa/qualifying-2.html National Panasonic Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/467/south-africa/qualifying-0.html National Panasonic Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 13 September 2019 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 75 1:29:23.430 8 9 2 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 75 + 1:05.950 5 6 3 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 74 + 1 Lap 9 4 4 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 73 + 2 Laps 18 3 5 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 73 + 2 Laps 14 2 6 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 72 + 3 Laps 13 1 7 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 71 + 4 Laps 7   8 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 71 + 4 Laps 20   9 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 71 + 4 Laps 23   10 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 71 + 4 Laps 17   11 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 70 Ignition 10   12 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 70 + 5 Laps 26   DSQ Disqualified 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 71 Disqualified 25   Ret Retired 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 66 Out of Fuel 4   DSQ Disqualified 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 60 Disqualified 24   Ret Retired 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 60 Transmission 11   Ret Retired 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 53 Engine 12   Ret Retired 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 51 Wheel 2   Ret Retired 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 51 Turbo 3   Ret Retired 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 40 Injection 15   Ret Retired 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 29 Turbo 1   Ret Retired 20 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 26 Tyre 19   Ret Retired 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 24 Engine 22   Ret Retired 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 22 Gearbox 21   Ret Retired 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 18 Turbo 6   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 4 Radiator 16   DNS Did not start 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo Practice Accident  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/312/ 1984 South African Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031259/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/312/ 4 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 15 2 AUT Niki Lauda 9 3 FIN Keke Rosberg 6 4 ITA Elio de Angelis 4 5 GBR Derek Warwick 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1984 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-TAG 24 2 GBR Williams-Honda 6 3 ITA Alfa Romeo 6 4 FRA Renault 5 5 GBR Lotus-Renault 4Source: 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 South African Grand Prix 1984 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix 1984 Belgian Grand Prix 1983 South African Grand Prix 1985 South African Grand Prix Category:South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:April 1984 sports events in Africa