1984 European Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 West Germany European XXXVI Großer Preis von Europa 7 October Circuit Nürburgring-1984-GP.svg 1984 15 16 NürburgringNürburg, West Germany Permanent racing facility 2.822 4.542 67 189.091 304.314 Sunny BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:18.871 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:23.146 62 Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy 62 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW EUR 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 mi on GP-Strecke circuit, rather than the historic 22.83 km mi on 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:18.871 1:43.988 2 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:19.175 1:40.693 +0.304 3 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:19.499 no time +0.628 4 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:20.652 1:43.619 +1.781 5 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:20.910 1:41.878 +2.039 6 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:21.180 1:42.457 +2.309 7 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:21.571 1:44.289 +2.700 8 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:21.710 1:40.705 +2.839 9 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:21.937 1:41.724 +3.066 10 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:22.206 1:45.075 +3.335 11 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:22.248 1:44.642 +3.377 12 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:22.439 1:43.747 +3.568 13 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:22.525 1:41.285 +3.654 14 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:22.613 no time +3.742 15 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:22.643 1:40.392 +3.772 16 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:22.708 1:45.319 +3.837 17 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:23.034 1:42.362 +4.163 18 31 Austria Gerhard Berger ATS-BMW 1:23.116 1:44.899 +4.245 19 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:23.322 1:44.420 +4.451 20 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:24.699 1:42.746 +5.828 21 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:25.050 1:51.449 +6.179 22 30 Austria Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:26.156 1:48.214 +7.285 23 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:26.161 1:39.762 +7.290 24 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:28.137 1:45.814 +9.266 25 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:30.259 1:53.587 +11.388 26 20 Sweden Stefan Johansson Toleman-Hart 1:41.178 1:43.881 +22.307Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/480/europe/qualifying-1.html Grosser Preis Von Europa 1984 - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 14 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/480/europe/qualifying-2.html Grosser Preis Von Europa 1984 - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 14 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/480/europe/qualifying-0.html Grosser Preis Von Europa 1984 - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 14 May 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 67 1:35:13.284 2 9 2 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 67 + 23.911 5 6 3 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 67 + 24.922 1 4 4 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 67 + 43.086 15 3 5 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 67 + 1:01.430 6 2 6 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 66 + 1 Lap 9 1 7 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 65 + 2 Laps 17   8 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 65 + 2 Laps 24   9 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 64 Ignition 11   10 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 64 + 3 Laps 19   11 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 61 Overheating 7   Ret Retired 30 AUT Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 60 Fuel System 22   Ret Retired 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 57 Gearbox 10   Ret Retired 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 51 Engine 8   Ret Retired 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 47 Fuel System 3   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 37 Fuel System 13   Ret Retired 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 37 Turbo 25   Ret Retired 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 35 Turbo 21   Ret Retired 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 27 Engine 14   Ret Retired 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 25 Turbo 23   Ret Retired 20 SWE Stefan Johansson Toleman-Hart 17 Overheating 26   Ret Retired 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 0 Collision 4   Ret Retired 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 0 Collision 12   Ret Retired 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 0 Collision 16   Ret Retired 31 AUT Gerhard Berger ATS-BMW 0 Collision 18   Ret Retired 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 0 Collision 20  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/325/ 1984 European Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031329/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/325/ 4 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 AUT Niki Lauda 66 2 FRA Alain Prost 62.5 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 32 4 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 28 5 ITA Michele Alboreto 27.5Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/europe/championnat.aspx Europe 1984 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-TAG 128.5 2 ITA Ferrari 54.5 3 GBR Lotus-Renault 45 4 GBR Brabham-BMW 37 5 FRA Renault 34Source: 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 30em European Grand Prix 1984 1984 Italian Grand Prix 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix 1983 European Grand PrixPrevious race at the Nürburgring: 1976 German Grand Prix 1985 European Grand PrixNext race at the Nürburgring: 1985 German Grand Prix European Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix European Grand Prix European Grand Prix