1984 French Grand Prix

F1 France French Dijon-Prenois Circuit.svg 70e Grand Prix de FranceMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1984 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/dijon84.jpg The Programme Covers Project 22 October 2017 20 May 1984 5 16 Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France Permanent racing facility 2.361 3.801 79 186.519 300.279 Dry Patrick Tambay Renault 1:02.200 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:05.257 59 FRA Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG AUT Patrick Tambay Renault FRA Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault GBR FRA The 1984 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 20 May 1984. It was the fifth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship. This was the final Formula One race to be held at the 3.801 km mi on Dijon-Prenois circuit, as it was deemed too short by governing body FISA. Fittingly in France, Frenchman Patrick Tambay, in the all-French team (French car, French engine, French tyres and French fuel) scored the Equipe Renault team's last pole position until their return to the sport in 2002. Double World Champion Niki Lauda won the race in his McLaren-TAG, his first win in France since 1975. Tambay finished second in his Renault RE50, with the Lotus-Renault of Nigel Mansell third. Lauda's team-mate and World Championship leader, Alain Prost, could only manage seventh after he was forced to pit to change a loose wheel. Andrea de Cesaris failed to qualify his Ligier, but nonetheless started the race and finished tenth. De Cesaris' Friday qualifying time was disallowed when his car's onboard fire extinguisher was found to be empty, before rain in the Saturday session prevented him from setting a time fast enough to make the grid. Ligier took the bizarre step of withdrawing their second car, driven by François Hesnault (who had qualified 14th), in order to allow de Cesaris to start 26th and last. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1Q2 Gap 1 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:02.2001:24.855 — 2 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:02.3361:20.859 +0.136 3 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:02.8061:30.893 +0.606 4 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:02.9081:30.872 +0.708 5 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:02.9821:25.397 +0.782 6 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:03.2001:20.061 +1.000 7 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:03.5401:23.363 +1.340 8 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:03.8651:28.393 +1.665 9 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:04.4191:25.567 +2.219 10 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:04.4591:22.749 +2.259 11 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:04.9171:22.707 +2.517 12 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:05.4101:27.917 +3.210 13 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:05.7441:28.225 +3.544 14 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:05.9721:25.252 +3.772 15 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:06.1721:28.124 +3.972 16 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:06.2811:23.770 +4.081 17 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:06.370no time +4.170 18 20 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:08.1091:31.359 +5.989 19 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:08.4571:26.943 +6.257 20 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:08.6081:29.539 +6.408 21 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:09.047no time +6.847 22 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:09.447no time +7.247 23 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:09.5541:28.555 +7.354 24 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:09.6291:31.021 +7.429 25 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:11.6251:32.541 +10.431 26 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault no time1:22.388 +20.188 — 25 FRA François Hesnault* Ligier-Renault 1:05.8501:22.272 — * François Hesnault qualified 14th with a time of 1:05.850 in the first qualifying session. However, Ligier withdrew his entry in order for their #1 driver Andrea de Cesaris to start, after the Italian's Friday time was disallowed due to an empty on-board fire extinguisher in his JS23 and he could not post a quick time in the wet final session. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 79 1:31:11.951 9 9 2 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 79 + 7.154 1 6 3 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 79 + 23.969 6 4 4 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 79 + 43.706 11 3 5 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 79 + 1:06.125 2 2 6 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 78 + 1 Lap 4 1 7 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 78 + 1 Lap 5   8 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 78 + 1 Lap 12   9 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 78 + 1 Lap 17   10 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 77 + 2 Laps 26   11 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 77 + 2 Laps 14   12 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 74 + 5 Laps 25   13 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 72 + 7 Laps 21   DSQ Disqualified 3 GBR Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 76 Disqualified 23   Ret Retired 21 ITA Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 61 Engine 24   Ret Retired 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 53 Accident 7   Ret Retired 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 51 Accident 19   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 51 Engine 16   Ret Retired 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 35 Turbo 13   Ret Retired 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 33 Engine 10   Ret Retired 20 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 22 Turbo 18   Ret Retired 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 15 Engine 15   Ret Retired 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 11 Turbo 3   DSQ Disqualified 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 11 Disqualified 20   Ret Retired 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 5 Clutch 8   Ret Retired 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 4 Electrical 22  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/315/ 1984 French Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031501/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/315/ 4 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 24 2 AUT Niki Lauda 18 3 UK Derek Warwick 13 4 FRA René Arnoux 13 5 ITA Elio de Angelis 12Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/france/championnat.aspx France 1984 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 17 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK McLaren-TAG 42 2 ITA Ferrari 22 3 FRA Renault 20 4 UK Lotus-Renault 16 5 UK Williams-Honda 10Source: 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 French Grand Prix 1984 1984 San Marino Grand Prix 1984 Monaco Grand Prix 1983 French Grand PrixPrevious race at Dijon: 1982 Swiss Grand Prix 1985 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Grand Prix