1984 British Grand Prix

April 2017 April 2017 F1 Great Britain British XXXVII John Player British Grand Prix 22 July 1984 File:Brands Hatch 1976-1987.svg 10 16 Brands HatchKent, Great Britain Permanent racing facility 2.613 or 2.614 4.206 or 4.207 75 196.012 or 196.016 or 196.058 315.450Derived from MotorSport or 315.457Derived from Wildsoft or 315.525Derived from StatsF1 71 (aggregated: 11 + 60) 185.558 or 185.562 or 185.602 298.626MotorSport or 298.633Wildsoft or 298.697StatsF1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:10.869 Brazil 1968 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:13.191 57 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG Austria Derek Warwick Renault UK Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart Brazil 1968 GBR The 1984 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVII John Player British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch, Kent, England on 22 July 1984. It was the tenth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship. The 71-lap race was won by Austrian Niki Lauda, driving a McLaren-TAG, with local driver Derek Warwick second in a Renault and Brazilian Ayrton Senna third in a Toleman-Hart. Lauda's teammate Alain Prost retired shortly after half distance with a gearbox failure, enabling Lauda to reduce the Frenchman's lead in the Drivers' Championship to 1.5 points. Report Background Going into the race, McLaren driver Alain Prost led the Drivers' Championship with 34.5 points. Teammate Niki Lauda was second on 24, closely followed by Lotus's Elio de Angelis on 23.5, Ferrari's René Arnoux on 22.5, Williams' Keke Rosberg on 20 and Brabham's Nelson Piquet on 18. McLaren led the Constructors' Championship with 58.5 points, comfortably ahead of Ferrari on 31.5, Lotus on 29.5, Williams on 24 and Brabham on 21. Prior to the event, the FIA announced that the Tyrrell team would be disqualified from the World Championship for the illegal use of fuel and ballast on their cars. The ruling resulted in Tyrrell losing the 13 points they had scored in the first nine races of the season.Tyrrell are banned for rest of season https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19840719&id=zP89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fUkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5317,3488108 The Glasgow Herald 19 July 1984 16 Tyrrell owner Ken Tyrrell was granted a High Court order to allow their cars to compete in the Friday Qualifying session.Tyrrell wins ruiling, to be in British Grand Prix https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19840719&id=hkkgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b6UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2855,4791672 The Tuscaloosa News 20 July 1984 15 As a result of his crash in the previous race at Dallas in which he broke both of his ankles, Martin Brundle was replaced in the No. 4 Tyrrell by Swedish driver Stefan Johansson. Qualifying Johnny Cecotto broke both legs after a heavy crash during first practice.https://www.statsf1.com/de/1984/grande-bretagne.aspx Großbritannien 1984 StatsF1.com 11 December 2020 He would never race in Formula One again. Nelson Piquet claimed pole position. Niki Lauda's win for McLaren saw him become the highest point scorer in Formula One history, passing Jackie Stewart's 360 points. Race Piquet was away from pole position and had built a huge gap. Down the field, Patrese, trying to make up positions in the race, made a mistake into the Druids Hairpin, with drivers reacting behind causing a multi-car pile up. The race began with multiple incidents on the opening lap that significantly reduced the field. An Osella was forced into the barriers, a RAM somersaulted and came to rest on the grass, Eddie Cheever’s Alfa Romeo sustained rear-end damage, and Stefan Johansson’s Tyrrell was also damaged. While Johansson was able to return to the pits, Cheever retired. At the end of the first lap, 23 cars remained in the race. At the front, Nelson Piquet led Alain Prost and Niki Lauda, with the three pulling clear of the rest of the field, which was headed by Derek Warwick. Early mechanical issues eliminated Keke Rosberg, who retired with Honda engine trouble, and Teo Fabi, whose BMW engine suffered electrical problems. Manfred Winkelhock also retired after spinning on the bottom straight. By lap 10, the two McLarens of Prost and Lauda were applying increasing pressure to Piquet. On lap 12, Prost overtook Piquet at Paddock Bend, with Lauda following through shortly afterwards at Druids. On the same lap, Jonathan Palmer crashed heavily exiting Clearways while running 17th. His damaged RAM came to rest in a dangerous position near the racing line. Although Palmer was uninjured, the severity and location of the wreck prompted race officials to stop the race in accordance with safety regulations. During the stoppage, damaged barriers and tyre walls were repaired and remaining wreckage cleared. The restart was scheduled after a further 20-minute countdown. Cars lined up in the order they had held at the end of lap 11, meaning Piquet resumed from pole position and was permitted to fit new tyres. Several cars were unable to restart. The ATS, which had been retrieved, was not allowed to rejoin as it had officially retired. Rosberg and Fabi were eligible to restart but their cars could not be repaired in time. As a result, 19 cars took the restart. The final classification was based on the combined time of the first 11 laps and the remaining 60 laps of the restarted race, for a total distance of 71 laps instead of the scheduled 75. Prost led the restart from Piquet and Lauda, followed by Warwick and Patrick Tambay. The leading trio again set the pace. Lauda passed Piquet on lap 29 and later inherited the lead when Prost slowed with gearbox problems on lap 38 and pitted. Piquet remained competitive until late in the race, when his BMW engine lost turbo boost, reducing it to normally aspirated power. He dropped from second place to seventh by the finish. Warwick capitalised on Piquet’s problems to move into second place, while Ayrton Senna delivered a notable performance for Toleman. Senna pressured Elio de Angelis for much of the race and overtook him at Paddock Bend on lap 69. De Angelis subsequently suffered turbo problems but finished, while Senna secured third place on the same lap as the winner. Further down the order, Andrea de Cesaris spun at Druids on lap 52 but continued to finish 10th. The Ferraris of Michele Alboreto and René Arnoux finished fifth and sixth. Riccardo Patrese retired near the finish with gearbox failure, and Tambay’s Renault caught fire on the final lap but was quickly extinguished by marshals. Renault driver Derek Warwick gave the British fans something to cheer when he finished 42 seconds behind Lauda in second place, while Cecotto's Toleman teammate Ayrton Senna finished 21 seconds behind Warwick in third, his second podium finish in just his rookie season. Lotus-Renault driver Elio de Angelis kept his championship hopes alive finishing a lap down in fourth place. He was followed by the two Ferraris of Michele Alboreto and René Arnoux in the final points positions. Lauda's win saw him move to 33 points and with Prost failing to finish his championship lead was cut to just 1.5 points. With 67.5 points, McLaren had scored almost double the number of Constructors' points than second placed Ferrari who were on 34.5 points.Jenkinson Denis 2014-07-07 1984 British Grand Prix race report - A four-ring circus https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1984/59/the-british-grand-prix-15/ 2026-02-03 Motor Sport Magazine en-GB Eddie Cheever (Alfa Romeo), Philippe Alliot (RAM) and Jo Gartner (Osella) were all outed in a first lap crash which started when Riccardo Patrese lost his Alfa going into the Graham Hill Bend. The race was stopped after 11 laps to clear Jonathan Palmer's RAM. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:14.568 1:10.869 2 7 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:11.494 1:11.076 +0.207 3 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:11.598 1:11.344 +0.475 4 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:11.734 1:11.573 +0.704 5 6 FIN Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:13.740 1:11.603 +0.734 6 16 GBR Derek Warwick Renault 1:12.278 1:11.703 +0.834 7 19 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:11.890 1:13.991 +1.021 8 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:13.184 1:12.435 +1.566 9 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:13.645 1:13.122 +2.253 10 15 FRA Patrick Tambay Renault 1:14.106 1:13.138 +2.269 11 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:13.713 1:13.374 +2.505 12 18 BEL Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:15.355 1:13.528 +2.659 13 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari 1:14.281 1:13.934 +3.065 14 2 ITA Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:17.731 1:14.040 +3.171 15 17 SWI Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:17.040 1:14.336 +3.467 16 5 FRA Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:14.568 1:26.939 +3.699 17 22 ITA Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:14.871 1:14.568 +3.699 18 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:15.113 1:14.609 +3.740 19 26 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:16.116 1:15.112 +4.243 20 25 FRA François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:17.384 1:15.837 +4.968 21 24 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:16.466 1:16.829 +5.597 22 21 NED Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 1:17.665 1:16.759 +5.890 23 10 GBR Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:18.244 1:17.265 +6.396 24 9 FRA Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:24.043 1:17.517 +6.648 25 3 SWE Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.450 1:17.777 +6.908 26 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:17.893 1:17.912 +7.024 27 30 Austria Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:18.347 1:18.121 +7.252Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/475/great-britain/qualifying-1.html John Player Special British Grand Prix – QUALIFYING 1 Formula1.com 11 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/475/great-britain/qualifying-2.html John Player Special British Grand Prix – QUALIFYING 2 Formula1.com 11 May 2018https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1984/races/475/great-britain/qualifying-0.html John Player Special British Grand Prix – OVERALL QUALIFYING Formula1.com 11 May 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG Michelin 71 1:29:28.532 3 9 2 16 UK Derek Warwick Renault Michelin 71 + 42.123 6 6 3 19 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart Michelin 71 + 1:03.328 7 4 4 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Goodyear 70 + 1 lap 4 3 5 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari Goodyear 70 + 1 lap 9 2 6 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari Goodyear 70 + 1 lap 13 1 7 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Michelin 70 + 1 lap 1   8 15 France Patrick Tambay Renault Michelin 69 Turbo 10   9 24 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo Pirelli 68 + 3 laps 21   10 26 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault Michelin 68 + 3 laps 19   11 17 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-BMW Goodyear 67 + 4 laps 15   12 22 Italy Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo Goodyear 66 + 5 laps 17   DSQ Disqualified 4 FRG Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 68 Disqualified 26   NC Not classified 21 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart Pirelli 62 + 9 laps 22   Ret Retired 25 France François Hesnault Ligier-Renault Michelin 43 Electrical 20   Ret Retired 7 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG Michelin 37 Gearbox 2   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault Goodyear 24 Gearbox 8   Ret Retired 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW Goodyear 24 Electrical 12   Ret Retired 5 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda Goodyear 14 Water pump 16   Ret Retired 10 UK Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart Pirelli 10 Accident 23   Ret Retired 2 Italy Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW Michelin 9 Electrical 14   Ret Retired 14 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW Pirelli 8 Spun off 11   Ret Retired 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda Goodyear 5 Engine 5   DSQ Disqualified 3 Sweden Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 1 Disqualified 25   Ret Retired 23 USA Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo Goodyear 0 Accident 18   Ret Retired 9 France Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart Pirelli 0 Accident 24   Ret Retired 30 Austria Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo Pirelli 0 Accident 27   DNQ Did not qualify 20 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart Michelin   Injury    Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/320/ 1984 British Grand Prix Formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031309/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/320/ 4 November 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1984-british-grand-prix/ 1984 British Grand Prix – Race Results & History GPArchive.com 22 July 1984 23 November 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 34.5 2 AUT Niki Lauda 33 3 ITA Elio de Angelis 26.5 4 FRA René Arnoux 23.5 5 FIN Keke Rosberg 20Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1984 – Championship StatsF1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK McLaren-TAG 67.5 2 ITA Ferrari 34.5 3 UK Lotus-Renault 32.5 4 FRA Renault 26 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 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1984/59/the-british-grand-prix-15/ 1984 British Grand Prix race report – A four-ring circus Denis Jenkinson MotorSport August 1984 LX 8 960 https://wildsoft.motorsport.com/gp.php?gp=398 1984 British Grand Prix wildsoft.motorsport.com 2023-12-02 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/grande-bretagne.aspx Britain 1984 StatsF1.com 2023-12-02 30em British Grand Prix 1984 1984 Dallas Grand Prix 1984 German Grand Prix 1983 British Grand PrixPrevious race at Brands Hatch: 1983 European Grand Prix 1985 British Grand PrixNext race at Brands Hatch: 1985 European Grand Prix British Grand Prix Category:British Grand Prix Grand Prix British Grand Prix Category:Sport in Kent