1984 Belgian Grand Prix

Last updated
1984 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship
Circuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg
Race details
Date29 April 1984
Official name XL Grote Prijs van België
Location Circuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.262 km (2.648 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 298.34 km (185.38 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:14.846
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari
Time 1:19.294 on lap 64
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Renault
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1984 Belgian Grand Prix

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-kilometre (2.65 mi) circuit for a race distance of 298.3 kilometres (185.4 mi).

Contents

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.

Report

Qualifying

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.

Race

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.

Aftermath

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.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
127 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:18.3691:14.846
228 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari 1:18.0171:15.398+0.552
36 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:18.6171:15.414+0.568
416 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 1:16.3111:15.611+0.765
511 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:17.7051:15.979+1.133
614 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:18.0481:16.130+1.284
722 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:18.0521:16.431+1.585
87 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:16.5871:16.595+1.741
91 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:16.6041:24.286+1.758
1012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:17.4331:16.720+1.874
1123 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:18.4011:16.746+1.900
1215 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 1:18.7531:17.171+2.325
1326 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:18.2391:17.471+2.625
148 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:18.8311:18.071+3.225
155 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:19.2301:18.125+3.279
1620 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:19.5371:18.321+3.475
1718 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:19.1641:18.351+3.505
182 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:20.1931:18.848+4.002
1919 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:18.9141:18.876+4.030
2024 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:21.4321:19.734+4.888
214 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.0031:19.811+4.965
223 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.5271:20.123+5.277
2325 Flag of France.svg François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:20.4391:21.493+5.593
2417 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:20.6151:21.088+5.769
2521 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:23.4621:20.644+5.798
2610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:25.6471:20.793+5.947
DNQ9 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:21.2531:44.990+6.407
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
127 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 701:36:32.04819
216 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 70+ 42.38646
328 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari 70+ 1:09.80324
46 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 69Out of fuel33
511 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 69+ 1 lap52
619 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 68+ 2 laps191
715 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 68+ 2 laps12 
817 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 68+ 2 laps24 
91 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 66Engine9 
1010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 64+ 6 laps26 
DSQ4 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 69Disqualified21 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 53Suspension25 
DSQ3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 51Disqualified22 
Ret26 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 42Accident13 
Ret2 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 42Spun off18 
Ret14 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 39Exhaust6 
Ret8 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 35Water pump14 
Ret23 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 28Engine11 
Ret5 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 15Electrical15 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 15Radiator23 
Ret18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 15Engine17 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 14Transmission20 
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 14Clutch10 
Ret7 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 5Distributor8 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 2Ignition7 
Ret20 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1Clutch16 
DNQ9 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart     
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. "Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. "Belgian Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. "1984 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Belgium 1984 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
Previous race:
1984 South African Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1984 season
Next race:
1984 San Marino Grand Prix
Previous race:
1983 Belgian Grand Prix
Belgian Grand Prix Next race:
1985 Belgian Grand Prix