| 1984 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship | |||
 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 17 June 1984 | ||
| Official name | XXIII Grand Prix du Canada | ||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.410 km (2.740 miles) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 308.700 km (191.817 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry with temperatures approaching 26 °C (79 °F); wind speeds up to 12.9 kilometres per hour (8.0 mph) [1] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Brabham-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:25.442 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | |
| Time | 1:28.763 on lap 55 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brabham-BMW | ||
| Second | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The 1984 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 17 June 1984. It was the seventh race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.
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The 70-lap race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. Piquet took pole position, led all 70 laps and set the fastest race lap, finishing 2.6 seconds ahead of Austrian Niki Lauda in the McLaren-TAG. Lauda's French teammate, Alain Prost, finished third.
Prost actually won the start from Piquet, but exiting the Epingle de l'ile hairpin halfway around the first lap his TAG turbo went flat under acceleration and the Brabham was past in a flash never to be headed again. The TAG turbo would have intermittent electrical issues for Prost which helped Lauda take 2nd from his team mate before the end.
The top six was completed by Elio de Angelis in the Lotus-Renault, René Arnoux in the Ferrari, and Nigel Mansell in the other Lotus-Renault.
After the race, Piquet climbed out of his car and collapsed on the ground, due to a badly burned right foot caused by the extreme heat from his Brabham's new nose-mounted oil cooler which had actually burned a hole in his driving boot. In the next race at Detroit, he had a special tray of ice for easing the blisters on his foot.
