1984 French Grand Prix

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1984 French Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship
Dijon-Prenois Circuit.svg
Race details
Date20 May 1984
Official name 70e Grand Prix de France [1]
Location Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.801 km (2.361 miles)
Distance 79 laps, 300.279 km (186.519 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Renault
Time 1:02.200
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Time 1:05.257 on lap 59
Podium
First McLaren-TAG
Second Renault
Third Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 1984 French Grand Prix

The 1984 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 20 May 1984. It was race 5 of 16 in the 1984 FIA Formula One World Championship.

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This was the final Formula One race to be held at the 3.801 km (2.362 mi) 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

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
115 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 1:02.2001:24.855
211 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:02.3361:20.859+0.136
31 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:02.8061:30.893+0.606
46 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:02.9081:30.872+0.708
57 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:02.9821:25.397+0.782
612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:03.2001:20.061+1.000
716 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 1:03.5401:23.363+1.340
814 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:03.8651:28.393+1.665
98 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:04.4191:25.567+2.219
1027 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:04.4591:22.749+2.259
1128 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari 1:04.9171:22.707+2.517
125 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:05.4101:27.917+3.210
1319 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:05.7441:28.225+3.544
1418 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:05.9721:25.252+3.772
1522 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:06.1721:28.124+3.972
1623 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:06.2811:23.770+4.081
172 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:06.370no time+4.170
1820 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 1:08.1091:31.359+5.989
1917 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:08.4571:26.943+6.257
204 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:08.6081:29.539+6.408
2110 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:09.047no time+6.847
229 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:09.447no time+7.247
233 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:09.5541:28.555+7.354
2421 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:09.6291:31.021+7.429
2524 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:11.6251:32.541+10.431
2626 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault no time1:22.388+20.188
25 Flag of France.svg 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

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
18 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 791:31:11.95199
215 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 79+ 7.15416
312 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 79+ 23.96964
428 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari 79+ 43.706113
511 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 79+ 1:06.12522
66 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 78+ 1 Lap41
77 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 78+ 1 Lap5 
85 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 78+ 1 Lap12 
92 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 78+ 1 Lap17 
1026 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 77+ 2 Laps26 
1118 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 77+ 2 Laps14 
1224 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 74+ 5 Laps25 
1310 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 72+ 7 Laps21 
DSQ3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 76Disqualified23 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 61Engine24 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 53Accident7 
Ret17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 51Accident19 
Ret23 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 51Engine16 
Ret19 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 35Turbo13 
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 33Engine10 
Ret20 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 22Turbo18 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 15Engine15 
Ret1 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 11Turbo3 
DSQ4 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 11Disqualified20 
Ret14 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 5Clutch8 
Ret9 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 4Electrical22 
Source: [2]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1984". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. "1984 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "France 1984 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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