1984 San Marino Grand Prix

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1984 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date6 May 1984
Official name 4o Gran Premio di San Marino
Location Autodromo Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.040 km (3.132 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 miles)
Pole position
Driver Brabham-BMW
Time 1:28.517
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Time 1:33.275 on lap 48
Podium
First McLaren-TAG
Second Ferrari
Third Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 1984 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1984 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 6 May 1984. It was the fourth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

Report

Pre-race

A dispute between the Toleman team and tyre suppliers Pirelli lead to Ayrton Senna missing out on Friday practice running for his first Grand Prix around Imola. On Saturday his Hart 415T engine developed a misfire leading to Senna failing to qualify, the only time this would happen in the Brazilian's F1 career. [1]

Race

The 60-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG. René Arnoux finished second in a Ferrari, while Elio de Angelis was third in a Lotus-Renault, despite running out of fuel on the last lap, and Derek Warwick finished fourth unable to unlap himself in the last lap largely because he was running dangerously low on fuel also and as such, followed Prost across the line so as not to have to do another lap (if he managed he would have completed more laps than de Angelis, promoting him onto the podium). Stefan Bellof finished fifth but was disqualified at the end of the season, so Thierry Boutsen (Arrows-Ford) and Andrea de Cesaris (Ligier-Renault) rounded out the points finishers, despite the de Cesaris running out of fuel in the last lap.

Andrea de Cesaris running out of fuel was the third time in 1984 that a Renault had run out of fuel as the factory Renault of Patrick Tambay had also run out of fuel in the first two races of the season in Brazil and South Africa. It had become fairly obvious over the first four races that 220 litres of fuel was not enough for the Renault turbo to finish the races at a winning pace, especially compared to the Porsche built TAG turbo being used by McLaren's. After the race Warwick said "This isn't motor racing, its a bloody joke. How am I supposed to race when I know I'm going to run out of fuel?" The Englishman's big problem in the closing laps was that having to continually turn the boost down and cut his revs as he was in the negative on his fuel readout had caused his engine to misfire leaving him no choice but to follow Prost home and forget about trying to catch the Lotus of de Angelis. ISSN   0158-4138

The race was not as straight forward for Prost as it seemed. During the race he was having a problem with his carbon brakes overheating, so much so that at one point mid-race it caused his McLaren to spin through the infield as he braked for Rivazza. The spin resolved the issue of whether or not the Frenchman would come in for tyres as it was now necessary as he had flat spotted his soft Michelin 010's in the spin. However, the stop was a quick one and he retained a 20 second lead.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:35.4931:28.517
27 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:35.6871:28.628+0.111
36 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:37.0241:29.418+0.901
416 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 1:36.7061:29.682+1.165
58 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:38.0211:30.325+1.808
628 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari 1:38.3891:30.411+1.894
714 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:47.3621:30.723+2.206
823 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:42.7311:30.843+2.326
92 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:37.5941:30.950+2.433
1022 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:41.3631:31.163+2.646
1111 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:38.4231:31.173+2.656
1226 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:36.6131:31.256+2.739
1327 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:47.9191:31.282+2.765
1415 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 1:36.2501:31.633+3.146
155 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:41.8911:32.600+4.083
1617 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:42.0461:33.063+4.546
1725 Flag of France.svg François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:40.3561:33.186+4.669
1812 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:38.3631:34.477+5.960
1920 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart no time1:35.568+7.051
2018 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 1:40.9201:36.018+7.501
214 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:39.7651:36.059+7.542
223 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.1231:36.531+8.014
239 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:43.1321:36.733+8.216
2421 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 1:42.2491:36.916+8.399
2510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:53.0141:37.262+8.745
2630 Flag of Austria.svg Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:50.9791:38.948+10.431
2724 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:40.7902:05.421+12.273
2819 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart no time1:41.585+13.068

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
17 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 601:36:53.67929
228 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ferrari 60+ 13.41666
311 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 59Out of Fuel114
416 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Renault 59+ 1 Lap43
518 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 59+ 1 Lap202
626 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 58Out of Fuel121
723 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 58Out of Fuel8 
821 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Spirit-Hart 58+ 2 Laps24 
910 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 57+ 3 Laps25 
DSQ4 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 59Disqualified21 
DSQ3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 55Disqualified22 
Ret9 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 53Turbo23 
NC20 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 52+ 8 Laps19 
Ret1 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 48Turbo1 
Ret2 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 48Turbo9 
Ret30 Flag of Austria.svg Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 46Engine26 
Ret17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 40Turbo16 
Ret14 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 31Turbo7 
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 23Exhaust13 
Ret8 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 15Engine5 
Ret5 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 11Engine15 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 6Electrical10 
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 2Spun Off18 
Ret6 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 2Electrical3 
Ret15 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Renault 0Collision14 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 0Collision17 
DNQ24 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo   
DNQ19 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart     
Source: [2]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. Rubython, Tom (2005). The Life of Senna: The Biography of Ayrton Senna. BusinessF1 Books. p. 95. ISBN   9780954685737.
  2. "1984 San Marino Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "San Marino 1984 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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