1984 Belgian Grand Prix

 1984 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 16 races in the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLII Grote Prijs van Belgie
Date:	April 29, 1984
Place:	Zolder-Terlaemen
Course:	Circuit Zolder
Length:	298.34 km in 70 laps of 4.262 km
Weather:	sunny and cold
Spectator:	~ 60,000
Pole position
Driver:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Time:	1: 14.846 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time:	1: 19.294 min
Podium
First:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Second:	Derek Warwick	Renault
Third:	René Arnoux	Ferrari

The 1984 Belgian Grand Prix took place on April 29th at the Circuit Zolder in Zolder-Terlaemen and was the third race of the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

From the beginning of the European season, Arrows was the third team to have BMW engines alongside Brabham and ATS . For the time being, however, only Thierry Boutsen was equipped with the new Arrows A7 , which was equipped with the turbo unit, and Marc Surer continued to compete with the A6 , which was powered by a conventional Ford-Cosworth naturally aspirated engine.

training

During training introduced the Goodyear tires as best suited for the course of Zolder. Not least because of the occupied Ferrari pilots Michele Alboreto and Rene Arnoux the front row ahead of Keke Rosberg . Derek Warwick, the first Michelin driver, followed in fourth on the grid, ahead of Elio de Angelis , Manfred Winkelhock and Riccardo Patrese .

run

While Alboreto converted his pole position into a lead, which he defended to the finish, Warwick was able to overtake both Rosberg and Arnoux and thus take second place. Winkelhock followed before de Angelis and Patrese. However, he retired on the third lap due to damage to the ignition system, leaving sixth place to Alain Prost , who overtook de Angelis two laps later, but then retired due to a technical defect.

By the eighth lap, Nelson Piquet , who started from ninth place, worked his way up to fifth place. On the 23rd lap he passed Winkelhock and shortly thereafter benefited from the falling back of Arnoux, whereby he took third place. He lost this to Rosberg on lap 34, but from the 44th lap he dropped to sixth place due to tire problems.

Since Piquet, who completed the race without having to change tires in the meantime, also had difficulties from the 60th lap, Arnoux and Rosberg were able to overtake him again.

With five laps to go, Rosberg took third place from Arnoux, but retired on the penultimate lap due to a lack of fuel. Due to the distance he covered, he was classified fourth behind René Arnoux, but ahead of Elio de Angelis and Stefan Bellof .

When the Tyrrell team was banned from the World Championship towards the end of the season, all pilots who had reached the finish line after Stefan Bellof moved up one place. Thus Ayrton Senna subsequently received a world championship point.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
MRD International	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT53	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	M.
	2	Teo Fabi
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell 012	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Stefan Bellof
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW09	Honda RA163-E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Keke Rosberg
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 2	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	8th	Niki Lauda
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM 02	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	10	Jonathan Palmer
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 95T	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Team ATS	14th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS D7	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	P
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Patrick Tambay	Renault RE50	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	Derek Warwick
Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	17th	Marc Surer	Arrows A6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	18th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows A7	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t
Toleman Group Motorsport	19th	Ayrton Senna	Toleman TG183B	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	20th	Johnny Cecotto
Spirit Racing	21st	Mauro Baldi	Spirit 101B		P
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo 184T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
	23	Eddie Cheever
Osella Squadra Corse	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella FA1F		P
Ligier Loto	25th	François Hesnault	Ligier JS23	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	M.
	26th	Andrea de Cesaris
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari 126C4	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	René Arnoux

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 18.369	195.781 km / h	1: 14.846	204.997 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 18.017	196.665 km / h	1: 15.398	203.496 km / h	02
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 18.617	195.164 km / h	1: 15.414	203.453 km / h	03
04th	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 16.311	201.061 km / h	1: 15.611	202.923 km / h	04th
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 17.705	197.454 km / h	1: 15.979	201.940 km / h	05
06th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 18.048	196.587 km / h	1: 16.130	201.539 km / h	06th
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 18.052	196.577 km / h	1: 16.431	200.746 km / h	07th
08th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 16.587	200.337 km / h	1: 16.595	200.316 km / h	08th
09	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 16.604	200.292 km / h	1: 24.286	182.037 km / h	09
10	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 17.433	198.148 km / h	1: 16.720	199.990 km / h	10
11	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 18.401	195.702 km / h	1: 16.746	199.922 km / h	11
12	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 18.753	194.827 km / h	1: 17.171	198.821 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 18.239	196.107 km / h	1: 17.471	198.051 km / h	13
14th	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 18.831	194.634 km / h	1: 18.071	196.529 km / h	14th
15th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1: 19.230	193.654 km / h	1: 18.125	196.393 km / h	15th
16	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	1: 19.537	192.906 km / h	1: 18.321	195.901 km / h	16
17th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 19.164	193.815 km / h	1: 18.351	195.826 km / h	17th
18th	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1: 20.193	191.328 km / h	1: 18.848	194.592 km / h	18th
19th	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1: 18.914	194.429 km / h	1: 18.876	194.523 km / h	19th
20th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 21.432	188.417 km / h	1: 19.734	192.430 km / h	20th
21st	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 21.003	189.415 km / h	1: 19.811	192.244 km / h	21st
22nd	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.527	190.535 km / h	1: 20.123	191.496 km / h	22nd
23	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1: 20.439	190.743 km / h	1: 21.493	188.276 km / h	23
24	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 20.615	190.327 km / h	1: 21.088	189.217 km / h	24
25th	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	1: 23.462	183.835 km / h	1: 20.644	190.258 km / h	25th
26th	Jonathan Palmer	RAM hard	1: 25.647	179.145 km / h	1: 20.793	189.908 km / h	26th
DNQ	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 21.253	188.832 km / h	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	70	1	1: 36: 32.048	01	1: 20.727
02	Derek Warwick	Renault	70	1	+ 42.386	04th	1: 21.245
03	René Arnoux	Ferrari	70	1	+1: 09.803	02	1: 19.294
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	69	1	DNF	03	1: 20.527	Lack of fuel
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	69	0	+ 1 lap	05	1: 22.115
-	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford 1	69	1	DSQ	21st	1: 21.650	disqualified
07 (6)	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	68	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 22.633
08 (7)	Patrick Tambay	Renault	68	1	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 22.298
09 (8)	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	68	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 23.813
10 (9)	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	66	0	DNF	09	1: 21.450	Engine failure
11 (10)	Jonathan Palmer	RAM hard	64	1	+ 6 rounds	26th	1: 25.973
-	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	53	2	DNF	25th	1: 25.564	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford 1	51	0	DSQ	22nd	1: 22.324	disqualified
-	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	42	0	DNF	18th	1: 21.812	collision
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	42	1	DNF	13	1: 22.327	Driving error
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	39	1	DNF	06th	1: 21.754	Electrical damage
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	35	1	DNF	14th	1: 21.853	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	28	0	DNF	11	1: 21.703	Turbocharger damage
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	15th	0	DNF	15th	1: 23.164	Engine failure
-	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	15th	0	DNF	23	1: 23.945	overheated engine
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	15th	1	DNF	17th	1: 22.560	Engine failure
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	14th	0	DNF	20th	1: 23.096	Differential damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	14th	0	DNF	10	1: 22.374	Clutch damage
-	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	05	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.879	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	02	0	DNF	07th	1: 24.430	Electrical damage
-	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	02	0	DNF	16	1: 28.744	Clutch damage

¹ Due to violations of the regulations, the Tyrrell team and the drivers Martin Brundle and Stefan Bellof were retroactively disqualified for the entire 1984 season in September 1984. In addition, the team was banned from participating in the last three races of the year.

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

(Results after disqualification of Team Tyrrell )

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren 15th 02  Derek Warwick Renault 10 03  Niki Lauda McLaren 9 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 9 05  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 06th  Elio de Angelis lotus 6th 07th  René Arnoux Ferrari 4th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 3 09  Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 3 10  Patrick Tambay Renault 2 11  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 2 12  Ayrton Senna Toleman 2 13  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 24 02  Ferrari 13 03  Renault 12 04th  Williams 9 05  lotus 6th

Item constructor Points 06th  Alfa Romeo 6th 07th  Toleman 2 08th  Ligier 2 09  Arrows 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed December 30, 2012) 
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 30, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed December 30, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website