1984 European Grand Prix

 1984 European Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 16 races in the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXVI European Grand Prix
Date:	October 7, 1984
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	304.314 km in 67 laps of 4.542 km
Weather:	cloudy and cool
Spectator:	~ 43,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 18.871 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michele Alboreto Nelson Piquet	Ferrari Brabham
Time:	1: 23.146 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham

The 1984 European Grand Prix took place on October 7th at the Nürburgring and was the 15th race of the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Eight years after the 1976 German Grand Prix , Formula 1 returned to the Eifel race track to host the European Grand Prix . However, the race was no longer completed on the more than 20 kilometers long Nordschleife , which was no longer up-to-date for Formula 1 , but on the newly constructed Grand Prix track with a length of around 4.5 kilometers, which met the safety requirements applicable at the time corresponded.

Following BMW's announcement that it would no longer supply engines to the ATS Racing Team in the 1985 season , team boss Günter Schmid dismissed the previous regular driver Manfred Winkelhock and decided to end the 1984 season with the previous guest driver Gerhard Berger .

Mauro Baldi returned to the Spirit Racing team instead of Huub Rothengatter . Ayrton Senna replaced the Italian Pierluigi Martini at Toleman , who had represented him three weeks earlier at the Italian Grand Prix .

training

The front row sat as in Italy from the corresponding qualifying result on Friday Brabham of Nelson Piquet and the McLaren of Alain Prost together. Patrick Tambay and Keke Rosberg were the second row ahead of the two Ferrari pilots Michele Alboreto and Rene Arnoux .

As it was raining during the second qualifying session on Saturday, none of the drivers could beat the best time they had achieved the day before.

run

Both Prost and Tambay passed Piquet shortly after the start, while Senna collided with Rosberg in the first corner. Gerhard Berger crashed into the rear of Marc Surer's Arrows A7 . There was also a collision between Teo Fabi and Piercarlo Ghinzani . For five drivers, the race was over after just a few meters. Only Fabi was able to continue after being pushed by marshals.

Behind Prost, Tambay and Piquet, Derek Warwick followed in front of the two Ferraris from Alboreto and Arnoux. In the fifth lap, Niki Lauda , who started from 15th place, took sixth place. Until the 43rd lap, nothing changed within the leading group. Then, however, Tambay fell behind due to electrical problems. Ten laps later, Warwick could no longer defend his third place due to technical difficulties.

During the last lap, Piquet had to relinquish his second place to Alboreto due to a lack of fuel. Shortly afterwards, the latter also ran out of gas, so that both opponents rolled over the finish line without power and stopped a few meters behind. Niki Lauda was fourth ahead of René Arnoux and Riccardo Patrese . He thus took a lead of 3.5 World Championship points over his victorious team-mate Alain Prost into the season finale in Portugal .

Michele Alboreto and Nelson Piquet completed the fastest race lap at the same time, each on their 62nd lap.

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
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams FW09B	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
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Patrick Tambay	Renault RE50		M.
	16	Derek Warwick
Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	17th	Marc Surer	Arrows A7	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Thierry Boutsen
Toleman Group Motorsport	19th	Ayrton Senna	Toleman TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	M.
	20th	Stefan Johansson
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
	30th	Jo Gartner
Ligier Loto	25th	François Hesnault	Ligier JS23	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	M.
	26th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier JS23B
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari 126C4	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	René Arnoux
Team ATS	31	Gerhard Berger	ATS D7	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	P

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 18.871	207.316 km / h	1: 43.988	157.241 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 19.175	206.520 km / h	1: 40.693	162.387 km / h	02
03	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 19.499	205.678 km / h	no time	-	03
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1: 20.652	202.738 km / h	1: 43.619	157.801 km / h	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 20.910	202.091 km / h	1: 41.878	160.498 km / h	05
06th	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 21.180	201.419 km / h	1: 42.457	159.591 km / h	06th
07th	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 21.571	200.454 km / h	1: 44.289	156.787 km / h	07th
08th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 21.710	200.113 km / h	1: 40.705	162.367 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1: 21.937	199.558 km / h	1: 41.724	160.741 km / h	09
10	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1: 22.206	198.905 km / h	1: 45.075	155.615 km / h	10
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 22.248	198.804 km / h	1: 44.642	156.258 km / h	11
12	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1: 22.439	198.343 km / h	1: 43.747	157.606 km / h	12
13	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1: 22.525	198.136 km / h	1: 41.285	161.438 km / h	13
14th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1: 22.613	197.925 km / h	no time	-	14th
15th	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 22.643	197.853 km / h	1: 40.392	162.874 km / h	15th
16	Marc Surer	Arrows BMW	1: 22.708	197.698 km / h	1: 45.319	155.254 km / h	16
17th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1: 23.034	196.922 km / h	1: 42.362	159.739 km / h	17th
18th	Gerhard Berger	ATS-BMW	1: 23.116	196.727 km / h	1: 44.899	155.876 km / h	18th
19th	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1: 23.322	196.241 km / h	1: 44.420	156.591 km / h	19th
20th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 24.699	193.051 km / h	1: 42.746	159.142 km / h	20th
21st	Jonathan Palmer	RAM hard	1: 25.050	192.254 km / h	1: 51.449	146.715 km / h	21st
22nd	Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 26.156	189.786 km / h	1: 48.214	151.101 km / h	22nd
23	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 26.161	189.775 km / h	1: 39.762	163.902 km / h	23
24	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	1: 28.137	185.520 km / h	1: 45.814	154.528 km / h	24
25th	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	1: 30.259	181.159 km / h	1: 53.587	143.953 km / h	25th
26th	Stefan Johansson	Toleman-Hart	1: 41.178	161.608 km / h	1: 43.881	157.403 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	67	0	1: 35: 13.284	02	1: 24.182
02	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	67	0	+ 23.911	05	1: 23.146
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	67	0	+ 24.922	01	1: 23.146
04th	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	67	0	+ 43.086	15th	1: 23.729
05	René Arnoux	Ferrari	67	0	+1: 01.430	06th	1: 24.169
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	66	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 25.644
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	65	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 26.378
08th	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	65	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 26.680
09	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	64	1	DNF	11	1: 25.908	Lack of fuel
10	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	64	0	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 28.276
11	Derek Warwick	Renault	61	0	DNF	07th	1: 24.211	defective exhaust system
12	Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	60	0	DNF	22nd	1: 28.249	Lack of fuel
-	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	57	0	DNF	10	1: 24.814	Gearbox damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	51	0	DNF	08th	1: 23.978	Engine failure
-	Patrick Tambay	Renault	47	1	DNF	03	1: 24.671	defective ignition
-	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	37	0	DNF	13	1: 25.512	defective fuel supply
-	Philippe Alliot	RAM hard	37	0	DNF	25th	1: 30.480	Turbocharger damage
-	Jonathan Palmer	RAM hard	35	0	DNF	21st	1: 30.415	Turbocharger damage
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	27	0	DNF	14th	1: 25.687	Turbocharger damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	25th	0	DNF	23	1: 25.836	Engine failure
-	Stefan Johansson	Toleman-Hart	17th	0	DNF	26th	1: 26.943	defective cooling water pump
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	00	0	DNF	04th	-	collision
-	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	00	0	DNF	12	-	collision
-	Marc Surer	Arrows BMW	00	0	DNF	16	-	collision
-	Gerhard Berger	ATS-BMW	00	0	DNF	18th	-	collision
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	00	0	DNF	20th	-	collision

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  Niki Lauda McLaren 66.0 02  Alain Prost McLaren 62.5 03  Elio de Angelis lotus 32.0 04th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 28.0 05  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 27.5 06th  René Arnoux Ferrari 27.0 07th  Derek Warwick Renault 23.0 08th  Keke Rosberg Williams 20.5 09  Nigel Mansell lotus 13.0 10  Patrick Tambay Renault 11.0

Item driver constructor Points 11  Ayrton Senna Toleman 9.0 12  Teo Fabi Brabham 9.0 13  Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 8.0 14th  Jacques Laffite Williams 5.0 15th  Thierry Boutsen Arrows 5.0 16  Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 3.0 17th  Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 3.0 18th  Stefan Johansson Toleman 3.0 19th  Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 2.0 20th  Marc Surer Arrows 1.0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 128.5 02  Ferrari 54.5 03  lotus 45.0 04th  Brabham 37.0 05  Renault 34.0 06th  Williams 25.5

Item constructor Points 07th  Toleman 12.0 08th  Alfa Romeo 11.0 09  Arrows 6.0 10  Ligier 3.0 11  Osella 2.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( 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 on February 12, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on February 12, 2013)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website