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1984 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJacarepagua, 61 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 389th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Jacarepagua
More 1984 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Previous race1983 South African Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG611hr 42m 34.492s9
2+7(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda61+40.514s6
3-2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault61+59.128s4
4+8(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo60+1 lap3
DQ (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+1 lap 
5+3(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault59DNF2
6+14(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth59+2 laps1
7+17(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth59+2 laps 
8+18(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart58+3 laps 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault51DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault42DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo41DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG38DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault35DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW32DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW32DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari30DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo28DNF 
R (FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault25DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart24DNF 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart18DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda15DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari14DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart12DNF 
DQ (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart8DNF 

Notes

  • Patrick Tambay ended lap 59 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • After the 1984 Dutch Grand Prix, Tyrrell was excluded from the 1984 world championship and disqualified from all races in which they had competed in during 1984 due to technical infringements.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
2(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
3(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
5(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault
6(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
8(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
9(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
10(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
12(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
13(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda
14   
15(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW
16(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart
17(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart
18(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
22(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart
24(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
25(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart
26(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:28.392 
2(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:28.8980.506
3(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:29.0250.633
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:29.3300.938
5(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:29.3640.972
6(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:29.8541.462
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:30.1491.757
8(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:30.5542.162
9(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:30.6112.219
10(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:30.6952.303
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:30.9732.581
12(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:31.2822.890
13(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:31.5483.156
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:32.8954.503
15(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:32.9974.605
16(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW1:33.2274.835
17(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:33.5255.133
18(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart1:35.3006.908
19(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.0817.689
20(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault1:36.2387.846
21(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:36.3127.920
22(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:36.4348.042
23(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.6098.217
24(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart1:36.8168.424
25(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:37.2048.812
26(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:37.7099.317
27(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart1:37.9199.527

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost9
2(FIN) Keke Rosberg6
3(ITA) Elio de Angelis4
4(USA) Eddie Cheever3
5(FRA) Patrick Tambay2
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG9
2Williams-Honda6
3Lotus-Renault4
4Alfa Romeo3
5Renault2
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Philippe Alliot
Stefan Bellof
Martin Brundle
Francois Hesnault
Ayrton Senna
Wins
10th for Alain Prost (17th driver to win ten races, 1st French driver; first for McLaren)
31st for McLaren
Podiums
18th for Alain Prost (first for McLaren)
10th for Keke Rosberg (40th driver to score ten podiums, 1st Finnish driver)
3rd for Elio de Angelis
139th for Lotus
93rd for McLaren
53rd for Williams
Poles
2nd for Elio de Angelis
89th for Lotus
Fastest laps
9th for Alain Prost (first for McLaren)
21st for McLaren
Front row starts
2nd for Elio de Angelis
1st for Michele Alboreto (107th different front row starter, 17th Italian driver)
Points finishes
1st for Thierry Boutsen (216th different point scorer, 7th Belgian driver)
Win & fastest lap
7th for Alain Prost (first for McLaren)