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1984 Detroit Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDetroit, 63 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1984 Detroit Grand Prix was the:

  • 396th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Detroit Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Detroit
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW631hr 55m 41.842s9
DQ (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+0.837s 
2+3(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault63+32.638s6
3+20(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW63+1m 26.528s4
4-2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG63+1m 55.258s3
5+14(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda62+1 lap2
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari49DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda47DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault40DNF 
DQ (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayRenault33DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart33DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG33DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault27DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW27DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault24DNF 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart23DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo21DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart21DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo20DNF 
R (FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault3DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo3DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari2DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart2DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW0DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:40.980 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:41.6400.660
3(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:42.1721.192
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:42.2461.266
5(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:42.4341.454
6(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:42.6371.657
7(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:42.6511.671
8(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:43.0652.085
9(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:43.2892.309
10(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:43.4842.504
11(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:43.7542.774
12(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:43.9983.018
13(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:44.0633.083
14(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:44.2283.248
15(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:44.7483.768
16(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:44.9403.960
17(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart1:45.2314.251
18(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault1:45.4194.439
19(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:46.2255.245
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:46.3335.353
21(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:46.4955.515
22(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:46.6265.646
23(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW1:47.3356.355
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart1:47.7436.763
25(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:47.9746.994
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:48.8657.885
Did not qualify
27(NLD) Huub RothengatterSpirit-Ford Cosworth1:49.9558.975

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost35.5
2(AUT) Niki Lauda24
3(ITA) Elio de Angelis22
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
5(FRA) Rene Arnoux17
6(GBR) Derek Warwick13
7(FIN) Keke Rosberg11.5
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto9.5
9(FRA) Patrick Tambay8
10(GBR) Nigel Mansell5
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna5
12(ITA) Teo Fabi4
13(ITA) Riccardo Patrese3
=(USA) Eddie Cheever3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
=(BEL) Thierry Boutsen3
17(FRA) Jacques Laffite2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG59.5
2Lotus-Renault27
3Ferrari26.5
4Brabham-BMW22
5Renault21
6Williams-Honda13.5
7Alfa Romeo6
8Toleman-Hart5
9Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
=Ligier-Renault3

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Renault (14th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
12th for Nelson Piquet
34th for Brabham
Podiums
25th for Nelson Piquet
5th for Elio de Angelis
1st for Teo Fabi (146th different podium finisher, 21st Italian driver; only podium for Brabham, last podium until 1987)
142nd for Lotus
116th & 117th for Brabham
Poles
12th for Nelson Piquet
33rd for Brabham
Fastest laps
2nd and last for Derek Warwick (first since 1982; only fastest lap for Renault)
18th for Renault (last until 2003)
Front row starts
23rd for Alain Prost
20th for Nelson Piquet (21st driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st Brazilian driver)
Points finishes
1st for Teo Fabi (218th different point scorer, 32nd Italian driver)
Pole & win
4th for Nelson Piquet (last until 1987; last for Brabham)