1984 Canadian Grand Prix

  1984 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Date	June 17, 1984
Official name	XXIII Grand Prix du Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Circuit
Course length	4.410 km (2.740 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 308.7 km (191.8 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:25.442
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:28.763 on lap 55
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Second	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
Third	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG

The 1984 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 17, 1984. It was the seventh round of the 1984 Formula One season.

Brabham's defending World Champion Nelson Piquet scored his first win and indeed his first points for the season. It was the 4th "Grand Slam' of his Formula One career also scoring his 3rd pole position and 2nd fastest lap of the season. Piquet's win over the McLaren-TAGs of Niki Lauda and Alain Prost proved that when the Brabham's BMW turbo engine held together, the car had the speed to beat the McLarens.

Lauda, who started 8th, finished 2nd to boost his championship hopes while Prost had to deal with a minor misfire in his TAG engine for the race but still finished 3rd. Rounding out the points were the Lotus-Renaults of Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell in 4th and 6th respectively, the pair separated by the Ferrari of 1983 race winner René Arnoux who finished 5th.

Nelson Piquet after the race "climbed out of his car and collapsed on the ground" due to a badly burned right foot from the race. In the next race at Detroit, he had a special tray of ice for easing the blisters on his foot. Citation: CBS Wide World of Sports coverage of Detroit GP, at 51:42 into the race. Earlier in the coverage they show the tray of ice and make comment that it will be "the fastest refrigerated vehicle in the world".

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Qual	Gap
1	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:25.442	—
2	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:26.198	+0.756
3	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:26.306	+0.864
4	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:26.420	+0.978
5	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:26.549	+1.107
6	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:26.764	+1.322
7	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:27.246	+1.804
8	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:27.392	+1.950
9	19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1:27.448	+2.006
10	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:27.922	+2.480
11	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:28.032	+2.590
12	14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:28.909	+3.467
13	25	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1:29.187	+3.745
14	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:29.205	+3.763
15	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:29.284	+3.842
16	2	Corrado Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1:29.764	+4.322
17	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1:29.915	+4.473
18	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:30.073	+4.631
19	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:30.918	+5.476
20	20	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	1:31.459	+6.017
21	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	1:31.785	+6.343
22	4	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1:31.797	+6.355
23	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:32.756	+7.314
24	21	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	1:32.920	+7.478
25	10	Mike Thackwell	RAM-Hart	1:33.730	+8.288
26	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:35.286	+9.844
DNS	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	70	1:46:23.748	1	9
2	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	70	+ 2.612	8	6
3	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	70	+ 1:28.032	2	4
4	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	69	+ 1 Lap	3	3
5	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	68	+ 2 Laps	5	2
6	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	68	+ 2 laps	7	1
7	19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	68	+ 2 Laps	9
8	14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	68	+ 2 Laps	12
9	20	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	68	+ 2 Laps	20
10	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	65	+ 5 Laps	26
11	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	63	Out of Fuel	11
DSQ	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	68	Disqualified	21
Ret	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	59	Engine	23
Ret	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	57	Chassis	4
NC	21	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	56	Not Classified	24
DSQ	4	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	52	Disqualified	22
Ret	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	40	Brakes	10
Ret	2	Corrado Fabi	Brabham-BMW	39	Turbo	16
Ret	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	38	Engine	18
Ret	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	37	Accident	14
Ret	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	32	Fuel system	15
Ret	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	31	Turbo	17
Ret	10	Mike Thackwell	RAM-Hart	29	Turbo	25
Ret	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	11	Gearbox	19
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	10	Engine	6
Ret	25	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	7	Turbo	13
DNS	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault
Source:[1]

Lap Leaders

• Nelson Piquet 70 (1-70)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 32.5 2 Niki Lauda 24 3 René Arnoux 16.5 4 Elio de Angelis 15.5 5 Derek Warwick 13

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG 56.5 2 Ferrari 25.5 3 Lotus-Renault 20.5 4 Renault 20 5 Williams-Honda 11

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell and its drivers were subsequently disqualified from 1984 results and their points reallocated.

References