1984 Canadian Grand Prix Explained

Type:F1
Country:Canada
Grand Prix:Canadian
Date:17 June
Year:1984
Race No:7
Season No:16
Official Name:XXIII Grand Prix du Canada
Location:Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course:Temporary street circuit
Course Mi:2.740
Course Km:4.410
Distance Laps:70
Distance Mi:191.817
Distance Km:308.700
Weather:Dry with temperatures approaching 26C; wind speeds up to 12.9km/h[1]
Pole Driver:Nelson Piquet
Pole Team:Brabham-BMW
Pole Time:1:25.442
Pole Country:BRA
Pole Flag Suffix:1968
Fast Team:Brabham-BMW
Fast Time:1:28.763
Fast Lap:55
Fast Country:BRA
Fast Flag Suffix:1968
First Driver:Nelson Piquet
First Team:Brabham-BMW
First Country:BRA
First Flag Suffix:1968
Second Driver:Niki Lauda
Second Team:McLaren-TAG
Second Country:AUT
Third Driver:Alain Prost
Third Team:McLaren-TAG
Third Country:FRA

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

The 70-lap race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. Piquet took pole position, led all 70 laps and set the fastest race lap, finishing 2.6 seconds ahead of Austrian Niki Lauda in the McLaren-TAG. Lauda's French teammate, Alain Prost, finished third.

The top six was completed by Elio de Angelis in the Lotus-Renault, René Arnoux in the Ferrari, and Nigel Mansell in the other Lotus-Renault.

After the race, Piquet climbed out of his car and collapsed on the ground, due to a badly burned right foot caused by the extreme heat from his Brabham's new nose-mounted oil cooler which had actually burned a hole in his driving boot. In the next race at Detroit, he had a special tray of ice for easing the blisters on his foot.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1Q2 Gap
11 Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:27.1541:25.442
27 Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:26.4771:26.198+0.756
311 Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:27.1391:26.306+0.864
416 Derek WarwickRenault1:29.6821:26.420+0.978
528 René ArnouxFerrari1:27.9171:26.549+1.107
627 Michele AlboretoFerrari1:28.6041:26.764+1.322
712 Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:28.2771:27.246+1.804
88 Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:28.5481:27.392+1.950
919 Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:29.2821:27.448+2.006
1026 Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:29.6181:27.922+2.480
1123 Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:29.4181:28.032+2.590
1214 Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:32.3111:28.909+3.467
1325 François HesnaultLigier-Renault1:31.1461:29.187+3.745
1422 Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:29.2051:30.064+3.763
156 Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:29.4231:29.284+3.842
162 Corrado FabiBrabham-BMW1:30.8311:29.764+4.322
175 Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:30.1151:29.915+4.473
1818 Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:30.8871:30.073+4.631
1924 Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:32.1891:30.918+5.476
2020 Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart1:34.7311:31.459+6.017
213 Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford1:33.9451:31.785+6.343
224 Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford1:34.3091:31.797+6.355
2317 Marc SurerArrows-Ford1:33.0141:32.756+7.314
2421 Huub RothengatterSpirit-Hart1:35.2171:32.920+7.478
2510 Mike ThackwellRAM-Hart1:34.9211:33.750+8.288
269 Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:35.2861:36.900+9.844
WD15 Patrick TambayRenault

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
11 Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW701:46:23.74819
28 Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG70+ 2.61286
37 Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG70+ 1:28.03224
411 Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault69+ 1 Lap33
528 René ArnouxFerrari68+ 2 Laps52
612 Nigel MansellLotus-Renault68+ 2 Laps71
719 Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart68+ 2 Laps9 
814 Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW68+ 2 Laps12 
920 Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart68+ 2 Laps20 
109 Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart65+ 5 Laps26 
1123 Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo63Out of Fuel11 
DSQ3 Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford68Disqualified21 
Ret17 Marc SurerArrows-Ford59Engine23 
Ret16 Derek WarwickRenault57Chassis4 
NC21 Huub RothengatterSpirit-Hart56+ 14 Laps24 
DSQ4 Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford52Disqualified22 
Ret26 Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault40Brakes10 
Ret2 Corrado FabiBrabham-BMW39Turbo16 
Ret18 Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW38Engine18 
Ret22 Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo37Accident14 
Ret6 Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda32Fuel System15 
Ret5 Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda31Turbo17 
Ret10 Mike ThackwellRAM-Hart29Turbo25 
Ret24 Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo11Gearbox19 
Ret27 Michele AlboretoFerrari10Engine6 
Ret25 François HesnaultLigier-Renault7Turbo13 
WD15 Patrick TambayRenaultDriver Injured

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Alain Prost32.5
2 Niki Lauda24
3 René Arnoux16.5
4 Elio de Angelis15.5
5 Derek Warwick13
Source: [2]
Constructors' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
1 McLaren-TAG56.5
2 Ferrari25.5
3 Lotus-Renault20.5
4 Renault20
5 Williams-Honda11
Source:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weather information for the "1984 Canadian Grand Prix" . The Old Farmers' Almanac . 31 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Canada 1984 - Championship • STATS F1. www.statsf1.com. 14 March 2019.