1984 British Grand Prix

The 1984 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVII John Player British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch, Kent, England on 22 July 1984. It was the tenth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.

1984 British Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 22 July 1984
Official name XXXVII John Player British Grand Prix
Location Brands Hatch
Kent, Great Britain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.207 km (2.614 mi)
Distance 71 (aggregated: 11 + 60) laps, 298.697 km (185.602 mi)
Scheduled distance 75 laps, 315.525 km (196.058 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Brabham-BMW
Time 1:10.869
Fastest lap
Driver Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG
Time 1:13.191 on lap 57
Podium
First
McLaren-TAG
Second
Renault
Third
Toleman-Hart

The 71-lap race was won by Austrian Niki Lauda, driving a McLaren-TAG, with local driver Derek Warwick second in a Renault and Brazilian Ayrton Senna third in a Toleman-Hart. Lauda's teammate Alain Prost retired shortly after half distance with a gearbox failure, enabling Lauda to reduce the Frenchman's lead in the Drivers' Championship to 1.5 points.

Report

Background

Going into the race, McLaren driver Alain Prost led the Drivers' Championship with 34.5 points. Teammate Niki Lauda was second on 24, closely followed by Lotus's Elio de Angelis on 23.5, Ferrari's René Arnoux on 22.5, Williams' Keke Rosberg on 20 and Brabham's Nelson Piquet on 18. McLaren led the Constructors' Championship with 58.5 points, comfortably ahead of Ferrari on 31.5, Lotus on 29.5, Williams on 24 and Brabham on 21.

Prior to the event, the FIA announced that the Tyrrell team would be disqualified from the World Championship for the illegal use of fuel and ballast on their cars. The ruling resulted in Tyrrell losing the 13 points they had scored in the first nine races of the season.[1] Tyrrell owner Ken Tyrrell was granted a High Court order to allow their cars to compete in the Friday Qualifying session.[2] As a result of his crash in the previous race at Dallas in which he broke both of his ankles, Martin Brundle was replaced in the No. 4 Tyrrell by Swedish driver Stefan Johansson.

Qualifying

Johnny Cecotto broke both legs after a heavy crash during first practice.[3] He would never race in Formula One again. Nelson Piquet claimed pole position. Niki Lauda's win for McLaren saw him become the highest point scorer in Formula One history, passing Jackie Stewart's 360.

Renault driver Derek Warwick gave the British fans something to cheer when he finished 42 seconds behind Lauda in second place, while Cecotto's Toleman teammate Ayrton Senna finished 21 seconds behind Warwick in third. Lotus-Renault driver Elio de Angelis kept his championship hopes alive finishing a lap down in fourth place. He was followed by the two Ferraris of Michele Alboreto and René Arnoux in the final points positions.

Lauda's win saw him move to 33 points and with Prost failing to finish his championship lead was cut to just 1.5 points. With 67.5 points, McLaren had scored almost double the amount of Constructors' points than second placed Ferrari who were on 34.5 points.

Eddie Cheever (Alfa Romeo), Philippe Alliot (RAM) and Jo Gartner (Osella) were all outed in a first lap crash which started when Riccardo Patrese lost his Alfa going into the Graham Hill Bend. The race was stopped after 11 laps to clear Jonathan Palmer's RAM.

Classification

Qualifying
PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:14.568 1:10.869
2 7 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:11.494 1:11.076 +0.207
3 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:11.598 1:11.344 +0.475
4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:11.734 1:11.573 +0.704
5 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:13.740 1:11.603 +0.734
6 16 Derek Warwick Renault 1:12.278 1:11.703 +0.834
7 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:11.890 1:13.991 +1.021
8 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:13.184 1:12.435 +1.566
9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:13.645 1:13.122 +2.253
10 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 1:14.106 1:13.138 +2.269
11 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:13.713 1:13.374 +2.505
12 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:15.355 1:13.528 +2.659
13 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 1:14.281 1:13.934 +3.065
14 2 Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:17.731 1:14.040 +3.171
15 17 Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:17.040 1:14.336 +3.467
16 5 Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:14.568 1:26.939 +3.699
17 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:14.871 1:14.568 +3.699
18 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:15.113 1:14.609 +3.740
19 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:16.116 1:15.112 +4.243
20 25 François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:17.384 1:15.837 +4.968
21 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:16.466 1:16.829 +5.597
22 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 1:17.665 1:16.759 +5.890
23 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:18.244 1:17.265 +6.396
24 9 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:24.043 1:17.517 +6.648
25 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.450 1:17.777 +6.908
26 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:17.893 1:17.912 +7.024
27 30 Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:18.347 1:18.121 +7.252
Source:[4][5][6]

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 71 1:29:28.532 3 9
2 16 Derek Warwick Renault 71 + 42.123 6 6
3 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 71 + 1:03.328 7 4
4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 70 + 1 Lap 4 3
5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 70 + 1 Lap 9 2
6 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 70 + 1 Lap 13 1
7 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 70 + 1 Lap 1  
8 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 69 Turbo 10  
9 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 68 + 3 Laps 21  
10 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 68 + 3 Laps 19  
11 17 Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 67 + 4 Laps 15  
12 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 66 + 5 Laps 17  
DSQ 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 68 Disqualified 26  
NC 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 62 + 9 Laps 22  
Ret 25 François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 43 Electrical 20  
Ret 7 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 37 Gearbox 2  
Ret 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 24 Gearbox 8  
Ret 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 24 Electrical 12  
Ret 5 Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 14 Water Pump 16  
Ret 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 10 Accident 23  
Ret 2 Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 9 Electrical 14  
Ret 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 8 Spun Off 11  
Ret 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 5 Engine 5  
DSQ 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 1 Disqualified 25  
Ret 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 0 Accident 18  
Ret 9 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 0 Accident 24  
Ret 30 Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 0 Accident 27  
DNQ 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart        
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell's points were subsequently reallocated.

References
  1. "Tyrrell are banned for rest of season". The Glasgow Herald. 19 July 1984. p. 16.
  2. "Tyrrell wins ruiling, to be in British Grand Prix". The Tuscaloosa News. 20 July 1984. p. 15.
  3. "Großbritannien 1984 • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. "John Player Special British Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. "John Player Special British Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. "John Player Special British Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  7. "1984 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. "Britain 1984 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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