| Race details | ||
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| Race 3 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | April 29, 1984 | |
| Official name | XL Grote Prijs van Belgie | |
| Location | Circuit Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.262 km (2.648 mi) | |
| Distance | 70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 mi) | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:14.846 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  René Arnoux
|
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:19.294 on lap 64 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari |
| Second |  Derek Warwick
|
Renault |
| Third | René Arnoux
|
Ferrari |
The 1984 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on April 29, 1984. It was the third round of the 1984 Formula One season.
Ferrari's Michele Alboreto secured his first career pole position and his first win for Ferrari, becoming the first Italian to win for the Prancing Horse since Ludovico Scarfiotti won the 1966 Italian Grand Prix. Team mate René Arnoux qualified 2nd in what would be the last all-Ferrari front row until the 1988 British Grand Prix.
Alboreto led all 70 laps, leading home Renault's Derek Warwick and Ferrari team mate Arnoux (who set the fastest race lap on lap 64). Despite running out of fuel before the finish, the Williams-Honda of Keke Rosberg was classified 4th, followed by the Lotus-Renault of Elio de Angelis and the Toleman-Hart of Ayrton Senna.
Senna actually finished 7th on the road but the Tyrrell-Ford of Stefan Bellof was disqualified from 6th place when the team was later disqualified from the season.
Classification[]
Qualifying[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Qual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari | 1:14.846 | — |
| 2 | 28 | René Arnoux
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Ferrari | 1:15.398 | +0.552 |
| 3 | 6 |  Keke Rosberg
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Williams-Honda | 1:15.414 | +0.568 |
| 4 | 16 | Derek Warwick
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Renault | 1:15.611 | +0.765 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis
|
Lotus-Renault | 1:15.979 | +1.133 |
| 6 | 14 |  Manfred Winkelhock
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ATS-BMW | 1:16.130 | +1.284 |
| 7 | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
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Alfa Romeo | 1:16.431 | +1.585 |
| 8 | 7 | Alain Prost
|
McLaren-TAG | 1:16.587 | +1.741 |
| 9 | 1 |  Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-BMW | 1:16.604 | +1.758 |
| 10 | 12 | Nigel Mansell
|
Lotus-Renault | 1:16.720 | +1.874 |
| 11 | 23 |  Eddie Cheever
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Alfa Romeo | 1:16.746 | +1.900 |
| 12 | 15 | Patrick Tambay
|
Renault | 1:17.171 | +2.325 |
| 13 | 26 | Andrea de Cesaris
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Ligier-Renault | 1:17.471 | +2.625 |
| 14 | 8 |  Niki Lauda
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McLaren-TAG | 1:18.071 | +3.225 |
| 15 | 5 | Jacques Laffite
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Williams-Honda | 1:18.125 | +3.279 |
| 16 | 20 |  Johnny Cecotto
|
Toleman-Hart | 1:18.321 | +3.475 |
| 17 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen
|
Arrows-BMW | 1:18.351 | +3.505 |
| 18 | 2 | Teo Fabi
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Brabham-BMW | 1:18.848 | +4.002 |
| 19 | 19 | Ayrton Senna
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Toleman-Hart | 1:18.876 | +4.030 |
| 20 | 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:19.734 | +4.888 |
| 21 | 4 | Stefan Bellof
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:19.811 | +4.965 |
| 22 | 3 | Martin Brundle
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:20.123 | +5.277 |
| 23 | 25 | François Hesnault
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:20.439 | +5.593 |
| 24 | 17 |  Marc Surer
|
Arrows-Ford | 1:20.615 | +5.769 |
| 25 | 21 | Mauro Baldi
|
Spirit-Hart | 1:20.644 | +5.798 |
| 26 | 10 | Jonathan Palmer
|
RAM-Hart | 1:20.793 | +5.947 |
| DNQ | 9 | Philippe Alliot
|
RAM-Hart | 1:21.253 | +6.407 |
Race[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari | 70 | 1:36:32.048 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 | Derek Warwick
|
Renault | 70 | + 42.386 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 28 | René Arnoux
|
Ferrari | 70 | + 1:09.803 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Keke Rosberg
|
Williams-Honda | 69 | Out of Fuel | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis
|
Lotus-Renault | 69 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | Ayrton Senna
|
Toleman-Hart | 68 | + 2 Laps | 19 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | Patrick Tambay
|
Renault | 68 | + 2 Laps | 12 | |
| 8 | 17 | Marc Surer
|
Arrows-Ford | 68 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
| 9 | 1 | Nelson Piquet
|
Brabham-BMW | 66 | Engine | 9 | |
| 10 | 10 | Jonathan Palmer
|
RAM-Hart | 64 | + 6 Laps | 26 | |
| DSQ | 4 | Stefan Bellof
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 69 | Disqualified | 21 | |
| Ret | 21 | Mauro Baldi
|
Spirit-Hart | 53 | Suspension | 25 | |
| DSQ | 3 | Martin Brundle
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 51 | Disqualified | 22 | |
| Ret | 26 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Ligier-Renault | 42 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 2 | Teo Fabi
|
Brabham-BMW | 42 | Spun off | 18 | |
| Ret | 14 | Manfred Winkelhock
|
ATS-BMW | 39 | Exhaust | 6 | |
| Ret | 8 | Niki Lauda
|
McLaren-TAG | 35 | Water Pump | 14 | |
| Ret | 23 | Eddie Cheever
|
Alfa Romeo | 28 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jacques Laffite
|
Williams-Honda | 15 | Electrical | 15 | |
| Ret | 25 | François Hesnault
|
Ligier-Renault | 15 | Radiator | 23 | |
| Ret | 18 | Thierry Boutsen
|
Arrows-BMW | 15 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 14 | Transmission | 20 | |
| Ret | 12 | Nigel Mansell
|
Lotus-Renault | 14 | Clutch | 10 | |
| Ret | 7 | Alain Prost
|
McLaren-TAG | 5 | Distributor | 8 | |
| Ret | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
|
Alfa Romeo | 2 | Ignition | 7 | |
| Ret | 20 | Johnny Cecotto
|
Toleman-Hart | 1 | Clutch | 16 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Philippe Alliot
|
RAM-Hart |
Notes[]
- This was the last F1 race to take place at Zolder. From 1985 onwards, it returned to the new Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
- The Tyrrell's of Martin Brundle (retired) and Stefan Bellof (finished 6th) were both later disqualified from all the season's races for technical infringements. Bellof's disqualification saw the Toleman-Hart of Ayrton Senna elevated to 6th place.
- This was the highest race finish of Derek Warwick, he would repeat his 2nd place later in the season for Round 10 at the British Grand Prix.
- The race was the last where all 3 podium places were taken by the factory teams of a major car manufacturer until the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix where the Ferrari's of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello led home the Ford owned and run Jaguar-Cosworth of Eddie Irvine.
Standings after the race[]
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- 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[]
Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/313/. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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