1984 Belgian Grand Prix

  1984 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season
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). The Williams-Honda of Keke Rosberg was 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 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	Ferrari	1:15.398	+0.552
3	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:15.414	+0.568
4	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:15.611	+0.765
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:15.979	+1.133
6	14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:16.130	+1.284
7	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:16.431	+1.585
8	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:16.587	+1.741
9	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:16.604	+1.758
10	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:16.720	+1.874
11	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:16.746	+1.900
12	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:17.171	+2.325
13	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:17.471	+2.625
14	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:18.071	+3.225
15	5	Jacques Laffite	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	Brabham-BMW	1:18.848	+4.002
19	19	Ayrton Senna	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.
• This was the highest race finish of Derek Warwick, he would repeat his 2nd place at the British Grand Prix in round 10.
• 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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 15 2 Derek Warwick 10 3 Michele Alboreto 9 4 Niki Lauda 9 5 Keke Rosberg 9

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG 24 2 Ferrari 13 3 Renault 12 4 Williams-Honda 9 5 Lotus-Renault 6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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.