Race · Round 15 of 16 ·

1984 European Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 15 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit
Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner
Alain ProstMcLaren
Fastest lap
Nelson Piquet
Entries
2611 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/2267Finished9
2Michele AlboretoFerrari126C4567Finished6
3Nelson PiquetBrabhamBT53167Finished4fastest lap
4Niki LaudaMcLarenMP4/21567Finished3
5Rene ArnouxFerrari126C4667Finished2
6Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo184T966Finished1
7Andrea de CesarisLigier—1765Finished0
8Mauro BaldiSpirit1012465Finished0
9Thierry BoutsenArrowsA71164Ignition0
10François HesnaultLigier—1964Finished0
11Derek WarwickRenaultRE50761Overheating0
DNFJo GartnerOsella—2260Fuel system0
DNFTeo FabiBrabhamBT531057Gearbox0
DNFNigel MansellTeam Lotus95T851Engine0
DNFPatrick TambayRenaultRE50347Fuel system0
DNFEddie CheeverAlfa Romeo184T1337Fuel system0
DNFPhilippe AlliotRAM—2537Turbo0
DNFJonathan PalmerRAM—2135Turbo0
DNFJacques LaffiteWilliams—1427Engine0
DNFElio de AngelisTeam Lotus95T2325Turbo0
DNFStefan JohanssonToleman—2617Overheating0
DNFKeke RosbergWilliams—40Collision0
DNFAyrton SennaToleman—120Collision0
DNFMarc SurerArrowsA7160Collision0
DNFGerhard BergerATSD7180Collision0
DNFPiercarlo GhinzaniOsella—200Collision0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout nurburgring-2 · 4.542 km · 12 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0102030405060Laps completedGridResult21Alain Prost52Michele Alboreto13Nelson Piquet154Niki Lauda65Rene Arnoux96Riccardo Patrese177Andrea de Cesaris248Mauro Baldi119Thierry Boutsen1910François Hesnault711Derek Warwick22DNFJo Gartner10DNFTeo Fabi8DNFNigel Mansell3DNFPatrick Tambay13DNFEddie Cheever25DNFPhilippe Alliot21DNFJonathan Palmer14DNFJacques Laffite23DNFElio de Angelis26DNFStefan Johansson4DNFKeke Rosberg12DNFAyrton Senna16DNFMarc Surer18DNFGerhard Berger20DNFPiercarlo Ghinzani

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Alain Prost2167
Michele Alboreto5267
Nelson Piquet1367
Niki Lauda15467
Rene Arnoux6567
Riccardo Patrese9666
Andrea de Cesaris17765
Mauro Baldi24865
Thierry Boutsen11964
François Hesnault191064
Derek Warwick71161
Jo Gartner22DNF60
Teo Fabi10DNF57
Nigel Mansell8DNF51
Patrick Tambay3DNF47
Eddie Cheever13DNF37
Philippe Alliot25DNF37
Jonathan Palmer21DNF35
Jacques Laffite14DNF27
Elio de Angelis23DNF25
Stefan Johansson26DNF17
Keke Rosberg4DNF0
Ayrton Senna12DNF0
Marc Surer16DNF0
Gerhard Berger18DNF0
Piercarlo Ghinzani20DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGapInterval
1Nelson PiquetBrabham11:18.871——
2Alain ProstMcLaren71:19.175+0.304+0.304
3Patrick TambayRenault151:19.499+0.628+0.324
4Keke RosbergWilliams61:20.652+1.781+1.153
5Michele AlboretoFerrari271:20.910+2.039+0.258
6Rene ArnouxFerrari281:21.180+2.309+0.270
7Derek WarwickRenault161:21.571+2.700+0.391
8Nigel MansellTeam Lotus121:21.710+2.839+0.139
9Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo221:21.937+3.066+0.227
10Teo FabiBrabham21:22.206+3.335+0.269
11Thierry BoutsenArrows181:22.248+3.377+0.042
12Ayrton SennaToleman191:22.439+3.568+0.191
13Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo231:22.525+3.654+0.086
14Jacques LaffiteWilliams51:22.613+3.742+0.088
15Niki LaudaMcLaren81:22.643+3.772+0.030
16Marc SurerArrows171:22.708+3.837+0.065
17Andrea de CesarisLigier261:23.034+4.163+0.326
18Gerhard BergerATS311:23.116+4.245+0.082
19François HesnaultLigier251:23.322+4.451+0.206
20Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella241:24.699+5.828+1.377
21Jonathan PalmerRAM101:25.050+6.179+0.351
22Jo GartnerOsella301:26.156+7.285+1.106
23Elio de AngelisTeam Lotus111:26.161+7.290+0.005
24Mauro BaldiSpirit211:28.137+9.266+1.976
25Philippe AlliotRAM91:30.259+11.388+2.122
26Stefan JohanssonToleman201:41.178+22.307+10.919
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGapIntervalLaps
1Niki LaudaMcLaren81:24.001———
2Patrick TambayRenault151:24.205+0.204+0.204—
3Michele AlboretoFerrari271:24.308+0.307+0.103—
4Alain ProstMcLaren71:24.712+0.711+0.404—
5Rene ArnouxFerrari281:24.941+0.940+0.229—
6Ayrton SennaToleman191:25.066+1.065+0.125—
7Elio de AngelisTeam Lotus111:25.283+1.282+0.217—
8Nigel MansellTeam Lotus121:25.695+1.694+0.412—
9Derek WarwickRenault161:25.851+1.850+0.156—
10Nelson PiquetBrabham11:26.051+2.050+0.200—
11Keke RosbergWilliams61:26.097+2.096+0.046—
12Teo FabiBrabham21:26.121+2.120+0.024—
13Stefan JohanssonToleman201:26.261+2.260+0.140—
14Jacques LaffiteWilliams51:26.305+2.304+0.044—
15Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo221:26.641+2.640+0.336—
16Thierry BoutsenArrows181:26.836+2.835+0.195—
17Gerhard BergerATS311:27.136+3.135+0.300—
18Andrea de CesarisLigier261:27.222+3.221+0.086—
19Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo231:27.430+3.429+0.208—
20Marc SurerArrows171:27.907+3.906+0.477—
21François HesnaultLigier251:28.572+4.571+0.665—
22Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella241:28.869+4.868+0.297—
23Mauro BaldiSpirit211:29.036+5.035+0.167—
24Jo GartnerOsella301:30.509+6.508+1.473—
25Jonathan PalmerRAM101:31.167+7.166+0.658—
26Philippe AlliotRAM92:25.315+1:01.314+54.148—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/2
McLaren MP4/2
Stuttgart Jul 2012 31 (Porsche Museum - 1986 McLaren TAG MP 4-2 C Formel 1) · Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari 126C
Ferrari 126C
Ferrari 126CK front-left Museo Ferrari · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Brabham BT53
Brabham BT53
Piquet Brabham BT53 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Alfa Romeo 184T
Alfa Romeo 184T
Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Spirit 101
Spirit 101
Spirit 101 at Silverstone Classic 2011 · David Merrett from Daventry, England · CC BY 2.0
Arrows A7
Arrows A7
Arrows A7 1984 · Anna from Grassau, Deutschland · CC BY-SA 2.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round
15 of 1984
Grand Prix
European Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
McLaren
Entrant
McLaren-TAG
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.