1984 Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Belgium
Winner: Michele AlboretoFerrari
Pole: Michele Alboreto
Fastest lap: Rene Arnoux
Entries: 2710 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	1	70	Finished	9
2	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	4	70	Finished	6
3	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	2	70	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	3	69	Out of fuel	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	5	69	Finished	2
6	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	19	68	Finished	1
7	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	12	68	Finished	0
8	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	22	68	Finished	0
9	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	9	66	Engine	0
10	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	24	64	Finished	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	101	23	53	Suspension	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	18	42	Spun off	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	13	42	Accident	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	6	39	Exhaust	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	14	35	Water pump	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	11	28	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	15	15	Electrical	0
DNF	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	21	15	Radiator	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A7	17	15	Engine	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	20	14	Transmission	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	10	14	Clutch	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	8	5	Distributor	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	7	2	Ignition	0
DNF	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	—	16	1	Clutch	0
DNQ	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DSQ	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0
DSQ	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

Grid to flag

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
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michele Alboreto	1	1	70
Derek Warwick	4	2	70
Rene Arnoux	2	3	70
Keke Rosberg	3	4	69
Elio de Angelis	5	5	69
Ayrton Senna	19	6	68
Patrick Tambay	12	7	68
Marc Surer	22	8	68
Nelson Piquet	9	9	66
Jonathan Palmer	24	10	64
Mauro Baldi	23	DNF	53
Teo Fabi	18	DNF	42
Andrea de Cesaris	13	DNF	42
Manfred Winkelhock	6	DNF	39
Niki Lauda	14	DNF	35
Eddie Cheever	11	DNF	28
Jacques Laffite	15	DNF	15
François Hesnault	21	DNF	15
Thierry Boutsen	17	DNF	15
Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	DNF	14
Nigel Mansell	10	DNF	14
Alain Prost	8	DNF	5
Riccardo Patrese	7	DNF	2
Johnny Cecotto	16	DNF	1

2 entries with no recorded grid slot or lap count are in the classification and not drawn.

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:14.846	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:15.398	+0.552	+0.552
3	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:15.414	+0.568	+0.016
4	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:15.611	+0.765	+0.197
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:15.979	+1.133	+0.368
6	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:16.130	+1.284	+0.151
7	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:16.431	+1.585	+0.301
8	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:16.587	+1.741	+0.156
9	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:16.604	+1.758	+0.017
10	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:16.720	+1.874	+0.116
11	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:16.746	+1.900	+0.026
12	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:17.171	+2.325	+0.425
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:17.471	+2.625	+0.300
14	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:18.071	+3.225	+0.600
15	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:18.125	+3.279	+0.054
16	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:18.321	+3.475	+0.196
17	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:18.351	+3.505	+0.030
18	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:18.848	+4.002	+0.497
19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:18.876	+4.030	+0.028
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:19.734	+4.888	+0.858
21	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:20.439	+5.593	+0.705
22	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:20.615	+5.769	+0.176
23	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:20.644	+5.798	+0.029
24	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:20.793	+5.947	+0.149
25	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:21.253	+6.407	+0.460

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
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:17.765	—	—	—
2	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:18.700	+0.935	+0.935	—
3	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:18.803	+1.038	+0.103	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:18.835	+1.070	+0.032	—
5	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:19.739	+1.974	+0.904	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:19.740	+1.975	+0.001	—
7	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:19.790	+2.025	+0.050	—
8	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:20.217	+2.452	+0.427	—
9	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:20.608	+2.843	+0.391	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:20.644	+2.879	+0.036	—
11	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:20.825	+3.060	+0.181	—
12	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:20.868	+3.103	+0.043	—
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:21.084	+3.319	+0.216	—
14	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:21.282	+3.517	+0.198	—
15	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:21.729	+3.964	+0.447	—
16	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:22.272	+4.507	+0.543	—
17	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:23.212	+5.447	+0.940	—
18	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:23.471	+5.706	+0.259	—
19	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:23.670	+5.905	+0.199	—
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:23.908	+6.143	+0.238	—
21	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:24.051	+6.286	+0.143	—
22	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:26.175	+8.410	+2.124	—
23	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:27.705	+9.940	+1.530	—
24	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:31.361	+13.596	+3.656	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Photographs from this race

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At the 1984 Belgian Grand Prix — B84decesaris · Lefebvre JM · CC BY-SA 4.0

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The cars in this race

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Renault RE50
Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lotus 95T
Mansell Lotus 95T Dallas 1984 F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

ATS D7
Winkelhock ATS D7 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

5 more photographs

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Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 1984
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 29 Apr 1984
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.