Race · Round 8 of 16 · 24 June 1984

1984 Detroit Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Brabham from pole at Detroit Street Circuit. It was the first championship podium for Teo Fabi.

Circuit: Detroit Street CircuitDetroit, Michigan, United States of America
Winner: Nelson PiquetBrabham
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Derek Warwick
Entries: 275 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	1	63	Finished	9
2	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	5	63	Finished	6
3	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	21	63	Finished	4
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	2	63	Finished	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	17	62	Finished	2
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	4	49	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	19	47	Turbo	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	6	40	Gearbox	0	fastest lap
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	9	33	Transmission	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	18	33	Brakes	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	10	33	Electrical	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	3	27	Gearbox	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A7	12	27	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	11	24	Overheating	0
DNF	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	—	15	23	Clutch	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	8	21	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	7	21	Accident	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	23	20	Spun off	0
DNF	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	16	3	Accident	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	24	3	Accident	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	14	2	Accident	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	22	2	Tyre	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	13	0	Engine	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	20	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	101C	—	—	DNQ	0
DSQ	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0
DSQ	Stefan Bellof	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.

F1DB layout detroit-2 · 4.023 km · 22 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

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
Nelson Piquet	1	1	63
Elio de Angelis	5	2	63
Teo Fabi	21	3	63
Alain Prost	2	4	63
Jacques Laffite	17	5	62
Michele Alboreto	4	DNF	49
Keke Rosberg	19	DNF	47
Derek Warwick	6	DNF	40
Patrick Tambay	9	DNF	33
Philippe Alliot	18	DNF	33
Niki Lauda	10	DNF	33
Nigel Mansell	3	DNF	27
Thierry Boutsen	12	DNF	27
Andrea de Cesaris	11	DNF	24
Johnny Cecotto	15	DNF	23
Eddie Cheever	8	DNF	21
Ayrton Senna	7	DNF	21
Riccardo Patrese	23	DNF	20
François Hesnault	16	DNF	3
Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	DNF	3
Rene Arnoux	14	DNF	2
Jonathan Palmer	22	DNF	2
Manfred Winkelhock	13	DNF	0
Marc Surer	20	DNF	0

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	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:40.980	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:41.640	+0.660	+0.660
3	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:42.172	+1.192	+0.532
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:42.246	+1.266	+0.074
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:42.434	+1.454	+0.188
6	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:42.637	+1.657	+0.203
7	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:42.651	+1.671	+0.014
8	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:43.065	+2.085	+0.414
9	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:43.289	+2.309	+0.224
10	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:43.484	+2.504	+0.195
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:43.998	+3.018	+0.514
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:44.063	+3.083	+0.065
13	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:44.228	+3.248	+0.165
14	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:44.748	+3.768	+0.520
15	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:45.231	+4.251	+0.483
16	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:45.419	+4.439	+0.188
17	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:46.225	+5.245	+0.806
18	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:46.333	+5.353	+0.108
19	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:46.495	+5.515	+0.162
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:46.626	+5.646	+0.131
21	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:47.335	+6.355	+0.709
22	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:47.743	+6.763	+0.408
23	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:47.974	+6.994	+0.231
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:48.865	+7.885	+0.891
25	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	21	1:49.955	+8.975	+1.090

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	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:47.668	—	—	—
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:47.990	+0.322	+0.322	—
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:48.103	+0.435	+0.113	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:48.204	+0.536	+0.101	—
5	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:48.548	+0.880	+0.344	—
6	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:48.585	+0.917	+0.037	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:49.030	+1.362	+0.445	—
8	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:49.151	+1.483	+0.121	—
9	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:49.347	+1.679	+0.196	—
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:49.793	+2.125	+0.446	—
11	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:49.984	+2.316	+0.191	—
12	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:49.990	+2.322	+0.006	—
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:50.400	+2.732	+0.410	—
14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:50.630	+2.962	+0.230	—
15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:50.766	+3.098	+0.136	—
16	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:51.016	+3.348	+0.250	—
17	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:51.047	+3.379	+0.031	—
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:51.167	+3.499	+0.120	—
19	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:51.250	+3.582	+0.083	—
20	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:51.376	+3.708	+0.126	—
21	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:52.637	+4.969	+1.261	—
22	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:54.678	+7.010	+2.041	—
23	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:55.265	+7.597	+0.587	—
24	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	2:02.729	+15.061	+7.464	—

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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The cars in this race

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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

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5 more photographs

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

Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1984
Grand Prix: Detroit Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Jun 1984
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Brabham
Entrant: Brabham-BMW
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.