The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 12

Austrian Grand Prix

1984  ·  Red Bull Ring  ·  19 August 1984  ·  51 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda McLaren · 01:21:12.851
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +23.525
  3. 3rd Michele Alboreto Ferrari · +48.998

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 17

Derek Warwick

Retirement Renault  —  Engine

03 Lap 28

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

04 Lap 28

Elio de Angelis

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 Lap 42

Patrick Tambay

Retirement Renault  —  Engine

06 On the Charge

Jonathan Palmer

RAM  —  P24 → P9

07 Victory

Niki Lauda

McLaren  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda McLaren 4 51 01:21:12.851 9
2 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 51 +23.525 6
3 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 51 +48.998 4
4 Teo Fabi Brabham 7 51 +56.312 3
5 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 17 50 +1 Lap 2
6 Marc Surer Arrows 19 50 +1 Lap 1
7 René Arnoux Ferrari 15 50 +1 Lap
8 François Hesnault Ligier 21 49 +2 Laps
9 Jonathan Palmer RAM 24 49 +2 Laps
10 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 13 48 Out of fuel
11 Philippe Alliot RAM 25 48 +3 Laps
12 Gerhard Berger ATS 20 48 Gearbox
13 Patrick Tambay Renault 5 42 Engine
14 Ayrton Senna Toleman 10 35 Oil pressure
15 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 8 32 Engine
16 Alain Prost McLaren 2 28 Spun off
17 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 3 28 Engine
18 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 26 23 Not classified
19 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 16 18 Engine
20 Derek Warwick Renault 6 17 Engine
21 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 18 15 Injection
22 Keke Rosberg Williams 9 15 Handling
23 Jacques Laffite Williams 11 12 Engine
24 Jo Gartner Osella 22 6 Engine
25 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 23 4 Gearbox
26 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 0 Disqualified

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