The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 8

Detroit Grand Prix

1984  ·  Detroit Street Circuit  ·  24 June 1984  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Brabham · 01:55:41.842
  2. 2nd Elio de Angelis Team Lotus · +32.638
  3. 3rd Teo Fabi Brabham · +1:26.528

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Pole position

02 Lap 27

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Gearbox

03 Lap 40

Derek Warwick

Retirement Renault  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 47

Keke Rosberg

Retirement Williams  —  Turbo

05 Lap 49

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

06 Lap 63

Martin Brundle

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Disqualified

07 On the Charge

Teo Fabi

Brabham  —  P23 → P3

08 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 63 01:55:41.842 9
2 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 63 +32.638 6
3 Teo Fabi Brabham 23 63 +1:26.528 4
4 Alain Prost McLaren 2 63 +1:55.258 3
5 Jacques Laffite Williams 19 62 +1 Lap 2
6 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 11 63 Disqualified
7 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 49 Engine
8 Keke Rosberg Williams 21 47 Turbo
9 Derek Warwick Renault 6 40 Gearbox
10 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 16 33 Accident
11 Patrick Tambay Renault 9 33 Transmission
12 Philippe Alliot RAM 20 33 Brakes
13 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 33 Electrical
14 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 27 Gearbox
15 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 13 27 Engine
16 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 12 24 Overheating
17 Johnny Cecotto Toleman 17 23 Clutch
18 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 8 21 Engine
19 Ayrton Senna Toleman 7 21 Accident
20 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 25 20 Spun off
21 François Hesnault Ligier 18 3 Accident
22 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 3 Accident
23 René Arnoux Ferrari 15 2 Accident
24 Jonathan Palmer RAM 24 2 Tyre
25 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 14 0 Engine
26 Marc Surer Arrows 22 0 Accident

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