The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 5

French Grand Prix

1984  ·  Dijon-Prenois  ·  20 May 1984  ·  79 laps

  1. 1st Niki Lauda McLaren · 01:31:11.951
  2. 2nd Patrick Tambay Renault · +7.154
  3. 3rd Nigel Mansell Team Lotus · +23.969

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Patrick Tambay

Renault  —  Pole position

02 Lap 11

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Brabham  —  Turbo

03 Lap 61

Mauro Baldi

Retirement Spirit  —  Engine

04 Lap 76

Martin Brundle

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Disqualified

05 On the Charge

Andrea de Cesaris

Ligier  —  P26 → P10

06 Victory

Niki Lauda

McLaren  —  Won from P9

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Niki Lauda McLaren 9 79 01:31:11.951 9
2 Patrick Tambay Renault 1 79 +7.154 6
3 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 6 79 +23.969 4
4 René Arnoux Ferrari 11 79 +43.706 3
5 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 2 79 +1:06.125 2
6 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 78 +1 Lap 1
7 Alain Prost McLaren 5 78 +1 Lap
8 Jacques Laffite Williams 12 78 +1 Lap
9 Teo Fabi Brabham 17 78 +1 Lap
10 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 26 77 +2 Laps
11 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 14 77 +2 Laps
12 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 74 +5 Laps
13 Jonathan Palmer RAM 21 72 +7 Laps
14 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 23 76 Disqualified
15 Mauro Baldi Spirit 24 61 Engine
16 Derek Warwick Renault 7 53 Accident
17 Marc Surer Arrows 19 51 Accident
18 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 16 51 Engine
19 Ayrton Senna Toleman 13 35 Turbo
20 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10 33 Engine
21 Johnny Cecotto Toleman 18 22 Turbo
22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 15 15 Engine
23 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 11 Turbo
24 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 20 11 Disqualified
25 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 8 5 Clutch
26 Philippe Alliot RAM 22 4 Electrical

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