The 1984 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 26 August 1984. It was the thirteenth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.
The 71-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from pole position. Brazilian Nelson Piquet led the first ten laps in his Brabham-BMW before his oil pressure failed, after which Prost led the remainder of the race. His Austrian teammate Niki Lauda finished second, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in a Lotus-Renault after fighting for the position with his own teammate Elio de Angelis who finished 4th. At the end of the race de Angelis was unable to challenge his teammate as he was lapped by Prost with 3 laps to go while Mansell had managed to stay ahead of the McLaren.
The 1-2 finish secured the Constructors' Championship for McLaren, their first since .
Before the race, it was rumoured that Ayrton Senna would break his contract with the Toleman team and join Lotus on a 3-year contract from . When this move was announced two days after the race, Toleman management were angered as Senna had not informed them of his intentions as per the requirements of his contract, and as a result they suspended him from the next race in Italy. It was also correctly rumoured that, with Jacques Laffite already known to be leaving Williams at the end of the season to return to Ligier, team owner Frank Williams had signed Mansell for 1985 alongside Keke Rosberg after his original choice Derek Warwick had decided to stay with the Renault team.Murray Walker and James Hunt talk Senna
With the Tyrrell team excluded from the championship (and its pending appeal to be heard before the next race in Italy allowing them to be starters in Holland), the race had 27 starters with Dutch driver Huub Rothengatter driving the Spirit-Hart starting in last place. For his home race, the Spirit was painted in Dutch racing orange.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:14.946 1:13.567 2 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:13.872 1:13.953 +0.305 3 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:14.027 1:13.883 +0.316 4 16 Derek Warwick Renault 1:15.184 1:14.405 +0.838 5 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 1:17.013 1:14.566 +0.999 6 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 1:15.556 1:14.866 +1.299 7 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 1:15.137 1:15.117 +1.550 8 5 Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 1:16.659 1:15.231 +1.664 9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:16.248 1:15.264 +1.697 10 2 Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 1:16.607 1:15.338 +1.771 11 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:16.595 1:15.735 +2.168 12 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:16.533 1:15.811 +2.244 13 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 1:16.951 1:15.960 +2.393 14 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 1:17.897 1:16.070 +2.503 15 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 1:16.121 1:16.200 +2.554 16 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:17.760 1:16.450 +2.883 17 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 1:16.991 1:17.855 +3.424 18 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 1:17.124 1:17.402 +3.557 19 17 Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:17.534 1:17.368 +3.801 20 25 François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 1:18.469 1:17.905 +4.338 21 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:22.472 1:19.454 +5.887 22 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 1:19.849 1:19.598 +6.031 23 30 Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:21.655 1:20.017 +6.450 24 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.861 1:20.092 +6.525 25 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 1:20.959 1:20.236 +6.669 26 9 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 1:21.387 1:20.270 +6.703 27 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 1:24.771 1:21.063 +7.496Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 71 1:37:21.468 1 9 2 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 71 + 10.283 6 6 3 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 71 + 1:19.544 12 4 4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 70 + 1 lap 3 3 5 2 Teo Fabi Brabham-BMW 70 + 1 lap 10 2 6 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 70 + 1 lap 5 1 7 25 François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 69 + 2 laps 20 8 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 68 Out of fuel 7 9 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM-Hart 67 + 4 laps 22 10 9 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 67 + 4 laps 26 11 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 66 Electrical 15 12 30 Jo Gartner Osella-Alfa Romeo 66 + 5 laps 23 13 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 65 Out of fuel 17 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 69 Illegal fuel and ballast 24 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell-Ford 69 Illegal fuel and ballast 25 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 59 Accident 11 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 53 Throttle 27 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 51 Engine 18 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 31 Engine 14 5 Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 23 Engine 8 16 Derek Warwick Renault 23 Spun off 4 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 22 Spun off 16 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 19 Engine 13 17 Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 17 Wheel 19 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 10 Oil pressure 2 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 8 Fuel pump 21 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 7 Engine 9
Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions.
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 54 2 Alain Prost 52.5 3 Elio de Angelis 29.5 4 René Arnoux 24.5 5 Nelson Piquet 24Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG 106.5 2 Lotus-Renault 42.5 3 Ferrari 39.5 4 Renault 33 5 Brabham-BMW 32Source:
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