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Holiday Grand Prix
22. Grosser Preis von Österreich

19 Aug 1984Spielberg303.042 km (5942 m x 51 Laps)

Pole Position: Nelson Piquet, Brabham BT53-BMW, 1:26.173 (248.252 km/h) Fastest Lap: Niki Lauda, McLaren MP4/2-TAG, 1:32.882 (230.321 km/h lap 23) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:21:12.851 223.899 km/h 2 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:21:36.376 222.823 km/h 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:22:01.849 221.670 km/h 4 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:22:09.163 221.341 km/h 5 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW -1 Lap 6 17 Marc Surer Arrows A7-BMW -1 Lap 7 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 -1 Lap 8 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault -2 Laps 9 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart -2 Laps 10 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 48 Out of fuel 11 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart -3 Laps 12 31 Gerhard Berger ATS D7-BMW 48 Gearbox Did Not Finish: 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 42 Engine 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 35 Oil pressure 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 32 Engine 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 28 Spun off 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 28 Engine 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 101B-Hart 23 Not classified 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 18 Engine 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 17 Engine 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 15 Fuel injection 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09B-Honda 15 Handling 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09B-Honda 12 Engine 30 Jo Gartner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 6 Engine 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 4 Gearbox Did Not Start: 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW Gearbox on warm up Did Not Qualify: 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell 012-Ford Excluded: 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford Car under weight in 2nd saturday practice Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1-39 39 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 40-51 12 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:32.882 230.321 23 2 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:33.056 229.890 17 3 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:33.074 229.845 12 4 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:33.081 229.828 22 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:33.227 229.468 11 6 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:34.342 226.756 38 7 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:34.348 226.742 6 8 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:34.401 226.615 27 9 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:34.469 226.451 7 10 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:34.821 225.611 47 11 17 Marc Surer Arrows A7-BMW 1:35.209 224.691 40 12 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09B-Honda 1:35.240 224.618 11 13 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:35.659 223.634 20 14 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:35.846 223.198 35 15 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09B-Honda 1:35.944 222.970 4 16 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:36.105 222.597 40 17 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:36.197 222.384 16 18 31 Gerhard Berger ATS D7-BMW 1:36.914 220.738 15 19 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:36.976 220.597 5 20 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:37.626 219.129 38 21 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:37.906 218.502 4 22 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:39.245 215.554 17 23 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:39.297 215.441 3 24 30 Jo Gartner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:40.359 213.161 2 25 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 101B-Hart 1:41.317 211.146 13 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:26.173 248.252 MRD International 2 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:26.203 248.166 Marlboro McLaren International 3 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:26.318 247.835 John Player Team Lotus 4 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:26.715 246.701 Marlboro McLaren International 5 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:26.748 246.607 Equipe Renault Elf 6 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:27.123 245.545 Equipe Renault Elf 7 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:27.201 245.326 MRD International 8 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:27.558 244.326 John Player Team Lotus 9 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09B-Honda 1:28.760 241.017 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 10 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:29.200 239.828 Toleman Group Motorsport 11 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09B-Honda 1:29.228 239.753 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 12 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:29.694 238.507 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 13 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:30.736 235.768 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 14 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:30.853 235.464 Team ATS 15 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:31.003 235.076 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 16 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:31.045 234.968 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 17 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:31.189 234.597 Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW 18 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:31.588 233.575 Ligier Loto 19 17 Marc Surer Arrows A7-BMW 1:31.655 233.404 Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW 20 31 Gerhard Berger ATS D7-BMW 1:31.904 232.772 Team ATS 21 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:32.270 231.848 Ligier Loto 22 30 Jo Gartner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:33.019 229.981 Osella Squadra Corse 23 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:33.172 229.604 Osella Squadra Corse 24 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:34.128 227.272 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 25 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:34.495 226.389 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 26 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 101B-Hart 1:35.605 223.761 Spirit Racing Did Not Qualify: 27 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:36.282 222.187 Tyrrell Racing Organisation EXC 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:37.535 219.333 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:26.203 248.166 2 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:26.715 246.701 3 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:26.928 246.096 4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:27.531 244.401 5 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:27.748 243.796 6 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:27.928 243.297 7 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:28.430 241.916 8 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09B-Honda 1:28.760 241.017 9 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09B-Honda 1:29.228 239.753 10 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:29.463 239.123 11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:29.694 238.507 12 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:29.893 237.979 13 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:30.966 235.172 14 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:31.003 235.076 15 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:31.250 234.440 16 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:31.255 234.427 17 17 Marc Surer Arrows A7-BMW 1:31.701 233.287 18 31 Gerhard Berger ATS D7-BMW 1:31.904 232.772 19 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:32.582 231.067 20 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:33.172 229.604 21 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:33.276 229.348 22 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:34.495 226.389 23 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:34.622 226.085 24 30 Jo Gartner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:35.212 224.684 25 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:36.771 221.065 26 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:37.292 219.881 27 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:37.535 219.333 28 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 101B-Hart 1:00:43.900 5.871 2nd Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:26.173 248.252 2 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:26.318 247.835 3 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:26.748 246.607 4 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:27.098 245.616 5 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:27.123 245.545 6 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:27.201 245.326 7 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:27.312 245.014 8 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:27.558 244.325 9 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09B-Honda 1:29.012 240.334 10 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:29.200 239.828 11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:30.000 237.696 12 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:30.736 235.768 13 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:30.853 235.464 14 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:31.045 234.968 15 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:31.189 234.597 16 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:31.313 234.278 17 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09B-Honda 1:31.498 233.804 18 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:31.588 233.575 19 17 Marc Surer Arrows A7-BMW 1:31.655 233.404 20 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:32.270 231.848 21 30 Jo Gartner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:33.019 229.981 22 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:34.128 227.272 23 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 101B-Hart 1:35.605 223.761 24 3 Stefan Johansson Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:36.282 222.187 25 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:37.893 218.531 26 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:44.304 205.099 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:31.561 233.644 2 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:31.868 232.863 3 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:32.193 232.042 4 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:32.609 231.000 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:32.899 230.278 6 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:32.978 230.083 7 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:33.329 229.217 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:34.573 226.202 9 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:34.693 225.916 10 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:35.096 224.958 11 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09B-Honda 1:35.152 224.826 12 31 Gerhard Berger ATS D7-BMW 1:35.355 224.347 13 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:35.361 224.333 14 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:35.931 223.000 15 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:36.047 222.731 16 17 Marc Surer Arrows A7-BMW 1:36.051 222.722 17 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09B-Honda 1:36.125 222.550 18 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:36.203 222.370 19 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:36.940 220.679 20 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:36.958 220.638 21 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:37.556 219.286 22 30 Jo Gartner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:38.650 216.854 23 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:39.212 215.626 24 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit 101B-Hart 1:39.402 215.213 25 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:24.748 147.792 Notes:
  • 1st friday and 1st saturday practice sessions were not officially recorded.
  • 1st friday and 1st saturday practice times not available.
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
  • Race Review:

    In the fortnight between the German and Austrian GPs, Team Lotus tested rising star Johnny Dumfries for the first time but rumors grew that the team would be signing Ayrton Senna for 1985. The fact that he had a Toleman contract was a minor point. Stefan Bellof was back in action with Tyrrell but Toleman continued to run only one car, while ATS expanded to two cars, the being driven by F1 debutante Gerhard Berger.

    In qualifying Nelson Piquet was pole in his Brabham-BMW with Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) alongside. On the second row were the Lotus-Renault of Elio de Angelis and Niki Lauda's McLaren while the third featured the Renaults of Patrick Tambay and Derek Warwick. Teo Fabi (Brabham-BMW) shared the fourth row with Nigel Mansell's Lotus-Renault while the top 10 was completed by Keke Rosberg's Williams-Honda and Ayrton Senna in the Toleman-Hart.

    At the start Piquet took the lead from Prost while the two Renaults got ahead of de Angelis's Lotus. Lauda made a poor start but was soon back to fourth place and on the ninth lap he moved to third. The order remained stable until lap 29 when Prost spun off on oil dropped when de Angelis's Renault engine blew up. Lauda was second and Senna fourth. This lasted only a few laps before Tambay overtook the Toleman, which went into the pits to retire soon afterwards with engine failure. Lauda closed up on Piquet and on lap 40 scrambled ahead as the pair lapped the less-than-helpful Ferrari of Michele Alboreto. Tambay's race lasted only until lap 43 when his engine blew and so third place went to the lapped Alboreto with Fabi fourth and the two Arrows-BMWs of Thierry Boutsen and Marc Surer fifth and sixth.