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Grand Prix of Belgium

29 Apr 1984Zolder298.340 km (4262 m x 70 Laps)

 Pole Position: Michele Alboreto, Ferrari 126C4, 1:14.846 (204.997 km/h) Fastest Lap: René Arnoux, Ferrari 126C4, 1:19.294 (193.498 km/h lap 64) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:36:32.048 185.431 km/h 2 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:37:14.434 184.084 km/h 3 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:37:41.851 183.223 km/h 4 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 69 Out of fuel 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault -1 Lap DQ 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford -1 Lap 6 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG183B-Hart -2 Laps 7 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 -2 Laps 8 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford -2 Laps 9 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 66 Engine 10 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart -6 Laps Did Not Finish: 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 53 Suspension DQ 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 51 Wheel lost 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 42 Accident 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 42 Spun off 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 39 Exhaust 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 35 Water pump 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 28 Engine 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 15 Electrical 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 15 Radiator 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 15 Engine 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 14 Transmission 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 14 Clutch 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 5 Distributor 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 2 Ignition 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG183B-Hart 1 Clutch Did Not Qualify: 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1-70 70 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:19.294 193.498 64 2 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:20.527 190.535 62 3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:20.727 190.063 20 4 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:21.245 188.851 13 5 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:21.450 188.376 12 DQ 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:21.650 187.914 27 6 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:21.703 187.792 28 7 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:21.754 187.675 5 8 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:21.812 187.542 40 9 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:21.853 187.448 12 10 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:22.115 186.850 11 11 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:22.298 186.435 54 DQ 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:22.324 186.376 10 12 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:22.327 186.369 28 13 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:22.374 186.263 9 14 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:22.560 185.843 13 15 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:22.633 185.679 58 16 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:22.879 185.128 4 17 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:23.096 184.644 10 18 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:23.164 184.493 10 19 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:23.813 183.065 15 20 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:23.945 182.777 15 21 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:24.430 181.727 2 22 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:25.564 179.318 11 23 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:25.973 178.465 9 24 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG183B-Hart 3:28.744 73.502 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:14.846 204.997 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 2 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:15.398 203.496 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 3 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:15.414 203.453 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 4 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:15.611 202.923 Equipe Renault Elf 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:15.979 201.940 John Player Team Lotus 6 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:16.130 201.539 Team ATS 7 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:16.431 200.746 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 8 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:16.587 200.337 Marlboro McLaren International 9 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:16.604 200.292 MRD International 10 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:16.720 199.990 John Player Team Lotus 11 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:16.746 199.922 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 12 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:17.171 198.821 Equipe Renault Elf 13 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:17.471 198.051 Ligier Loto 14 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:18.071 196.529 Marlboro McLaren International 15 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:18.125 196.393 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 16 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:18.321 195.901 Toleman Group Motorsport 17 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:18.351 195.826 Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW 18 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:18.848 194.592 MRD International 19 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:18.876 194.523 Toleman Group Motorsport 20 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:19.734 192.430 Osella Squadra Corse 21 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:19.811 192.244 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 22 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:20.123 191.496 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 23 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:20.439 190.743 Ligier Loto 24 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:20.615 190.327 Barclay Nordica Arrows 25 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:20.644 190.258 Spirit Racing 26 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:20.793 189.908 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team Did Not Qualify: 27 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:21.253 188.832 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:16.311 201.061 2 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:16.587 200.337 3 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:16.604 200.292 4 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:17.433 198.148 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:17.705 197.454 6 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:18.017 196.665 7 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:18.048 196.587 8 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:18.052 196.577 9 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:18.239 196.107 10 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:18.369 195.781 11 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:18.401 195.702 12 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:18.617 195.164 13 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:18.753 194.827 14 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:18.831 194.634 15 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:18.914 194.429 16 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:19.164 193.815 17 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:19.230 193.654 18 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:19.537 192.906 19 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:20.193 191.328 20 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:20.439 190.743 21 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:20.527 190.535 22 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:20.615 190.327 23 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:21.003 189.415 24 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:21.253 188.832 25 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:21.432 188.417 26 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:23.462 183.835 27 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:25.647 179.145 2nd Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:14.846 204.997 2 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:15.398 203.496 3 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:15.414 203.453 4 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:15.611 202.923 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:15.979 201.940 6 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:16.130 201.539 7 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:16.431 200.746 8 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:16.595 200.316 9 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:16.720 199.990 10 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:16.746 199.922 11 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:17.171 198.821 12 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:17.471 198.051 13 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:18.071 196.529 14 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:18.125 196.393 15 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:18.321 195.901 16 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:18.351 195.826 17 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:18.848 194.592 18 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:18.876 194.523 19 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:19.734 192.430 20 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:19.811 192.244 21 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:20.123 191.496 22 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:20.644 190.258 23 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:20.793 189.908 24 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:21.088 189.217 25 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:21.493 188.276 26 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:24.286 182.037 27 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:44.990 146.140 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:17.765 197.302 2 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:18.700 194.958 3 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:18.803 194.703 4 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:18.835 194.624 5 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:19.739 192.418 6 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:19.740 192.415 7 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:19.790 192.295 8 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:20.217 191.271 9 2 Teo Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:20.608 190.343 10 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:20.644 190.258 11 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:20.825 189.832 12 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:20.868 189.731 13 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:21.084 189.226 14 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:21.282 188.765 15 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:21.729 187.733 16 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:22.272 186.494 17 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG183B-Hart 1:23.212 184.387 18 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:23.471 183.815 19 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:23.670 183.378 20 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:23.908 182.857 21 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:24.051 182.546 22 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:26.175 178.047 23 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:27.705 174.941 24 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:31.361 167.940 Notes:
  • 1st friday and 1st saturday practice sessions were not officially recorded.
  • 1st friday and 1st saturday practice times not available.
  • Weather: Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    There was one extra car at Zolder with Spirit having joined the World Championship with driver Mauro Baldi. The only other change was the arrival of the new BMW-engined Arrows A7 chassis (given to Thierry Boutsen for the weekend) while Piercarlo Ghinzani was back in action having recovered from his burns in the three weeks since the South African GP.

    The tyre war between Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli was an important element in the competitiveness of the teams and in Belgium it was Goodyear which had the better tyres. Pole position went to Michele Alboreto's Ferrari with his teammate René Arnoux alongside. Then came another Goodyear man, Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Honda. The first Michelin runner was Derek Warwick (Renault) but then came another three Goodyear users: Elio de Angelis (Lotus-Renault), Manfred Winkelhock (ATS-BMW) and Riccardo Patrese (Alfa Romeo). The top 10 was completed by Michelin men Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG), Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW) and Nigel Mansell's Lotus-Renault.

    Alboreto went into the lead at the start while Rosberg made a poor start which allowed Warwick to get ahead of both him and Arnoux. Winkelhock, de Angelis and Patrese followed although the Alfa Romeo driver disappeared quickly with an ignition failure. Prost charged ahead of de Angelis but went out with an electrical problem almost immediately and on lap eight Piquet moved ahead of de Angelis to claim fifth. The order then remained stable until Piquet overtook Winkelhock on lap 23. The mid-race stops did little to change the order and when they were completed Alboreto led Warwick again with Piquet (going nonstop on this occasion) third. Winkelhock had disappeared with an electrical problem and Rosberg was struggling with tyres and so de Angelis was back up to fourth. In the closing laps Piquet faded and fell behind Arnoux and Rosberg. Nelson then suffered a huge engine failure. Arnoux was briefly third but then Rosberg passed him and looked to be on his way to that position until his fuel ran out on the penultimate lap. He was classified fourth ahead of de Angelis and Stefan Bellof (Tyrrell).