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42e Grand Prix de Monaco

03 Jun 1984Monte Carlo102.672 km (3312 m x 31 Laps) *

 Pole Position: Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/2-TAG, 1:22.661 (144.242 km/h) Fastest Lap: Ayrton Senna, Toleman TG184-Hart, 1:54.334 (104.284 km/h lap 24) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:01:07.740 100.776 km/h 2 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:01:15.186 100.572 km/h DQ 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:01:28.881 100.198 km/h 3 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:01:36.817 99.983 km/h 4 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:01:42.986 99.817 km/h 5 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:01:52.179 99.569 km/h 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 -1 Lap 7 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo -1 Lap 8 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda -1 Lap Did Not Finish: 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 24 Steering 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 23 Spun off 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 22 Spun off 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 15 Spun off 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 14 Electrical 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 12 Electrical 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 9 Electrical 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG184-Hart 1 Spun off 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 0 Accident 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 0 Collision with Tambay 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 0 Collision with Warwick Did Not Qualify: 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1-10 26 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 11-15 5 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 16-31 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:54.334 104.284 24 DQ 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:54.978 103.700 29 2 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:55.026 103.657 26 3 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:55.112 103.579 13 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:55.437 103.288 22 5 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:55.541 103.195 26 6 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:55.596 103.145 19 7 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:55.712 103.042 21 8 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:55.775 102.986 25 9 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:56.946 101.955 25 10 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:56.996 101.911 22 11 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:57.439 101.527 10 12 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:58.527 100.595 24 13 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:58.897 100.282 11 14 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:59.644 99.656 12 15 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 2:04.465 95.796 6 16 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG184-Hart 2:35.136 76.856 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:22.661 144.242 Marlboro McLaren International 2 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:22.752 144.084 John Player Team Lotus 3 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:22.935 143.766 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:22.937 143.762 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:23.237 143.244 Equipe Renault Elf 6 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:23.414 142.940 Equipe Renault Elf 7 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:23.578 142.660 Ligier Loto 8 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:23.886 142.136 Marlboro McLaren International 9 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:23.918 142.082 MRD International 10 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:24.151 141.688 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 11 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:24.426 141.227 John Player Team Lotus 12 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:24.473 141.148 Team ATS 13 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:25.009 140.258 Toleman Group Motorsport 14 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:25.101 140.106 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 15 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:25.290 139.796 MRD International 16 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:25.719 139.096 Williams Grand Prix Engineering 17 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:25.815 138.941 Ligier Loto 18 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG184-Hart 1:25.872 138.849 Toleman Group Motorsport 19 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:25.877 138.840 Osella Squadra Corse 20 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.117 138.453 Tyrrell Racing Organisation Did Not Qualify: 21 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:26.273 138.203 Barclay Nordica Arrows 22 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.373 138.043 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 23 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:26.471 137.887 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo 24 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:26.514 137.818 Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW 25 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:27.458 136.331 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 26 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:28.360 134.939 Spirit Racing 27 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:29.576 133.107 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team 2nd Thursday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:23.581 142.654 2 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:23.726 142.407 3 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:23.944 142.038 4 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:24.139 141.708 5 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:24.508 141.090 6 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:24.661 140.835 7 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:24.828 140.557 8 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:24.927 140.394 9 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:25.602 139.286 10 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:25.939 138.740 11 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:26.017 138.614 12 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:27.356 136.490 13 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:27.678 135.989 14 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:27.723 135.919 15 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:27.865 135.699 16 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.373 138.043 17 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:27.836 135.744 18 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:27.891 135.659 19 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:28.000 135.491 20 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:28.072 135.380 21 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG184-Hart 1:28.241 135.121 22 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:28.360 134.939 23 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:28.961 134.027 24 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:29.637 133.016 25 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:29.778 132.808 26 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:31.618 130.140 27 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:52.889 105.619 2nd Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:22.661 144.242 2 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 1:22.752 144.084 3 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 1:22.935 143.766 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 1:22.937 143.762 5 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:23.237 143.244 6 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 1:23.414 142.940 7 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:23.578 142.660 8 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:23.886 142.136 9 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 1:23.918 142.082 10 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:24.151 141.688 11 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:24.426 141.227 12 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 1:24.473 141.148 13 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:25.009 140.258 14 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 1:25.101 140.106 15 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 1:25.290 139.796 16 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 1:25.719 139.096 17 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 1:25.815 138.941 18 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG184-Hart 1:25.872 138.849 19 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 1:25.877 138.840 20 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.117 138.453 21 17 Marc Surer Arrows A6-Ford 1:26.273 138.203 22 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 012-Ford 1:26.373 138.043 23 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 184T 1:26.471 137.887 24 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A7-BMW 1:26.514 137.818 25 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 02-Hart 1:27.458 136.331 26 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 02-Hart 1:29.576 133.107 27 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 101B-Hart 1:30.146 132.265 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:57.252 101.689 2 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier JS23-Renault 1:58.279 100.806 3 6 Keke Rosberg Williams FW09-Honda 1:58.357 100.739 4 7 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2-TAG 1:59.217 100.013 5 16 Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1:59.786 99.538 6 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus 95T-Renault 1:59.793 99.532 7 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman TG184-Hart 1:59.892 99.450 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 126C4 2:00.257 99.148 9 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:00.630 98.841 10 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus 95T-Renault 2:01.350 98.255 11 25 François Hesnault Ligier JS23-Renault 2:02.122 97.634 12 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham BT53-BMW 2:02.382 97.426 13 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham BT53-BMW 2:03.062 96.888 14 5 Jacques Laffite Williams FW09-Honda 2:03.131 96.833 15 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 126C4 2:03.954 96.191 16 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 184T 2:05.137 95.281 17 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman TG184-Hart 2:06.560 94.210 18 15 Patrick Tambay Renault RE50 2:07.703 93.367 19 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS D7-BMW 2:10.315 91.495 Notes:
  • 1st thursday and 1st saturday practice sessions were not officially recorded.
  • 1st thursday and 1st saturday practice times not available.
  • Race was scheduled for 77 laps (255.024 km) but stopped after 31 laps due to heavy rain. Half of points were awarded.
  • Weather: Overcast, Cold, Rain.
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    Race Review:

    The Monaco Grand Prix of 1984 may not be considered a classic but it highlighted the brilliance of a rising new generation of Formula 1 stars. The only major change to the entry was the appearance of Corrado Fabi in place of his brother Teo in the second Brabham-BMW.

    Qualifying had seen World Championship leader Alain Prost take pole position in his McLaren-TAG with Nigel Mansell's Lotus-Renault second, ahead of the two Ferraris of René Arnoux and Michele Alboreto and the two Renaults of Derek Warwick and Patrick Tambay. The top 10 was completed by Andrea de Cesaris's Ligier-Renault, Niki Lauda's McLaren-TAG, Nelson Piquet's Brabham-BMW and Keke Rosberg's Williams-Honda. Qualifying was marked by a huge crash for Martin Brundle's Tyrrell at Tabac, the car ending up sliding down the road on its side. Brundle was confused but not hurt.

    Race morning was marked by steady rain and conditions were so bad that the start of the race was delayed for 45 minutes. At the first corner the two Renaults collided and were out, Tambay suffering a broken leg, but Prost took the lead with Mansell chasing. Niki Lauda made a good start from eighth on the grid and by lap six had overtaken both Ferraris to move into third place.

    Mansell fans were overjoyed on lap 11 when Nigel took the lead from Prost but five laps later he crashed heavily and the McLarens were 1-2. The remarkable Ayrton Senna was by then in third place in his Toleman (which was running on Michelin tyres for the first time, the team having given up with Pirelli). He had started 13th but had picked his way up through the field.

    On lap 19 he overtook Lauda to take second place and began to chase Prost, who was half a minute ahead. Five laps later Lauda crashed in Casino Square. As Senna chased Prost so attention focussed on Stefan Bellof's Tyrrell which was up to fourth place from last on the grid. It was a mighty performance. On lap 27 Bellof blasted past Arnoux's Ferrari to take third place and set off in pursuit of Senna. As Senna closed on Prost so Bellof closed on the pair of them.

    And then on lap 31 the race was suddenly stopped. Prost was relieved, Senna was furious and Bellof was disappointed. One can only wonder what might have happened if the red flags had not come out.

    Arnoux was fourth with Rosberg fifth and de Angelis sixth.