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1984 Canadian Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = F1

|Country = Canada

|Grand Prix = Canadian

|Date = 17 June

|Year = 1984

|Image = Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg

|Caption = Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

|Race_No = 7

|Season_No = 16

|Official name = XXIII Grand Prix du Canada

|Location = Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

|Course = Temporary street circuit

|Course_mi = 2.740

|Course_km = 4.410

|Distance_laps = 70

|Distance_mi = 191.817

|Distance_km = 308.700

|Weather = Dry with temperatures approaching {{convert|26|C|F}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|12.9|km/h|mph}}{{cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1984-06-17 |title=Weather information for the "1984 Canadian Grand Prix" |publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac |access-date=31 August 2018}}

|Pole_Driver = Nelson Piquet

|Pole_Team = Brabham-BMW

|Pole_Time = 1:25.442

|Pole_Country = BRA

|pole_flag_suffix = 1968

|Fast_Driver = Nelson Piquet

|Fast_Team = Brabham-BMW

|Fast_Time = 1:28.763

|Fast_Lap = 55

|Fast_Country = BRA

|fast_flag_suffix = 1968

|First_Driver = Nelson Piquet

|First_Team = Brabham-BMW

|First_Country = BRA

|first_flag_suffix = 1968

|Second_Driver = Niki Lauda

|Second_Team = McLaren-TAG

|Second_Country = AUT

|Third_Driver = Alain Prost

|Third_Team = McLaren-TAG

|Third_Country = FRA

|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1984|CAN}}

}}

The 1984 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 17 June 1984. It was the seventh race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.

The 70-lap race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. Piquet took pole position, led all 70 laps and set the fastest race lap, finishing 2.6 seconds ahead of Austrian Niki Lauda in the McLaren-TAG. Lauda's French teammate, Alain Prost, finished third.

Prost actually won the start from Piquet, but exiting the Epingle de l'ile hairpin halfway around the first lap his TAG turbo went flat under acceleration and the Brabham was past in a flash never to be headed again. The TAG turbo would have intermittent electrical issues for Prost which helped Lauda take 2nd from his team mate before the end.

The top six was completed by Elio de Angelis in the Lotus-Renault, René Arnoux in the Ferrari, and Nigel Mansell in the other Lotus-Renault.

After the race, Piquet climbed out of his car and collapsed on the ground, due to a badly burned right foot caused by the extreme heat from his Brabham's new nose-mounted oil cooler which had actually burned a hole in his driving boot. In the next race at Detroit, he had a special tray of ice for easing the blisters on his foot.

Classification

=Qualifying=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
PosNoDriverConstructor

!Q1

Q2Gap
1

| 1

| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Nelson Piquet

| Brabham-BMW

|1:27.154

| 1:25.442

|align="center"| —

2

| 7

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Prost

| McLaren-TAG

|1:26.477

| 1:26.198

| +0.756

3

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Elio de Angelis

| Lotus-Renault

|1:27.139

| 1:26.306

| +0.864

4

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Warwick

| Renault

|1:29.682

| 1:26.420

| +0.978

5

| 28

| {{flagicon|FRA}} René Arnoux

| Ferrari

|1:27.917

| 1:26.549

| +1.107

6

| 27

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Alboreto

| Ferrari

|1:28.604

| 1:26.764

| +1.322

7

| 12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Nigel Mansell

| Lotus-Renault

|1:28.277

| 1:27.246

| +1.804

8

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda

| McLaren-TAG

|1:28.548

| 1:27.392

| +1.950

9

| 19

| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Ayrton Senna

| Toleman-Hart

|1:29.282

| 1:27.448

| +2.006

10

| 26

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea de Cesaris

| Ligier-Renault

|1:29.618

| 1:27.922

| +2.480

11

| 23

| {{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever

| Alfa Romeo

|1:29.418

| 1:28.032

| +2.590

12

| 14

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Manfred Winkelhock

| ATS-BMW

|1:32.311

| 1:28.909

| +3.467

13

| 25

| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Hesnault

| Ligier-Renault

|1:31.146

| 1:29.187

| +3.745

14

| 22

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Patrese

| Alfa Romeo

|1:29.205

| 1:30.064

| +3.763

15

| 6

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Keke Rosberg

| Williams-Honda

|1:29.423

| 1:29.284

| +3.842

16

| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Corrado Fabi

| Brabham-BMW

|1:30.831

| 1:29.764

| +4.322

17

| 5

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Laffite

| Williams-Honda

|1:30.115

| 1:29.915

| +4.473

18

| 18

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Thierry Boutsen

| Arrows-BMW

|1:30.887

| 1:30.073

| +4.631

19

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Piercarlo Ghinzani

| Osella-Alfa Romeo

|1:32.189

| 1:30.918

| +5.476

20

| 20

| {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Johnny Cecotto

| Toleman-Hart

|1:34.731

| 1:31.459

| +6.017

21

| 3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Martin Brundle

| Tyrrell-Ford

|1:33.945

| 1:31.785

| +6.343

22

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Stefan Bellof

| Tyrrell-Ford

|1:34.309

| 1:31.797

| +6.355

23

| 17

| {{flagicon|SWI}} Marc Surer

| Arrows-Ford

|1:33.014

| 1:32.756

| +7.314

24

| 21

| {{flagicon|NED}} Huub Rothengatter

| Spirit-Hart

|1:35.217

| 1:32.920

| +7.478

25

| 10

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Mike Thackwell

| RAM-Hart

|1:34.921

| 1:33.750

| +8.288

26

| 9

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Alliot

| RAM-Hart

|1:35.286

| 1:36.900

| +9.844

WD

| 15

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Tambay

| Renault

|

|

|

=Race=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1

| 1

| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Nelson Piquet

| Brabham-BMW

| 70

| 1:46:23.748

| 1

| 9

2

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda

| McLaren-TAG

| 70

| + 2.612

| 8

| 6

3

| 7

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Prost

| McLaren-TAG

| 70

| + 1:28.032

| 2

| 4

4

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Elio de Angelis

| Lotus-Renault

| 69

| + 1 Lap

| 3

| 3

5

| 28

| {{flagicon|FRA}} René Arnoux

| Ferrari

| 68

| + 2 Laps

| 5

| 2

6

| 12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Nigel Mansell

| Lotus-Renault

| 68

| + 2 Laps

| 7

| 1

7

| 19

| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Ayrton Senna

| Toleman-Hart

| 68

| + 2 Laps

| 9

|  

8

| 14

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Manfred Winkelhock

| ATS-BMW

| 68

| + 2 Laps

| 12

|  

9

| 20

| {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Johnny Cecotto

| Toleman-Hart

| 68

| + 2 Laps

| 20

|  

10

| 9

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Alliot

| RAM-Hart

| 65

| + 5 Laps

| 26

|  

11

| 23

| {{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Cheever

| Alfa Romeo

| 63

| Out of Fuel

| 11

|  

DSQ

| 3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Martin Brundle

| Tyrrell-Ford

| 68

| Disqualified

| 21

|  

Ret

| 17

| {{flagicon|SWI}} Marc Surer

| Arrows-Ford

| 59

| Engine

| 23

|  

Ret

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Warwick

| Renault

| 57

| Chassis

| 4

|  

NC

| 21

| {{flagicon|NED}} Huub Rothengatter

| Spirit-Hart

| 56

| + 14 Laps

| 24

|  

DSQ

| 4

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Stefan Bellof

| Tyrrell-Ford

| 52

| Disqualified

| 22

|  

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea de Cesaris

| Ligier-Renault

| 40

| Brakes

| 10

|  

Ret

| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Corrado Fabi

| Brabham-BMW

| 39

| Turbo

| 16

|  

Ret

| 18

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Thierry Boutsen

| Arrows-BMW

| 38

| Engine

| 18

|  

Ret

| 22

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Patrese

| Alfa Romeo

| 37

| Accident

| 14

|  

Ret

| 6

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Keke Rosberg

| Williams-Honda

| 32

| Fuel System

| 15

|  

Ret

| 5

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Laffite

| Williams-Honda

| 31

| Turbo

| 17

|  

Ret

| 10

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Mike Thackwell

| RAM-Hart

| 29

| Turbo

| 25

|  

Ret

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Piercarlo Ghinzani

| Osella-Alfa Romeo

| 11

| Gearbox

| 19

|  

Ret

| 27

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Alboreto

| Ferrari

| 10

| Engine

| 6

|  

Ret

| 25

| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Hesnault

| Ligier-Renault

| 7

| Turbo

| 13

|  

WD

| 15

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Tambay

| Renault

|

| Driver Injured

|

|

colspan="8"|{{center|Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/317/ |title=1984 Canadian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031304/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1984/317/ |archive-date=4 November 2014}}}}

Championship standings after the race

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Driver

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Prost

| align="right"| 32.5

2

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda

| align="right"| 24

3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} René Arnoux

| align="right"| 16.5

4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Elio de Angelis

| align="right"| 15.5

5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Warwick

| align="right"| 13

colspan=4|Source: {{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1984/canada/championnat.aspx|title=Canada 1984 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Constructor

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} McLaren-TAG

| align="right"| 56.5

2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari

| align="right"| 25.5

3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lotus-Renault

| align="right"| 20.5

4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Renault

| align="right"| 20

5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Williams-Honda

| align="right"| 11

colspan=4|Source:

{{col-end}}

  • {{small|Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell and its drivers were subsequently disqualified and their points reallocated.}}

References

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{{F1 race report

| Name_of_race = Canadian Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 1984

| Previous_race_in_season = 1984 Monaco Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 1984 Detroit Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 1983 Canadian Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 1985 Canadian Grand Prix

}}

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