Race · Round 1 of 16 · 25 March 1984

1984 Brazilian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 4th on the grid at Jacarepagua.

Dry · High of 30 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: JacarepaguaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Elio de Angelis
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 278 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	4	61	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	9	61	Finished	6
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	1	61	Finished	4
4	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	12	60	Finished	3
5	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	8	59	Out of fuel	2
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A6	19	59	Finished	1
7	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	22	59	Finished	0
8	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	24	58	Finished	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	3	51	Suspension	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	14	42	Gearbox	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	11	41	Gearbox	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	6	38	Electrical	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	5	35	Accident	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	7	32	Engine	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	15	32	Turbo	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	10	30	Battery	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	20	28	Gearbox	0
DNF	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	18	25	Overheating	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	23	24	Battery	0
DNF	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	—	17	18	Turbo	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	13	15	Electrical	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	2	14	Brakes	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	101	21	12	Distributor	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	16	8	Turbo	0
EX	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	—	—	EX	0
DSQ	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0
DSQ	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout jacarepagua-1 · 5.031 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	4	1	61
Keke Rosberg	9	2	61
Elio de Angelis	1	3	61
Eddie Cheever	12	4	60
Patrick Tambay	8	5	59
Thierry Boutsen	19	6	59
Marc Surer	22	7	59
Jonathan Palmer	24	8	58
Derek Warwick	3	DNF	51
Andrea de Cesaris	14	DNF	42
Riccardo Patrese	11	DNF	41
Niki Lauda	6	DNF	38
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	35
Nelson Piquet	7	DNF	32
Teo Fabi	15	DNF	32
Rene Arnoux	10	DNF	30
Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	DNF	28
François Hesnault	18	DNF	25
Philippe Alliot	23	DNF	24
Johnny Cecotto	17	DNF	18
Jacques Laffite	13	DNF	15
Michele Alboreto	2	DNF	14
Mauro Baldi	21	DNF	12
Ayrton Senna	16	DNF	8

2 entries with no recorded grid slot or lap count are in the classification and not drawn.

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:28.392	—	0 m	—
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:28.898	+0.506	29 m	+0.506
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:29.025	+0.633	36 m	+0.127
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:29.330	+0.938	53 m	+0.305
5	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:29.364	+0.972	55 m	+0.034
6	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:29.854	+1.462	83 m	+0.490
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:30.149	+1.757	100 m	+0.295
8	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:30.554	+2.162	123 m	+0.405
9	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:30.611	+2.219	126 m	+0.057
10	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:30.695	+2.303	131 m	+0.084
11	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:30.973	+2.581	147 m	+0.278
12	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:31.282	+2.890	164 m	+0.309
13	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:31.548	+3.156	180 m	+0.266
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:32.895	+4.503	256 m	+1.347
15	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:33.277	+4.885	278 m	+0.382
16	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:33.525	+5.133	292 m	+0.248
17	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:35.300	+6.908	393 m	+1.775
18	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:36.238	+7.846	447 m	+0.938
19	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:36.312	+7.920	451 m	+0.074
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:36.434	+8.042	458 m	+0.122
21	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:36.816	+8.424	479 m	+0.382
22	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:37.204	+8.812	502 m	+0.388
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:37.709	+9.317	530 m	+0.505
24	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:37.919	+9.527	542 m	+0.210

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:34.061	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:34.740	+0.679	36 m	+0.679	—
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:35.138	+1.077	58 m	+0.398	—
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:35.863	+1.802	96 m	+0.725	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:36.670	+2.609	140 m	+0.807	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:37.514	+3.453	185 m	+0.844	—
7	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:37.705	+3.644	195 m	+0.191	—
8	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:37.934	+3.873	207 m	+0.229	—
9	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:38.392	+4.331	232 m	+0.458	—
10	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:38.924	+4.863	260 m	+0.532	—
11	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:39.164	+5.103	273 m	+0.240	—
12	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:39.746	+5.685	304 m	+0.582	—
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:40.285	+6.224	333 m	+0.539	—
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:40.388	+6.327	338 m	+0.103	—
15	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:40.484	+6.423	344 m	+0.096	—
16	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:40.553	+6.492	347 m	+0.069	—
17	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:40.932	+6.871	368 m	+0.379	—
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:40.971	+6.910	370 m	+0.039	—
19	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:41.299	+7.238	387 m	+0.328	—
20	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:41.742	+7.681	411 m	+0.443	—
21	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:42.631	+8.570	458 m	+0.889	—
22	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:43.086	+9.025	483 m	+0.455	—
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:44.851	+10.790	577 m	+1.765	—
24	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:45.275	+11.214	600 m	+0.424	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 95T
Mansell Lotus 95T Dallas 1984 F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

Renault RE50
Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

ATS D7
Winkelhock ATS D7 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

4 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 1984
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Mar 1984
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.