Race · Round 11 of 16 · 5 August 1984

1984 German Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from pole at Hockenheimring.

Dry · High of 22 °C, 1.1 mm of 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: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 279 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	1	44	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	7	44	Finished	6
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	3	44	Finished	4
4	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	16	44	Finished	3
5	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	4	44	Finished	2
6	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	10	43	Finished	1
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	11	43	Finished	0
8	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	17	43	Finished	0
9	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	101	24	40	Finished	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	13	31	Gearbox	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	18	29	Engine	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	8	28	Turbo	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	5	23	Gearbox	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	20	16	Fuel system	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	21	14	Electrical	0
DNF	Jo Gartner	Osella	—	23	13	Turbo	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	6	13	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	25	11	Turbo	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	19	10	Electrical	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	12	10	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A7	15	8	Engine	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	2	8	Turbo	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	22	7	Overheating	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	9	4	Rear wing	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Arrows	A7	14	1	Turbo	0
DSQ	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0
DSQ	Mike Thackwell	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 hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 km · 16 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	1	1	44
Niki Lauda	7	2	44
Derek Warwick	3	3	44
Nigel Mansell	16	4	44
Patrick Tambay	4	5	44
Rene Arnoux	10	6	43
Andrea de Cesaris	11	7	43
François Hesnault	17	8	43
Huub Rothengatter	24	9	40
Manfred Winkelhock	13	DNF	31
Eddie Cheever	18	DNF	29
Teo Fabi	8	DNF	28
Nelson Piquet	5	DNF	23
Riccardo Patrese	20	DNF	16
Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	DNF	14
Jo Gartner	23	DNF	13
Michele Alboreto	6	DNF	13
Jonathan Palmer	25	DNF	11
Keke Rosberg	19	DNF	10
Jacques Laffite	12	DNF	10
Thierry Boutsen	15	DNF	8
Elio de Angelis	2	DNF	8
Philippe Alliot	22	DNF	7
Ayrton Senna	9	DNF	4
Marc Surer	14	DNF	1

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:47.012	—	0 m	—
2	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:47.065	+0.053	3 m	+0.053
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:48.382	+1.370	87 m	+1.317
4	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:48.425	+1.413	90 m	+0.043
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:48.584	+1.572	100 m	+0.159
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:48.847	+1.835	117 m	+0.263
7	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:48.912	+1.900	121 m	+0.065
8	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:49.302	+2.290	146 m	+0.390
9	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:49.395	+2.383	151 m	+0.093
10	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:49.857	+2.845	181 m	+0.462
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:50.117	+3.105	197 m	+0.260
12	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:50.511	+3.499	222 m	+0.394
13	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:50.686	+3.674	234 m	+0.175
14	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:51.475	+4.463	284 m	+0.789
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:51.551	+4.539	289 m	+0.076
16	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:51.715	+4.703	299 m	+0.164
17	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:51.872	+4.860	309 m	+0.157
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:51.950	+4.938	314 m	+0.078
19	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:52.003	+4.991	317 m	+0.053
20	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:52.769	+5.757	366 m	+0.766
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:54.546	+7.534	479 m	+1.777
22	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:55.505	+8.493	540 m	+0.959
23	Jo Gartner	Osella	30	1:55.594	+8.582	545 m	+0.089
24	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	21	1:56.112	+9.100	578 m	+0.518
25	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:56.797	+9.785	622 m	+0.685

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	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:53.544	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:53.553	+0.009	1 m	+0.009	—
3	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:53.583	+0.039	2 m	+0.030	—
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:53.586	+0.042	3 m	+0.003	—
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:53.633	+0.089	5 m	+0.047	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:53.868	+0.324	19 m	+0.235	—
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:54.022	+0.478	29 m	+0.154	—
8	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:54.210	+0.666	40 m	+0.188	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:54.434	+0.890	53 m	+0.224	—
10	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:55.156	+1.612	97 m	+0.722	—
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:55.370	+1.826	109 m	+0.214	—
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:55.517	+1.973	118 m	+0.147	—
13	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:56.151	+2.607	156 m	+0.634	—
14	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:56.994	+3.450	207 m	+0.843	—
15	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:57.602	+4.058	243 m	+0.608	—
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:57.611	+4.067	244 m	+0.009	—
17	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:57.631	+4.087	245 m	+0.020	—
18	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:58.051	+4.507	270 m	+0.420	—
19	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:58.148	+4.604	276 m	+0.097	—
20	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:58.151	+4.607	276 m	+0.003	—
21	Jo Gartner	Osella	30	1:59.378	+5.834	349 m	+1.227	—
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:59.998	+6.454	387 m	+0.620	—
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	2:01.814	+8.270	495 m	+1.816	—
24	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	2:01.844	+8.300	497 m	+0.030	—
25	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	21	2:02.255	+8.711	522 m	+0.411	—

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.

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

Lotus 95T
Mansell Lotus 95T Dallas 1984 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: 11 of 1984
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Aug 1984
Layout raced: Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane · 6.802 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.