Race · Round 12 of 16 · 19 August 1984

1984 Austrian Grand Prix

Niki Lauda won for McLaren from 4th on the grid at Red Bull Ring.

Dry · High of 19 °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: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Niki LaudaMcLaren
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 2812 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	4	51	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	1	51	Finished	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	12	51	Finished	4
4	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	7	51	Finished	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A7	17	50	Finished	2
6	Marc Surer	Arrows	A7	19	50	Finished	1
7	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	15	50	Finished	0
8	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	21	49	Finished	0
9	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	24	49	Finished	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	13	48	Out of fuel	0
11	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	25	48	Finished	0
12	Gerhard Berger	ATS	D7	20	48	Finished	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	5	42	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	10	35	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	8	32	Engine	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	2	28	Spun off	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	3	28	Engine	0
NC	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	101	26	23	NC	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	16	18	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	6	17	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	18	15	Injection	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	9	15	Handling	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	11	12	Engine	0
DNF	Jo Gartner	Osella	—	22	6	Engine	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	23	4	Gearbox	0
DNS	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	14	—	Gearbox	0
DSQ	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0
DSQ	Stefan Johansson	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 spielberg-2 · 5.942 km · 18 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
Niki Lauda	4	1	51
Nelson Piquet	1	2	51
Michele Alboreto	12	3	51
Teo Fabi	7	4	51
Thierry Boutsen	17	5	50
Marc Surer	19	6	50
Rene Arnoux	15	7	50
François Hesnault	21	8	49
Jonathan Palmer	24	9	49
Riccardo Patrese	13	10	48
Philippe Alliot	25	11	48
Gerhard Berger	20	12	48
Patrick Tambay	5	DNF	42
Ayrton Senna	10	DNF	35
Nigel Mansell	8	DNF	32
Alain Prost	2	DNF	28
Elio de Angelis	3	DNF	28
Huub Rothengatter	26	NC	23
Eddie Cheever	16	DNF	18
Derek Warwick	6	DNF	17
Andrea de Cesaris	18	DNF	15
Keke Rosberg	9	DNF	15
Jacques Laffite	11	DNF	12
Jo Gartner	22	DNF	6
Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	DNF	4

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	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:26.173	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:26.203	+0.030	2 m	+0.030
3	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:26.318	+0.145	10 m	+0.115
4	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:26.715	+0.542	37 m	+0.397
5	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:26.748	+0.575	40 m	+0.033
6	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:27.123	+0.950	66 m	+0.375
7	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:27.201	+1.028	71 m	+0.078
8	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:27.558	+1.385	96 m	+0.357
9	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:28.760	+2.587	178 m	+1.202
10	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:29.200	+3.027	209 m	+0.440
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:29.228	+3.055	211 m	+0.028
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:29.694	+3.521	243 m	+0.466
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:30.736	+4.563	315 m	+1.042
14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:30.853	+4.680	323 m	+0.117
15	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:31.003	+4.830	333 m	+0.150
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:31.045	+4.872	336 m	+0.042
17	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:31.189	+5.016	346 m	+0.144
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:31.588	+5.415	373 m	+0.399
19	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:31.655	+5.482	378 m	+0.067
20	Gerhard Berger	ATS	31	1:31.904	+5.731	395 m	+0.249
21	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:32.270	+6.097	420 m	+0.366
22	Jo Gartner	Osella	30	1:33.019	+6.846	472 m	+0.749
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:33.172	+6.999	483 m	+0.153
24	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:34.128	+7.955	549 m	+0.956
25	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:34.495	+8.322	574 m	+0.367
26	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	21	1:35.605	+9.432	650 m	+1.110

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:31.561	—	0 m	—	—
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:31.868	+0.307	20 m	+0.307	—
3	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:32.193	+0.632	41 m	+0.325	—
4	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:32.609	+1.048	68 m	+0.416	—
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:32.899	+1.338	87 m	+0.290	—
6	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:32.978	+1.417	92 m	+0.079	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:33.329	+1.768	115 m	+0.351	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:34.573	+3.012	195 m	+1.244	—
9	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:34.693	+3.132	203 m	+0.120	—
10	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:35.096	+3.535	229 m	+0.403	—
11	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:35.152	+3.591	233 m	+0.056	—
12	Gerhard Berger	ATS	31	1:35.355	+3.794	246 m	+0.203	—
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:35.361	+3.800	247 m	+0.006	—
14	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:35.931	+4.370	284 m	+0.570	—
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:36.047	+4.486	291 m	+0.116	—
16	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:36.051	+4.490	291 m	+0.004	—
17	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:36.125	+4.564	296 m	+0.074	—
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:36.203	+4.642	301 m	+0.078	—
19	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:36.940	+5.379	349 m	+0.737	—
20	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:36.958	+5.397	350 m	+0.018	—
21	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:37.556	+5.995	389 m	+0.598	—
22	Jo Gartner	Osella	30	1:38.650	+7.089	460 m	+1.094	—
23	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:39.212	+7.651	497 m	+0.562	—
24	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit	21	1:39.402	+7.841	509 m	+0.190	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	2:24.748	+53.187	3,452 m	+45.346	—

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.

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

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

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1984
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 19 Aug 1984
Layout raced: Osterreichring · 5.942 km · 12 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.