Race · Round 15 of 16 · 7 October 1984

1984 European Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 15 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 10 °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: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 2611 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	2	67	Finished	9
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	5	67	Finished	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	1	67	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	15	67	Finished	3
5	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	6	67	Finished	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	9	66	Finished	1
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	17	65	Finished	0
8	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	101	24	65	Finished	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A7	11	64	Ignition	0
10	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	19	64	Finished	0
11	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	7	61	Overheating	0
DNF	Jo Gartner	Osella	—	22	60	Fuel system	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	10	57	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	8	51	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	3	47	Fuel system	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	13	37	Fuel system	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	25	37	Turbo	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	21	35	Turbo	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	14	27	Engine	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	23	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Toleman	—	26	17	Overheating	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	4	0	Collision	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Arrows	A7	16	0	Collision	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	ATS	D7	18	0	Collision	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	20	0	Collision	0

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

F1DB layout nurburgring-2 · 4.542 km · 12 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	2	1	67
Michele Alboreto	5	2	67
Nelson Piquet	1	3	67
Niki Lauda	15	4	67
Rene Arnoux	6	5	67
Riccardo Patrese	9	6	66
Andrea de Cesaris	17	7	65
Mauro Baldi	24	8	65
Thierry Boutsen	11	9	64
François Hesnault	19	10	64
Derek Warwick	7	11	61
Jo Gartner	22	DNF	60
Teo Fabi	10	DNF	57
Nigel Mansell	8	DNF	51
Patrick Tambay	3	DNF	47
Eddie Cheever	13	DNF	37
Philippe Alliot	25	DNF	37
Jonathan Palmer	21	DNF	35
Jacques Laffite	14	DNF	27
Elio de Angelis	23	DNF	25
Stefan Johansson	26	DNF	17
Keke Rosberg	4	DNF	0
Ayrton Senna	12	DNF	0
Marc Surer	16	DNF	0
Gerhard Berger	18	DNF	0
Piercarlo Ghinzani	20	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:18.871	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:19.175	+0.304	18 m	+0.304
3	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:19.499	+0.628	36 m	+0.324
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:20.652	+1.781	103 m	+1.153
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:20.910	+2.039	117 m	+0.258
6	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:21.180	+2.309	133 m	+0.270
7	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:21.571	+2.700	155 m	+0.391
8	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:21.710	+2.839	163 m	+0.139
9	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:21.937	+3.066	177 m	+0.227
10	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:22.206	+3.335	192 m	+0.269
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:22.248	+3.377	194 m	+0.042
12	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:22.439	+3.568	205 m	+0.191
13	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:22.525	+3.654	210 m	+0.086
14	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:22.613	+3.742	215 m	+0.088
15	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:22.643	+3.772	217 m	+0.030
16	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:22.708	+3.837	221 m	+0.065
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:23.034	+4.163	240 m	+0.326
18	Gerhard Berger	ATS	31	1:23.116	+4.245	244 m	+0.082
19	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:23.322	+4.451	256 m	+0.206
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:24.699	+5.828	336 m	+1.377
21	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:25.050	+6.179	356 m	+0.351
22	Jo Gartner	Osella	30	1:26.156	+7.285	420 m	+1.106
23	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:26.161	+7.290	420 m	+0.005
24	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:28.137	+9.266	534 m	+1.976
25	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:30.259	+11.388	656 m	+2.122
26	Stefan Johansson	Toleman	20	1:41.178	+22.307	1,285 m	+10.919

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	1:24.001	—	0 m	—	—
2	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:24.205	+0.204	11 m	+0.204	—
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:24.308	+0.307	17 m	+0.103	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:24.712	+0.711	38 m	+0.404	—
5	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:24.941	+0.940	51 m	+0.229	—
6	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:25.066	+1.065	58 m	+0.125	—
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:25.283	+1.282	69 m	+0.217	—
8	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:25.695	+1.694	92 m	+0.412	—
9	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:25.851	+1.850	100 m	+0.156	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:26.051	+2.050	111 m	+0.200	—
11	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:26.097	+2.096	113 m	+0.046	—
12	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:26.121	+2.120	115 m	+0.024	—
13	Stefan Johansson	Toleman	20	1:26.261	+2.260	122 m	+0.140	—
14	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:26.305	+2.304	125 m	+0.044	—
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:26.641	+2.640	143 m	+0.336	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:26.836	+2.835	153 m	+0.195	—
17	Gerhard Berger	ATS	31	1:27.136	+3.135	170 m	+0.300	—
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:27.222	+3.221	174 m	+0.086	—
19	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:27.430	+3.429	185 m	+0.208	—
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:27.907	+3.906	211 m	+0.477	—
21	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:28.572	+4.571	247 m	+0.665	—
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:28.869	+4.868	263 m	+0.297	—
23	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:29.036	+5.035	272 m	+0.167	—
24	Jo Gartner	Osella	30	1:30.509	+6.508	352 m	+1.473	—
25	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:31.167	+7.166	387 m	+0.658	—
26	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	2:25.315	+1:01.314	3,315 m	+54.148	—

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.

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.

3 more photographs

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

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

Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1984
Grand Prix: European Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Oct 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.