Race · Round 5 of 16 · 20 May 1984

1984 French Grand Prix

Niki Lauda won for McLaren from 9th on the grid at Dijon-Prenois.

Dry · High of 15 °C, 0.9 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: Dijon-PrenoisDijon, France
Winner: Niki LaudaMcLaren
Pole: Patrick Tambay
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2713 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	9	79	Finished	9
2	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	1	79	Finished	6
3	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	6	79	Finished	4
4	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	11	79	Finished	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	2	79	Finished	2
6	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	4	78	Finished	1
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	5	78	Finished	0	fastest lap
8	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	12	78	Finished	0
9	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	17	78	Finished	0
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	24	77	Finished	0
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A7	14	77	Finished	0
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	23	74	Finished	0
13	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	20	72	Finished	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	101	22	61	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	7	53	Accident	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	19	51	Accident	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	16	51	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	13	35	Turbo	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	10	33	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	—	18	22	Turbo	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	15	15	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	3	11	Turbo	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	8	5	Clutch	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	21	4	Electrical	0
DNS	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	—	—	DNS	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 dijon-2 · 3.801 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
Niki Lauda	9	1	79
Patrick Tambay	1	2	79
Nigel Mansell	6	3	79
Rene Arnoux	11	4	79
Elio de Angelis	2	5	79
Keke Rosberg	4	6	78
Alain Prost	5	7	78
Jacques Laffite	12	8	78
Teo Fabi	17	9	78
Andrea de Cesaris	24	10	77
Thierry Boutsen	14	11	77
Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	12	74
Jonathan Palmer	20	13	72
Mauro Baldi	22	DNF	61
Derek Warwick	7	DNF	53
Marc Surer	19	DNF	51
Eddie Cheever	16	DNF	51
Ayrton Senna	13	DNF	35
Michele Alboreto	10	DNF	33
Johnny Cecotto	18	DNF	22
Riccardo Patrese	15	DNF	15
Nelson Piquet	3	DNF	11
Manfred Winkelhock	8	DNF	5
Philippe Alliot	21	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	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:02.200	—	0 m	—
2	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:02.336	+0.136	8 m	+0.136
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:02.806	+0.606	37 m	+0.470
4	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:02.908	+0.708	43 m	+0.102
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:02.982	+0.782	48 m	+0.074
6	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:03.200	+1.000	61 m	+0.218
7	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:03.540	+1.340	82 m	+0.340
8	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:03.865	+1.665	102 m	+0.325
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:04.419	+2.219	136 m	+0.554
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:04.459	+2.259	138 m	+0.040
11	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:04.917	+2.717	166 m	+0.458
12	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:05.410	+3.210	196 m	+0.493
13	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:05.744	+3.544	217 m	+0.334
14	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:05.850	+3.650	223 m	+0.106
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:05.972	+3.772	231 m	+0.122
16	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:06.172	+3.972	243 m	+0.200
17	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:06.281	+4.081	249 m	+0.109
18	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:06.370	+4.170	255 m	+0.089
19	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:08.189	+5.989	366 m	+1.819
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:08.457	+6.257	382 m	+0.268
21	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:09.047	+6.847	418 m	+0.590
22	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:09.447	+7.247	443 m	+0.400
23	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:09.629	+7.429	454 m	+0.182
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:11.625	+9.425	576 m	+1.996
25	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:22.388	+20.188	1,234 m	+10.763

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	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:06.371	—	0 m	—	—
2	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:06.531	+0.160	9 m	+0.160	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:06.568	+0.197	11 m	+0.037	—
4	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:06.676	+0.305	17 m	+0.108	—
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:07.644	+1.273	73 m	+0.968	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:08.020	+1.649	94 m	+0.376	—
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:08.420	+2.049	117 m	+0.400	—
8	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:08.759	+2.388	137 m	+0.339	—
9	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:08.846	+2.475	142 m	+0.087	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:08.990	+2.619	150 m	+0.144	—
11	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:09.040	+2.669	153 m	+0.050	—
12	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:09.389	+3.018	173 m	+0.349	—
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:09.482	+3.111	178 m	+0.093	—
14	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:09.530	+3.159	181 m	+0.048	—
15	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:10.184	+3.813	218 m	+0.654	—
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:10.411	+4.040	231 m	+0.227	—
17	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:10.773	+4.402	252 m	+0.362	—
18	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:10.903	+4.532	260 m	+0.130	—
19	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:10.909	+4.538	260 m	+0.006	—
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:10.942	+4.571	262 m	+0.033	—
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:11.005	+4.634	265 m	+0.063	—
22	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:11.792	+5.421	310 m	+0.787	—
23	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:13.973	+7.602	435 m	+2.181	—
24	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:14.218	+7.847	449 m	+0.245	—

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

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.

5 more photographs

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

Where this comes from

Round: 5 of 1984
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 20 May 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.