1984 San Marino Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of San Marino 1984 was held on May 6 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari and was the fourth race of the Formula 1 season 1984.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
After that had been used new Arrows A7 with BMW turbo engine during the Grand Prix of Belgium by Thierry Boutsen first time, now its teammate Marc Surer was given the opportunity to test the car in the race.
Osella set of exception a second car. In addition to the FA1F the root driver Piercarlo Ghinzani a FA1E with conventional naturally aspirated engine for the Austrian debutant Jo Gartner was reported.
Training
After the Goodyear tires had earlier on weekends during training in Zolder proven to be superior to two Michelin riders qualified in Imola Nelson Piquet and Alain Prost for the first two grid positions. Equipped with Goodyear tires Keke Rosberg followed in third place in front of Derek Warwick, Niki Lauda, René Arnoux, Manfred Winkelhock and Eddie Cheever.
Both qualifying sessions were held in wet weather conditions. However, as the track dried out in the course of Saturday, undercutting most of the pilots during the closing stages of the last training their previously achieved personal bests.
A dispute between the team Toleman and the Pirelli tire supplier before the first qualifying session and engine problems during the second pass resulted in Ayrton Senna missed the first and only time in his Formula 1 career to qualify for a Grand Prix.
Race
Prost managed to go shortly after the start before Piquet lead. Rosberg and Lauda fell back during the first round, so Warwick finished in third place ahead of Arnoux and Winkelhock the first round. In the Tosa curve Patrick Tambay collided with Eddie Cheever and retired. Due to tire damage due to the collision Cheever had indeed the pits, but could the race after a tire, change to continue lying in last place.
In the third round Manfred Winkelhock fell behind Michele Alboreto. By the eleventh round Lauda came back up to sixth place forward. Two laps later, he was in fourth place, after he had Alboreto and Arnoux obsolete, but retired on lap 16 due to engine failure from.
On lap 22 Warwick took over briefly the second rank of Piquet before it successfully countered in the 26th round. While these two drivers completed the race without a pit stop, Prost had meanwhile change his tires. However, he did so masterfully that he consistently defended its leading position despite the stops. Arnoux, who was also with new tires on the road, could use its advantages in the second half of the race by vorbeizog in the 40th round of Warwick. As Piquet on lap 49 due to damage to the turbocharger had to give up, the Frenchman came to the second rank.
Warwick lost two more positions to Andrea de Cesaris and Elio de Angelis during rounds 50 and 51. Both resigned due to lack of fuel towards the end of the race, with de Cesaris was considered due to its distance traveled third behind Prost and Arnoux. Warwick took fourth place ahead of Stefan Bellof and Thierry Boutsen after Eddie Cheever had remained in the 58th round without gasoline.
As the Tyrrell team was eliminated late in the season of the World Cup, moved all the pilots who had reached the goal by Stefan Bellof, for a place on. Thus later Andrea de Cesaris was awarded a championship point.
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Classifications
Qualifying
Race
1 due to violations of the rules, the team driver Martin Brundle Tyrrell and Stefan Bellof and were retroactively disqualified in September 1984 for the entire 1984 season. In addition, the team participating in the final three races of the year was prohibited.
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).
( Results after the disqualification of the team Tyrrell )