1984 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1984 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 26 August 1984. It was the thirteenth race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.

The 71-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG, after he started from pole position. Brazilian Nelson Piquet led the first ten laps in his Brabham-BMW before his oil pressure failed, after which Prost led the remainder of the race. His Austrian teammate Niki Lauda finished second, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in a Lotus-Renault after fighting for the position with his own team mate Elio de Angelis who finished 4th. At the end of the race de Angelis was unable to challenge his team mate as he was lapped by Prost with 3 laps to go while Mansell had managed to stay ahead of the McLaren.

The 1-2 finish secured the Constructors' Championship for McLaren, their first since Template:F1.

Before the race, it was rumoured that Ayrton Senna would break his contract with the Toleman team and join Lotus on a 3 year contract from Template:F1. When this move was announced two days after the race, Toleman management were angered as Senna had not informed them of his intentions as per the requirements of his contract, and as a result they suspended him from the next race in Italy. It was also correctly rumoured that, with Jacques Laffite already known to be leaving Williams at the end of the season to return to Ligier, team owner Frank Williams had signed Mansell for 1985 alongside Keke Rosberg after his original choice Derek Warwick had decided to stay with the Renault team.<ref>Murray Walker and James Hunt talk Senna</ref>

With the Tyrrell team excluded from the championship (and its pending appeal to be heard before the next race in Italy allowing them to be starters in Holland), the race had 27 starters with Dutch driver Huub Rothengatter driving the Spirit-Hart starting in last place. For his home race, the Spirit was painted in Dutch racing orange.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	7	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:14.946	1:13.567
2	1	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:13.872	1:13.953	+0.305
3	11	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:14.027	1:13.883	+0.316
4	16	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Renault	1:15.184	1:14.405	+0.838
5	15	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:17.013	1:14.566	+0.999
6	8	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:15.556	1:14.866	+1.299
7	6	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:15.137	1:15.117	+1.550
8	5	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1:16.659	1:15.231	+1.664
9	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:16.248	1:15.264	+1.697
10	2	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1:16.607	1:15.338	+1.771
11	18	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:16.595	1:15.735	+2.168
12	12	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:16.533	1:15.811	+2.244
13	19	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1:16.951	1:15.960	+2.393
14	26	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:17.897	1:16.070	+2.503
15	28	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:16.121	1:16.200	+2.554
16	14	Template:Flagicon Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:17.760	1:16.450	+2.883
17	23	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:16.991	1:17.855	+3.424
18	22	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:17.124	1:17.402	+3.557
19	17	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1:17.534	1:17.368	+3.801
20	25	Template:Flagicon François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1:18.469	1:17.905	+4.338
21	24	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:22.472	1:19.454	+5.887
22	10	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	1:19.849	1:19.598	+6.031
23	30	Template:Flagicon Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:21.655	1:20.017	+6.450
24	4	Template:Flagicon Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	1:20.861	1:20.092	+6.525
25	3	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford	1:20.959	1:20.236	+6.669
26	9	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:21.387	1:20.270	+6.703
27	21	Template:Flagicon Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	1:24.771	1:21.063	+7.496
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	71	1:37:21.468	1	9
2	8	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	71	+ 10.283	6	6
3	12	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	71	+ 1:19.544	12	4
4	11	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	70	+ 1 lap	3	3
5	2	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	70	+ 1 lap	10	2
6	15	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Renault	70	+ 1 lap	5	1
7	25	Template:Flagicon François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	69	+ 2 laps	20
8	6	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	68	Out of fuel	7
9	10	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	67	+ 4 laps	22
10	9	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	67	+ 4 laps	26
11	28	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ferrari	66	Electrical	15
12	30	Template:Flagicon Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	66	+ 5 laps	23
13	23	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	65	Out of fuel	17
DSQ	4	Template:Flagicon Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	69	Illegal fuel and ballast	24
DSQ	3	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford	69	Illegal fuel and ballast	25
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	59	Accident	11
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	53	Throttle	27
Ret	22	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	51	Engine	18
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	31	Engine	14
Ret	5	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	23	Engine	8
Ret	16	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Renault	23	Spun off	4
Ret	14	Template:Flagicon Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	22	Spun off	16
Ret	19	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	19	Engine	13
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	17	Wheel	19
Ret	1	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	10	Oil pressure	2
Ret	24	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	8	Fuel pump	21
Ret	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	7	Engine	9
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Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	54
2	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	52.5
3	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	29.5
4	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	24.5
5	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	24
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Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon McLaren-TAG	106.5
2	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Renault	42.5
3	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	39.5
4	Template:Flagicon Renault	33
5	Template:Flagicon Brabham-BMW	32
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