1984 Italian Grand Prix

  1984 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season
Date	September 9, 1984
Official name	L Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.800 km (3.60 mi)
Distance	51 laps, 295.800 km (183.600 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:26.584
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
Time	1:31.912 on lap 42
Podium
First	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
Second	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo

The 1984 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 9 September 1984. It was the fourteenth round of the 1984 Formula One season.

Niki Lauda won in his McLaren-TAG, stretching his championship lead over team mate Alain Prost (whose TAG engine blew on lap 3) to 10.5 points. Michele Alboreto and Riccardo Patrese gave the partisan Italian crowd something to cheer by bringing their Ferrari and Alfa Romeo home in second and third place respectively.

Sweden's Stefan Johansson finished fourth in his Toleman-Hart (after being last at the end of the first lap), while Austrians Jo Gartner (Osella-Alfa Romeo) and Gerhard Berger (ATS-BMW) finished 5th and 6th respectively, though as their teams had only entered one car for the season and both were in second cars entered for the race, neither Gartner or Berger scored championship points.

Patrese's third place was the final ever Formula One podium for Alfa Romeo as either a constructor or engine supplier. The 1984 Italian Grand Prix was the only Formula One race in history to have three Austrian drivers finish in the top six placings.

Before the race, Lotus driver Elio de Angelis was the only driver mathematically capable of taking the Drivers' Championship from Lauda or Prost. His chances of becoming the first Italian World Champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953 evaporated when the gearbox in his Lotus-Renault broke on lap 14 leaving him, like Prost, as a non-finisher.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	51	1:20:29.065	4	9
2	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	51	+ 24.249	11	6
3	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	50	+ 1 Lap	9	4
4	19	Stefan Johansson	Toleman-Hart	49	+ 2 Laps	17	3
5	30	Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	49	+ 2 Laps	24	0*
6	31	Gerhard Berger	ATS-BMW	49	+ 2 Laps	20	0*
7	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	48	Out of Fuel	22
8	21	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	48	+ 3 Laps	25
9	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	45	Out of Fuel	10
10	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	45	+ 6 Laps	19
Ret	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	43	Throttle	8
Ret	2	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	43	Engine	5
Ret	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	43	Engine	15
Ret	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	31	Oil Pressure	12
Ret	10	Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	20	Oil Pressure	26
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	15	Engine	1
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	14	Gearbox	3
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	13	Spun Off	7
Ret	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	10	Turbo	13
Ret	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	8	Turbo	6
Ret	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	7	Engine	16
Ret	25	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	7	Spun Off	18
Ret	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	6	Electrical	23
Ret	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	5	Gearbox	14
Ret	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	3	Engine	2
DNS	14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	0	Not Started	21
DNQ	20	Pierluigi Martini	Toleman-Hart

* Neither Gartner nor Berger were eligible for championship points, as they were driving their teams' "second entry" and because the team had only entered one car for the entire championship, the second entry was ineligible to score points.

Notes

• Ayrton Senna, regular driver for Toleman, was substituted with Pierluigi Martini as punishment for breaking his contract with the team to drive for Lotus in 1985.
• Riccardo Patrese's third place was the last podium for Alfa Romeo in Formula One.
• Only World Championship Grand Prix where 3 Austrians finished in the top 6.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 63 2 Alain Prost 52.5 3 Elio de Angelis 29.5 4 René Arnoux 24.5 5 Nelson Piquet 24

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG 115.5 2 Ferrari 45.5 3 Lotus-Renault 42.5 4 Renault 33 5 Brabham-BMW 32

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell's points were subsequently reallocated.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-06-17.