The 1984 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 17 June 1984. It was the seventh race of the 1984 Formula One World Championship.
The 70-lap race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. Piquet took pole position, led all 70 laps and set the fastest race lap, finishing 2.6 seconds ahead of Austrian Niki Lauda in the McLaren-TAG. Lauda's French teammate, Alain Prost, finished third.
Prost actually won the start from Piquet, but exiting the Epingle de l'ile hairpin halfway around the first lap his TAG turbo went flat under acceleration and the Brabham was past in a flash never to be headed again. The TAG turbo would have intermittent electrical issues for Prost which helped Lauda take 2nd from his teammate before the end.
The top six was completed by Elio de Angelis in the Lotus-Renault, René Arnoux in the Ferrari, and Nigel Mansell in the other Lotus-Renault.
After the race, Piquet climbed out of his car and collapsed on the ground, due to a badly burned right foot caused by the extreme heat from his Brabham's new nose-mounted oil cooler which had actually burned a hole in his driving boot. In the next race at Detroit, he had a special tray of ice for easing the blisters on his foot.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW1:27.154 1:25.442 — 2 7 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG1:26.477 1:26.198 +0.756 3 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault1:27.139 1:26.306 +0.864 4 16 Derek Warwick Renault1:29.682 1:26.420 +0.978 5 28 René Arnoux Ferrari1:27.917 1:26.549 +1.107 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari1:28.604 1:26.764 +1.322 7 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault1:28.277 1:27.246 +1.804 8 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG1:28.548 1:27.392 +1.950 9 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart1:29.282 1:27.448 +2.006 10 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault1:29.618 1:27.922 +2.480 11 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo1:29.418 1:28.032 +2.590 12 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW1:32.311 1:28.909 +3.467 13 25 François Hesnault Ligier-Renault1:31.146 1:29.187 +3.745 14 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo1:29.205 1:30.064 +3.763 15 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda1:29.423 1:29.284 +3.842 16 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham-BMW1:30.831 1:29.764 +4.322 17 5 Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda1:30.115 1:29.915 +4.473 18 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW1:30.887 1:30.073 +4.631 19 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo1:32.189 1:30.918 +5.476 20 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart1:34.731 1:31.459 +6.017 21 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford1:33.945 1:31.785 +6.343 22 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford1:34.309 1:31.797 +6.355 23 17 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford1:33.014 1:32.756 +7.314 24 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart1:35.217 1:32.920 +7.478 25 10 Mike Thackwell RAM-Hart1:34.921 1:33.750 +8.288 26 9 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart1:35.286 1:36.900 +9.844 15 Patrick Tambay Renault
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 70 1:46:23.748 1 9 2 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 70 + 2.612 8 6 3 7 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 70 + 1:28.032 2 4 4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 69 + 1 Lap 3 3 5 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 68 + 2 Laps 5 2 6 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 68 + 2 Laps 7 1 7 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman-Hart 68 + 2 Laps 9 8 14 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 68 + 2 Laps 12 9 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman-Hart 68 + 2 Laps 20 10 9 Philippe Alliot RAM-Hart 65 + 5 Laps 26 11 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 63 Out of Fuel 11 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Ford 68 Disqualified 21 17 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 59 Engine 23 16 Derek Warwick Renault 57 Chassis 4 21 Huub Rothengatter Spirit-Hart 56 + 14 Laps 24 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell-Ford 52 Disqualified 22 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier-Renault 40 Brakes 10 2 Corrado Fabi Brabham-BMW 39 Turbo 16 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 38 Engine 18 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 37 Accident 14 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda 32 Fuel System 15 5 Jacques Laffite Williams-Honda 31 Turbo 17 10 Mike Thackwell RAM-Hart 29 Turbo 25 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 11 Gearbox 19 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10 Engine 6 25 François Hesnault Ligier-Renault 7 Turbo 13 15 Patrick Tambay Renault Driver Injured
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 32.5 2 Niki Lauda 24 3 René Arnoux 16.5 4 Elio de Angelis 15.5 5 Derek Warwick 13Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG 56.5 2 Ferrari 25.5 3 Lotus-Renault 20.5 4 Renault 20 5 Williams-Honda 11Source:
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