Season 1984 · Round 5

French Grand Prix

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1984-05-20 · Dijon-Prenois · France · French Grand Prix · 79Lap · 300.279km
8 Niki Lauda
McLaren 1:31:11.951
Team win 9pt P1 · P7
15 Patrick Tambay
Renault +7.154
12 Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus +23.969
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Mauro Baldi L61 Derek Warwick L53 Marc Surer L51 Eddie Cheever L51 Ayrton Senna L35 Michele Alboreto L33 Johnny Cecotto L22 Riccardo Patrese L15 Nelson Piquet L11 Manfred Winkelhock L5 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Circuit Info
Dijon-Prenois Dijon, France
79Lap 300.279km 6 races held (1974–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L79 Lauda · P9 → P1 · +8 9 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Tambay · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Tambay TAM 2 Tambay TAM Mansell · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Mansell MAN 3 Mansell MAN Arnoux · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Arnoux ARN 4 Arnoux ARN de Angelis · P2 → P5 · -3 2 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Rosberg · P4 → P6 · -2 4 Rosberg ROS 6 Rosberg ROS Prost · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Prost PRO 7 Prost PRO Laffite · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Laffite LAF 8 Laffite LAF Fabi · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Fabi FAB 9 Fabi FAB de Cesaris · P26 → P10 · +16 26 de Cesaris DE 10 de Cesaris DE Boutsen · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Boutsen BOU 11 Boutsen BOU Ghinzani · P25 → P12 · +13 25 Ghinzani GHI 12 Ghinzani GHI Palmer · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Palmer PAL 13 Palmer PAL Brundle · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Brundle BRU 14 Brundle BRU Baldi · P24 → retired L61 Baldi · retired L61 24 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Warwick · P7 → retired L53 Warwick · retired L53 7 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Surer · P19 → retired L51 Surer · retired L51 19 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Cheever · P16 → retired L51 Cheever · retired L51 16 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Senna · P13 → retired L35 Senna · retired L35 13 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Alboreto · P10 → retired L33 Alboreto · retired L33 10 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Cecotto · P18 → retired L22 Cecotto · retired L22 18 Cecotto CEC R Cecotto CEC Patrese · P15 → retired L15 Patrese · retired L15 15 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Piquet · P3 → retired L11 Piquet · retired L11 3 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Bellof · P20 → P24 · -4 20 Bellof BEL 24 Bellof BEL Winkelhock · P8 → retired L5 Winkelhock · retired L5 8 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Alliot · P22 → retired L4 Alliot · retired L4 22 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 9 79 1:31:11.951 9
2 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 1 79 +7.154 6
3 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 6 79 +23.969 4
4 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 11 79 +43.706 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 2 79 +1:06.125 2
6 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 4 78 +1 Lap 1
7 7 Alain Prost McLaren 5 78 +1 Lap
8 5 Jacques Laffite Williams 12 78 +1 Lap
9 2 Teo Fabi Brabham 17 78 +1 Lap
10 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 26 77 +2 Laps
11 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 14 77 +2 Laps
12 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 74 +5 Laps
13 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 21 72 +7 Laps
D 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 23 76 Disqualified
R 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 24 61 Engine
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 7 53 Accident
R 17 Marc Surer Arrows 19 51 Accident
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 16 51 Engine
R 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman 13 35 Turbo
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10 33 Engine
R 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman 18 22 Turbo
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 15 15 Engine
R 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 11 Turbo
D 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 20 11 Disqualified
R 2 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 8 5 Clutch
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 22 4 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Patrick Tambay
2
11 Elio de Angelis
3
1 Nelson Piquet
4
6 Keke Rosberg
5
7 Alain Prost
6
12 Nigel Mansell
7
16 Derek Warwick
8
2 Manfred Winkelhock
9
8 Niki Lauda
10
27 Michele Alboreto
11
28 René Arnoux
12
5 Jacques Laffite
13
19 Ayrton Senna
14
18 Thierry Boutsen
15
22 Riccardo Patrese
16
23 Eddie Cheever
17
2 Teo Fabi
18
20 Johnny Cecotto
19
17 Marc Surer
20
4 Stefan Bellof
21
10 Jonathan Palmer
22
9 Philippe Alliot
23
3 Martin Brundle
24
21 Mauro Baldi
25
24 Piercarlo Ghinzani
26
26 Andrea de Cesaris
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15