Season 1984 · Round 8

Detroit Grand Prix

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1984-06-24 · Detroit Street Circuit · USA · Detroit Grand Prix · 63Lap · 259.560km
1 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:55:41.842
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
11 Elio de Angelis
Team Lotus +32.638
2 Teo Fabi
Brabham +1:26.528
Fastest Lap
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DNF
20
Michele Alboreto L49 Keke Rosberg L47 Derek Warwick L40 Stefan Bellof L33 Patrick Tambay L33 Philippe Alliot L33 Niki Lauda L33 Nigel Mansell L27 Thierry Boutsen L27 Andrea de Cesaris L24 +10
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Circuit Info
Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, USA
63Lap 259.560km 7 races held (1982–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · GP #1
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Keke Rosberg 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 René Arnoux 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 3 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Piquet · P1 → P1 1 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ de Angelis · P5 → P2 · +3 5 de Angelis DE 2 de Angelis DE Fabi · P23 → P3 · +20 23 Fabi FAB 3 Fabi FAB Prost · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO Laffite · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Brundle · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Brundle BRU 6 Brundle BRU Alboreto · P4 → retired L49 Alboreto · retired L49 4 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Rosberg · P21 → retired L47 Rosberg · retired L47 21 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Warwick · P6 → retired L40 Warwick · retired L40 6 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Bellof · P16 → retired L33 Bellof · retired L33 16 Bellof BEL R Bellof BEL Tambay · P9 → retired L33 Tambay · retired L33 9 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Alliot · P20 → retired L33 Alliot · retired L33 20 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Lauda · P10 → retired L33 Lauda · retired L33 10 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Mansell · P3 → retired L27 Mansell · retired L27 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Boutsen · P13 → retired L27 Boutsen · retired L27 13 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU de Cesaris · P12 → retired L24 de Cesaris · retired L24 12 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Cecotto · P17 → retired L23 Cecotto · retired L23 17 Cecotto CEC R Cecotto CEC Cheever · P8 → retired L21 Cheever · retired L21 8 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Senna · P7 → retired L21 Senna · retired L21 7 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Patrese · P25 → retired L20 Patrese · retired L20 25 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Hesnault · P18 → retired L3 Hesnault · retired L3 18 Hesnault HES R Hesnault HES Ghinzani · P26 → retired L3 Ghinzani · retired L3 26 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Arnoux · P15 → retired L2 Arnoux · retired L2 15 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Palmer · P24 → retired L2 Palmer · retired L2 24 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Winkelhock · P14 → retired L0 Winkelhock · retired L0 14 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Surer · P22 → retired L0 Surer · retired L0 22 Surer SUR R Surer SUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 63 1:55:41.842 9
2 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 63 +32.638 6
3 2 Teo Fabi Brabham 23 63 +1:26.528 4
4 7 Alain Prost McLaren 2 63 +1:55.258 3
5 5 Jacques Laffite Williams 19 62 +1 Lap 2
D 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 11 63 Disqualified
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 49 Engine
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 21 47 Turbo
R 16 Derek Warwick Renault 6 40 Gearbox
R 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 16 33 Accident
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 9 33 Transmission
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 20 33 Brakes
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 33 Electrical
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 27 Gearbox
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 13 27 Engine
R 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 12 24 Overheating
R 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman 17 23 Clutch
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 8 21 Engine
R 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman 7 21 Accident
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 25 20 Spun off
R 25 François Hesnault Ligier 18 3 Accident
R 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 3 Accident
R 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 15 2 Accident
R 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 24 2 Tyre
R 2 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 14 0 Engine
R 17 Marc Surer Arrows 22 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Nelson Piquet
2
7 Alain Prost
3
12 Nigel Mansell
4
27 Michele Alboreto
5
11 Elio de Angelis
6
16 Derek Warwick
7
19 Ayrton Senna
8
23 Eddie Cheever
9
15 Patrick Tambay
10
8 Niki Lauda
11
3 Martin Brundle
12
26 Andrea de Cesaris
13
18 Thierry Boutsen
14
2 Manfred Winkelhock
15
28 René Arnoux
16
4 Stefan Bellof
17
20 Johnny Cecotto
18
25 François Hesnault
19
5 Jacques Laffite
20
9 Philippe Alliot
21
6 Keke Rosberg
22
17 Marc Surer
23
2 Teo Fabi
24
10 Jonathan Palmer
25
22 Riccardo Patrese
26
24 Piercarlo Ghinzani
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