1984 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | April 29, 1984 | ||
| Official name | XL Grote Prijs van Belgie | ||
| Location |
Circuit Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.262 km (2.648 mi) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:14.846 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 René Arnoux
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:19.294 on lap 64 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1984 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 1984. It was the third round of the 1984 Formula One season. The race was the 42nd Belgian Grand Prix and the tenth and last Grand Prix to be held at Circuit Zolder. The race was held over 70 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 298 kilometres.
The race was won by Italian driver Michele Alboreto driving a Ferrari 126C4. It was Alboreto's third Grand Prix victory and his first since joining Scuderia Ferrari for the 1984 season and became the first Italian to win for the Prancing Horse since Ludovico Scarfiotti won the 1966 Italian Grand Prix. Alboreto took a 42-second victory over British driver Derek Warwick driving a Renault RE50. It was Warwick's best ever Grand Prix result, improving on the third place he had achieved at the previous race in South Africa. Alboreto's French team mate René Arnoux was third.
Alboreto's win was the first and only win for Ferrari in 1984 and it confirmed Ferrari's faith in hiring the Italian away from Tyrrell. However Alboreto would not get another top three finish until the Austrian Grand Prix in August. With Alain Prost failing to finish, his lead in the world championship tightened to five points with Warwick moving into second place ahead of Niki Lauda.
Goodyear dominated qualifying filling six of the top seven places with Michele Alboreto securing his first career pole position. Team mate René Arnoux qualified second in what would be the last all-Ferrari front row until the 1988 British Grand Prix. 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg qualified third in his Williams FW09-Honda, demonstrating the growing speed of the Williams-Honda combination. Derek Warwick (the first Michelin runner) was fourth ahead of Elio de Angelis (Lotus 95T-Renault) and the surprising fast ATS D7-BMW of emerging star Manfred Winkelhock. The McLarens were off the pace with points leader Alain Prost in eighth and Niki Lauda in 14th. Reigning world champion Nelson Piquet qualified his Brabham BT53-BMW ninth. The best of the Pirelli runners was Johnny Cecotto in 16th in his Toleman TG183B-Hart. The only non-qualifier was Philippe Alliot in his RAM-Hart.
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