1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | March 25, 1984 | ||
| Official name | X Grande Prêmio do Brasil | ||
| Location |
Jacarepaguá Circuit Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.031 km (3.126 mi) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 306.891 km (190.686 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:28.392 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG | |
| Time | 1:36.499 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Second | Williams-Honda | ||
| Third | Lotus-Renault | ||
The 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro on March 25, 1984. It was the first round of the 1984 Formula One season and the first race where the FISA mandated 220 litre fuel limit came into effect, with the re-fueling of 1983 now banned. Many of the drivers correctly predicted that this would turn Grand Prix racing into fuel economy runs rather than actual races. It was also the first Formula One race for the future triple World Champion, Ayrton Senna.
Elio de Angelis claimed the first pole position of the season in his Lotus-Renault from the Ferrari of Michele Alboreto in his first race for the Prancing Horse. Derek Warwick, in his first race for Renault, was 3rd on the grid with the McLaren-TAG of Alain Prost 4th, Prost returning to the team he started his career with after three seasons with Renault. Reigning World Champion (and local favourite) Nelson Piquet qualified 7th in his Brabham-BMW, while another Brazilian, a Formula One rookie by the name of Ayrton Senna qualified 17th for his first ever Grand Prix in his Toleman-Hart.
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