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South African Grand Prix

National Panasonic South African Grand Prix 1984

Round 2 of 16Kyalami Racing Circuit, MidrandApr 7 198475 laps

Podium

PROMcLaren

LAUMcLaren

WARRenault

Key facts

WinnerLAU1:29:23.430 from P8

PolePIQ1:04.871

Fastest lapTAM1:08.877 on lap 64

Finishers12 / 27classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	8	▲7	75	1:29:23.430	9	1:09.666
2	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	5	▲3	75	+65.950s	6	1:09.398
3	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	9	▲6	74	+1 lap	4	1:09.526
4	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	18	▲14	73	+2 laps	3	1:11.385
5	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Ligier	14	▲9	73	+2 laps	2	1:12.510
6	SENAyrton Senna	Toleman	13	▲7	72	+3 laps	1	1:12.124
7	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	7	–	71	+4 laps		1:10.150
8	BALMauro Baldi	Spirit	20	▲12	71	+4 laps		1:13.267
9	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	24	▲15	71	+4 laps		1:14.906
10	SURMarc Surer	Arrows	23	▲13	71	+4 laps		1:14.090
11	HESFrançois Hesnault	Ligier	17	▲6	71	+4 laps		1:13.054
12	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	10	▼2	70	+5 laps		1:11.828
DNF	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	4		66	Out of fuel		1:08.877
DNF	LAFJacques Laffite	Williams	11		60	Transmission		1:11.790
DNF	WINManfred Winkelhock	ATS	12		53	Engine		1:12.527
DNF	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	2		51	Wheel		1:10.600
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Lotus	3		51	Turbo		1:11.825
DNF	ARNRené Arnoux	Ferrari	15		40	Injection		1:11.421
DNF	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1		29	Turbo		1:10.132
DNF	CECJohnny Cecotto	Toleman	19		26	Tyre		1:12.523
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	22		24	Engine		1:14.943
DNF	PALJonathan Palmer	RAM	21		22	Gearbox		1:14.927
DNF	FABTeo Fabi	Brabham	6		18	Turbo		1:10.345
DNF	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	16		4	Radiator		1:14.046
DNS	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	–		0	Accident in practice		–
DSQ	BRUMartin Brundle	Tyrrell	–		0	Technical infringements		–
DSQ	BELStefan Bellof	Tyrrell	–		0	Technical infringements		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:04.871
2	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1:05.058	+0.187s
3	MANNigel Mansell	Lotus	1:05.125	+0.254s
4	TAMPatrick Tambay	Renault	1:05.339	+0.468s
5	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:05.354	+0.483s
6	FABTeo Fabi	Brabham	1:05.923	+1.052s
7	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	1:05.953	+1.082s
8	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	1:06.043	+1.172s
9	WARDerek Warwick	Renault	1:06.056	+1.185s
10	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:06.323	+1.452s
11	LAFJacques Laffite	Williams	1:06.762	+1.891s
12	WINManfred Winkelhock	ATS	1:06.974	+2.103s
13	SENAyrton Senna	Toleman	1:06.981	+2.110s
14	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Ligier	1:07.245	+2.374s
15	ARNRené Arnoux	Ferrari	1:07.345	+2.474s
16	CHEEddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:07.704	+2.833s
17	HESFrançois Hesnault	Ligier	1:07.787	+2.916s
18	PATRiccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:08.042	+3.171s
19	CECJohnny Cecotto	Toleman	1:08.298	+3.427s
20	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:09.609	+4.738s
21	BALMauro Baldi	Spirit	1:09.923	+5.052s
22	PALJonathan Palmer	RAM	1:10.383	+5.512s
23	ALLPhilippe Alliot	RAM	1:10.619	+5.748s
24	SURMarc Surer	Arrows	1:11.808	+6.937s
25	BOUThierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:12.274	+7.403s

Kyalami Racing Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1984. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1983	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham
1982	Alain Prost	Renault
1980	René Arnoux	Renault
1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
1978	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus
1977	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1975	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell
1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham
1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell

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