French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 20th May 1984 12:00am Local
Sun 20th May 1984 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1984

Round
Round 5

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Location

Dijon-Prenois

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The 1984 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois near Dijon, France on 20 May 1984. It was race 5 of 16 in the 1984 FIA Formula One World Championship.
This was the final Formula One race to be held at the 3.801 km (2.362 mi) Dijon-Prenois circuit, as it was deemed too short by governing body FISA. Fittingly in France, Frenchman Patrick Tambay, in the all-French team (French car, French engine, French tyres and French fuel) scored the Equipe Renault team's last pole position until their return to the sport in 2002.
Double World Champion Niki Lauda won the race in his McLaren-TAG, his first win in France since 1975. Tambay finished second in his Renault RE50, with the Lotus-Renault of Nigel Mansell third. Lauda's team-mate and World Championship leader, Alain Prost, could only manage seventh after he was forced to pit to change a loose wheel.

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Result List

01	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:31:11.951
02	Patrick Tambay	Renault F1 Team	+0:07.154
03	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+0:23.969
04	René Arnoux	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:43.706
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1:06.125
06	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
07	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
08	Jacques Laffite	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
09	Teo Fabi	Brabham	+1 Lap
10	Andrea De Cesaris	Ligier	+2 Laps
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
12	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	+5 Laps
13	Jonathan Palmer	Ram Racing	+7 Laps
14	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
15	Mauro Baldi	Spirit of Race	DNF
16	Derek Warwick	Renault F1 Team	DNF
17	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	DNF
20	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
21	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
23	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
24	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
25	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	DNF
26	Philippe Alliot	Ram Racing	DNF