1984 German Grand Prix

De Angelis took the lead from Prost at the start overtaking on the inside of the first corner. Marc Surer's Arrows-BMW had a fuel injection problem and retired at the end of Lap 1. Rosberg was climbing up the order quickly at the start, moving from 19th to 7th across the opening 5 laps. On Lap 5, Senna had a spin on the fast outward leg before the East Curve Chicane and crashed into the wall due to his rear aerofoil having collapsed, having run in fifth in the Toleman.

On Lap 7, de Angelis' Renault engine in the Lotus blew up and Prost went into the lead, de Angelis trying to drive the car into the pits. Piquet soon overtook Prost and went into the lead. Lauda was following behind in third place, having started off carefully, and had passed Rosberg and Warwick as the race settled down. Within a lap the two Williams failed. Laffite came into the pits with smoke pouring from an exhaust pipe and signs of a disintegrated piston coming out of the pipe, and Rosberg coasted to a stop out on the circuit with an electrical fault.

Barely after the retirement of both Williams cars, the second RAM entry also withdrew from the race. Shortly thereafter, Piercarlo Ghinzani's Osella was forced into the pit lane due to a fire originating around the right-hand turbocharger of its Alfa Romeo V8 engine. Michele Alboreto retired with an electrical failure, while Riccardo Patrese exited the race as a result of a gearbox malfunction.

The high-speed nature of the circuit, combined with three chicanes that required repeated heavy braking and rapid acceleration, placed considerable mechanical strain on the field and contributed to the high rate of retirements. On lap 22, Nelson Piquet began experiencing difficulties with gear selection and was forced to slow significantly, allowing both Alain Prost and Niki Lauda to pass.

Piquet's Brabham was fitted with a special six-speed gearbox configuration, consisting of five conventional ratios and an overdrive top gear. Pqiuet encountered problems engaging second, fourth, and sixth gears. After completing one additional lap without resolving the issue, he entered the pit lane at the end of lap 23 and retired from the race.

The race having settled down, Prost and Lauda secured a 1-2 for the McLaren team. Derek Warwick came third, his final podium finish in Formula One.^[2] Prost extended his championship standings by three points to Lauda.^[3][4][5]

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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:49.439	1:47.012
2	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:48.033	1:47.065	+0.053
3	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:48.576	1:48.382	+1.370
4	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:51.414	1:48.425	+1.413
5	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:48.698	1:48.584	+1.572
6	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:49.782	1:48.847	+1.835
7	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:48.912	1:49.004	+1.900
8	2	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1:51.693	1:49.302	+2.290
9	19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1:49.395	1:49.831	+2.383
10	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:50.830	1:49.857	+2.845
11	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:50.338	1:50.117	+3.105
12	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1:51.428	1:50.511	+3.499
13	14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:51.697	1:50.686	+3.674
14	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1:56.450	1:51.475	+4.463
15	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:52.144	1:51.551	+4.539
16	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:52.958	1:51.715	+4.703
17	25	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1:53.985	1:51.872	+4.860
18	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:54.802	1:51.950	+4.938
19	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	2:12.229	1:52.003	+4.991
20	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:52.769	1:54.665	+5.757
21	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:59.505	1:54.546	+7.534
22	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:55.505	1:55.795	+8.493
23	30	Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:58.457	1:55.594	+8.582
24	21	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	1:56.112	2:00.118	+9.100
25	10	Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	1:56.797	46:43.220	+9.785
26	3	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford	2:00.268	1:59.461	+12.449
DNQ	4	Mike Thackwell	Tyrrell-Ford	2:01.320	1:59.516	+12.504
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Race

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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	44	1:24:43.210	1	9
2	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	44	+ 3.149	7	6
3	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	44	+ 36.423	3	4
4	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	44	+ 51.663	16	3
5	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	44	+ 1:11.949	4	2
6	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	43	+ 1 Lap	10	1
7	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	43	+ 1 Lap	11
8	25	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	43	+ 1 Lap	17
9	21	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	40	+ 4 Laps	24
DSQ	3	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford	42	Disqualified	26
Ret	14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	31	Gearbox	13
Ret	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	29	Engine	18
Ret	2	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	28	Turbo	8
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	23	Gearbox	5
Ret	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	16	Fuel System	20
Ret	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	14	Electrical	21
Ret	30	Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	13	Turbo	23
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	13	Engine	6
Ret	10	Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	11	Turbo	25
Ret	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	10	Electrical	19
Ret	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	10	Engine	12
Ret	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	8	Engine	15
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	8	Turbo	2
Ret	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	7	Overheating	22
Ret	19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	4	Rear Wing	9
Ret	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1	Turbo	14
DNQ	4	Mike Thackwell	Tyrrell-Ford
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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Tyrrell's points were subsequently reallocated.