1984 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held at the Jacarepaguá Circuit
The 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix marked Ayrton Senna's Formula One debut and opened the 1984 World Championship season at Jacarepaguá.
Key Facts
- Race laps
- 61 laps
- Circuit
- Jacarepaguá Circuit
- Race winner
- Alain Prost (McLaren)
- Pole position
- Elio de Angelis (Lotus)
- Championship round
- Round 1 of 1984 F1 World Championship
- Edition
- 13th Brazilian Grand Prix
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1984 Formula One World Championship season opened with the Brazilian Grand Prix, a race established since the 1970s and held for the ninth time at the Jacarepaguá Circuit in Rio de Janeiro. Teams including McLaren, Williams, Ferrari, and Lotus lined up for the season opener.
Contested over 61 laps on 25 March 1984, Elio de Angelis of Team Lotus took pole position ahead of Michele Alboreto. In the race, Alain Prost drove his McLaren to victory, finishing ahead of Keke Rosberg in the Williams and de Angelis in third. The event also marked the competitive Formula One debut of Ayrton Senna.
Alain Prost claimed his second Brazilian Grand Prix victory, gaining an early points advantage in the 1984 championship. More historically, Ayrton Senna's debut here launched a career that would define the sport for the following decade, with Senna going on to win three world titles.