Nelson Piquet led all 70 laps to win the 1984 Canadian Grand Prix, achieving a dominant pole-to-victory performance at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Key Facts
- Race length
- 70 laps
- Winner
- Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW)
- Winning margin
- 2.6 seconds ahead of Niki Lauda
- Championship round
- 7th race of 1984 F1 World Championship
- Piquet's pole result
- Pole position, led all 70 laps, fastest lap
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Nelson Piquet qualified on pole position at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Although Alain Prost took the lead at the start, his McLaren-TAG turbo went flat under acceleration exiting the hairpin on the first lap, allowing Piquet's Brabham-BMW to pass and take the lead permanently.
Piquet led all 70 laps of the race, winning by 2.6 seconds over Niki Lauda in the second McLaren-TAG. Prost recovered to third, with de Angelis, Arnoux, and Mansell completing the top six. Piquet also set the fastest lap, completing a dominant grand slam performance.
After the race, Piquet collapsed beside his car due to severe burns on his right foot caused by heat from his Brabham's new nose-mounted oil cooler, which had burned through his driving boot. At the next race in Detroit, a special tray of ice was provided to ease the blisters on his injured foot.