1984 Monaco Grand Prix - part 7

The seventh part of the 1984 Monaco GP with commentary by Hunt and Walker shows the end of the race, but with someone else commentating. As I said before, coverage is a bit weird sometimes.

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Sports

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• f1
• 1984
• monaco
• prost
• senna
• bellof
• murray
• walker
• james
• hunt

[wibblewobble85]

didnt lauda beat prost to the champonship by half a point? maybe prost lost himself the championship with the race stopping earyer n only getting half points

[schopfheim91]

Maybe you're right because Bellof was disqualified, so Prost should've finished second and so he would have got six points instead of 4.5

[joseavs]

Tyrrel l-Ford was disqualified in all these races for illegal car. Martin and Stefan. Just check this. It was so shame, because Bellof perform as a great driver in his 6th GP.

[schopfheim91]

I never said anything different... After the scandal Tyrrell had never been that competitive again.

[CrumpledEar]

Prost was the only guy not to make a single mistake in this race, lots of drivers were faster than him today, Senna oh so nearly crashed off at the chicane. Prost was afraid of racing in the rain since Pironi's horrific crash in the rain in '82 . Prost's thoughts were you only want to win the championship if you stay alive, remember in the 80's we lost quite a few drivers as the cars were not very safe.( as I think Patrick Tambay must have thought after the 1st corner)!

[schopfheim91]

"Oh so nearly crashing off" is no mistake, it's just driving on the limit. Senna didn't make a mistake because every REAL mistake you commit in Monaco those days would have resulted in retirement.

[LiamMKiney]

You are forgetting the ultimate irony of this race. Since it was stopped before the end, half-points were given out and Prost got 4.5 for winning. However, had the race run its course and Prost had finished second, the six points he would have gained would have won him the title that year instead of Niki Lauda. Clearly though the conditions were bordering on the unsafe, and the fact that Jackie "The Rainmaster" Ickx eventually stopped the race is testament to that fact.

[UltimateWheelman]

Even Murray Walker at 3:45 said he was surprised the race wasn't being stopped and that the conditions were some of the worst he had ever seen.

[beqa16v]

Prost slowed down so much. I wander if he had some sort of problem

[Smiffyalltheway]

Prost bottled it in this race, no doubt. Waving to the stewards to get it stopped as he didnt want to get embarrased by the legend Senna, who was a rookie catching him in a Toleman. Should have been Senna's first ever win in legendary circumstances but still, wrong move by Prost because if the race had lasted it wouldnt have been half points. As Lauda beat him to the title by 0.5pt he could have came 2nd and got 6pts instead of 4.5. Unlucky Alain, but Senna should have had your 1989 title anyway

[jakubkrcma]

@CrumpledEar GOING SLOW IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IMAGINABLE!!! THIS IS FORMULA ONE!!! IF YOU'RE SLOW AND SCARED, RETIRE AND WATCH F1 ON TV!!!

[Insanaty]

this race was a shame. fucking political decision to gave prost the win.. fucking fia it was sennas win!

[emulsyjna]

@wibblewobble85 he lost championship with this decision, but it looks like it from this days point of view. at that moment who could ever know, that bellof will be disqualified and only half a point will be needed for prost to loose to lauda? no one. maybe prost was scared to compete in those conditions, to be beated by young rookey senna and maybe bellof, but could he know this decision will cost him world champion title?

[flipsidedogchop]

@schopfheim91 except for 1990

[Mascarinho10]

stefan bellof the best!

[LaurensTwo]

The stoppage was controversial, as it benefitted Prost with a Porsche-designed engine, and was made by Ickx, a Porsche employee in sports car racing. Ickx was suspended from his race control duties for not consulting with the stewards over his decision before making it. The rain was not falling as hard at this stage as it had previously been.

[f1fantic1]

@F1nonstop.

Alain Prost.

Senna would have won if the red flag hadn't been raised/