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1984 Monaco Grand Prix

McLaren’s Alain Prost won in difficult racing conditions

Alain Prost won the 1984 Monaco GP after it was stopped halfway due to bad weather conditions. According to some sources, there were debates if the GP should have been stopped, as Ayrton Senna or Stefon Bellof could have won the race.

Niki Lauda requested Bernie Ecclestone before the race that the wet tunnel needed to be flooded to preserve tyres. Ecclestone went with the situation and ordered a fire truck to do the same.

Prost started building the lead in the race from the first corner. As Senna was a rookie at the time, it was his first street circuit race but he showed his determination by lapping with a fastest time even after starting from the 7th row of the grid.

Senna was not the only new driver to run near the front. Stefan Bellof, running in the only naturally aspirated car in the race, finished third and had been closing on both Senna and Prost even after starting from 20th grid.

But nothing could match the fearless German with peculiar car control and a quick response on the track, though Prost finally won the race.

Bellof was later disqualified for having a turbocharged engine.

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