1984 Formula One World Championship

The 1984 Formula One season was the 35th of the championship. The champion was Niki Lauda in a close battle.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	25 March	Jacarepaguá	Elio de Angelis	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
2	South African Grand Prix	7 April	Kyalami	Nelson Piquet	Patrick Tambay	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	29 April	Zolder	Michele Alboreto	René Arnoux	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	6 May	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
5	French Grand Prix	20 May	Dijon	Patrick Tambay	Alain Prost	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix1	3 June	Monaco	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	17 June	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Report
8	Detroit Grand Prix	24 June	Detroit	Nelson Piquet	Derek Warwick	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Report
9	Dallas Grand Prix	8 July	Dallas	Nigel Mansell	Niki Lauda	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	Report
10	British Grand Prix	22 July	Brands Hatch	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
11	German Grand Prix	5 August	Hockenheimring	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	19 August	Österreichring	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	26 August	Zandvoort	Alain Prost	René Arnoux	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	9 September	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
15	European Grand Prix	7 October	Nürburgring	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet Michele Alboreto	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
16	Portuguese Grand Prix	21 October	Estoril	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report

1. ^  Half points awarded after race was stopped due to dangerous conditions.

• Grands Prix in New York City and Fuengirola, Spain were scheduled, but cancelled; the European and Portuguese Grands Prix replaced these two races, respectively.

1984 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	McLaren-TAG	MP4/2	TAG Porsche P01	M	143.5	12	18	3
2	Ferrari	126C4	Ferrari 031	G	57.5	1	8	2
3	Lotus-Renault	95T	Renault EF4B	G	47		6	2
4	Brabham-BMW	BT53	BMW M12/13	M	38	2	5	9
5	Renault	RE50	Renault EF4	M	34		5	1
6	Williams-Honda	FW09 FW09B	Honda RA163E	G	25.5	1	2
7	Toleman-Hart	TG183B TG184	Hart 415T	P M	16		3
8	Alfa Romeo	184T	Alfa Romeo 890T	G	11		1
9	Arrows-BMW	A7	BMW M12/13	G	3
10	Ligier-Renault	JS23 JS23B	Renault EF4	M	3
11	Arrows-Ford	A6	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	3
12	Osella-Alfa Romeo	FA1E FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T	P	2
13	Spirit-Hart	101 101B	Hart 415T	P
14	Spirit-Ford	101C	Ford Cosworth DFV	P
15	ATS-BMW	D7	BMW M12/13	P
16	RAM-Hart	01 02	Hart 415T	P
DSQ	Tyrrell-Ford	012	Ford Cosworth DFY	G

• On 18 July, Tyrrell was disqualified from all races so far that season, and banned from competing in remaining races, because the team had run illegal cars

1984 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver BRA RSA BEL SMR FRA MON† CAN DET DAL GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR POR Points 1 Niki Lauda Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 72 2 Alain Prost 1 2 Ret 1 7 1 3 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 71.5 3 Elio de Angelis 3 7 5 3 5 5 4 2 3 4 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 34 4 Michele Alboreto Ret 11 1 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret 2 2 4 30.5 5 Nelson Piquet Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 6 29 6 René Arnoux Ret Ret 3 2 4 3 5 Ret 2 6 6 7 11 Ret 5 9 27 7 Derek Warwick Ret 3 2 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 3 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 23 8 Keke Rosberg 2 Ret 4 Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 20.5 9 Ayrton Senna Ret 6 6 DNQ Ret 2 7 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 13 = Nigel Mansell Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 13 11 Patrick Tambay 5 Ret 7 Ret 2 Ret WD Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 11 12 Teo Fabi Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 3 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret Ret 9 13 Riccardo Patrese Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 3 6 8 8 14 Jacques Laffite Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 5 15 Thierry Boutsen 6 12 Ret 5 11 DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 10 9 Ret 5 16 Stefan Johansson DSQ DSQ DNQ DSQ 4 Ret 11 3 = Eddie Cheever 4 Ret Ret 7 Ret DNQ 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 9 Ret 17 3 18 Andrea de Cesaris Ret 5 Ret 6 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 12 3 19 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ret DNS Ret DNQ 12 7 Ret Ret 5 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 20 Marc Surer 7 9 8 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 — Jo Gartner Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 5* Ret 16 0 — Gerhard Berger 12 6* Ret 13 0 — François Hesnault Ret 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 0 — Corrado Fabi Ret Ret 7 0 — Mauro Baldi Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret DNQ 8 15 0 — Manfred Winkelhock EX Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 10 0 — Jonathan Palmer 8 Ret 10 9 13 DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 0 — Huub Rothengatter NC DNQ Ret NC 9 NC Ret 8 0 — Johnny Cecotto Ret Ret Ret NC Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret DNQ 0 — Philippe Alliot Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 0 — Stefan Bellof DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ EX DSQ 0 — Martin Brundle DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DNQ DSQ DSQ DNQ 0 — Mike Thackwell Ret DNQ 0 — Philippe Streiff Ret 0 — Pierluigi Martini DNQ 0 Pos Driver BRA RSA BEL SMR FRA MON† CAN DET DAL GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR POR Points Notes † Half points were awarded at the Monaco Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed. * Neither Gartner nor Berger were eligible for points, as they were driving the respective "second entries" of Osella and ATS and both teams had officially entered only one car for the entire championship.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

1984 Formula One World Championship Media

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  Ayrton Senna debuted this season, driving for Toleman Group Motorsport.

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  Johnny Cecotto (pictured during the Dallas Grand Prix) suffered a crash at Silverstone Circuit, ending his F1 career.

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  The 1984 event was the only Formula One Dallas Grand Prix.

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  Stefan Bellof driving for Tyrrell in the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. The team and its drivers were disqualified from the championship due to a technical infringement which was discovered at the Detroit Grand Prix.

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  Keke Rosberg won the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix for Williams-Honda.

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  Thierry Boutsen driving for Arrows at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix.

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  Michele Alboreto finished fourth in the Drivers' Championship in his first season at Ferrari.