1984 F1 World Championship Season

1983 F1 World Championship

1985 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Niki Lauda (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	McLaren (3rd title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Alain Prost (7) Niki Lauda (5) Nelson Piquet (2) Michele Alboreto (1) Keke Rosberg (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (12) Brabham (2) Ferrari (1) Williams (1)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1984 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	25 March	1984 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	South Africa	Kyalami	7 April	1984 South African Grand Prix
3	Belgium	Zolder	29 April	1984 Belgian Grand Prix
4	San Marino	Imola	6 May	1984 San Marino Grand Prix
5	France	Dijon-Prenois	20 May	1984 French Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	3 June	1984 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canada	Montreal	17 June	1984 Canadian Grand Prix
8	Detroit	Detroit	24 June	1984 Detroit Grand Prix
9	Dallas	Dallas	8 July	1984 Dallas Grand Prix
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	22 July	1984 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Hockenheim	5 August	1984 German Grand Prix
12	Austria	Osterreichring	19 August	1984 Austrian Grand Prix
13	Netherlands CT	Zandvoort	26 August	1984 Dutch Grand Prix
14	Italy	Monza	9 September	1984 Italian Grand Prix
15	Europe	Nurburgring	7 October	1984 European Grand Prix
16	Portugal DT	Estoril	21 October	1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	4	40.514s
2	South Africa	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	8	1m 05.950s
3	Belgium	Zolder	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1	42.386s
4	San Marino	Imola	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	2	13.416s
5	France	Dijon-Prenois	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	9	7.154s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	7.446s
7	Canada	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1	2.612s
8	Detroit	Detroit	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1	0.837s
9	Dallas	Dallas	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	8	22.464s
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	3	42.123s
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	3.149s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	4	23.525s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	10.283s
14	Italy	Monza	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	4	24.249s
15	Europe	Nurburgring	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	2	23.911s
16	Portugal	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	2	13.425s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	3	0.506s
2	South Africa	Kyalami	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	DNF	0.187s
3	Belgium	Zolder	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1	0.552s
4	San Marino	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	DNF	0.111s
5	France	Dijon-Prenois	Patrick Tambay	Renault	2	0.136s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	0.091s
7	Canada	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1	0.756s
8	Detroit	Detroit	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1	0.660s
9	Dallas	Dallas	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	6 (DNF)	0.594s
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	7	0.207s
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	0.053s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	2	0.030s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	0.305s
14	Italy	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	DNF	0.087s
15	Europe	Nurburgring	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	3	0.304s
16	Portugal	Estoril	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	6	0.071s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
2	South Africa	Kyalami	Patrick Tambay	Renault
3	Belgium	Zolder	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari
4	San Marino	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
5	France	Dijon-Prenois	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart
7	Canada	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
8	Detroit	Detroit	Derek Warwick	Renault
9	Dallas	Dallas	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari
14	Italy	Monza	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
15	Europe	Nurburgring	Nelson Piquet Michele Alboreto	Brabham-BMW Ferrari
16	Portugal	Estoril	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG

1984 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren	72
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	71.5	-0.5
3	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	34	-38
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	30.5	-41.5
5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	29	-43
6	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	27	-45
7	Derek Warwick	Renault	23	-49
8	Keke Rosberg	Williams	20.5	-51.5
9	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	13	-59
10	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	13	-59
11	Patrick Tambay	Renault	11	-61
12	Teo Fabi	Brabham	9	-63
13	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	8	-64
14	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	-67
=	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	5	-67
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	3	-69
=	Stefan Johansson	Tyrrell Toleman	3	-69
=	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	3	-69
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	2	-70
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	1	-71

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	McLaren-TAG	143.5
2	Ferrari	57.5	-86
3	Lotus-Renault	47	-96.5
4	Brabham-BMW	38	-105.5
5	Renault	34	-109.5
6	Williams-Honda	25.5	-118
7	Toleman-Hart	16	-127.5
8	Alfa Romeo	11	-132.5
9	Ligier-Renault	3	-140.5
10	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	3	-140.5
11	Arrows-BMW	3	-140.5
12	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2	-141.5

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	ZAF	BEL	SMR	FRA	MCO	CAN	DET	DAL	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	EUR	PRT	Avg.	Best
1	Alain Prost	4	5	8	2	5	1	2	2	7	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3.00	1
2	Nelson Piquet	7	1	9	1	3	9	1	1	12	1	5	1	2	1	1	1	3.50	1
3	Elio de Angelis	1	7	5	11	2	11	3	5	2	4	2	3	3	3	23	5	5.62	1
4	Derek Warwick	3	9	4	4	7	5	4	6	3	6	3	6	4	12	7	9	5.75	3
5	Patrick Tambay	8	4	12	14	1	6		9	10	10	4	5	5	8	3	7	7.07	1
6	Michele Alboreto	2	10	1	13	10	4	6	4	9	9	6	12	9	11	5	8	7.44	1
7	Nigel Mansell	5	3	10	18	6	2	7	3	1	8	16	8	12	7	8	6	7.50	1
8	Niki Lauda	6	8	14	5	9	8	8	10	5	3	7	4	6	4	15	11	7.69	3
9	Keke Rosberg	9	2	3	3	4	10	15	21	8	5	19	9	7	6	4	4	8.06	2
10	Rene Arnoux	10	15	2	6	11	3	5	15	4	13	10	15	15	14	6	17	10.06	2
11	Ayrton Senna	17	13	19	28	13	13	9	7	6	7	9	10	13		12	3	11.93	3
12	Teo Fabi	16	6	18	9	18			23		14	8	7	10	5	10		12.00	5
13	Manfred Winkelhock	15	12	6	7	8	12	12	14	13	11	13	14	16	21		19	12.87	6
14	Philippe Streiff																13	13.00	13
15	Corrado Fabi						15	16		11								14.00	11
16	Eddie Cheever	12	16	11	8	17	23	11	8	14	18	18	16	17	10	13	14	14.13	8
17	Jacques Laffite	13	11	15	15	12	16	17	19	25	16	12	11	8	13	14	15	14.50	8
18	Riccardo Patrese	11	18	7	10	16	14	14	25	21	17	20	13	18	9	9	12	14.63	7
19	Andrea de Cesaris	14	14	13	12	27	7	10	12	16	19	11	18	14	16	17	20	15.00	7
20	Thierry Boutsen	21	27	17	20	15	24	18	13	20	12	15	17	11	19	11	18	17.38	11
21	Francois Hesnault	20	17	23	17	14	17	13	18	19	20	17	21	20	18	19	21	18.38	13
22	Johnny Cecotto	18	19	16	19	19	18	20	17	15	28							18.90	15
23	Marc Surer	25	24	24	16	20	21	23	22	22	15	14	19	19	15	16	16	19.44	14
24	Gerhard Berger												20		20	18	23	20.25	18
25	Martin Brundle	19	26	22	22	24	22	21	11	27								21.56	11
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	22	20	20	27	26	19	19	26	18	21	21	23	21	22	20	22	21.69	18
27	Stefan Bellof	23	25	21	21	21	20	22	16	17	26		28	24				22.00	16
28	Stefan Johansson										25	26	27	25	17	26	10	22.29	10
29	Jo Gartner				26						27	23	22	23	24	22	24	23.88	22
30	Mauro Baldi	24	21	25	24	25	26									24	25	24.25	21
31	Jonathan Palmer	27	22	26	25	22	25		24	26	23	25	24	22	26	21	26	24.27	21
32	Philippe Alliot	26	23	27	23	23	27	26	20	24	24	22	25	26	23	25	27	24.44	20
33	Huub Rothengatter							24	27	23	22	24	26	27	25			24.75	22
34	Mike Thackwell							25				27						26.00	25
35	Pierluigi Martini														27			27.00	27

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	ZAF	BEL	SMR	FRA	MCO	CAN	DET	DAL	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	EUR	PRT	Points
1	Niki Lauda	R	1	R	R	1	R	2	R	R	1	2	1	2	1	4	2	72
2	Alain Prost	1	2	R	1	7	1	3	4	R	R	1	R	1	R	1	1	71.5
3	Elio de Angelis	3	7	5	3^R	5	5	4	2	3	4	R	R	4	R	R	5	34
4	Michele Alboreto	R	11^R	1	R	R	6	R	R	R	5	R	3	R	2	2	4	30.5
5	Nelson Piquet	R	R	9^R	R	R	R	1	1	R	7	R	2	R	R	3	6	29
6	Rene Arnoux	R	R	3	2	4	3	5	R	2	6	6	7	11^R	R	5	9	27
7	Derek Warwick	R	3	2	4	R	R	R	R	R	2	3	R	R	R	11^R	R	23
8	Keke Rosberg	2	R	4^R	R	6	4	R	R	1	R	R	R	8^R	R	R	R	20.5
9	Ayrton Senna	R	6	6	DNQ	R	2	7	R	R	3	R	R	R		R	3	13
10	Nigel Mansell	R	R	R	R	3	R	6	R	6^R	R	4	R	3	R	R	R	13
11	Patrick Tambay	5^R	R	7	R	2	R		R	R	8^R	5	R	6	R	R	7	11
12	Teo Fabi	R	R	R	R				3		R	R	4	5	R	R		9
13	Riccardo Patrese	R	4	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	12^R	R	10^R	R	3	6	8	8
14	Jacques Laffite	R	R	R	R	8	8	R	5	4	R	R	R	R	R	R	14	5
=	Thierry Boutsen	6	12	R	5	11	DNQ	R	R	R	R	R	5	R	10	9^R	R	5
16	Eddie Cheever	4	R	R	7^R	R	DNQ	11^R	R	R	R	R	R	13^R	9^R	R	17	3
=	Stefan Johansson										DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DSQ	4	R	11	3
=	Andrea de Cesaris	R	5	R	6^R	10	R	R	R	R	10	7	R	R	R	7	12	3
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani	R	DNS	R	DNQ	12	7	R	R	5	9	R	R	R	7^R	R	R	2
20	Marc Surer	7	9	8	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	11	R	6	R	R	R	R	1
	Jo Gartner				R						R	R	R	12	5	R	16^R
	Gerhard Berger												12		6	R	13
	Francois Hesnault	R	10	R	R	DNS	R	R	R	R	R	8	8	7	R	10	R
	Corrado Fabi					9	R	R		7
	Mauro Baldi	R	8	R	8	R	DNQ									8	15
	Manfred Winkelhock		R	R	R	R	R	8	R	8	R	R	DNS	R	DNS		10
	Jonathan Palmer	8	R	10	9	13	DNQ		R	R	R	R	9	9	R	R	R
	Huub Rothengatter							NC	DNQ	R	NC	9	R	R	8
	Johnny Cecotto	R	R	R	R	R	R	9	R	R	DNQ
	Philippe Alliot	R	R	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	10	R	DNS	R	R	11	10	R	R	R
	Stefan Bellof	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ		DNQ	DSQ
	Martin Brundle	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ
	Mike Thackwell							R				DNQ
	Philippe Streiff																R
	Pierluigi Martini														DNQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1984 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1984 F1 World Championship Season Statistics