1984 Dallas Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 8 July 1984
Winner:	Keke Rosberg Williams-Honda
Pole position:	Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap:	Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG
Circuit:	Dallas, 67 laps
Round:	9 of 16

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+7	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	67	2hr 01m 22.617s	9
2	+2	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	67	+22.464s	6
3	-1	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	66	+1 lap	4
4	+20	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	65	+2 laps	3
5	+13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	65	+2 laps	2
6	-5	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	64	DNF	1
7	+4	Corrado Fabi	Brabham-BMW	64	+3 laps
8	+5	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	64	+3 laps
R		Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	60	DNF
R		Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	56	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	55	DNF
R		Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	54	DNF
R		Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	54	DNF
R		Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	47	DNF
R		Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	46	DNF
R		Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	45	DNF
R		Patrick Tambay	Renault	25	DNF
R		Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	25	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	15	DNF
R		Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	15	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	12	DNF
R		Derek Warwick	Renault	10	DNF
DQ		Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	9	DNF
R		Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	8	DNF
R		Francois Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	0	DNF
Did not start
		Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:37.041
2	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:37.635
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:37.708
4	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	1:37.785
5	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:37.987
6	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1:38.256
7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:38.544
8	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:38.767
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:38.793
10	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:38.907
11	Corrado Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1:38.960
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:39.439
13	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:39.860
14	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:39.911
15	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	1:40.027
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:40.095
17	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:40.336
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:41.176
19	Francois Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1:41.303
20	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:41.318
21	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:41.328
22	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1:42.592
23	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	1:43.084
24	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1:43.304
25	Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	1:44.676

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:37.041
2	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:37.635	0.594
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	1:37.708	0.667
4	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	1:37.785	0.744
5	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:37.987	0.946
6	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1:38.256	1.215
7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:38.544	1.503
8	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	1:38.767	1.726
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:38.793	1.752
10	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1:38.907	1.866
11	Corrado Fabi	Brabham-BMW	1:38.960	1.919
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:39.439	2.398
13	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:39.860	2.819
14	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:39.911	2.870
15	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	1:40.027	2.986
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	1:40.095	3.054
17	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:40.336	3.295
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:41.176	4.135
19	Francois Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	1:41.303	4.262
20	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:41.318	4.277
21	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:41.328	4.287
22	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1:42.592	5.551
23	Huub Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart	1:43.084	6.043
24	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	1:43.222	6.181
25	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	1:43.304	6.263
26	Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	1:44.676	7.635
Did not qualify
27	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2:31.960	54.919

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	35.5
2	Elio de Angelis	26
3	Niki Lauda	24
4	Rene Arnoux	23
5	Keke Rosberg	20.5
6	Nelson Piquet	18
7	Derek Warwick	13
8	Michele Alboreto	9.5
9	Patrick Tambay	8
10	Nigel Mansell	6
11	Jacques Laffite	5
=	Ayrton Senna	5
13	Teo Fabi	4
14	Riccardo Patrese	3
=	Eddie Cheever	3
=	Andrea de Cesaris	3
=	Thierry Boutsen	3
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-TAG	59.5
2	Ferrari	32.5
3	Lotus-Renault	32
4	Williams-Honda	25.5
5	Brabham-BMW	22
6	Renault	21
7	Alfa Romeo	6
8	Toleman-Hart	5
9	Ligier-Renault	3
=	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	3
11	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Johnny Cecotto, Corrado Fabi

Milestone race start

Driver: 150th for Niki Lauda, 50th for Michele Alboreto

Wins

Driver: 3rd for Keke Rosberg

Constructor: 18th for Williams

Podiums

Driver: 22nd and last for Rene Arnoux, 11th for Nico Rosberg, 6th for Elio de Angelis

Constructor: 288th for Ferrari, 143rd for Lotus, 54th for Williams

Poles

Driver: 1st for Nigel Mansell (67th different polesitter, 13th British driver)

Constructor: 90th for Lotus

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 13th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 19th for Niki Lauda

Constructor: 23rd for McLaren

Front row starts

Driver: 4th for Elio de Angelis, 2nd for Nigel Mansell

Points finishes

Driver: 1st and only for Piercarlo Ghinzani (219th different point scorer, 33rd Italian driver)

See also

• Dallas Grand Prix
• Dallas Circuit
• 1984 World Championship season