GP Racing Stats

Home / Seasons / 1984 F1 World Championship Season / 1984 Dallas Grand Prix

1984 Dallas Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDallas, 67 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 1984 Dallas Grand Prix was the:

  • 397th World Championship race
  • 1st and only World Championship Dallas Grand Prix
  • 1st and only World Championship race at Dallas
More 1984 season

On this page

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda672hr 01m 22.617s9
2+2(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari67+22.464s6
3-1(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault66+1 lap4
4+20(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda65+2 laps3
5+13(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo65+2 laps2
6-5(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault64DNF1
7+4(ITA) Corrado FabiBrabham-BMW64+3 laps 
8+5(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW64+3 laps 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG60DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG56DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW55DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari54DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW54DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart47DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart46DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW45DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayRenault25DNF 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart25DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault15DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterSpirit-Hart15DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo12DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickRenault10DNF 
DQ (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo8DNF 
R (FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault0DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart   

Notes

  • Nigel Mansell ended lap 64 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Alain Prost ended lap 56 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • After the 1984 Dutch Grand Prix, Tyrrell was excluded from the 1984 world championship and disqualified from all races in which they had competed in during 1984 due to technical infringements.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault
2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
3(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault
4(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
5(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
6(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart
7(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
8(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
10(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault
11(ITA) Corrado FabiBrabham-BMW
12(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
13(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
14(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
15(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart
16(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault
17(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
19(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
21(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
22(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW
23(NLD) Huub RothengatterSpirit-Hart
24(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda
25(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart

Notes

  • Rene Arnoux and Manfred Winkelhock started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:37.041 
2(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:37.6350.594
3(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:37.7080.667
4(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:37.7850.744
5(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:37.9870.946
6(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:38.2561.215
7(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:38.5441.503
8(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:38.7671.726
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:38.7931.752
10(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:38.9071.866
11(ITA) Corrado FabiBrabham-BMW1:38.9601.919
12(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:39.4392.398
13(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:39.8602.819
14(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:39.9112.870
15(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart1:40.0272.986
16(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:40.0953.054
17(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:40.3363.295
18(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:41.1764.135
19(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault1:41.3034.262
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:41.3184.277
21(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:41.3284.287
22(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW1:42.5925.551
23(NLD) Huub RothengatterSpirit-Hart1:43.0846.043
24(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:43.2226.181
25(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:43.3046.263
26(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart1:44.6767.635
Did not qualify
27(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:31.96054.919

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost35.5
2(ITA) Elio de Angelis26
3(AUT) Niki Lauda24
4(FRA) Rene Arnoux23
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg20.5
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
7(GBR) Derek Warwick13
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto9.5
9(FRA) Patrick Tambay8
10(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
11(FRA) Jacques Laffite5
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna5
13(ITA) Teo Fabi4
14(ITA) Riccardo Patrese3
=(USA) Eddie Cheever3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
=(BEL) Thierry Boutsen3
18(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG59.5
2Ferrari32.5
3Lotus-Renault32
4Williams-Honda25.5
5Brabham-BMW22
6Renault21
7Alfa Romeo6
8Toleman-Hart5
9Ligier-Renault3
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
11Osella-Alfa Romeo2

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Johnny Cecotto (last Venezuelan driver to start a race until 2011)
Corrado Fabi
Milestone race start
150th for Niki Lauda (3rd driver to start 150 races, 1st Austrian driver)
50th for Michele Alboreto (58th driver to start 50 races, 7th Italian driver)
Wins
3rd for Keke Rosberg
18th for Williams
Podiums
22nd and last for Rene Arnoux
11th for Keke Rosberg
6th for Elio de Angelis (first podium since 1982)
288th for Ferrari
143rd for Lotus
54th for Williams
Poles
1st for Nigel Mansell (67th different polesitter, 13th British driver; first British polesitter since 1978; only pole for Lotus)
90th for Lotus (2nd constructor to take 90 pole positions)
1-2 start
13th for Lotus
Fastest laps
19th for Niki Lauda
23rd for McLaren
Front row starts
4th for Elio de Angelis
2nd for Nigel Mansell (last for Lotus)
Points finishes
1st and only for Piercarlo Ghinzani (219th different point scorer, 33rd Italian driver)