1984 Dallas Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 8 July 1984 |
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| Circuit | Dallas, 67 laps |
| Round | 9 of 16 |
| Race numbers | The 1984 Dallas Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 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 | |||||
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Renault |
| 2 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Renault |
| 3 | Derek Warwick | Renault |
| 4 | Rene Arnoux | Ferrari |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-TAG |
| 6 | Ayrton Senna | Toleman-Hart |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | Williams-Honda |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay | Renault |
| 11 | Corrado Fabi | Brabham-BMW |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW |
| 13 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS-BMW |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo |
| 15 | Johnny Cecotto | Toleman-Hart |
| 16 | Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier-Renault |
| 17 | Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
| 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Alfa Romeo |
| 19 | Francois Hesnault | Ligier-Renault |
| 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-BMW |
| 21 | Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo |
| 22 | Marc Surer | Arrows-BMW |
| 23 | Huub Rothengatter | Spirit-Hart |
| 24 | Jacques Laffite | Williams-Honda |
| 25 | Jonathan Palmer | RAM-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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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| 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-1984 Dallas Grand Prix.
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 |
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| 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
- 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)
- Qualifying 1-2
- 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)