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

1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 21 October 1984
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-TAG
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW
Fastest lap
  • Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-TAG
CircuitEstoril, 70 laps
Round16 of 16
Race numbers

The 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix was the

  • 404th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix (first since 1960)
  • 1st World Championship race at Estoril
  • 1984 Drivers’ title decider
More 1984 season
More Portuguese Grands Prix
Next race1985 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG701hr 41m 11.753s9
2+9Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG70+13.425s6
3 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart70+20.042s4
4+4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari70+20.317s3
5 Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault70+1m 32.169s2
6-5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW69+1 lap1
7 France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault69+1 lap 
8+4Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo69+1 lap 
9+8France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari69+1 lap 
10+9Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockBrabham-BMW69+1 lap 
11-1Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonToleman-Hart69+1 lap 
12+8Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault69+1 lap 
13+10Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerATS-BMW68+2 laps 
14+1France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda67+3 laps 
15+10Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart66+4 laps 
16+8Austria flag lazyload Jo GartnerOsella-Alfa Romeo65DNF 
17-3USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo64+6 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo60DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault52DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault51DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffRenault48DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda39DNF 
R France flag lazyload Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault31DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW24DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart19DNF 
R Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-BMW8DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart2DNF 

Notes

  • Jo Gartner ended lap 65 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart
4Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
5Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault
7France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault
8Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault
10Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonToleman-Hart
11Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
12Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
13France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffRenault
14USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
15France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda
16Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-BMW
17France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari
18Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
19Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockBrabham-BMW
20Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault
21France flag lazyload Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault
22Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
23Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerATS-BMW
24Austria flag lazyload Jo GartnerOsella-Alfa Romeo
25Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart
26United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart
27France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:21.703 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:21.7740.071
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:21.9360.233
4Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:22.0490.346
5Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:22.2910.588
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:22.3190.616
7France flag lazyload Patrick TambayRenault1:22.5830.880
8Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:22.6860.983
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickRenault1:22.8011.098
10Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonToleman-Hart1:22.9421.239
11Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:23.1831.480
12Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:24.0482.345
13France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffRenault1:24.0892.386
14USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:24.2352.532
15France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:24.4372.734
16Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-BMW1:24.6882.985
17France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari1:24.8483.145
18Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:25.1153.412
19Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockBrabham-BMW1:25.2893.586
20Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:26.0824.379
21France flag lazyload Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault1:26.7014.998
22Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:26.8405.137
23Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerATS-BMW1:28.1066.403
24Austria flag lazyload Jo GartnerOsella-Alfa Romeo1:28.2296.526
25Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart1:29.0017.298
26United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart1:29.3977.694
27France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:30.4068.703

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1984 Portuguese Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda72
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost71.5
3Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis34
4Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto30.5
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet29
6France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux27
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick23
8Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg20.5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell13
=Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna13
11France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay11
12Italy flag lazyload Teo Fabi9
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese8
14France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite5
=Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen5
16USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever3
=Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris3
=Sweden flag lazyload Stefan Johansson3
19Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo Ghinzani2
20Switzerland flag Marc Surer1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-TAG143.5
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari57.5
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault47
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW38
5France flag lazyload Renault34
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda25.5
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Toleman-Hart16
8Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo11
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
=France flag lazyload Ligier-Renault3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-BMW3
12Italy flag lazyload Osella-Alfa Romeo2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Philippe Streiff
Last start
Jo Gartner
ATS
Milestone race start
250th for McLaren (4th constructor to start 250 races)
World Champion
3rd and last title for Niki Lauda (4th driver to win three championships, 1st Austrian driver; first Austrian champion since 1977)
Wins
16th for Alain Prost
42nd for McLaren
Race 1-2
6th for McLaren
Podiums
53rd for Niki Lauda, 26th for Alain Prost, 3rd for Ayrton Senna (last for Toleman)
109th & 110th for McLaren, 3rd and last for Toleman
Poles
17th for Nelson Piquet
38th for Brabham
Fastest laps
23rd for Niki Lauda
28th for McLaren
Front row starts
30th for Alain Prost (9th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 2nd French driver), 26th for Nelson Piquet

See also

  • Portuguese Grand Prix
  • Estoril circuit
  • 1984 World Championship season

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