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1984 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 75 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1984 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 390th World Championship race
  • 20th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Kyalami
More 1984 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG751hr 29m 23.430s9
2PL(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG75+1m 05.950s6
3+6(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault74+1 lap4
4+14(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo73+2 laps3
5+9(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault73+2 laps2
6+7(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart72+3 laps1
7 (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault71+4 laps 
8+12(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart71+4 laps 
9+14(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth71+4 laps 
10+7(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault71+4 laps 
DQ (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71+4 laps 
11-1(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari70DNF 
12+14(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth70+5 laps 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayRenault66DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda60DNF 
DQ (DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW53DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda51DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault51DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari40DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW29DNF 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart26DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart24DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart22DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW18DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo4DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo   

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:04.871 
2(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:05.0580.187
3(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:05.1250.254
4(FRA) Patrick TambayRenault1:05.3390.468
5(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:05.3540.483
6(ITA) Teo FabiBrabham-BMW1:05.9231.052
7(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:05.9531.082
8(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:06.0431.172
9(GBR) Derek WarwickRenault1:06.0561.185
10(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:06.3231.452
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:06.7621.891
12(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:06.9742.103
13(BRA) Ayrton SennaToleman-Hart1:06.9812.110
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisLigier-Renault1:07.2452.374
15(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:07.3452.474
16(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:07.7042.833
17(FRA) Francois HesnaultLigier-Renault1:07.7872.916
18(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:08.0423.171
19(VEN) Johnny CecottoToleman-Hart1:08.2983.427
20(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:09.6094.738
21(ITA) Mauro BaldiSpirit-Hart1:09.9235.052
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerRAM-Hart1:10.3835.512
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotRAM-Hart1:10.6195.748
24(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:11.8086.937
25(DEU) Stefan BellofTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:12.0227.151
26(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:12.2337.362
27(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:12.2747.403

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost15
2(AUT) Niki Lauda9
=(FIN) Keke Rosberg6
4(ITA) Elio de Angelis4
=(GBR) Derek Warwick4
6(ITA) Riccardo Patrese3
=(USA) Eddie Cheever3
8(FRA) Patrick Tambay2
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris2
10(BEL) Thierry Boutsen1
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG24
2Williams-Honda6
3Renault6
4Alfa Romeo6
5Lotus-Renault4
6Ligier-Renault2
7Arrows-Ford Cosworth1
=Toleman-Hart1

Stats & milestones

Wins
20th for Niki Lauda (4th driver to win 20 races, 1st Austrian driver)
32nd for McLaren
Race 1-2
3rd for McLaren
Podiums
45th for Niki Lauda EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Carlos Reutemann)
19th for Alain Prost
1st for Derek Warwick (144th different podium finisher, 31st British driver)
94th & 95th for McLaren
35th for Renault
Poles
9th for Nelson Piquet
30th for Brabham (4th constructor to take 30 pole positions)
Fastest laps
2nd and last for Patrick Tambay (only fastest lap for Renault)
17th for Renault
Front row starts
17th for Nelson Piquet
3rd for Keke Rosberg
Points finishes
1st for Ayrton Senna (217th different point scorer, 8th Brazilian driver)