F1 pole positions
Polesitters
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Driver | Constructor | Race | Pole margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | Jacarepagua | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Renault | 3 | 0.506s |
| 2 | South Africa | Kyalami | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | DNF | 0.187s |
| 3 | Belgium | Zolder | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1 | 0.552s |
| 4 | San Marino | Imola | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | DNF | 0.111s |
| 5 | France | Dijon-Prenois | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Renault | 2 | 0.136s |
| 6 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | (FRA) Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1 | 0.091s |
| 7 | Canada | Montreal | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 1 | 0.756s |
| 8 | Detroit | Detroit | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 1 | 0.660s |
| 9 | Dallas | Dallas | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Renault | 6R | 0.594s |
| 10 | Britain | Brands Hatch | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 7 | 0.207s |
| 11 | Germany | Hockenheim | (FRA) Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1 | 0.053s |
| 12 | Austria | Osterreichring | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 2 | 0.030s |
| 13 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | (FRA) Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1 | 0.305s |
| 14 | Italy | Monza | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | DNF | 0.087s |
| 15 | Europe | Nurburgring | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 3 | 0.304s |
| 16 | Portugal | Estoril | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 6 | 0.071s |
- First pole position (drivers)
- Michele Alboreto
- Nigel Mansell
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Patrick Tambay
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 1984
- Last pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their last pole position in 1984
- First pole position since…
- 1977 for McLaren
- Last pole position until…
- 2003 for Renault
- First pole position by a…
- British driver since 1978