Formula 1 World Championship 1984

Formula 1 World Championship 1984

World Champion
Driver:	Niki Lauda
Constructor:	McLaren DAY
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1983 season	1985 season>

The 1984 Formula 1 World Championship was the 35th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races in the period from March 25, 1984 to October 21, 1984. The Austrian Niki Lauda won in the tightest final in Formula 1 history for the third time after 1975 and 1977 the drivers' world championship. McLaren secured the design engineer title.

1982 world champion Keke Rosberg in a Williams FW09 Honda en route to victory at the US GP in Dallas, 1984

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	MRD International	Brabham BT53	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4t	M.	01	Nelson Piquet	1-16	Paolo Barilla
					02	Teo Fabi	1-5, 8, 10-15
						Corrado Fabi	6, 7, 9
						Manfred Winkelhock	16
	Tyrrell Racing Organization	Tyrrell 012	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	G	03	Martin Brundle	1-9	-
						Stefan Johansson	10-13
					04th	Stefan Bellof	1-10, 12, 13
						Mike Thackwell	11
	Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams FW09 Williams FW09B	Honda RA163E 1.5 V6t Honda RA164E 1.5 V6t	G	05	Jacques Laffite	1-16	-
					06th	Keke Rosberg	1-16
	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4 / 2	DAY TTE PO1 1.5 V6t	M.	07th	Alain Prost	1-16	-
					08th	Niki Lauda	1-16
	Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM 01 RAM 02	Hard 415T 1.5 L4t	P	09	Philippe Alliot	1-16	-
					10	Jonathan Palmer	1-6, 8-16
						Mike Thackwell	7th
	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 95T	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6t	G	11	Elio de Angelis	1-16	Johnny Dumfries
					12	Nigel Mansell	1-16
	Team ATS	ATS D7	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4t	P	14th	Manfred Winkelhock	1-14	-
						Gerhard Berger	16
					31	Gerhard Berger	12, 14, 15
	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE50	Renault EF4 1.5 V6t	M.	15th	Patrick Tambay	1-16	Philippe Streiff
					16	Derek Warwick	1-16
					33	Philippe Streiff	16
	Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	Arrows A6 Arrows A7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4t	G	17th	Marc Surer	1-16	Hannu Mikkola
					18th	Thierry Boutsen	1-16
	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG183B Toleman TG184	Hard 415T 1.5 L4t	P M	19th	Ayrton Senna	1-13, 15, 16	John Watson
						Stefan Johansson	14th
					20th	Johnny Cecotto	1-10
						Pierluigi Martini	14th
						Stefan Johansson	15, 16
	Spirit Racing	Spirit 101B Spirit 101C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4t Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P	21st	Mauro Baldi	1-6, 15, 16	Emerson Fittipaldi
						Huub Rothengatter	7-14
	Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 184T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	G	22nd	Riccardo Patrese	1-16	-
					23	Eddie Cheever	1-16
	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1E Osella FA1F	Alfa Romeo 1260 V12 Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	P	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-16	-
					30th	Jo Gartner	4, 10-16
	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS23 Ligier JS23B	Renault EF4 1.5 V6t	M.	25th	François Hesnault	1-16	-
					26th	Andrea de Cesaris	1-16
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 126C4	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6t	G	27	Michele Alboreto	1-16	-
					28	René Arnoux	1-16

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	25th March	Brazil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	306.891	Elio de Angelis	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche
02	7th of April	South Africa	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	307,800	Nelson Piquet	Patrick Tambay	Niki Lauda
03	April 29	Belgium	Circuit Zolder	298,340	Michele Alboreto	René Arnoux	Michele Alboreto
04th	May 6th	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	302,400	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost
05	May 20th	France	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois	307.073	Patrick Tambay	Alain Prost	Niki Lauda
06th	3rd of June	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	102.672	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost
07th	17th of June	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	308,700	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
08th	June 24th	USA East	Detroit Street Circuit	253,449	Nelson Piquet	Derek Warwick	Nelson Piquet
09	8th of July	United States	Dallas Fair Park Grand Prix Circuit	261,367	Nigel Mansell	Niki Lauda	Keke Rosberg
10	22nd of July	Great Britain	Brands Hatch Circuit	298.697	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
11	5th of August	Germany	Hockenheimring	299,068	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
12	August 19th	Austria	Österreichring	303,042	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
13	26th of August	Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	301.892	Alain Prost	René Arnoux	Alain Prost
14th	the 9th of September	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	295,800	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
15th	October 7th	Europe	Nürburgring	319.732	Nelson Piquet	Michele Alboreto Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost
16	October 21	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	304,500	Nelson Piquet	Niki Lauda	Alain Prost

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 42: 34.492
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	+ 40.514
3	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	+ 59.128
PP	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 28.392
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 36.499

The Brazilian Grand Prix in Jacarepaguá , a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, took place on March 25, 1984 and went over 61 laps (306.891 km).

The start was canceled a total of two times. First the local power supply collapsed, on the second attempt the shift linkage collapsed at Andrea de Cesaris .

South Africa Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 Grand Prix of South Africa

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 29: 23.430
2	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	+1: 05.950
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	+ 1 lap
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 04.871
SR	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 08.877

The South African Grand Prix at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit took place on April 7, 1984 and covered a distance of 75 laps (307.8 km).

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1984

space	driver	team	time
1	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 36: 32.048
2	Derek Warwick	Renault	+ 42.386
3	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+1: 09.803
PP	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 14.846
SR	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 19.294

The Belgian Grand Prix in Zolder took place on April 29, 1984 and covered a distance of 70 laps (298.34 km).

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 36: 53.679
2	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+ 13,416
3	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	+ 1 lap
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 28.517
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 33.275

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on May 6, 1984 and covered 60 laps (302.4 km).

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 31: 11.951
2	Patrick Tambay	Renault	+ 7.154
3	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	+ 23.969
PP	Patrick Tambay	Renault	1: 02,200
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 05.257

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois took place on May 20, 1984 and covered a distance of 79 laps (307.073 km).

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 Monaco Grand Prix

1984 Toleman TG184 , Donington Grand Prix Collection

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 01: 07.740
2	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	+ 7.446
3	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+ 29.977
PP	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 22.661
SR	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	1: 54.334

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on June 3, 1984 and ran over 31 laps (102.672 km).

The race was stopped prematurely due to heavy rain. There were half points for the World Cup.

Since the Tyrrell team and thus also the actually third-placed Stefan Bellof was subsequently disqualified towards the end of the season, René Arnoux and all following moved up one place.

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 46: 23.748
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 2.612
3	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	+1: 28.032
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 25.442
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 28.763

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 17, 1984 and went over a distance of 70 laps (308.7 km).

US Grand Prix East

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 55: 41.842
2	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	+ 32.638
3	Teo Fabi	Brabham-BMW	+1: 28.528
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 40.980
SR	Derek Warwick	Renault	1: 46.221

The US East Grand Prix at the Detroit Street Circuit in Detroit , Michigan took place on June 24, 1984 and covered a distance of 63 laps (253.449 km).

The race was stopped and restarted after a start accident. Only five drivers crossed the finish line and the point for sixth place was not awarded.

Since the Tyrrell team and thus also the actually runner-up Martin Brundle was subsequently disqualified towards the end of the season, Elio de Angelis , Teo Fabi and all of them moved up one place.

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 USA Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	2: 01: 22.617
2	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+ 22.464
3	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	+ 1 lap
PP	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 37.041
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 45.353

The US Grand Prix in Dallas took place on July 8, 1984 and went over a distance of 67 laps (261.367 km).

A race distance of 78 laps was originally planned. The race was canceled after two hours. Nigel Mansell tried to push his car, which had broken down shortly before the finish line, over the finish line, but collapsed shortly before the finish line. René Arnoux, who later came second, started from the end of the grid because of a defective starter.

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : Great Britain Grand Prix 1984

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 29: 28,532
2	Derek Warwick	Renault	+ 42.123
3	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	+1: 03.328
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 10.869
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 13.191

The British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch took place on July 22, 1984 and went over a distance of 71 laps (298.697 km).

There was a mass collision on the first lap: Eddie Cheever , Philippe Alliot , Stefan Johansson and Jo Gartner collided with each other and dropped out. The race was stopped for clean-up work and repairs to security barriers. The race was shortened from 75 to 71 laps after the race was interrupted.

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : German Grand Prix 1984

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 24: 43.210
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 3.149
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	+ 36.423
PP	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 47.012
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 53.538

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring took place on August 5, 1984 and covered a distance of 44 laps (299.068 km).

Alain Prost started in the replacement car due to a defective fuel pump in his emergency vehicle.

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Austrian Grand Prix 1984

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 21: 12.851
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 23.525
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+ 48.998
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 26.173
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 32.882

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring in Zeltweg took place on August 19, 1984 and covered a distance of 51 laps (303.042 km).

The start was repeated because Elio de Angelis stalled his engine on the first attempt.

Niki Lauda was the first and only Austrian to win a home race.

Grand Prix of the Netherlands

→ Main article : Dutch Grand Prix 1984

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 37: 21.468
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 10.283
3	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	+1: 19.544
PP	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 13.567
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 19.465

The Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort took place on August 26, 1984 and covered a distance of 71 laps (301.892 km).

McLaren - TAG-Porsche wins the constructors' world prematurely after this race.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1984 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 20: 29.065
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+ 24.249
3	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 26.584
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 31.912

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 9, 1984 and covered a distance of 51 laps (295.80 km).

Jo Gartner in fifth and Gerhard Berger in sixth did not receive any World Championship points because they were not on the FIA entry list at the beginning of the season .

Grand Prix of Europe

→ Main article : 1984 European Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 35: 13.284
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+ 23.911
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 24.922
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 18.871
SR	Michele Alboreto Nelson Piquet	Ferrari Brabham-BMW	1: 23.146

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on October 7, 1984 and covered a distance of 67 laps (304.314 km).

In the first lap, Ayrton Senna triggered a mass collision in which, in addition to Senna himself, Keke Rosberg , Marc Surer , Gerhard Berger and Piercarlo Ghinzani were also canceled.

Michele Alboreto and Nelson Piquet both set the fastest race lap.

Grand Prix of Portugal

→ Main article : 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 41: 11.753
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	+ 13.425
3	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	+ 20.042
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 21.703
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 22.996

The Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril took place on October 21, 1984 and covered a distance of 70 laps (304.5 km).

With second place in the race, Niki Lauda secured his third and final world title.

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best eleven results were counted in the drivers 'classification and all results in the constructors' classification. Due to the premature termination in Monaco, only half of the points were awarded for each race.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																	Points
01	N. Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	1	2	1	2	1	4th	2	72, 0
02	A. Cheers	McLaren TAG Porsche	1	2	DNF	1	7th	1	3	4th	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	1	DNF	1	1	71.5
03	E. de Angelis	Lotus Renault	3	7th	5	3	5	5	4th	2	3	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	5	34, 0
04th	M. Alboreto	Ferrari	DNF	11	1	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	3	DNF	2	2	4th	30.5
05	N. Piquet	Brabham-BMW	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	1	DNF	7th	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	3	6th	29, 0
06th	R. Arnoux	Ferrari	DNF	DNF	3	2	4th	3	5	DNF	2	6th	6th	7th	11	DNF	5	9	27, 0
07th	D. Warwick	Renault	DNF	3	2	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	23, 0
08th	K. Rosberg	Williams-Honda	2	DNF	4th	DNF	6th	4th	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	20.5
09	A. Senna	Toleman-Hart	DNF	6th	6th	DNQ	DNF	2	7th	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF		DNF	3	13, 0
10	N. Mansell	Lotus Renault	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	6th	DNF	6th	DNF	4th	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	13, 0
11	P. Tambay	Renault	5	DNF	7th	DNF	2	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	8th	5	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	7th	11, 0
12	T. Fabi	Brabham-BMW	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9			3		DNF	DNF	4th	5	DNF	DNF		9, 0
13	R. Patrese	Alfa Romeo	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	10	DNF	3	6th	8th	8th, 0
14th	J. Laffite	Williams-Honda	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	8th	DNF	5	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	5, 0
15th	T. Boutsen	Arrows-Ford / -BMW	6th	12	DNF	5	11	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	10	9	DNF	5, 0
16	E. Cheever	Alfa Romeo	4th	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNQ	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	9	DNF	17th	3, 0
17th	S. Johansson	Tyrrell-Ford										DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DSQ				0, 0
		Toleman-Hart														4th	DNF	11	3, 0
18th	A. de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	DNF	5	DNF	6th	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	12	3, 0
19th	P. Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNQ	12	7th	DNF	DNF	5	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	2, 0
20th	M. Surer	Arrows-Ford / -BMW	7th	9	8th	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1, 0
DSQ	M. Brundle	Tyrrell-Ford	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ								8th, 0
DSQ	S. Bellof	Tyrrell-Ford	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ		EX	DSQ				6th, 0
-	J. Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo				DNF						DNF	DNF	DNF	12	5	DNF	16	0, 0
-	G. Berger	ATS-BMW												12		6th	DNF	13	0, 0
-	F. Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	8th	7th	DNF	10	DNF	0, 0
-	C. Fabi	Brabham-BMW						DNF	DNF		7th								0, 0
-	M. Baldi	Spirit-Hart	DNF	8th	DNF	8th	DNF	DNQ									8th	15th	0, 0
-	M. Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	EX	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS			0, 0
		Brabham-BMW																10	0, 0
-	J. Palmer	RAM hard	8th	DNF	10	9	13	DNQ		DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	0, 0
-	H. Rothengatter	Spirit-Hart							NC	DNQ	DNF	NC	9	NC	DNF	8th			0, 0
-	J. Cecotto	Toleman-Hart	DNF	DNF	DNF	NC	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNQ							0, 0
-	P. Alliot	RAM hard	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	10	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	11	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	0, 0
-	P. Streiff	Renault																DNF	0, 0
-	M. Thackwell	RAM hard							DNF										0, 0
		Tyrrell-Ford											DNQ						0, 0
-	P. Martini	Toleman-Hart														DNQ			0, 0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

McLaren MP4 / 2 TAG-Porsche Turbo from 1984

Item constructor Points 1  McLaren TAG Porsche T 143.5 2  Ferrari T 57.5 3  Lotus-Renault T 47, 0 4th  Brabham-BMW T 38, 0 5  Renault T 34, 0 6th  Williams-Honda T 25.5 7th  Toleman-Hart T. 16, 0 8th  Alfa Romeo T 11, 0

Item constructor Points 9  Arrows-Ford / -BMW T 6th, 0 10  Ligier-Renault T 3, 0 11  Osella-Alfa Romeo T 2, 0 12  ATS-BMW T 0, 0 13  Spirit-Hart T 0, 0 14th  RAM-Hart T 0, 0 DQ  Tyrrell-Ford 1 14th, 0

^T = turbo engine
¹ Tyrrell was excluded from the world championship at the beginning of October 1984 for violating the regulations; The trigger was forbidden water tanks that were filled after each Grand Prix and in this way caused an underweight during the races.

News in brief Formula 1

• At the end of the season, the entire Tyrrell team with drivers Martin Brundle , Stefan Bellof , Stefan Johansson and Mike Thackwell was disqualified because the weight of the cars in the race violated the regulations. Tyrrell had installed water cooling for the brakes, the lines of which were filled with water when they were accepted, but were empty during the race. Shortly before the end of the race, water ballast mixed with lead balls was filled in to achieve the minimum weight again.
• Formula 1 newbies Ayrton Senna and Stefan Bellof finished second and third in the Monaco Rain GP . However, Bellof's result was not counted due to the disqualification of his Tyrrell team.
• In Dallas , a Honda engine won for the first time in the "modern era" of Formula 1 .
• Niki Lauda became world champion for the third time.
• With half a point ahead of Alain Prost , it is the closest World Cup decision to date. In addition, he is only the second world champion to date to have won the title without having achieved pole position once - only Denis Hulme achieved this in the 1967 Formula 1 season before him .
• If the point system that has been used since 2010 had already existed, Alain Prost would have become world champion with 213.5 points ahead of Niki Lauda 209.
• Zakspeed presented its first Formula 1 car.

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 1984  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1984 (English)