1984 Formula One World Championship

The **1984 Formula One season** was the 35th of the championship. The champion was Niki Lauda in a close battle.

## Season review

|Rnd|Race|Date|Location|Pole Position|Fastest Lap|Race Winner|Constructor|Report|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Brazilian Grand Prix|25 March|Jacarepaguá|Elio de Angelis|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|South African Grand Prix|7 April|Kyalami|Nelson Piquet|Patrick Tambay|Niki Lauda|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Belgian Grand Prix|29 April|Zolder|Michele Alboreto|René Arnoux|Michele Alboreto|Ferrari|Report||
|San Marino Grand Prix|6 May|Imola|Nelson Piquet|Nelson Piquet|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|French Grand Prix|20 May|Dijon|Patrick Tambay|Alain Prost|Niki Lauda|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Monaco Grand Prix|3 June|Monaco|Alain Prost|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Canadian Grand Prix|17 June|Circuit Gilles Villeneuve|Nelson Piquet|Nelson Piquet|Nelson Piquet|Brabham-BMW|Report||
|Detroit Grand Prix|24 June|Detroit|Nelson Piquet|Derek Warwick|Nelson Piquet|Brabham-BMW|Report||
|Dallas Grand Prix|8 July|Dallas|Nigel Mansell|Niki Lauda|Keke Rosberg|Williams-Honda|Report||
|British Grand Prix|22 July|Brands Hatch|Nelson Piquet|Niki Lauda|Niki Lauda|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|German Grand Prix|5 August|Hockenheimring|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Austrian Grand Prix|19 August|Österreichring|Nelson Piquet|Niki Lauda|Niki Lauda|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Dutch Grand Prix|26 August|Zandvoort|Alain Prost|René Arnoux|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Italian Grand Prix|9 September|Monza|Nelson Piquet|Niki Lauda|Niki Lauda|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|European Grand Prix|7 October|Nürburgring|Nelson Piquet|Nelson Piquet Michele Alboreto|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||
|Portuguese Grand Prix|21 October|Estoril|Nelson Piquet|Niki Lauda|Alain Prost|McLaren-TAG|Report||

1. Half points awarded after race was stopped due to dangerous conditions.
- Grands Prix in New York City and Fuengirola, Spain were scheduled, but cancelled; the European and Portuguese Grands Prix replaced these two races, respectively.

## 1984 Constructors Championship final standings

|Place|Constructor|Chassis|Engine|Tyre|Points|Wins|Podiums|Poles|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|McLaren-TAG|MP4/2|TAG Porsche P01||143.5|12|18|3||
|Ferrari|126C4|Ferrari 031||57.5|1|8|2||
|Lotus-Renault|95T|Renault EF4B||47||6|2||
|Brabham-BMW|BT53|BMW M12/13||38|2|5|9||
|Renault|RE50|Renault EF4||34||5|1||
|Williams-Honda|FW09 FW09B|Honda RA163E||25.5|1|2|||
|Toleman-Hart|TG183B TG184|Hart 415T||16||3|||
|Alfa Romeo|184T|Alfa Romeo 890T||11||1|||
|Arrows-BMW|A7|BMW M12/13||3|||||
|Ligier-Renault|JS23 JS23B|Renault EF4||3|||||
|Arrows-Ford|A6|Ford Cosworth DFV||3|||||
|Osella-Alfa Romeo|FA1E FA1F|Alfa Romeo 890T||2|||||
|Spirit-Hart|101 101B|Hart 415T|||||||
|Spirit-Ford|101C|Ford Cosworth DFV|||||||
|ATS-BMW|D7|BMW M12/13|||||||
|RAM-Hart|01 02|Hart 415T|||||||
|Tyrrell-Ford|012|Ford Cosworth DFY|||||||

- On 18 July, Tyrrell was disqualified from all races so far that season, and banned from competing in remaining races, because the team had run illegal cars

## 1984 Drivers Championship final standings

|valign="middle"|Pos|valign="middle"|Driver|BRA|RSA|BEL|SMR|FRA|MON|CAN|DET|DAL|GBR|GER|AUT|NED|ITA|EUR|POR|valign="middle"|Points|||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center;"||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Niki Lauda|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|_Ret_|style="background:#ffffbf;"|_1_|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#ffffbf;"|_1_|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#ffffbf;"|_1_|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|_2_|align=right|**72**|
|align="left"|Alain Prost|style="background:#ffffbf;"|_1_|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#cfcfff;"|_7_|style="background:#ffffbf;"|**1**|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|***1***|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|**1**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|align=right|**71.5**|
|align="left"|Elio de Angelis|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|**3**|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|align=right|**34**|
|align="left"|Michele Alboreto|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|style="background:#ffffbf;"|**1**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|_2_|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|align=right|**30.5**|
|align="left"|Nelson Piquet|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|**Ret**|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|***Ret***|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|***1***|style="background:#ffffbf;"|**1**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|**7**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|**2**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|**Ret**|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|***3***|style="background:#dfffdf;"|**6**|align=right|**29**|
|align="left"|René Arnoux|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|_3_|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#cfcfff;"|_11_|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|align=right|**27**|
|align="left"|Derek Warwick|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|_Ret_|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**23**|
|align="left"|Keke Rosberg|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**20.5**|
|align="left"|Ayrton Senna|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|_2_|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|align=right|**13**||
|align="left"|Nigel Mansell|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|**6**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**13**|
|align="left"|Patrick Tambay|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|_Ret_|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|**2**|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffff;"|WD|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|align=right|**11**|
|align="left"|Teo Fabi|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|||style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||align=right|**9**|||||
|align="left"|Riccardo Patrese|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|align=right|**8**|
|align="left"|Jacques Laffite|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|14|align=right|**5**|
|align="left"|Thierry Boutsen|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**5**|
|align="left"|Stefan Johansson||||||||||style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|align=right|**3**||||||||||
|align="left"|Eddie Cheever|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|13|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|17|align=right|**3**|
|align="left"|Andrea de Cesaris|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|align=right|**3**|
|align="left"|Piercarlo Ghinzani|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|DNS|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**2**||
|align="left"|Marc Surer|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|6|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**1**|
|align="left"|Jo Gartner||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|style="background:#cfcfff;"|5*|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|16|align=right|**0**|||||||||
|align="left"|Gerhard Berger||||||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|12||style="background:#cfcfff;"|6*|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|13|align=right|**0**|||||||||||||
|align="left"|François Hesnault|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffff;"|DNS|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**0**|
|align="left"|Corrado Fabi||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7||||||||align=right|**0**||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Mauro Baldi|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#cfcfff;"|15|align=right|**0**|||||||||
|align="left"|Manfred Winkelhock|EX|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffff;"|DNS|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffff;"|DNS||style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|align=right|**0**|||
|align="left"|Jonathan Palmer|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#cfcfff;"|13|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**0**||
|align="left"|Huub Rothengatter|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|||align=right|**0**|||||||||
|align="left"|Johnny Cecotto|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|||||||align=right|**0**|||||||
|align="left"|Philippe Alliot|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#ffffff;"|DNS|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**0**|
|align="left"|Stefan Bellof|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ||EX|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ||||align=right|**0**||||||
|align="left"|Martin Brundle|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#000000; color:white"|DSQ|style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ||||||||align=right|**0**||||||||
|align="left"|Mike Thackwell|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ||||||align=right|**0**|||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Philippe Streiff||||||||||||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align=right|**0**||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Pierluigi Martini||||||||||||||style="background:#ffcfcf;"|DNQ|||align=right|**0**||||||||||||||||
|} ;Notes: Half points were awarded at the Monaco Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed. ***** Neither Gartner nor Berger were eligible for points, as they were driving the respective "second entries" of Osella and ATS and both teams had officially entered only one car for the entire championship.|<span style="font-size:85%">**Bold** – Pole position _Italics_ – Fastest lap</span>|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||