page_title: 1984 Formula One World Championship
hierarchical_section_title: 1984 Formula One World Championship
caption_attribution_description: English: Niki Lauda in 1984
context_page_description: The 1984 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 38th season of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One motor racing. Drivers and teams competed in sixteen Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles. The season ran from 5 March to 21 October.
  In the Drivers' Championship, the season became a duel between McLaren drivers Alain Prost and Niki Lauda. Prost won seven races to Lauda's five, including the last two races of the season, but Lauda eventually prevailed by half a point – the smallest margin in Formula One history. It was Lauda's third title, and his first since 1977. McLaren comfortably won the Manufacturers' Championship, their first since 1974.
  This season featured the last driver of the 20th century to compete in both the F1 championship and the Indianapolis 500 in the same season, Italy's Teo Fabi. No driver would repeat this feat until 2017, when Fernando Alonso also participated at the Indy 500.
context_section_description: The 1984 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 38th season of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula One motor racing. Drivers and teams competed in sixteen Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles. The season ran from 5 March to 21 October.
  In the Drivers' Championship, the season became a duel between McLaren drivers Alain Prost and Niki Lauda. Prost won seven races to Lauda's five, including the last two races of the season, but Lauda eventually prevailed by half a point – the smallest margin in Formula One history. It was Lauda's third title, and his first since 1977. McLaren comfortably won the Manufacturers' Championship, their first since 1974.
  This season featured the last driver of the 20th century to compete in both the F1 championship and the Indianapolis 500 in the same season, Italy's Teo Fabi. No driver would repeat this feat until 2017, when Fernando Alonso also participated at the Indy 500.
caption: Niki Lauda won his third and final Drivers' Championship by half a point
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