1984 Formula One season

1984 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1984 Formula One season was the 35th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 25, 1984, and ended on October 21 after sixteen races.

During the season, the Tyrrell team had its results stripped after a technical infringement.

Season summary

The season had been expected to see a continuation of the Brabham-Renault-Ferrari battle, with supporting roles for McLaren, Williams and Lotus. McLaren however had stolen a march on its competitors thanks to its TAG turbo engine.

The FISA had introduced new fuel economy rules aimed at reducing speeds, providing 240 litres of fuel for the entire race. TAG commissioned German sports car manufacturer Porsche to design and build a turbo engine. Porsche had extensive experience with similar economy rules due to its participation in endurance racing and this translated in superior fuel economy.

Reigning world driver's champion Nelson Piquet and his Brabham-BMW were usually the fastest combination on track but appalling reliability meant he was never able to challenge consistently.

The season saw a titanic battle between both McLaren drivers Niki Lauda and Alain Prost. Prost had been sacked by Renault after failing to win the 1983 title. Fast and ambitious, the Frenchman quickly established his dominance over his teammate.

Austrian Niki Lauda had returned to F1 in 1982 and soon showed he had lost nothing of his earlier determination and guile. He regularly matched the pace of his 1982-1983 McLaren team mate John Watson, but Alain Prost was a different kettle of fish. Lauda quickly realized he could not beat his young team mate on speed. The wily Austrian therefore ignored qualifying and concentrated on his race strategies. By winning races when Prost ran into trouble and scoring relentlessly when Prost proved quicker, Lauda was just able to win the title. He was the only second driver after Denny Hulme in 1967 to have ever won the title without achieving a single pole position in the season.

Drivers and constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Template:Country flagicon MRD International	Brabham	BT53	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	M	1	Template:Country flagicon Nelson Piquet	Template:Country flagicon Paolo Barilla
					2	Template:Country flagicon Teo Fabi
						Template:Country flagicon Corrado Fabi
						Template:Country flagicon Manfred Winkelhock
Template:Country flagicon Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell	012	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	G	3	Template:Country flagicon Martin Brundle	n/a
						Template:Country flagicon Stefan Johansson
					4	Template:Country flagicon Stefan Bellof
						Template:Country flagicon Mike Thackwell
Template:Country flagicon Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams	FW09 FW09B	Honda RA163E 1.5 V6T Honda RA164E 1.5 V6T	G	5	Template:Country flagicon Jacques Laffite	n/a
					6	Template:Country flagicon Keke Rosberg
Template:Country flagicon Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/2	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6T	M	7	Template:Country flagicon Alain Prost	n/a
					8	Template:Country flagicon Niki Lauda
Template:Country flagicon Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM	01 02	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T	Template:Pirelli	9	Template:Country flagicon Philippe Alliot	n/a
					10	Template:Country flagicon Jonathan Palmer
						Template:Country flagicon Mike Thackwell
Template:Country flagicon John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	95T	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6T	G	11	Template:Country flagicon Elio de Angelis	Template:Country flagicon Johnny Dumfries
					12	Template:Country flagicon Nigel Mansell
Template:Country flagicon Team ATS	ATS	D7	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	Template:Pirelli	14	Template:Country flagicon Gerhard Berger	n/a
						Template:Country flagicon Manfred Winkelhock
					31	Template:Country flagicon Gerhard Berger
Template:Country flagicon Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RE50	Renault EF4 1.5 V6T	M	15	Template:Country flagicon Patrick Tambay	n/a
					16	Template:Country flagicon Derek Warwick
					33	Template:Country flagicon Philippe Streiff
Template:Country flagicon Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	Arrows	A6 A7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	17	Template:Country flagicon Marc Surer	Template:Country flagicon Hannu Mikkola
					18	Template:Country flagicon Thierry Boutsen
Template:Country flagicon Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman	TG183B TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T	Template:Pirelli	19	Template:Country flagicon Ayrton Senna	Template:Country flagicon John Watson
						Template:Country flagicon Stefan Johansson
					20
						Template:Country flagicon Johnny Cecotto
						Template:Country flagicon Pierluigi Martini
Template:Country flagicon Spirit Racing	Spirit	101B 101C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Template:Pirelli	21	Template:Country flagicon Mauro Baldi	Template:Country flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi
						Template:Country flagicon Huub Rothengatter
Template:Country flagicon Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	184T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	G	22	Template:Country flagicon Riccardo Patrese	n/a
					23	Template:Country flagicon Eddie Cheever
Template:Country flagicon Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	Template:Pirelli	24	Template:Country flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	n/a
					30	Template:Country flagicon Jo Gartner
Template:Country flagicon Ligier Loto	Ligier	JS23 JS23B	Renault EF4 1.5 V6T	M	25	Template:Country flagicon François Hesnault	n/a
					26	Template:Country flagicon Andrea de Cesaris
Template:Country flagicon Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	126C4	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6T	G	27	Template:Country flagicon Michele Alboreto	n/a
					28	Template:Country flagicon René Arnoux

Season review

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

1. ↑  Half points awarded. Race stopped due to dangerous conditions.

1984 Constructors Championship final standings

Constructors' points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round.

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

• 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

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round.

Pos Driver BRA Template:Country flagicon RSA Template:Country flagicon BEL Template:Country flagicon SMR Template:Country flagicon FRA Template:Country flagicon MONTemplate:Smallsup Template:Country flagicon CAN Template:Country flagicon DET Template:Country flagicon DAL Template:Country flagicon GBR Template:Country flagicon GER Template:Country flagicon AUT Template:Country flagicon NED Template:Country flagicon ITA Template:Country flagicon EUR Template:Country flagicon POR Template:Country flagicon Points 1 Template:Country flagicon Niki Lauda Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 72 2 Template:Country flagicon Alain Prost 1 2 Ret 1 7 1 3 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 71.5 3 Template:Country flagicon Elio de Angelis 3 7 5 3 5 5 4 2 3 4 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 34 4 Template:Country flagicon Michele Alboreto Ret 11 1 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret 2 2 4 30.5 5 Template:Country flagicon Nelson Piquet Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 6 29 6 Template:Country flagicon René Arnoux Ret Ret 3 2 4 3 5 Ret 2 6 6 7 11 Ret 5 9 27 7 Template:Country flagicon Derek Warwick Ret 3 2 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 3 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 23 8 Template:Country flagicon Keke Rosberg 2 Ret 4 Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 20.5 9 Template:Country flagicon Ayrton Senna Ret 6 6 DNQ Ret 2 7 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 13 10 Template:Country flagicon Nigel Mansell Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 13 11 Template:Country flagicon Patrick Tambay 5 Ret 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 11 12 Template:Country flagicon Teo Fabi Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 3 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret Ret 9 13 Template:Country flagicon Riccardo Patrese Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 3 6 8 8 14 Template:Country flagicon Jacques Laffite Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 5 15 Template:Country flagicon Thierry Boutsen 6 12 Ret 5 11 DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 10 9 Ret 5 16 Template:Country flagicon Eddie Cheever 4 Ret Ret 7 Ret DNQ 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 9 Ret 17 3 17 Template:Country flagicon Stefan Johansson DSQ DSQ DNQ DSQ 4 Ret 11 3 18 Template:Country flagicon Andrea de Cesaris Ret 5 Ret 6 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 12 3 19 Template:Country flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani Ret WD Ret DNQ 12 7 Ret Ret 5 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 20 Template:Country flagicon Marc Surer 7 9 8 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 NC Template:Country flagicon Jo Gartner Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 5 Ret 16 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Gerhard Berger 12 6 Ret 13 0 NC Template:Country flagicon François Hesnault Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 7 Ret 10 Ret 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Corrado Fabi Ret Ret 7 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Mauro Baldi Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret DNQ 8 15 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Manfred Winkelhock DSQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS 10 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Jonathan Palmer 8 Ret 10 9 13 DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Huub Rothengatter NC DNQ Ret NC 9 NC Ret 8 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Johnny Cecotto Ret Ret Ret NC Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret DNQ 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Philippe Alliot Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Stefan Bellof DSQ Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Martin Brundle DSQ Ret DSQ DSQ DSQ DNQ DSQ DSQ DNQ 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Mike Thackwell Ret DNQ 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Philippe Streiff Ret 0 NC Template:Country flagicon Pierluigi Martini DNQ 0 Pos Driver BRA Template:Country flagicon RSA Template:Country flagicon BEL Template:Country flagicon SMR Template:Country flagicon FRA Template:Country flagicon MONTemplate:Smallsup Template:Country flagicon CAN Template:Country flagicon DET Template:Country flagicon DAL Template:Country flagicon GBR Template:Country flagicon GER Template:Country flagicon AUT Template:Country flagicon NED Template:Country flagicon ITA Template:Country flagicon EUR Template:Country flagicon POR Template:Country flagicon Points Template:Sup Half points were awarded at the Monaco Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Place	Driver	Number	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Template:Country flagicon Niki Lauda	8	72	5	9
2	Template:Country flagicon Alain Prost	7	71.5	7	9	3
3	Template:Country flagicon Elio de Angelis	11	34		4	1
4	Template:Country flagicon Michele Alboreto	27	30.5	1	4	1
5	Template:Country flagicon Nelson Piquet	1	29	2	4	9
6	Template:Country flagicon René Arnoux	28	27		4
7	Template:Country flagicon Derek Warwick	16	23		4
8	Template:Country flagicon Keke Rosberg	6	20.5	1	2
9	Template:Country flagicon Ayrton Senna	19	13		3
10	Template:Country flagicon Nigel Mansell	12	13		2	1
11	Template:Country flagicon Patrick Tambay	15	11		1	1
12	Template:Country flagicon Teo Fabi	2	9		1
13	Template:Country flagicon Riccardo Patrese	22	8		1
14	Template:Country flagicon Jacques Laffite	5	5
15	Template:Country flagicon Thierry Boutsen	18	5
16	Template:Country flagicon Eddie Cheever	23	3
17	Template:Country flagicon Stefan Johansson	20	3
18	Template:Country flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	26	3
19	Template:Country flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	2
20	Template:Country flagicon Marc Surer	17	1

External links

• 1984 Formula 1 review
• 1984 Formula 1 World Championship results and images from f1-facts.com