1984 Formula One season

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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.

1 Season summary
2 Drivers & Constructors
3 Season review
4 1984 Constructors Championship final standings
5 1984 Drivers Championship final standings
6 External links

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Drivers & Constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
MRD International	Brabham	BT53	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	M	1	Nelson Piquet	Paolo Barilla
					2	Teo Fabi
						Corrado Fabi
						Manfred Winkelhock
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell	012	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	G	3	Martin Brundle	n/a
					3	Stefan Johansson
					4	Stefan Bellof
					4	Mike Thackwell
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams	FW09 FW09B	Honda RA163E 1.5 V6T Honda RA164E 1.5 V6T	G	5	Jacques Laffite	n/a
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams	FW09 FW09B	Honda RA163E 1.5 V6T Honda RA164E 1.5 V6T	G	6	Keke Rosberg	n/a
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/2	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6T	M	7	Alain Prost	n/a
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/2	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6T	M	8	Niki Lauda	n/a
Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team	RAM	01 02	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T	P	9	Philippe Alliot	n/a
					10	Jonathan Palmer
					10	Mike Thackwell
John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	95T	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6T	G	11	Elio de Angelis	Johnny Dumfries
John Player Team Lotus	Lotus	95T	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6T	G	12	Nigel Mansell	Johnny Dumfries
Team ATS	ATS	D7	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	P	14	Gerhard Berger	n/a
					14	Manfred Winkelhock
					31	Gerhard Berger
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	RS50	Renault EF4 1.5 V6T	M	15	Patrick Tambay	Nelson Piquet
					16	Derek Warwick
					33	Philippe Streiff
Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	Arrows	A6 A7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	17	Marc Surer	Hannu Mikkola
Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	Arrows	A6 A7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	18	Thierry Boutsen	Hannu Mikkola
Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman	TG183B TG184	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T	P	19	Ayrton Senna	John Watson
					19	Stefan Johansson
					20	Johnny Cecotto
						Pierluigi Martini
						Stefan Johansson
Spirit Racing	Spirit	101B 101C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P	21	Mauro Baldi	Emerson Fittipaldi
Spirit Racing	Spirit	101B 101C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P	21	Huub Rothengatter	Emerson Fittipaldi
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	184T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	G	22	Riccardo Patrese	n/a
Benetton Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	184T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	G	23	Eddie Cheever	n/a
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	P	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	n/a
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	P	30	Jo Gartner	n/a
Ligier Loto	Ligier	JS23 JS23B	Renault EF4 1.5 V6T	M	25	François Hesnault	n/a
Ligier Loto	Ligier	JS23 JS23B	Renault EF4 1.5 V6T	M	26	Andrea de Cesaris	n/a
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	126C4	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6T	G	27	Michele Alboreto	n/a
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	126C4	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6T	G	28	René Arnoux	n/a

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 25	Jacarepaguá	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
2	South African Grand Prix	April 7	Kyalami	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	April 29	Zolder	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	May 6	Imola	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
5	French Grand Prix	May 20	Dijon	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix¹	June 3	Monaco	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	June 17	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Report
8	United States Grand Prix East	June 24	Detroit	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Report
9	United States Grand Prix	July 8	Dallas	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 22	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 5	Hockenheimring	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 19	Österreichring	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	August 26	Zandvoort	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	Report
15	European Grand Prix	October 7	Nürburgring	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
16	Portuguese Grand Prix	October 21	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report

^ Half points awarded. Race stopped due to dangerous conditions.

[edit] 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	McLaren-TAG	MP4/2	TAG Porsche P01	M	143.5	12	18	3
2	Ferrari	126C4	Ferrari 031	G	57.5	1	8	1
3	Lotus-Renault	95T	Renault EF4B	G	47		6	2
4	Brabham-BMW	BT53	BMW M12/13	M	38	2	5	9
5	Renault	RE50	Renault EF4	M	34		5	1
6	Williams-Honda	FW09 FW09B	Honda RA163E	G	25.5	1	2
7	Toleman-Hart	TG183B TG184	Hart 415T	P M	16		3
8	Alfa Romeo	184T	Alfa Romeo 890T	G	11		1
9	Arrows-BMW	A7	BMW M12/13	G	3
10	Ligier-Renault	JS23 JS23B	Renault EF4	M	3
11	Arrows-Ford	A6	Ford Cosworth DFV	G	3
12	Osella-Alfa Romeo	FA1E FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T	P	2
13	Spirit-Hart	101 101B	Hart 415T	P
14	Spirit-Ford	101C	Ford Cosworth DFV	P
15	ATS-BMW	D7	BMW M12/13	P
16	RAM-Hart	01 02	Hart 415T	P
DSQ	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

[edit] 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	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	USE	USA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	POR	Points
1	Niki Lauda	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	2	1	4	2	72
2	Alain Prost	1	2	Ret	1	7	1	3	4	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	1	71.5
3	Elio de Angelis	3	7	5	3	5	5	4	2	3	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	5	34
4	Michele Alboreto	Ret	11	1	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	3	Ret	2	2	4	30.5
5	Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	7	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3	6	29
6	René Arnoux	Ret	Ret	3	2	4	3	5	Ret	2	6	6	7	11	Ret	5	9	27
7	Derek Warwick	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	23
8	Keke Rosberg	2	Ret	4	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	20.5
9	Ayrton Senna	Ret	6	6	DNQ	Ret	2	7	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	3	13
10	Nigel Mansell	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	13
11	Patrick Tambay	5	Ret	7	Ret	2	Ret		Ret	Ret	8	5	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	7	11
12	Teo Fabi	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9			3		Ret	Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret		9
13	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	3	6	8	8
14	Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	5
15	Thierry Boutsen	6	12	Ret	5	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	10	9	Ret	5
16	Eddie Cheever	4	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	9	Ret	17	3
17	Stefan Johansson										DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DSQ	4	Ret	11	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	5	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	12	3
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ret	WD	Ret	DNQ	12	7	Ret	Ret	5	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	2
20	Marc Surer	7	9	8	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
21	Jo Gartner				Ret						Ret	Ret	Ret	12	5	Ret	16	0
22	Gerhard Berger												12		6	Ret	13	0
23	François Hesnault	Ret	10	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	7	Ret	10	Ret	0
24	Corrado Fabi						Ret	Ret		7								0
25	Mauro Baldi	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ									8	15	0
26	Manfred Winkelhock	DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		Ret	DNS		10	0
27	Jonathan Palmer	8	Ret	10	9	13	DNQ		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
28	Huub Rothengatter							NC	DNQ	Ret	NC	9	NC	Ret	8			0
29	Johnny Cecotto	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	DNQ							0
30	Philippe Alliot	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	10	Ret		Ret	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Stefan Bellof	DSQ	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	Ret	DSQ		DSQ	DSQ				0
—	Martin Brundle	DSQ	Ret	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ	DSQ	DSQ	DNQ								0
—	Mike Thackwell							Ret				DNQ						0
—	Philippe Streiff																Ret	0
—	Pierluigi Martini														DNQ			0
Pos	Driver	BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	USE	USA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	POR	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

Place	Driver	Number	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Niki Lauda	8	72	5	9
2	Alain Prost	7	71.5	7	9	3
3	Elio de Angelis	11	34		4	1
4	Michele Alboreto	27	30.5	1	4	1
5	Nelson Piquet	1	29	2	4	9
6	René Arnoux	28	27		4
7	Derek Warwick	16	23		4
8	Keke Rosberg	6	20.5	1	2
9	Ayrton Senna	19	13		3
10	Nigel Mansell	12	13		2	1
11	Patrick Tambay	15	11		1	1
12	Teo Fabi	2	9		1
13	Riccardo Patrese	22	8		1
14	Jacques Laffite	5	5
15	Thierry Boutsen	18	5
16	Eddie Cheever	23	3
17	Stefan Johansson	20	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris	26	3
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	2
20	Marc Surer	17	1
21	Jo Gartner	30	0
22	Gerhard Berger	14	0
23	Francois Hesnault	25	0
24	Corrado Fabi	2	0
25	Mauro Baldi	21	0
26	Manfred Winkelhock	2	0
27	Jonathan Palmer	10	0
28	Huub Rothengatter	21	0
29	Johnny Cecotto	20	0
30	Philippe Alliot	9	0
—	Stefan Bellof	4	0
—	Martin Brundle	3	0
—	Mike Thackwell	10	0
—	Philippe Streiff	33	0