1984 Formula One season facts for kids

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

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 Prix	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

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

1984 Constructors Championship final standings

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	2
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

1984 Drivers Championship final standings

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) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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	2
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

Images for kids

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  Niki Lauda won his third and final Drivers' Championship by half a point

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  Lauda's teammate Alain Prost (pictured in 2008) was runner-up 0.5 points behind

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  Ayrton Senna (pictured in 1988) debuted this season, driving for Toleman Group Motorsport.

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  Stefan Bellof driving for Tyrrell in the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. The team and its drivers were disqualified from the championship due to a technical infringement which was discovered at the Detroit Grand Prix.

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  Keke Rosberg won the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix for Williams-Honda.

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  Thierry Boutsen driving for Arrows at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix.

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  Michele Alboreto finished fourth in the Drivers' Championship in his first season at Ferrari.

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  McLaren took the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship for Manufacturers after winning 12 of the 16 races.

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  Ferrari finished second in the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship for Manufacturers.

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  Lotus finished third in the 1984 Formula 1 World Championship for Manufacturers.

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  Tyrrell was disqualified from the championship.

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1984 de Fórmula 1 para niños