1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

  1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One season
Date	October 21, 1984
Official name	5o Grande Prémio de Portugal
Location	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Course	Permanent Racing Facility
Course length	4.35 km (2.702 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 304.5 km (189.14 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:21.703
Fastest lap
Driver	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
Time	1:22.996 on lap 51
Podium
First	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Second	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG
Third	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart

The 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on October 21, 1984. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 1984 Formula One season. This was the first Formula One championship Portuguese Grand Prix since 1960, when it was held at the Boavista street circuit in Oporto.

Niki Lauda needed 2nd place to secure the title, and gained this when Nigel Mansell spun out with 18 laps to go. As a result, he took the title by just half a point from team-mate Alain Prost. The point-scoring drivers won a total of 13 world championships between them, and the three drivers on the podium were all (at least) triple World Champions from different eras - Niki Lauda, approaching the end of his long and distinguished F1 career, Alain Prost, enjoying the best years of his career, and Ayrton Senna, still at the dawn of his.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	70	1:41:11.753	2	9
2	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	70	+ 13.425	11	6
3	19	Ayrton Senna	Toleman-Hart	70	+ 20.042	3	4
4	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	70	+ 20.317	8	3
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	70	+ 1:32.169	5	2
6	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	69	+ 1 Lap	1	1
7	15	Patrick Tambay	Renault	69	+ 1 Lap	7
8	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	69	+ 1 Lap	12
9	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	69	+ 1 Lap	17
10	2	Manfred Winkelhock	Brabham-BMW	69	+ 1 Lap	19
11	20	Stefan Johansson	Toleman-Hart	69	+ 1 Lap	10
12	26	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier-Renault	69	+ 1 Lap	20
13	14	Gerhard Berger	ATS-BMW	68	+ 2 Laps	23
14	5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Honda	67	+ 3 Laps	15
15	21	Mauro Baldi	Spirit-Hart	66	+ 4 Laps	25
16	30	Jo Gartner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	65	Out of Fuel	24
17	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	64	+ 6 Laps	14
Ret	24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	60	Engine	22
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	52	Brakes	6
Ret	16	Derek Warwick	Renault	51	Gearbox	9
Ret	33	Philippe Streiff	Renault	48	Transmission	13
Ret	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	39	Engine	4
Ret	25	François Hesnault	Ligier-Renault	31	Electrical	21
Ret	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	24	Transmission	18
Ret	10	Jonathan Palmer	RAM-Hart	19	Gearbox	26
Ret	17	Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	8	Electrical	16
Ret	9	Philippe Alliot	RAM-Hart	2	Engine	27
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Notes

• Lauda and Prost went into the race fighting for the Driver's Championship.
  • Lauda (66pts) needed either
    • 1st or 2nd
    • 3rd or 4th, with Prost 2nd or lower
    • 5th or 6th, with Prost 3rd or lower
    • Prost 4th or lower
  • Prost (62.5pts) needed either
    • 1st with Lauda 3rd or lower
    • 2nd with Lauda 5th or lower
    • 3rd with Lauda 7th or lower
• This was the last time a Grand Prix season ended in Europe until 1997.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Niki Lauda 72 2 Alain Prost 71.5 3 Elio de Angelis 34 4 Michele Alboreto 30.5 5 Nelson Piquet 29

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG 143.5 2 Ferrari 57.5 3 Lotus-Renault 47 4 Brabham-BMW 38 5 Renault 34

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References