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1984 / LAUDA

A scrolling recap of 1984 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Niki Lauda closed the year on 72 points, a 1-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1984
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Niki Lauda	0	9	9	9	18	18	24	24	24	33	39	48	54	63	66	72
Alain Prost	9	15	15	24	24	29	33	36	36	36	45	45	54	54	63	72
Elio de Angelis	4	4	6	10	12	13	16	22	26	29	29	29	32	32	32	34
Michele Alboreto	0	0	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	16	16	22	28	31
Nelson Piquet	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	18	18	18	24	24	24	28	29
René Arnoux	0	0	4	10	13	15	17	17	23	24	25	25	25	25	27	27
Derek Warwick	0	4	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	23	23	23	23	23	23
Keke Rosberg	6	6	9	9	10	12	12	12	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Ayrton Senna	0	1	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	13
Nigel Mansell	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	6	6	9	9	13	13	13	13

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. McLaren–TAG ended on 144 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1984
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	MCLAREN–TAG	144
P2	FERRARI	58
P3	LOTUS–RENAULT	47
P4	BRABHAM–BMW	38
P5	RENAULT	34
P6	WILLIAMS–HONDA	26
P7	TOLEMAN–HART	16
P8	ALFA ROMEO	11
P9	LIGIER–RENAULT	3
P9	ARROWS–FORD	3
P9	ARROWS–BMW	3
P12	OSELLA–ALFA ROMEO	2
—	TYRRELL–FORD	0

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1984
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Niki Lauda	—	P2	P3	P5	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Alain Prost	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Elio de Angelis	P3	P4	P6	P4	P5	P5	P4	P3	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Michele Alboreto	—	—	P3	P5	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P7	P5	P4
Nelson Piquet	—	—	—	—	—	—	P8	P4	P6	P7	P7	P5	P5	P5	P4	P5
René Arnoux	—	—	P7	P3	P3	P3	P3	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P6	P6
Derek Warwick	—	P4	P2	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P6	P5	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7
Keke Rosberg	P2	P3	P5	P7	P6	P6	P6	P7	P5	P5	P6	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8
Ayrton Senna	—	P10	P12	P13	P14	P9	P10	P10	P11	P9	P10	P10	P11	P11	P11	P9
Nigel Mansell	—	—	—	—	P9	P10	P11	P11	P10	P11	P11	P11	P9	P9	P9	P10
Patrick Tambay	P5	P8	P10	P12	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9	P10	P9	P9	P10	P10	P10	P11
Teo Fabi	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P12	P13	P13	P13	P12	P12	P12	P12	P12
Riccardo Patrese	—	P6	P8	P8	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P14	P14	P15	P15	P13	P13	P13
Jacques Laffite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P17	P12	P12	P12	P13	P13	P14	P14	P14
Thierry Boutsen	P6	P10	P13	P10	P12	P13	P14	P15	P16	P16	P16	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

13 drivers stood on a podium.

5 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 BRAZIL

1 PROST

2 ROSBERG

3 ANGELIS

R02 SOUTH AF

1 LAUDA

2 PROST

3 WARWICK

R03 BELGIUM

1 ALBORETO

2 WARWICK

3 ARNOUX

R04 SAN MARI

1 PROST

2 ARNOUX

3 ANGELIS

R05 FRANCE

1 LAUDA

2 TAMBAY

3 MANSELL

R06 MONACO

1 PROST

2 SENNA

3 ARNOUX

R07 CANADA

1 PIQUET

2 LAUDA

3 PROST

R08 DETROIT

1 PIQUET

2 ANGELIS

3 FABI

R09 DALLAS

1 ROSBERG

2 ARNOUX

3 ANGELIS

R10 GREAT BR

1 LAUDA

2 WARWICK

3 SENNA

R11 GERMANY

1 PROST

2 LAUDA

3 WARWICK

R12 AUSTRIA

1 LAUDA

2 PIQUET

3 ALBORETO

R13 NETHERLA

1 PROST

2 LAUDA

3 MANSELL

R14 ITALY

1 LAUDA

2 ALBORETO

3 PATRESE

R15 EUROPE

1 PROST

2 ALBORETO

3 PIQUET

R16 PORTUGAL

1 PROST

2 LAUDA

3 SENNA

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1984
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1984	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1984	PROST	ROSBERG	ANGELIS
R02 · National Panasonic South African Grand Prix 1984	National Panasonic South African Grand Prix 1984	LAUDA	PROST	WARWICK
R03 · 1984 Belgian Grand Prix	1984 Belgian Grand Prix	ALBORETO	WARWICK	ARNOUX
R04 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1984	Gran Premio di San Marino 1984	PROST	ARNOUX	ANGELIS
R05 · Grand Prix de France 1984	Grand Prix de France 1984	LAUDA	TAMBAY	MANSELL
R06 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1984	Grand Prix de Monaco 1984	PROST	SENNA	ARNOUX
R07 · Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1984	Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1984	PIQUET	LAUDA	PROST
R08 · 1984 Detroit Grand Prix	1984 Detroit Grand Prix	PIQUET	ANGELIS	FABI
R09 · 1984 Dallas Grand Prix	1984 Dallas Grand Prix	ROSBERG	ARNOUX	ANGELIS
R10 · 1984 John Player British Grand Prix	1984 John Player British Grand Prix	LAUDA	WARWICK	SENNA
R11 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1984	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1984	PROST	LAUDA	WARWICK
R12 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1984	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1984	LAUDA	PIQUET	ALBORETO
R13 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1984	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1984	PROST	LAUDA	MANSELL
R14 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1984	Gran Premio d'Italia 1984	LAUDA	ALBORETO	PATRESE
R15 · Grosser Preis von Europa 1984	Grosser Preis von Europa 1984	PROST	ALBORETO	PIQUET
R16 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1984	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1984	PROST	LAUDA	SENNA

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

20

WINNERS

5

PODIUM·DRIVERS

13

POINTS·SHARED

384

CHAMPION

Niki Lauda

72 PTS · 5 WINS

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