Race · Round 2 of 16 · 7 April 1984

1984 South African Grand Prix

Niki Lauda won for McLaren from 8th on the grid at Kyalami. It was the first championship podium for Derek Warwick.

Dry · High of 25 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: KyalamiMidrand, South Africa
Winner: Niki LaudaMcLaren
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Patrick Tambay
Entries: 2712 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2	8	75	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2	5	75	Finished	6
3	Derek Warwick	Renault	RE50	9	74	Finished	4
4	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	184T	18	73	Finished	3
5	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	—	14	73	Finished	2
6	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	—	13	72	Finished	1
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	95T	7	71	Finished	0
8	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	101	20	71	Finished	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A6	24	71	Finished	0
10	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	23	71	Finished	0
11	François Hesnault	Ligier	—	17	71	Finished	0
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	126C4	10	70	Ignition	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Renault	RE50	4	66	Out of fuel	0	fastest lap
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	—	11	60	Transmission	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D7	12	53	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	2	51	Wheel	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	95T	3	51	Turbo	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	126C4	15	40	Injection	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT53	1	29	Turbo	0
DNF	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	—	19	26	Tyre	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	RAM	—	22	24	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	—	21	22	Gearbox	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Brabham	BT53	6	18	Turbo	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	184T	16	4	Radiator	0
DNS	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	—	—	Accident in practice	0
DSQ	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0
DSQ	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	10	—	—	Technical infringements	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout kyalami-1 · 4.094 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Niki Lauda	8	1	75
Alain Prost	5	2	75
Derek Warwick	9	3	74
Riccardo Patrese	18	4	73
Andrea de Cesaris	14	5	73
Ayrton Senna	13	6	72
Elio de Angelis	7	7	71
Mauro Baldi	20	8	71
Thierry Boutsen	24	9	71
Marc Surer	23	10	71
François Hesnault	17	11	71
Michele Alboreto	10	12	70
Patrick Tambay	4	DNF	66
Jacques Laffite	11	DNF	60
Manfred Winkelhock	12	DNF	53
Keke Rosberg	2	DNF	51
Nigel Mansell	3	DNF	51
Rene Arnoux	15	DNF	40
Nelson Piquet	1	DNF	29
Johnny Cecotto	19	DNF	26
Philippe Alliot	22	DNF	24
Jonathan Palmer	21	DNF	22
Teo Fabi	6	DNF	18
Eddie Cheever	16	DNF	4

2 entries with no recorded grid slot or lap count are in the classification and not drawn.

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:04.871	—	0 m	—
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:05.058	+0.187	12 m	+0.187
3	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:05.125	+0.254	16 m	+0.067
4	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:05.339	+0.468	30 m	+0.214
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:05.354	+0.483	30 m	+0.015
6	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:05.923	+1.052	66 m	+0.569
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:05.953	+1.082	68 m	+0.030
8	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:06.043	+1.172	74 m	+0.090
9	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:06.056	+1.185	75 m	+0.013
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:06.323	+1.452	92 m	+0.267
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:06.762	+1.891	119 m	+0.439
12	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:06.974	+2.103	133 m	+0.212
13	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:06.981	+2.110	133 m	+0.007
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:07.245	+2.374	150 m	+0.264
15	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:07.345	+2.474	156 m	+0.100
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:07.704	+2.833	179 m	+0.359
17	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:07.787	+2.916	184 m	+0.083
18	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:08.042	+3.171	200 m	+0.255
19	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:08.298	+3.427	216 m	+0.256
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:09.609	+4.738	299 m	+1.311
21	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:09.923	+5.052	319 m	+0.314
22	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:10.383	+5.512	348 m	+0.460
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:10.619	+5.748	363 m	+0.236
24	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:11.808	+6.937	438 m	+1.189
25	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:12.274	+7.403	467 m	+0.466

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:08.583	—	0 m	—	—
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:08.992	+0.409	24 m	+0.409	—
3	Teo Fabi	Brabham	2	1:09.080	+0.497	30 m	+0.088	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	7	1:09.270	+0.687	41 m	+0.190	—
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:10.488	+1.905	114 m	+1.218	—
6	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:10.530	+1.947	116 m	+0.042	—
7	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:10.865	+2.282	136 m	+0.335	—
8	Patrick Tambay	Renault	15	1:11.152	+2.569	153 m	+0.287	—
9	Derek Warwick	Renault	16	1:11.169	+2.586	154 m	+0.017	—
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:11.275	+2.692	161 m	+0.106	—
11	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:11.566	+2.983	178 m	+0.291	—
12	Johnny Cecotto	Toleman	20	1:11.925	+3.342	199 m	+0.359	—
13	Jacques Laffite	Williams	5	1:11.934	+3.351	200 m	+0.009	—
14	Ayrton Senna	Toleman	19	1:11.944	+3.361	201 m	+0.010	—
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	26	1:12.154	+3.571	213 m	+0.210	—
16	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:12.426	+3.843	229 m	+0.272	—
17	François Hesnault	Ligier	25	1:12.492	+3.909	233 m	+0.066	—
18	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	14	1:12.925	+4.342	259 m	+0.433	—
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	24	1:13.531	+4.948	295 m	+0.606	—
20	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:13.567	+4.984	298 m	+0.036	—
21	Mauro Baldi	Spirit	21	1:15.072	+6.489	387 m	+1.505	—
22	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:15.697	+7.114	425 m	+0.625	—
23	Philippe Alliot	RAM	9	1:15.924	+7.341	438 m	+0.227	—
24	Jonathan Palmer	RAM	10	1:15.995	+7.412	442 m	+0.071	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Renault RE50
Derek Warwick Renault RE50 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lotus 95T
Mansell Lotus 95T Dallas 1984 F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

4 more photographs

ATS D7
Winkelhock ATS D7 1984 Dallas F1 · twm1340 · CC BY-SA 2.0

Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1984
Grand Prix: South African Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Apr 1984
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.