Season 1984 · Round 2

South African Grand Prix

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1984-04-07 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 75Lap · 307.800km
8 Niki Lauda
McLaren 1:29:23.430
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
7 Alain Prost
McLaren +1:05.950
16 Derek Warwick
Renault
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Patrick Tambay L66 Jacques Laffite L60 Manfred Winkelhock L53 Keke Rosberg L51 Nigel Mansell L51 René Arnoux L40 Nelson Piquet L29 Johnny Cecotto L26 Philippe Alliot L24 Jonathan Palmer L22 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
75Lap 307.800km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P3 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Podiums
P2 Alain Prost 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Niki Lauda 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P6 Jacques Laffite 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Lauda · P8 → P1 · +7 8 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Prost · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Warwick · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Warwick WAR 3 Warwick WAR Patrese · P18 → P4 · +14 18 Patrese PAT 4 Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P14 → P5 · +9 14 de Cesaris DE 5 de Cesaris DE Senna · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Senna SEN 6 Senna SEN de Angelis · P7 → P7 7 de Angelis DE 7 de Angelis DE Baldi · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Baldi BAL 8 Baldi BAL Surer · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Surer SUR 9 Surer SUR Hesnault · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Hesnault HES 10 Hesnault HES Alboreto · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Alboreto ALB 11 Alboreto ALB Boutsen · P26 → P12 · +14 26 Boutsen BOU 12 Boutsen BOU Brundle · P25 → P13 · +12 25 Brundle BRU 13 Brundle BRU Tambay · P4 → retired L66 Tambay · retired L66 4 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Bellof · P24 → P15 · +9 24 Bellof BEL 15 Bellof BEL Laffite · P11 → retired L60 Laffite · retired L60 11 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Winkelhock · P12 → retired L53 Winkelhock · retired L53 12 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Rosberg · P2 → retired L51 Rosberg · retired L51 2 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Mansell · P3 → retired L51 Mansell · retired L51 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Arnoux · P15 → retired L40 Arnoux · retired L40 15 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Piquet · P1 → retired L29 Piquet · retired L29 1 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Cecotto · P19 → retired L26 Cecotto · retired L26 19 Cecotto CEC R Cecotto CEC Alliot · P22 → retired L24 Alliot · retired L24 22 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Palmer · P21 → retired L22 Palmer · retired L22 21 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Fabi · P6 → retired L18 Fabi · retired L18 6 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Cheever · P16 → retired L4 Cheever · retired L4 16 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Ghinzani · pit lane → P27 · +1 — Ghinzani GHI 27 Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 8 75 1:29:23.430 9
2 7 Alain Prost McLaren 5 75 +1:05.950 6
3 16 Derek Warwick Renault 9 74 +1 Lap 4
4 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 18 73 +2 Laps 3
5 26 Andrea de Cesaris Ligier 14 73 +2 Laps 2
6 19 Ayrton Senna Toleman 13 72 +3 Laps 1
7 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 7 71 +4 Laps
8 21 Mauro Baldi Spirit 20 71 +4 Laps
9 17 Marc Surer Arrows 23 71 +4 Laps
10 25 François Hesnault Ligier 17 71 +4 Laps
11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 10 70 Ignition
12 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 26 70 +5 Laps
D 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 25 71 Disqualified
R 15 Patrick Tambay Renault 4 66 Out of fuel
D 4 Stefan Bellof Tyrrell 24 60 Disqualified
R 5 Jacques Laffite Williams 11 60 Transmission
R 2 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 12 53 Engine
R 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 2 51 Wheel
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 51 Turbo
R 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 15 40 Injection
R 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 1 29 Turbo
R 20 Johnny Cecotto Toleman 19 26 Tyre
R 9 Philippe Alliot RAM 22 24 Engine
R 10 Jonathan Palmer RAM 21 22 Gearbox
R 2 Teo Fabi Brabham 6 18 Turbo
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 16 4 Radiator
W 24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Nelson Piquet
2
6 Keke Rosberg
3
12 Nigel Mansell
4
15 Patrick Tambay
5
7 Alain Prost
6
2 Teo Fabi
7
11 Elio de Angelis
8
8 Niki Lauda
9
16 Derek Warwick
10
27 Michele Alboreto
11
5 Jacques Laffite
12
2 Manfred Winkelhock
13
19 Ayrton Senna
14
26 Andrea de Cesaris
15
28 René Arnoux
16
23 Eddie Cheever
17
25 François Hesnault
18
22 Riccardo Patrese
19
20 Johnny Cecotto
20
21 Mauro Baldi
21
10 Jonathan Palmer
22
9 Philippe Alliot
23
17 Marc Surer
24
4 Stefan Bellof
25
3 Martin Brundle
26
18 Thierry Boutsen
PIT
24 Piercarlo Ghinzani pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15