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The 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on 21 October 1984. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1984 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Niki Lauda needed second place to secure the title, and gained it 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 – Lauda, approaching the end of his long and distinguished F1 career, Prost, enjoying the best years of his career, and Ayrton Senna, still at the dawn of his.

After running a strong second behind Prost for most of the race, Mansell's spin on lap 52 was due to his front left brake failing. The Englishman later told that as it was his last race for Lotus before joining Williams in 1985, team boss Peter Warr (whom he had never got along with personally) had refused to give him the brakes he wanted for his Lotus 95T and that it was this that ultimately caused his retirement and handed Lauda the second place he needed to win the World Championship.


Offical Name
5o Grande Prémio de Portugal
Date
1984-10-21
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
70 laps, km \ miles

Timetable (GMT)
1984-10-19 Friday
1st Free Practice 10:00 - 11:30
1st Qualifying 13:00 - 14:00
1984-10-20 Saturday
2nd Free Practice 10:00 - 11:30
2nd Qualifying 13:00 - 14:00
1984-10-21 Sunday
Warm-up 10:30 - 11:00
Race 14:30

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • World Drivers' Champion:
    • 16th win for 
  • Team
    • 42nd win for 
    • 3rd and last podium for 
    • 110th podium for 
    • 250th Grand Prix for 
  • Engine
    • 12th win for TAG
Data
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Attendance:
  • Entries: 27
  • Qualified: 27
  • Classified: 17
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 72
2 71.5
3 34
4 30.5
5 29
6 27
7 23
8 20.5
9 13
10 13
11 11
12 9
13 8
14 5
15 5
16 3
16 3
18 3
19 2
20 1
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 143.5
2 57.5
3 47
4 38
5 34
6 25.5
7 16
8 11
9 3
9 3
9 3
12 2


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