Round	Lauda	Prost	de Angelis	Alboreto	Piquet	Arnoux
R1 · Brazilian GP	0	9	4	0	0	0
R2 · South African GP	9	15	4	0	0	0
R3 · Belgian GP	9	15	6	9	0	4
R4 · San Marino GP	9	24	10	9	0	10
R5 · French GP	18	24	12	9	0	13
R6 · Monaco GP	18	28.5	13	9.5	0	15
R7 · Canadian GP	24	32.5	16	9.5	9	17
R8 · Detroit GP	24	35.5	22	9.5	18	17
R9 · Dallas GP	24	35.5	26	9.5	18	23
R10 · British GP	33	35.5	29	11.5	18	24
R11 · German GP	39	44.5	29	11.5	18	25
R12 · Austrian GP	48	44.5	29	15.5	24	25
R13 · Dutch GP	54	53.5	32	15.5	24	25
R14 · Italian GP	63	53.5	32	21.5	24	25
R15 · European GP	66	62.5	32	27.5	28	27
R16 · Portuguese GP	72	71.5	34	30.5	29	27

Pos	Driver	Wins	Gap	Pts
1	Niki Lauda McLaren	5		72
2	Alain Prost McLaren	7	−0.5	71.5
3	Elio de Angelis Team Lotus		−38	34
4	Michele Alboreto Ferrari	1	−41.5	30.5
5	Nelson Piquet Brabham	2	−43	29
6	René Arnoux Ferrari		−45	27
7	Derek Warwick Renault		−49	23
8	Keke Rosberg Williams	1	−51.5	20.5
9	Ayrton Senna Toleman		−59	13
10	Nigel Mansell Team Lotus		−59	13
11	Patrick Tambay Renault		−61	11
12	Teo Fabi Brabham		−63	9
13	Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo		−64	8
14	Jacques Laffite Williams		−67	5
15	Thierry Boutsen Arrows		−67	5
16	Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo		−69	3
17	Stefan Johansson Toleman		−69	3
18	Andrea de Cesaris Ligier		−69	3
19	Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella		−70	2
20	Marc Surer Arrows		−71	1
-	Jo Gartner Osella		−72	0
-	Gerhard Berger ATS		−72	0
-	François Hesnault Ligier		−72	0
-	Corrado Fabi Brabham		−72	0
-	Mauro Baldi Spirit		−72	0
-	Manfred Winkelhock Brabham		−72	0
-	Jonathan Palmer RAM		−72	0
-	Huub Rothengatter Spirit		−72	0
-	Johnny Cecotto Toleman		−72	0
-	Philippe Alliot RAM		−72	0
-	Martin Brundle Tyrrell		−72	0
-	Stefan Bellof Tyrrell		−72	0
-	Philippe Streiff Renault		−72	0
-	Mike Thackwell Tyrrell		−72	0

Teams

Constructors' championship

Cumulative points

McLaren
Ferrari
Team Lotus
Brabham
Renault
Williams
Rest of field

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Round	McLaren	Ferrari	Team Lotus	Brabham	Renault	Williams
R1 · Brazilian GP	9	0	4	0	2	6
R2 · South African GP	24	0	4	0	6	6
R3 · Belgian GP	24	13	6	0	12	9
R4 · San Marino GP	33	19	10	0	15	9
R5 · French GP	42	22	16	0	21	10
R6 · Monaco GP	46.5	24.5	17	0	21	11.5
R7 · Canadian GP	56.5	26.5	21	9	21	11.5
R8 · Detroit GP	59.5	26.5	27	22	21	13.5
R9 · Dallas GP	59.5	32.5	32	22	21	25.5
R10 · British GP	68.5	35.5	35	22	27	25.5
R11 · German GP	83.5	36.5	38	22	33	25.5
R12 · Austrian GP	92.5	40.5	38	31	33	25.5
R13 · Dutch GP	107.5	40.5	45	33	34	25.5
R14 · Italian GP	116.5	46.5	45	33	34	25.5
R15 · European GP	128.5	54.5	45	37	34	25.5
R16 · Portuguese GP	143.5	57.5	47	38	34	25.5

Pos	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1	McLaren	12		143.5
2	Ferrari	1	−86	57.5
3	Team Lotus		−96.5	47
4	Brabham	2	−105.5	38
5	Renault		−109.5	34
6	Williams	1	−118	25.5
7	Toleman		−127.5	16
8	Alfa Romeo		−132.5	11
9	Arrows		−137.5	6
10	Ligier		−140.5	3
11	Osella		−141.5	2
-	ATS		−143.5	0
-	Spirit		−143.5	0
-	RAM		−143.5	0
-	Tyrrell		−143.5	0

Head to head

Teammate battles

McLaren

LAU Niki Lauda16 racesAlain Prost PRO

Qualifying (grid): 1; 15
Race: 3; 4
Points: 72; 71.5

Not classified: LAU 6 · PRO 5

Ferrari

ALB Michele Alboreto16 racesRené Arnoux ARN

Qualifying (grid): 12; 4
Race: 5; 1
Points: 30.5; 27

Not classified: ALB 8 · ARN 4

Team Lotus

ANG Elio de Angelis16 racesNigel Mansell MAN

Qualifying (grid): 11; 5
Race: 2; 2
Points: 34; 13

Not classified: ANG 4 · MAN 11

Brabham

PIQ Nelson Piquet12 racesTeo Fabi FAB

Qualifying (grid): 12; 0
Race: 2; 0
Points: 19; 9

Not classified: PIQ 7 · FAB 8

PIQ Nelson Piquet3 racesCorrado Fabi FAB

Qualifying (grid): 2; 1
Race: 0; 0
Points: 9; 0

Not classified: PIQ 2 · FAB 2

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

PIQ vs WIN · 1 race · qualifying 1–0 · race 1–0 · points 1–0

Renault

WAR Derek Warwick15 racesPatrick Tambay TAM

Qualifying (grid): 9; 6
Race: 3; 0
Points: 23; 11

Not classified: WAR 9 · TAM 8

2 short pairings (fewer than 3 races)

TAM vs STR · 1 race · qualifying 1–0 · race 0–0 · points 0–0
WAR vs STR · 1 race · qualifying 1–0 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

Williams

ROS Keke Rosberg16 racesJacques Laffite LAF

Qualifying (grid): 14; 2
Race: 3; 0
Points: 20.5; 5

Not classified: ROS 10 · LAF 11

Toleman

SEN Ayrton Senna8 racesJohnny Cecotto CEC

Qualifying (grid): 7; 1
Race: 1; 0
Points: 5; 0

Not classified: SEN 4 · CEC 7

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

SEN vs JOH · 2 races · qualifying 2–0 · race 1–0 · points 4–0

Alfa Romeo

PAT Riccardo Patrese15 racesEddie Cheever CHE

Qualifying (grid): 9; 6
Race: 2; 0
Points: 8; 3

Not classified: PAT 9 · CHE 9

Arrows

BOU Thierry Boutsen15 racesMarc Surer SUR

Qualifying (grid): 10; 5
Race: 2; 1
Points: 5; 1

Not classified: BOU 8 · SUR 10

Ligier

CES Andrea de Cesaris15 racesFrançois Hesnault HES

Qualifying (grid): 15; 0
Race: 3; 0
Points: 3; 0

Not classified: CES 9 · HES 10

Osella

GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani7 racesJo Gartner GAR

Qualifying (grid): 6; 1
Race: 0; 1
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: GHI 5 · GAR 4

ATS

BER Gerhard Berger1 raceManfred Winkelhock WIN

Qualifying (grid): 1; 0
Race: 0; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: BER 0 · WIN 1

RAM

PAL Jonathan Palmer12 racesPhilippe Alliot ALL

Qualifying (grid): 7; 5
Race: 2; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: PAL 7 · ALL 10

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

ALL vs THA · 1 race · qualifying 0–1 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

Tyrrell

BRU Martin Brundle7 racesStefan Bellof BEL

Qualifying (grid): 3; 4
Race: 0; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: BRU 7 · BEL 7

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

JOH vs BEL · 2 races · qualifying 2–0 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

Over the races in which both drivers had a result for the team. Qualifying: who qualified ahead (from the starting grid: there is no qualifying data for this season). Race: who finished ahead, counted only when both were classified. Points: race and sprint points from those races, before dropped results (not every result counted towards the championship).