1984 Italian Grand Prix

Championship standings

Lauda leads Prost by 1.5 points after Prost won at Zandvoort. McLaren also clinched the Constructors’ Championship with the 1–2 at Zandvoort — their first since 1974.

Previous race

Prost won at Zandvoort from pole position after Piquet led the first ten laps before oil pressure failure ended his race. Lauda finished second; Mansell and de Angelis completed the top four for Lotus. The result secured the Constructors’ Championship for McLaren.

Between-race developments

The FIA Court of Appeal has upheld the exclusion of Tyrrell from the championship for alleged technical infringements. The team is banned from the final three races of the season — the Italian, European, and Portuguese Grands Prix — and the exclusion ruling stands.

Toleman have suspended Ayrton Senna for not informing them of his signing with Lotus for 1985 before the announcement was made public following Zandvoort. Stefan Johansson, without a drive after Tyrrell’s ban, has been drafted in to replace him at Monza. Newcomer Pierluigi Martini joins Johansson at the team.

Milestones

With Tyrrell absent and all their entries excluded, this is the first Formula One race in history to feature an entirely turbocharged field — no naturally aspirated cars are entered.