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The 71-lap race was won by Frenchman [[Alain Prost]], driving a [[McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]], after he started from [[pole position]]. Brazilian [[Nelson Piquet]] led the first ten laps in his [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] before his oil pressure failed, after which Prost led the remainder of the race. His Austrian teammate [[Niki Lauda]] finished second, with Briton [[Nigel Mansell]] third in a [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]. The 1-2 finish secured the Constructors' Championship for McLaren, their first since {{F1|1974}}.
Before the race, it was rumoured that [[Ayrton Senna]] would break his contract with the [[Toleman]] team and join Lotus for {{f1|1985}}. When this move was announced two days after the race, Toleman management were angered as Senna had not informed them of his intentions as per the requirements of his contract, and as a result they suspended him from the next race in [[1984 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]]. It was also correctly rumoured that, with [[Jacques Laffite]] already known to be leaving [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] at the end of the season to return to [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]], team owner [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] had signed Mansell for 1985 alongside [[Keke Rosberg]] after his original choice [[Derek Warwick]] had decided to stay with the [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] team
== Classification ==
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