The 1984 season was a straight duel between Lauda and his teammate Alain Prost. With six retirements in his first nine races, Lauda was way off the pace, but victories in Britain, Austria and Italy in the second half of the season took the title down to the final race in Portugal. Lauda finished second at Estoril behind Prost, winning him the title – his third – by half a point.

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