 Dennis akabva anyengetedza Niki Lauda akanga aenda pamudyandigere kuti adzokere kuFormula One mwaka uno uye mumwaka wokutanga weSouth African Grand PrixMukwikwidzi weNyika kaviri akamira pamwe naWatson pakutanga kwemwaka chete mushure mekuramwa basa kwevatyairi veF1 kwakadziviswa. Pakupera kwegore vatyairi vose vakanga vawana kukunda kuviri uye vakatanga nokubudirira kukuru nekukunda kwaWatson muLong Beach. Hakuna kumwe kukunda kwakatevera gore iroro asi Lauda akatanga chassis yePorsche-powered MP4-1E panguva iyoyo yeDutch Grand Prix. Pakumhanya kwakatevera, muItaly Grand Prix, motokari dzose dzakanga dzichifambiswa nemichina ine turbocharged: McLaren-Ford yakanga yava McLaren-TAG. Akurudzirwa nemari yake yokutanga, Ojjeh akava muzvinabhizimisi mukuru muMcLaren, achitora zvikamu makumi matanhatu kubva muzana zvezvikamu. Pakupera kwegore, Alain Prost, uyo akanga apedza wechipiri mu 1983 Drivers Championship neRenault asi akadzingwa basa mushure mekushoropodza pachena timu mushure mekurasikirwa kweVatyairi uye Constructors Championships, akanga asainwa kuti atsive Watson. Ane Lauda ane ruzivo parutivi pake, zvinhu zvose zvakanga zvagadzirirwa nokuda kwedambudziko rokurwira zita muna. 