Race Result
| GP n. 390 - 07/04/1984 - Grand Prix of South-Africa Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit |
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| Winner: | Niki Lauda / McLaren-TAG - 1:29'23.430 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Nelson Piquet / Brabham-BMW - 1:04.871 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Patrick Tambay / Renault - 1:08.877 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 |  Niki Lauda |
McLaren-TAG | 75 | 1:29'23.430 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-TAG | 75 | + 1'05.950 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 16 |  Derek Warwick |
Renault | 74 | + 1 lap | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Alfa Romeo | 73 | + 2 laps | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Ligier-Renault | 73 | + 2 laps | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 |  Ayrton Senna |
Toleman-Hart | 72 | + 3 laps | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | Elio de Angelis |
Lotus-Renault | 71 | + 4 laps | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | 21 | Mauro Baldi |
Spirit-Hart | 71 | + 4 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 |  Marc Surer |
Arrows-Ford | 71 | + 4 laps | 24 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | Francois Hesnault |
Ligier-Renault | 71 | + 4 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | 27 | Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 70 | ignition | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Arrows-Ford | 70 | + 5 laps | 25 | 0 |
| Dsq | 3 | Martin Brundle |
Tyrrell-Ford | 71 | disqualified | 27 | 0 |
| Dsq | 4 |  Stefan Bellof |
Tyrrell-Ford | 60 | disqualified | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Patrick Tambay |
Renault | 66 | out of fuel | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Jacques Laffite |
Williams-Honda | 60 | transmission | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Manfred Winkelhock |
ATS-BMW | 53 | engine | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 | Nigel Mansell |
Lotus-Renault | 51 | turbo | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Keke Rosberg |
Williams-Honda | 51 | wheel | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 | Rene Arnoux |
Ferrari | 40 | injection | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-BMW | 29 | turbo | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Johnny Cecotto |
Toleman-Hart | 26 | tyre | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Philippe Alliot |
RAM-Hart | 24 | engine | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Jonathan Palmer |
RAM-Hart | 22 | gear box | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Teo Fabi |
Brabham-BMW | 18 | turbo | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 |  Eddie Cheever |
Alfa Romeo | 4 | radiator | 16 | 0 |
| Wd | 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 0 | accident | 20 | 0 |