| Pos | Driver | BRA | USW | FRE | SAN | MON | BEL | DET | CAN | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | EUR | SOU | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet |
1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 59 |
| 2 | Alain Prost |
6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 57 |
| 3 | René Arnoux |
9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Ret | 49 |
| 4 | Patrick Tambay |
4 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 40 |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg |
DSQ | Ret | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | John Watson |
Ret | 1 | Ret | 5 | DNQ | Ret | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 22 |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever |
Ret | 13 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris |
DNQ | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese |
Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Niki Lauda |
2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | DSQ | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 12 |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite |
3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 11 |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto |
Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 1 | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 13 | Nigel Mansell |
11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | 3 | NC | 10 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick |
7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | Marc Surer |
5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 4 |
| 16 | Mauro Baldi |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 |
| 17 | Danny Sullivan |
10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | 14 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 2 |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis |
DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | DNQ | 8 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 1 |
| 20 | Johnny Cecotto |
12 | 6 | 11 | Ret | DNPQ | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | 1 | ||
| 21 | Thierry Boutsen |
Ret | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Chico Serra |
8 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Jean-Pierre Jarier |
Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | Raul Boesel |
Ret | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 13 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | 15 | NC | 0 |
| 25 | Stefan Johansson |
Ret | Ret | 12 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Manfred Winkelhock |
14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 0 |
| 27 | Corrado Fabi |
Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 11 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 |
| 28 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 11 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 29 | Roberto Guerrero |
NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | NC | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | 12 | 0 | |
| 30 | Kenny Acheson |
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 31 | Eliseo Salazar |
13 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Jonathan Palmer |
13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | Alan Jones |
Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | Jacques Villeneuve (elder) |
DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | Jean-Louis Schlesser |
DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Car No | BRA | USW | FRE | SAN | MON | BEL | DET | CAN | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | EUR | SOU | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari |
27 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 89 |
| 28 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Ret | |||
| 2 | Renault |
15 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 79 |
| 16 | Ret | 13 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Brabham |
5 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 72 |
| 6 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Williams |
1 | DSQ | Ret | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | 38 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | |||
| 42 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McLaren |
7 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 5 | DNQ | Ret | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 34 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | DSQ | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | |||
| 6 | Alfa Romeo |
22 | DNQ | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 23 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 7 | Tyrrell |
3 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 1 | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 |
| 4 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | 14 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
| 8 | Lotus |
11 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 12 |
| 12 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 8 | 3 | NC | |||
| 9 | Toleman |
35 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 36 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | DNQ | 8 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 7 | 6 | Ret | |||
| 10 | Arrows |
29 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 4 |
| 30 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Theodore |
33 | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | NC | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | |
| 34 | 12 | 6 | 11 | Ret | DNPQ | 10 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | |||||
| 12 | Ligier |
25 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 13 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | 15 | NC | |||
| 13 | Spirit |
40 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | ATS |
9 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 0 |
| 15 | Osella |
31 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 11 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 |
| 32 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 11 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 16 | RAM |
17 | 13 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | 0 | |
| 18 | DNQ |