| Pos | Driver | BRA | SOU | BEL | SAN | FRE | MON | CAN | DET | DAL | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | EUR | POR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niki Lauda |
Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 72 |
| 2 | Alain Prost |
1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 71.5 |
| 3 | Elio de Angelis |
3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto |
Ret | 11 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30.5 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet |
Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | René Arnoux |
Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick |
Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 23 |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg |
2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20.5 |
| 9 | Ayrton Senna |
Ret | 6 | 6 | DNQ | Ret | 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 13 | |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 |
| 11 | Patrick Tambay |
5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 11 | |
| 12 | Teo Fabi |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | |||||
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese |
Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | Thierry Boutsen |
6 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 11 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 5 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever |
4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | Ret | 17 | 3 |
| 17 | Stefan Johansson |
DSQ | DSQ | DNQ | DSQ | 4 | Ret | 11 | 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Ret | 5 | Ret | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| 19 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Ret | WD | Ret | DNQ | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 20 | Marc Surer |
7 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 |
| 21 | Jo Gartner |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | Gerhard Berger |
12 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | François Hesnault |
Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 0 | |
| 24 | Corrado Fabi |
Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Mauro Baldi |
Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | DNQ | 8 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||
| 26 | Manfred Winkelhock |
DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 10 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer |
8 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 13 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| 28 | Huub Rothengatter |
NC | DNQ | Ret | NC | 9 | NC | Ret | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 29 | Johnny Cecotto |
Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| 31 | Martin Brundle |
DSQ | Ret | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DNQ | DSQ | DSQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
| 32 | Stefan Bellof |
DSQ | Ret | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | Ret | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | 0 | ||||
| 33 | Philippe Streiff |
Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 34 | Mike Thackwell |
Ret | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | Pierluigi Martini |
DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Car No | BRA | SOU | BEL | SAN | FRE | MON | CAN | DET | DAL | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | EUR | POR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren |
7 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 143.5 |
| 8 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Ferrari |
27 | Ret | 11 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 57.5 |
| 28 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Lotus |
11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 47 |
| 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 4 | Brabham |
1 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | 38 |
| 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 10 | |||
| 5 | Renault |
15 | 5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 34 | |
| 16 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | |||
| 33 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Williams |
5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 25.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 7 | Toleman |
19 | Ret | 6 | 6 | DNQ | Ret | 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 16 |
| 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 11 | ||||||
| 8 | Alfa Romeo |
22 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| 23 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | Ret | 17 | |||
| 9 | Arrows |
17 | 7 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 18 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 5 | 11 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | |||
| 10 | Ligier |
25 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 3 | |
| 26 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Osella |
24 | Ret | WD | Ret | DNQ | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 30 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 5 | Ret | 16 | |||||||||||
| 12 | ATS |
14 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 13 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 12 | 6 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Spirit |
21 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | DNQ | NC | DNQ | Ret | NC | 9 | NC | Ret | 8 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | RAM |
9 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| 10 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 13 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
| 15 | Tyrrell |
3 | DSQ | Ret | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DNQ | DSQ | DSQ | DNQ | DSQ | DSQ | DNQ | DSQ | 0 | |||
| 4 | DSQ | Ret | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | Ret | DSQ | DNQ | DSQ | DSQ |