| Pos | Driver | BRA | POR | SAN | MON | CAN | DET | FRE | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | BEL | EUR | SOU | AUS | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost |
1 | Ret | DSQ | 1 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 73 (76) |
| 2 | Michele Alboreto |
2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 53 |
| 3 | Keke Rosberg |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna |
Ret | 1 | 7 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 38 |
| 5 | Elio de Angelis |
3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | NC | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | Ret | DSQ | 33 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell |
Ret | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 31 |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson |
7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet |
Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 21 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite |
6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 2 | 16 | |
| 10 | Niki Lauda |
Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | ||
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen |
11 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 11 |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay |
5 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | |
| 13 | Marc Surer |
15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Derek Warwick |
10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 5 | |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff |
10 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Stefan Bellof |
6 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 14 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | |||||
| 18 | Ivan Capelli |
Ret | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | René Arnoux |
4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | Gerhard Berger |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 21 | Martin Brundle |
8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 10 | DNQ | 7 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 0 |
| 22 | Huub Rothengatter |
Ret | 9 | NC | Ret | NC | Ret | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | John Watson |
7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Pierluigi Martini |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 0 | |
| 25 | Riccardo Patrese |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 26 | Eddie Cheever |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 27 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
12 | 9 | NC | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| 28 | Philippe Alliot |
9 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| 29 | Jonathan Palmer |
Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | Manfred Winkelhock |
13 | NC | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||
| 31 | Teo Fabi |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
| 32 | Christian Danner |
Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | Kenny Acheson |
Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | Mauro Baldi |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 35 | Alan Jones |
Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | François Hesnault |
Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Car No | BRA | POR | SAN | MON | CAN | DET | FRE | BRI | GER | OST | DUT | ITA | BEL | EUR | SOU | AUS | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren |
1 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 90 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ret | DSQ | 1 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | |||
| 2 | Ferrari |
27 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 82 |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Williams |
5 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 71 |
| 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Lotus |
11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | NC | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | Ret | DSQ | 71 |
| 12 | Ret | 1 | 7 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 5 | Brabham |
7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 26 |
| 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 13 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 6 | Ligier |
25 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 14 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 | |
| 26 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Renault |
14 | Ret | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 12 | Ret | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | ||||
| 8 | Arrows |
17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 7 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 18 | 11 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | Ret | |||
| 9 | Tyrrell |
3 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 7 |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||||
| 10 | Osella |
24 | 12 | 9 | NC | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 9 | NC | Ret | NC | Ret | 7 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi |
29 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 0 | |
| 12 | Alfa Romeo |
22 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 23 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 13 | RAM |
9 | 13 | NC | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||
| 14 | Zakspeed |
30 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Toleman |
19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
| 20 | DNS | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Spirit |
21 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Lola |
33 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 0 |