Kammala wannan jumla: Akwai direbobi biyu da ba su shiga gasar ba a wannan shekarar: Brian Henton, wanda ya tuka Theodore, da Héctor Rebaque, wanda ya tuka Brabham. Tawagar Spirit ta kuma fara fitowa a gasar F1 tare da direba dan Sweden Stefan Johansson da injin F1 na turbo na farko na Honda, wanda mai sharhi na BBC Murray Walker ya yi iƙirarin ya kammala dubban mil na gwaji ba tare da matsala ba. Tyrrell ya yi gaba da direba daya. An shirya Michele Alboreto ya yi tsere, amma ya yi karo da tafiyarsa ta Lancia a zagaye na farko na Gasar Tsayayyar Duniya a Monza. Maimakon haka, abokin aikinsa na rookie, dan shekaru 32 dan Amurka Danny Sullivan, an ba shi damar samun karin mil a karkashin yanayin tsere wanda kawai ya kammala a cikin Grands Prix biyu da suka gabata a Brazil da
A cikin Long Beach. McLaren ya gabatar da mota ga John Watson, sabo ne daga nasararsa a Long Beach makonni biyu da suka gabata. Arrows ya fara da motoci biyu, daya don Gwarzon Duniya na 1980 Alan Jones a karo na biyu (kuma na karshe) ya yi wa kungiyar bayan ya dawo F1 a Long Beach, da kuma direban kungiyar Chico Serra.