Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga nan Dennis ya shawo kan Niki Lauda da ya yi ritaya ya koma Formula One don kakar wasa da kuma a kakar bude gasar Grand Prix ta Afirka ta Kudu wanda ya lashe gasar cin kofin duniya sau biyu ya yi layi tare da Watson a farkon kakar wasa (kawai bayan an kauce wa yajin aikin direbobi na F1). A ƙarshen shekara duka direbobi biyu sun sami nasara biyu kuma sun fara da nasara tare da nasarar Watson a
A cikin Long Beach. Babu sauran nasarori da suka biyo baya a waccan shekarar amma Lauda ya fara amfani da motar Porsche mai suna MP4-1E na wucin gadi a gasar Dutch Grand Prix a wannan kakar. A tseren na gaba, Grand Prix na Italiya, motocin biyu suna amfani da injunan turbocharged: McLaren-Ford ya zama McLaren-TAG. Ya gamsu da jarinsa na farko, Ojjeh ya zama babban mai saka hannun jari a McLaren, yana karɓar kashi 60 cikin ɗari na hannun jari. A ƙarshen shekara, Alain Prost, wanda ya gama na biyu a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1983 tare da Renault amma an sallame shi bayan ya soki tawagar a bainar jama'a bayan rashin nasarar gasar zakarun Turai da na masu kera motoci, an sanya hannu don maye gurbin Watson. Tare da gogaggen Lauda a gefensa, an saita komai don kalubalancin taken a cikin.