Dennis akabva anyengetedza Niki Lauda kuti adzokere kuFormula One kwemwaka uno uye pamwaka wekuvhura South African Grand Prix, mukwikwidzi wepasi rose akaiswa pamwe naWatson pakutanga kwemwaka (chete mushure mekuramwa basa kwevatyairi veF1 kwakadzivirirwa). Pakupera kwegore vose vatyairi vakanga vawana kukunda kuviri uye vakatanga nokubudirira kukuru nekukunda kwaWatson muLong Beach
. Hakuna kumwe kukunda kwakatevera gore iroro asi Lauda akatanga chassis yePorsche-powered MP4-1E panguva iyoyo yeDutch Grand Prix. Pakumhanya kwakatevera, muItaly Grand Prix, motokari dzose dzakanga dzichifambiswa nemichina ine turbocharged: McLaren-Ford yakanga yava McLaren-TAG. Akurudzirwa nemari yake yokutanga, Ojjeh akava muzvinabhizimisi mukuru muMcLaren, achitora zvikamu makumi matanhatu kubva muzana zvezvikamu. Pakupera kwegore, Alain Prost, uyo akanga apedza wechipiri mu 1983 Drivers 'Championship neRenault asi akadzingwa basa mushure mekushoropodza pachena timu mushure mekurasikirwa kweVatyairi uye Constructors' Championships, akanga asainwa kuti atsive Watson. Ane Lauda ane ruzivo parutivi pake, zvinhu zvose zvakanga zvagadzirirwa nokuda kwedambudziko rokurwira zita muna.