The first round of the 1984 championship in Brazil illustrated that reliability would again be a major obstacle to success for many teams this year. Indeed only 9 cars out of 26 starters actually finished the race at Rio. So, two weeks later at Kyalami in South Africa on the 7th April, could World Champion Nelson Piquet (Brabham), Ferrari drivers Rene Arnoux and Michele Alboreto, Nigel Mansell (Lotus), and Derek Warwick (Renault), none of whom finished In Rio, avoid turbo and other mechanical problems - as well as mastering the fuel consumption restrictions - to achieve their ambitions? |