Formula 1 World Championship 1983

Formula 1 World Championship 1983

World Champion
Driver:	Nelson Piquet
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	15th
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Renault RE40 from 1983 in the Musée National de l'Automobil in Mulhouse (F)

The 1983 Formula 1 World Championship was the 34th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 15 races between March 13, 1983 and October 15, 1983.

In 1983 the European Grand Prix was held for the first time as an independent event at Brands Hatch . The last European Grand Prix was awarded as an additional FIA honorary title to the Great Britain Grand Prix in 1977 .

Nelson Piquet won the Drivers' World Championship for the second time, becoming the first driver to drive a vehicle powered by a turbo engine. Ferrari was the eighth time constructor world champion.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run
	TAG Williams Racing Team	Williams FW08C Williams FW09	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Honda RA163-E 1.5 V6t	G	01	Keke Rosberg	1-15
					02	Jacques Laffite	1-15
					42	Jonathan Palmer	14th
	Benetton Tyrrell team	Tyrrell 011B Tyrrell 012	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	03	Michele Alboreto	1-15
					04th	Danny Sullivan	1-15
	Fila Sport	Brabham BT52 Brabham BT52B	BMW	M.	05	Nelson Piquet	1-15
					06th	Riccardo Patrese	1-15
	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4 / 1C McLaren MP4 / 1E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6t	M.	07th	John Watson	1-15
					08th	Niki Lauda	1-15
	Team ATS	ATS D6	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4t	G	09	Manfred Winkelhock	1-15
	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 92 Lotus 93T Lotus 94T	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6t	P	11	Elio de Angelis	1-15
					12	Nigel Mansell	1-15
	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE30B Renault RE30C Renault RE40	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6t	M.	15th	Alain Prost	1-15
					16	Eddie Cheever	1-15
	RAM Racing Team March	RAM 01	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P	17th	Eliseo Salazar	1-6
						Jacques Villeneuve sr.	8th
						Kenny Acheson	9-15
					18th	Jean-Louis Schlesser	3
	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 183T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	M.	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	1-15
					23	Mauro Baldi	1-15
	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS21	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	M.	25th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1-15
					26th	Raul Boesel	1-15
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 126C2B Ferrari 126C3	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	G	27	Patrick Tambay	1-15
					28	René Arnoux	1-15
	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	29	Marc Surer	1-15
					30th	Chico Serra	1, 3-5
						Alan Jones	2
						Thierry Boutsen	6-15
	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1D Osella FA1E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	P	31	Corrado Fabi	1-15
					32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-15
	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore N183	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	33	Roberto Guerrero	1-14
					34	Johnny Cecotto	1-13
	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG183B	Hard 415T 1.5 L4t	P	35	Derek Warwick	1-15
					36	Bruno Giacomelli	1-15
	Spirit Racing	Spirit 201C	Honda RA163-E 1.5 V6t	G	40	Stefan Johansson	9-14

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	March 13th	Brazil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	316,953	Keke Rosberg	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
02	27th of March	USA West	Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit	245.625	Patrick Tambay	Niki Lauda	John Watson	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford
03	17th April	France	Circuit Paul Ricard	313.740	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Nelson Piquet
04th	1st of May	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	302,400	René Arnoux	Riccardo Patrese	Patrick Tambay	Alain Prost	Ferrari
05	May 15	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	251.712	Alain Prost	Nelson Piquet	Keke Rosberg	Nelson Piquet
06th	May 22	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	278.620	Alain Prost	Andrea de Cesaris	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Renault
07th	June 5th	United States	Detroit Street Circuit	241,380	René Arnoux	John Watson	Michele Alboreto
08th	June 12	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	308,700	René Arnoux	Patrick Tambay	René Arnoux
09	16th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	316.173	René Arnoux	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
10	August 7th	Germany	Hockenheimring	305.865	Patrick Tambay	René Arnoux	René Arnoux		Ferrari
11	August 14th	Austria	Österreichring	314,926	Patrick Tambay	Alain Prost	Alain Prost		Renault
12	August 28th	Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	306.144	Nelson Piquet	René Arnoux	René Arnoux		Ferrari
13	September 11	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	301,600	Riccardo Patrese	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
14th	25th of September	Europe	Brands Hatch Circuit	319.732	Elio de Angelis	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet
15th	15th October	South Africa	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	316.008	Patrick Tambay	Nelson Piquet	Riccardo Patrese	Nelson Piquet

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 48.27.731
DSQ	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	+ 20.631
3	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	+ 51.883
PP	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 34.526
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 39.829

The Brazilian Grand Prix in Jacarepaguá , a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil , took place on March 13, 1983 and went over 63 laps (316,953 km).

Second-placed Keke Rosberg was disqualified after the race because of unauthorized outside help (pushing in the pit lane), but the other classified drivers did not move up in the result.

US Grand Prix West

→ Main article : US Grand Prix West 1983

space	driver	team	time
1	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 53: 34.889
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	+ 27.993
3	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+1: 13.638
PP	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 26.117
SR	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 28.330

The US Grand Prix in Long Beach (California) took place on March 27, 1983 and went over 75 laps (245.625 km).

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 34: 13.913
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 29.720
3	Eddie Cheever	Renault	+ 40.232
PP	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 36.672
SR	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 42.695

The French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet (Var) took place on April 17, 1983 and covered a distance of 54 laps (313.74 km).

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 37: 52.460
2	Alain Prost	Renault	+ 48.781
3	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
PP	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 31.238
SR	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 34.437

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on May 1, 1983 and went over 60 laps (302.4 km).

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 56: 38,121
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 18.475
3	Alain Prost	Renault	+ 31,366
PP	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 24.840
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 27.283

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 15, 1983 and ran over 76 laps (251.712 km).

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1983

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 27: 11.502
2	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	+ 23.182
3	Eddie Cheever	Renault	+ 39.869
PP	Alain Prost	Renault	2: 04.615
SR	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	2: 07.493

The Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps took place on May 22, 1983 and covered 40 laps (277.96 km).

US Grand Prix East

→ Main article : 1983 US East Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 50: 53.669
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	+ 7.702
3	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	+ 9.283
PP	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 44.734
SR	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 47.668

The US East Grand Prix on the Detroit Street Circuit in Detroit took place on June 5, 1983 and went over 60 laps (241.38 km).

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 48: 31.838
2	Eddie Cheever	Renault	+ 42.029
3	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	+ 52.610
PP	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 28.729
SR	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 30.851

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 12, 1983 and went over 70 laps (308.7 km).

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : Great Britain Grand Prix 1983

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 24: 39.780
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 19,161
3	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	+ 26.246
PP	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 09.462
SR	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 14.212

The Great Britain Grand Prix in Silverstone took place on July 16, 1983 and went over a distance of 67 laps (316.173 km).

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Germany 1983

space	driver	team	time
1	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 27: 10.319
2	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	+1: 10.652
3	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	+1: 44.093
PP	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 49.328
SR	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 53.938

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring took place on August 7, 1983 and covered a distance of 45 laps (305.865 km).

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Austria 1983

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 24: 32.745
2	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+ 6.835
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 27.659
PP	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 29.871
SR	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 33.961

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring in Zeltweg took place on August 14, 1983 and covered a distance of 53 laps (314.926 km).

Grand Prix of the Netherlands

→ Main article : Dutch Grand Prix 1983

space	driver	team	time
1	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 38: 41.950
2	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	+ 20.839
3	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	+ 43.741
PP	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 15.630
SR	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 19.863

The Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort took place on August 28, 1983 and covered a distance of 72 laps (306.144 km).

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 23: 10.880
2	René Arnoux	Ferrari	+ 10.212
3	Eddie Cheever	Renault	+ 18.612
PP	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 29.122
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 34.431

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 11, 1983 and went over a distance of 52 laps (301.60 km).

Grand Prix of Europe

→ Main article : 1983 European Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 36: 45.865
2	Alain Prost	Renault	+ 6.571
3	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	+ 30.315
PP	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 12.092
SR	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 14.342

The European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch took place on September 25, 1983 and went over a distance of 76 laps (319.732 km).

South Africa Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1983 Grand Prix of South Africa

space	driver	team	time
1	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 33: 25.708
2	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	+ 9.319
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	+ 21.969
PP	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 06.554
SR	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.948

The South African Grand Prix at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit took place on October 15, 1983 and covered a distance of 77 laps (316.008 km).

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best eleven results were counted in the drivers 'classification and all results in the constructors' classification.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																Points
01	N. Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1	DNF	2	DNF	2	4th	4th	DNF	2	13	3	DNF	1	1	3	59
02	A. Cheers	Renault	7th	11	1	2	3	1	8th	5	1	4th	1	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	57
03	R. Arnoux	Ferrari	10	3	7th	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	5	1	2	1	2	9	DNF	49
04th	P. Tambay	Ferrari	5	DNF	4th	1	4th	2	DNF	3	3	DNF	DNF	2	4th	DNF	DNF	40
05	K. Rosberg	Williams-Ford / Honda	DSQ	DNF	5	4th	1	5	2	4th	11	10	8th	DNF	11	DNF	5	27
06th	J. Watson	McLaren-Ford / -TAG-Porsche	DNF	1	DNF	5	DNQ	DNF	3	6th	9	5	9	3	DNF	DNF	DSQ	22nd
07th	E. Cheever	Renault	DNF	13	3	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	3	10	6th	22nd
08th	A. de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	EX	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	2	15th
09	R. Patrese	Brabham-BMW	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	9	DNF	7th	1	13
10	N. Lauda	McLaren-Ford / -TAG-Porsche	3	2	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DSQ	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	12
11	J. Laffite	Williams-Ford / Honda	4th	4th	6th	7th	DNF	6th	5	DNF	12	6th	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	11
12	M. Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	DNF	9	8th	DNF	DNF	14th	1	8th	13	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	10
13	N. Mansell	Lotus-Ford / Renault	12	12	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	4th	DNF	5	DNF	8th	3	NC	10
14th	D. Warwick	Toleman-Hart	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	6th	5	4th	9
15th	M. Surer	Arrows Ford	6th	5	10	6th	DNF	11	11	DNF	17th	7th	DNF	8th	10	DNF	8th	4th
16	M. Baldi	Alfa Romeo	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	6th	DNF	12	10	7th	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	3
17th	D. Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	11	8th	DNF	DNF	5	12	DNF	DSQ	14th	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	2
18th	E. de Angelis	Lotus-Ford / Renault	DSQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	2
19th	B. Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNQ	8th	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	7th	6th	DNF	1
20th	J. Cecotto	Theodore Ford	13	6th	11	DNF	DNPQ	10	DNF	DNF	DNQ	11	DNQ	DNQ	12			1
-	T. Boutsen	Arrows Ford						DNF	7th	7th	15th	9	13	14th	DNF	11	9	0
-	J.-P. Jarier	Ligier-Ford	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	8th	7th	DNF	9	DNF	10	0
-	C. Serra	Arrows Ford	9		DNF	8th	7th											0
-	R. Boesel	Ligier-Ford	DNF	7th	DNF	9	DNF	13	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	10	DNQ	15th	NC	0
-	S. Johansson	Spirit-Hart									DNF	DNF	12	7th	DNF	14th		0
-	M. Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	15th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DSQ	DNF	8th	DNF	0
-	C. Fabi	Osella-Ford / -Alfa Romeo	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	10	11	DNF	DNQ	DNF	0
-	P. Ghinzani	Osella-Ford / -Alfa Romeo	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	11	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	R. Guerrero	Theodore Ford	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	NC	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	12	13	12		0
-	K. Acheson	RAM Ford									DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	0
-	J. Palmer	Williams-Ford / Honda														13		0
-	E. Salazar	RAM Ford	14th	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ										0
-	A. Jones	Arrows Ford		DNF														0
-	J. Villeneuve sr.	RAM Ford								DNQ								0
-	J.-L. Schlesser	RAM Ford			DNQ													0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Ferrari 126 C3 from 1983

Item constructor Points 1  Ferrari T 89 2  Renault T 79 3  Brabham-BMW T 72 4th  Williams-Ford / Honda T 38 5  McLaren-Ford / -TAG-Porsche T 34 6th  Alfa Romeo T 18th 7th  Tyrrell-Ford 12 8th  Lotus-Ford / Renault T 12

Item constructor Points 9  Toleman-Hart T. 10 10  Arrows Ford 4th 11  Theodore Ford 1 12  Ligier-Ford 0 13  Spirit Honda T 0 14th  ATS-BMW T 0 15th  Osella-Ford / -Alfa Romeo T 0 16  RAM Ford 0

^T = turbo engine

Race without championship status

In addition to the 15 world championship races, the 14th Race of Champions took place in April 1983 . The race did not have a world championship status . It was the last time that a race that was not part of the world championship was added to the racing calendar.

space	driver	team	time
1	Keke Rosberg	Williams	0: 53.15'2 "
2	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	0: 53.15'7 "
3	Alan Jones	Arrows	0: 53.43'8 "
PP	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1: 15.839
SR	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 17.826

The XIV. Race of Champions took place on April 10, 1983 at the Brands Hatch Circuit in Great Britain , one week before the first European World Championship round in France . Most of the racing teams that also took part in the World Championship were registered. With the exception of Theodore and Arrows , who competed with two cars, the teams only sent one car into the race. A total of 13 vehicles were at the start. The British Spirit team made their debut in this race, using a six-cylinder turbo engine developed by Honda for Stefan Johansson for the first time. In qualifying, the reigning world champion Keke Rosberg with his Williams FW08C - Cosworth took pole position ahead of René Arnoux in the turbo- powered 126C of Scuderia Ferrari . The last starter was Jean-Louis Schlesser , who drove for the underfunded RAM Racing team and did not complete a timed lap in qualifying. The race was won by Williams driver Rosberg half a second ahead of Danny Sullivan in the Tyrrell 011 . A total of seven drivers crossed the finish line; the last was Roberto Guerrero in Theodore N183 .

News in brief Formula 1

• Honda entered Formula 1 with Spirit Racing .
• Premiere for Niki Lauda : He could not qualify at the Monaco Grand Prix .
• At the Grand Prix of the Netherlands celebrated DAY - Porsche -Motor in McLaren its premiere.
• Nelson Piquet became the first turbo world champion with BMW.
• In the provisional racing calendar for the 1983 season, the Grand Prix of the Soviet Union was noted, but this race failed.

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 World Championship 1983  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1983 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sven Haidinger: 1983: (Not) a Soviet Grand Prix for eternity. In: Motorsport-total.com. April 26, 2016, accessed April 27, 2016 .