1983 US Grand Prix East

 1983 US Grand Prix East

Racing data
7th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	II Detroit Grand Prix
Date:	June 5th 1983
Place:	Detroit
Course:	Detroit Street Circuit
Length:	241.38 km in 60 laps of 4.023 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 75,000
Pole position
Driver:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time:	1: 44.734 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	John Watson	McLaren
Time:	1: 47.668 min
Podium
First:	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell
Second:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Third:	John Watson	McLaren

The 1983 US Grand Prix took place in Detroit on June 5 and was the seventh race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After Eliseo Salazar left the team, RAM Racing decided against participating in the Grand Prix of the USA East, which was held on the Detroit street circuit, which was slightly modified compared to the previous year .

training

As it was raining during the first qualifying session on Friday, all pilots achieved their respective best times on Saturday.

Between the pole sitter René Arnoux and the second Ferrari 126C2B of Patrick Tambay , qualified Nelson Piquet for the second place. It was followed by Elio de Angelis in what is still the only Lotus 93T with a turbo engine, ahead of Marc Surer and Michele Alboreto .

run

René Arnoux initially took the lead from Nelson Piquet, Elio de Angelis, Andrea de Cesaris , Michele Alboreto and Derek Warwick . While de Angelis and Eddie Cheever were eliminated early due to technical problems, Keke Rosberg managed to get to second place by the 20th lap past Warwick, Alboreto, de Cesaris and Piquet.

When most of the competitors went to their pits for the now mandatory pit stop to refuel, Piquet and Alboreto fell by the wayside. As Arnoux retired on the 32nd lap due to an electrical fault, Piquet took the lead. John Watson , who, like Alboreto, wanted to finish the race at the front without stopping, was at this point in fourth place behind Keke Rosberg and in front of Jacques Laffite , who had both already made their stops. Thierry Boutsen took sixth place , but lost it to Nigel Mansell on lap 39 .

When Piquet had to go to the pits on the 51st lap due to a puncture, this resulted in the last shift within the leading group. He dropped to fourth place behind Alboreto, Rosberg and Watson.

Alboreto's win turned out to be the last for Tyrrell , although the team competed in the Formula 1 World Cup for another 15 years until 1998 .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
TAG Williams team	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams FW08C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Jacques Laffite
Benetton Tyrrell team	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 011B		G
	4th	Danny Sullivan
Fila Sport	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT52	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	M.
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	M.
	8th	Niki Lauda
Team ATS	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS D6	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 93T	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	P
	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus 92	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE40	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	Eddie Cheever
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo 183T	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	M.
	23	Mauro Baldi
Équipe Ligier Gitanes	25th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier JS21	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	M.
	26th	Raul Boesel
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari 126C2B	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	René Arnoux
Arrows Racing Team	29	Marc Surer	Arrows A6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	30th	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella FA1D		M.
	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella FA1E	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12
Theodore Racing Team	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore N183	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	34	Johnny Cecotto
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman TG183B	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Bruno Giacomelli

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	René Arnoux	Ferrari	2: 08.851	112.400 km / h	1: 44.734	138.282 km / h	01
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	2: 11.506	110.130 km / h	1: 44.933	138.019 km / h	02
03	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	2: 10.994	110.561 km / h	1: 45.991	136.642 km / h	03
04th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	2: 09.601	111.749 km / h	1: 46.258	136.298 km / h	04th
05	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	2: 09.292	112.016 km / h	1: 46.745	135.677 km / h	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 08.198	112.972 km / h	1: 47.013	135.337 km / h	06th
07th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	2: 08.418	112.779 km / h	1: 47.334	134.932 km / h	07th
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	2: 08.034	113.117 km / h	1: 47.453	134.783 km / h	08th
09	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	2: 11.428	110.196 km / h	1: 47.534	134.681 km / h	09
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	2: 11.107	110.465 km / h	1: 47.586	134.616 km / h	10
11	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	2: 08.496	112.710 km / h	1: 47.701	134.472 km / h	11
12	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	2: 06.382	114.595 km / h	1: 47.728	134.439 km / h	12
13	Alain Prost	Renault	2: 15.731	106.702 km / h	1: 47.855	134.280 km / h	13
14th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	2: 07.792	113.331 km / h	1: 48.395	133.611 km / h	14th
15th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	2: 17.489	105.338 km / h	1: 48.537	133.437 km / h	15th
16	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 18.758	104.375 km / h	1: 48.648	133.300 km / h	16
17th	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	2: 13.205	108.726 km / h	1: 48.785	133.132 km / h	17th
18th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	2: 09.019	112.253 km / h	1: 48.992	132.879 km / h	18th
19th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	2: 07.652	113.455 km / h	1: 48.994	132.877 km / h	19th
20th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	2: 13.080	108.828 km / h	1: 49.245	132.572 km / h	20th
21st	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	2: 10.632	110.867 km / h	1: 49.250	132.566 km / h	21st
22nd	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	2: 12.092	109.642 km / h	1: 49.466	132.304 km / h	22nd
23	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	2: 12.164	109.582 km / h	1: 49.540	132.215 km / h	23
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 15.556	106.840 km / h	1: 49.885	131.800 km / h	24
25th	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	2: 11.169	110.413 km / h	1: 49.916	131.762 km / h	25th
26th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	2: 14.547	107.641 km / h	1: 51.709	129.648 km / h	26th
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	2: 15.085	107.212 km / h	1: 53.516	127.584 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	60	0	1: 50: 53.669	06th	1: 48.443
02	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	60	1	+ 7.702	12	1: 47.969
03	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	60	0	+ 9.283	21st	1: 47.668
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	60	1	+1: 12.185	02	1: 48.332
05	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	60	1	+1: 32.603	20th	1: 49.252
06th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	59	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 50.029
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	59	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 50.296
08th	Alain Prost	Renault	59	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 50.555
09	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	59	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 50.150
10	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	58	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 51.804
11	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	58	1	+ 2 rounds	05	1: 49.809
12	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	56	1	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 53.198
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	50	2	DNF	18th	1: 51.318	Suspension problems
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	38	1	NC	11	1: 50.351	Unrated
-	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	35	1	DNF	26th	1: 51.768	broken shift linkage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	34	2	DNF	08th	1: 49.423	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Ferrari	31	1	DNF	01	1: 48.934	Electrical damage
-	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	30th	0	DNF	16	1: 50.088	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	30th	3	DNF	19th	1: 49.340	broken wheel nut
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	27	0	DNF	22nd	1: 52.093	Collision damage
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	26th	1	DNF	09	1: 49.351	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	25th	1	DNF	15th	1: 52.031	Brake defect
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	05	0	DNF	04th	1: 52.584	Gearbox damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	05	0	DNF	24	1: 55,000	overheated engine
-	Eddie Cheever	Renault	04th	0	DNF	07th	1: 53.926	Engine problem
-	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	03	-	Engine problem

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost Renault 28 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 27 03  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 23 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 22nd 05  John Watson McLaren 15th 06th  Niki Lauda McLaren 10 07th  Jacques Laffite Williams 10 08th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 9

Item driver constructor Points 09  René Arnoux Ferrari 8th 10  Eddie Cheever Renault 8th 11  Marc Surer Arrows 4th 12  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 2 13  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1 14th  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1 15th  Nigel Mansell lotus 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 36 02  Williams 32 03  Ferrari 31 04th  Brabham 27 05  McLaren 25th

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell 11 07th  Arrows 4th 08th  Theodore 1 09  lotus 1 10  Alfa Romeo 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from January 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed December 9, 2012)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 9, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 9, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website