US Grand Prix West 1983

 US Grand Prix West 1983

Racing data
2nd of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	IX Grand Prix of Long Beach
Date:	March 27, 1983
Place:	Long Beach
Course:	Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit
Length:	245.625 km in 75 laps of 3.275 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 75,000
Pole position
Driver:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.117 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Niki Lauda	McLaren
Time:	1: 28.330 min
Podium
First:	John Watson	McLaren
Second:	Niki Lauda	McLaren
Third:	René Arnoux	Ferrari

The 1983 USA Grand Prix took place in Long Beach on March 27 and was the second race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

In the hope of finding a new main sponsor, Arrows brought the 1980 world champion , Alan Jones , back into Formula 1. Otherwise there were no changes on the driver's side compared to the season opener in Brazil two weeks earlier.

There were two major innovations in the vehicles. Lotus competed for the first time with a copy of the new 93T , which was powered by a Renault turbo engine. Elio de Angelis drove the car, while his teammate Nigel Mansell initially continued to use the tried and tested Lotus 92 with a conventional naturally aspirated engine. A similar strategy was followed with the Renault works team, in that the new RE40 was initially only driven by one of the two works drivers, namely Alain Prost , and Eddie Cheever was still equipped with the mature RE30B .

training

During the training sessions, it emerged that the Goodyear - and Pirelli - tire teams appeared to have significant advantages over the Michelin- tire competition that weekend . This was also reflected on the grid resist, resulting from the two Ferrari pilots Patrick Tambay and René Arnoux in the front row and from the two Williams of Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite composed. Behind them, Elio de Angelis and Derek Warwick, followed two vehicles on Pirelli tires in front of Michele Alboreto . In eighth place on the grid was Alain Prost, the first Michelin driver.

Both Osella pilots failed to qualify for one of the 26 starting positions.

run

While Tambay was defending his starting position, his team-mate Arnoux had to admit defeat to Rosberg, who had started from third place. He spun shortly afterwards, but was able to continue the race in third behind his team-mate Laffite. Arnoux meanwhile fell back to fifth place behind Alboreto. In the second lap, Rosberg came back in second place. When he tried to take the lead on lap 26, he collided with Tambay. This dropped out. Rosberg was able to continue the race again, but was rammed by Jean-Pierre Jarier shortly afterwards . As a result, Laffite took the lead in front of Riccardo Patrese and Marc Surer , while the two McLaren of Niki Lauda and John Watson , who had started the race from 22 and 23 on the grid, quickly caught up. This showed that the Michelin tires worked much better under racing conditions than they did in practice.

On lap 29, Elio de Angelis had to give up the race because the Lotus team had no more wheels after two complete tire changes.

On the 33rd lap, Watson passed Lauda. The duo overtook Patrese on lap 44 and Laffite one lap later. Thereupon they managed a double victory with a clear lead. It was the first for McLaren since the 1968 Canadian Grand Prix and the second for the team as a whole. Watson's victory after starting from 22nd place is a record that is still valid today (as of 2018).

In the 52nd lap Patrese was past Laffite in third place, but dropped out due to a technical defect during the final phase and was classified as tenth due to the distance he had covered. Laffite finished fourth behind Arnoux. Marc Surer and Johnny Cecotto came in fifth and sixth.

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	Renault RE30C
RAM Automotive Team March	17th	Eliseo Salazar	RAM 01	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
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	Alan Jones
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella FA1D		M.
	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Theodore Racing Team	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore N183		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	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 28.598	133.073 km / h	1: 26.117	136.907 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 26.935	135.619 km / h	1: 27.628	134.546 km / h	02
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 29.577	131.619 km / h	1: 27.145	135.292 km / h	03
04th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 30.529	130.235 km / h	1: 27.818	134.255 km / h	04th
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 31.624	128.678 km / h	1: 27.982	134.005 km / h	05
06th	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	no time	-	1: 28.130	133.780 km / h	06th
07th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 29.066	132.374 km / h	1: 28.425	133.333 km / h	07th
08th	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 28.558	133.133 km / h	1: 29.765	131.343 km / h	08th
09	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 31.271	129.176 km / h	1: 28.833	132.721 km / h	09
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 29,600	131.585 km / h	1: 28.913	132.602 km / h	10
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 28,958	132.534 km / h	1: 29.467	131.780 km / h	11
12	Alan Jones	Arrows Ford	1: 30.451	130.347 km / h	1: 29.112	132,305 km / h	12
13	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 31.728	128.532 km / h	1: 29.167	132.224 km / h	13
14th	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	no time	-	1: 29.266	132.077 km / h	14th
15th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 30.597	130.137 km / h	1: 29.422	131.847 km / h	15th
16	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 30.067	130.903 km / h	1: 29.521	131.701 km / h	16
17th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 29.559	131.645 km / h	1: 30.258	130.626 km / h	17th
18th	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 29.585	131.607 km / h	1: 28.528	133.178 km / h	18th
19th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 33.336	126.318 km / h	1: 29.603	131.580 km / h	19th
20th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 30.173	130.749 km / h	1: 30.034	130.951 km / h	20th
21st	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 31.924	128.258 km / h	1: 30.070	130.898 km / h	21st
22nd	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 32.439	127.544 km / h	1: 30,100	130.855 km / h	22nd
23	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 30.262	130.620 km / h	1: 30.188	130.727 km / h	23
24	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 31.599	128.713 km / h	1: 30.220	130.681 km / h	24
25th	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Ford	1: 32.597	127.326 km / h	1: 31.126	129.381 km / h	25th
26th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 31.759	128.489 km / h	1: 31.765	128.480 km / h	26th
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1: 33.896	125.564 km / h	1: 31.901	128.290 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	no time	-	1: 32.182	127.899 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	75	0	1: 53: 34.889	22nd	1: 28.652
02	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	75	0	+ 27.993	23	1: 28.330
03	René Arnoux	Ferrari	75	1	+1: 13.638	02	1: 28.370
04th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 30.163
05	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 30.617
06th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 30.382
07th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	73	1	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 31.263
08th	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	73	0	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 30.372
09	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	73	2	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 29.032
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	72	0	DNF	11	1: 29.718	Distributor damage
11	Alain Prost	Renault	72	1	+ 3 rounds	08th	1: 28.717
12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	72	3	+ 3 rounds	13	1: 31.883
-	Eddie Cheever	Renault	67	2	DNF	15th	1: 30.104	Gearbox damage
-	Alan Jones	Arrows Ford	58	2	DNF	12	1: 30.261	task
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	51	0	DNF	20th	1: 30.256	defective throttle valve
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	48	1	DNF	19th	1: 31.280	Gearbox damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	29	1	DNF	05	1: 31.344	task
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	27	0	DNF	18th	1: 30.645	Gearbox damage
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	27	1	DNF	21st	1: 32.185	accident
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	26th	0	DNF	10	1: 29.264	collision
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	26th	0	DNF	14th	1: 33.512	defective battery
-	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	25th	0	DNF	01	1: 30.370	collision
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	25th	0	DNF	03	1: 30.256	collision
-	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Ford	25th	0	DNF	25th	1: 32.506	Gearbox damage
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	11	0	DNF	06th	1: 30.771	Tire damage
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	03	0	DNF	24	1: 33.792	accident

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  Niki Lauda McLaren 10 02  John Watson McLaren 9 03  Nelson Piquet Brabham 9 04th  Jacques Laffite Williams 6th

Item driver constructor Points 05  René Arnoux Ferrari 4th 06th  Marc Surer Arrows 3 07th  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 2 08th  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 19th 02  Brabham 9 03  Williams 6th

Item constructor Points 04th  Ferrari 6th 05  Arrows 3 06th  Theodore 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( 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)  
2. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 240
3. ^ "Report" (accessed December 9, 2012)
4. ↑ "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