Grand Prix of Austria 1983

 Grand Prix of Austria 1983

Racing data
11th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXI Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	August 14, 1983
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Österreichring
Length:	314.926 km in 53 laps of 5.942 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 95,000
Pole position
Driver:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Time:	1: 29.871 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 33.961 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham

The 1983 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 14th at the Österreichring near Zeltweg and was the eleventh race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Although there was only a week between the German Grand Prix and the eleventh round of the World Championship in Austria, Tyrrell completed the first copy of the new 012 . Michele Alboreto drove the car.

training

The training was again dominated by the two Ferrari drivers , with René Arnoux once again having to admit defeat to his team-mate Patrick Tambay . Nigel Mansell finished third in the Lotus 94T alongside Brabham driver Nelson Piquet . Alain Prost followed before Riccardo Patrese , Bruno Giacomelli and Eddie Cheever .

As has been customary for several race weekends, no driver of a naturally aspirated car was among the top ten on the grid. As the best of these pilots, Niki Lauda took 14th place.

run

While Tambay took the lead ahead of Arnoux, Piquet, Prost and Mansell, Elio de Angelis and Bruno Giacomelli collided . Further back in the field bounced Piercarlo Ghinzani in the Williams FW08C of Jacques Laffite and pushed that to fulfill the Arrows A6 of Marc Surer , who consequently with Danny Sullivan collided. Corrado Fabi had to brake sharply so as not to be involved in this accident . The immediately following John Watson could not react in time and crashed into the stern of the Osella pilot. Three of the eight pilots involved in the collisions were eliminated immediately, Giacomelli had to retire shortly afterwards due to consequential damage.

While the Ferrari double lead continued, Piquet and Prost dueled for third place behind. When the leading duo ran up against Jean-Pierre Jarier , who had to be lapped, in the 21st lap , Tambay was severely hampered. Arnoux took this opportunity to take the lead. Piquet also got past Tambay.

Since the Brabham team made the pit stops for refueling and tire changes faster than Ferrari, Piquet was able to take the lead on lap 28. After Tambay was eliminated due to an oil leak and Piquet fell back on lap 38 due to an engine problem, Arnoux took the lead again from Prost, who quickly caught up. In the 48th lap, he passed his compatriot and won.

Behind Arnoux, Piquet finished third in front of Cheever, Mansell and Lauda.

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 012		G
	4th	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell 011B
Fila Sport	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT52B	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 94T	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	P
	12	Nigel Mansell
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE40		M.
	16	Eddie Cheever
RAM Automotive Team March	17th	Kenny Acheson	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 126C3	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 FA1E	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani
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
Spirit Racing	40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit 201C	Honda RA163-E 1.5 V6 t	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 30.358	236.738 km / h	1: 29.871	238.021 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 29.995	237.693 km / h	1: 29.935	237.852 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 31.263	234.391 km / h	1: 30.457	236.479 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 31.912	232.736 km / h	1: 30.566	236.195 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 30.841	235.480 km / h	1: 32.187	232.041 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 31.770	233.096 km / h	1: 31.440	233.937 km / h	06th
07th	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 33.333	229.192 km / h	1: 31.693	233.292 km / h	07th
08th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 31.695	233.286 km / h	1: 31.962	232.609 km / h	08th
09	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 31.802	233.015 km / h	1: 31.769	233.098 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 32.888	230.290 km / h	1: 31.962	232.609 km / h	10
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 32.359	231.609 km / h	1: 32.720	230.708 km / h	11
12	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 34.818	225.603 km / h	1: 32.451	231.379 km / h	12
13	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 33.754	228.163 km / h	1: 33.211	229.492 km / h	13
14th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 34.518	226.319 km / h	1: 36.604	221.432 km / h	14th
15th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 36.136	222.510 km / h	1: 35.380	224.273 km / h	15th
16	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	1: 40.330	213.208 km / h	1: 35.892	223.076 km / h	16
17th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 36.059	222.688 km / h	1: 36.141	222.498 km / h	17th
18th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 36.347	222.022 km / h	1: 36.079	222.642 km / h	18th
19th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	1: 37.253	219.954 km / h	1: 36.357	221.999 km / h	19th
20th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 36.435	221.820 km / h	1: 36.437	221.815 km / h	20th
21st	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 36.918	220.714 km / h	1: 36.532	221.597 km / h	21st
22nd	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 37.175	220.131 km / h	1: 36.619	221.397 km / h	22nd
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 37.858	218.594 km / h	1: 36.772	221.047 km / h	23
24	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 37.546	219.293 km / h	1: 37.017	220.489 km / h	24
25th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 38.455	217.269 km / h	1: 37.117	220.262 km / h	25th
26th	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 37.650	219.060 km / h	1: 37.217	220.036 km / h	26th
DNQ	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 37,400	219.622 km / h	1: 37.554	219.275 km / h	-
DNQ	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 37.677	218.999 km / h	1: 37.497	219.404 km / h	-
DNQ	Kenny Acheson	RAM Ford	1: 38.974	216.129 km / h	1: 39.138	215.772 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	53	1	1: 24: 32.745	05	1: 33.961
02	René Arnoux	Ferrari	53	1	+ 6.835	02	1: 34.123
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	53	1	+ 27.659	04th	1: 34.004
04th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	53	1	+ 28.395	08th	1: 34.351
05	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	03	1: 34.976
06th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	51	1	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 37.552
07th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	51	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 38.074
08th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	51	1	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 38.176
09	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	51	2	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 37.845
10	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	50	0	+ 3 rounds	26th	1: 40.341
11	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	49	0	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 42.189
12	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	48	2	+ 5 rounds	16	1: 39.450
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	48	1	+ 5 rounds	19th	1: 38.586
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	33	1	DNF	13	1: 36.548	Turbocharger damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	31	0	DNF	11	1: 34.929	defective fuel pump
-	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	30th	0	DNF	01	1: 34.002	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	29	1	DNF	06th	1: 34.299	Turbocharger damage
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	25th	0	DNF	21st	1: 40.171	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	21st	1	DNF	24	1: 39.952	Suspension problems
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	13	0	DNF	09	1: 35.514	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	08th	0	DNF	18th	1: 39.179	collision
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	02	0	DNF	10	1: 46.919	Turbocharger damage
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	01	0	DNF	07th	2: 20.130	Collision damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	00	0	DNF	12	-	collision
-	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	00	0	DNF	22nd	-	collision
-	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	00	0	DNF	23	-	collision

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 51 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 37 03  René Arnoux Ferrari 34 04th  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 31 05  Keke Rosberg Williams 25th 06th  John Watson McLaren 18th 07th  Eddie Cheever Renault 17th 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 12 09  Jacques Laffite Williams 11

Item driver constructor Points 10  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 9 11  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 6th 12  Nigel Mansell lotus 6th 13  Marc Surer Arrows 4th 14th  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 4th 15th  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 2 16  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1 17th  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 68 02  Ferrari 65 03  Brabham 41 04th  Williams 36 05  McLaren 30th

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell 11 07th  Alfa Romeo 7th 08th  lotus 6th 09  Arrows 4th 10  Theodore 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from March 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 9, 2012)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 9, 2012)
3. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from March 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 9, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website