1983 Belgian Grand Prix

 1983 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLI Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	May 22, 1983
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	278.622 km in 40 laps of 6.949 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 80,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	2: 04.615 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo
Time:	2: 07.493 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Third:	Eddie Cheever	Renault

The 1983 Belgian Grand Prix took place on May 22nd at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the sixth race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

A week after the Monaco Grand Prix, the Belgian Grand Prix took place in Spa-Francorchamps for the first time since 1970 . The route had now been shortened by around half. In addition, significant modifications were made so that the then current safety requirements for a Formula 1 racetrack were met.

On the occasion of his home Grand Prix, the debutant Thierry Boutsen was signed as a new regular driver by the Arrows team . He replaced Chico Serra , who then ended his Formula 1 career. A key argument in favor of this change was that Boutsen brought urgently needed sponsorship money into the team.

training

On the course, which despite the significant shortening still only allowed lap times of over two minutes, even in dry conditions, Alain Prost , who was the leader in the World Championship, secured pole position with a lap time of around one hundredth of a second shorter than Patrick Tambay . Apart from these two, only third-placed Andrea de Cesaris achieved an average speed of over 200 km / h. Nelson Piquet qualified for fourth place on the grid ahead of René Arnoux and Riccardo Patrese .

Keke Rosberg achieved ninth place on the grid as the best of the pilots without a turbo engine.

As it was raining on Saturday during the second qualifying session, none of the drivers could beat the best time they set on Friday.

run

When the starter decided to abort the start due to an unclean field, his signal was misunderstood by some pilots, so they carried out a normal race start. At the end of the lap, the field repositioned itself and mechanics took the starting grid. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the start was normal and Andrea de Cesaris took the lead ahead of Alain Prost, Patrick Tambay, Nelson Piquet and Manfred Winkelhock . After a few meters, Riccardo Patrese had to give up the race with an engine failure.

De Cesaris led the race until the 18th lap. Then most of the drivers made the now almost obligatory pit stops to refuel. Due to a comparatively long stop, de Cesaris lost the lead to Prost. For a short time Patrick Tambay, Nelson Piquet, Keke Rosberg and Eddie Cheever were also in front of him. However, when they also made their pit stops, de Cesaris returned to second place until he was eliminated on lap 26 after an engine failure.

Alain Prost won the race ahead of Patrick Tambay, Eddie Cheever, Nelson Piquet, Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite .

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
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	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	Alain Prost	Renault	2: 04.615	200.750 km / h	2: 34.212	162.221 km / h	01
02	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	2: 04.626	200.732 km / h	2: 35.036	161.359 km / h	02
03	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	2: 04.840	200.388 km / h	no time	-	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	2: 05.628	199.131 km / h	3: 01.465	137.858 km / h	04th
05	René Arnoux	Ferrari	2: 05.737	198.958 km / h	2: 30.961	165.714 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	2: 06.137	198.327 km / h	3: 01.358	137.939 km / h	06th
07th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	2: 06.264	198.128 km / h	2: 44.663	151.925 km / h	07th
08th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	2: 07.294	196.525 km / h	2: 25.700	171.698 km / h	08th
09	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	2: 07.975	195.479 km / h	2: 30.151	166.608 km / h	09
10	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	2: 08.587	194.548 km / h	2: 35.016	161.379 km / h	10
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	2: 09.153	193.696 km / h	3: 20.872	124.539 km / h	11
12	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	2: 09.225	193.588 km / h	no time	-	12
13	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	2: 09.310	193.461 km / h	2: 30.478	166.246 km / h	13
14th	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	2: 09.322	193.443 km / h	2: 31.077	165.587 km / h	14th
15th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	2: 09.475	193.214 km / h	3: 00.356	138.706 km / h	15th
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	2: 09.706	192.870 km / h	2: 35.566	160.809 km / h	16
17th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 09.739	192.821 km / h	2: 31.533	165.089 km / h	17th
18th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	2: 09.876	192.618 km / h	2: 35.832	160.534 km / h	18th
19th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	2: 09.924	192.546 km / h	no time	-	19th
20th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	2: 10.318	191.964 km / h	no time	-	20th
21st	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	2: 11.354	190.450 km / h	2: 49.311	147.754 km / h	21st
22nd	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	2: 11.474	190.276 km / h	2: 30.477	166.247 km / h	22nd
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	2: 11.683	189.974 km / h	2: 38.284	158.048 km / h	23
24	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	2: 11.734	189.901 km / h	2: 41.895	154.522 km / h	24
25th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	2: 11.860	189.719 km / h	2: 43.780	152.744 km / h	25th
26th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	2: 12.310	189.074 km / h	2: 34.659	161.752 km / h	26th
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 13.738	187.055 km / h	no time	-	-
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Ford	2: 18.696	180.369 km / h	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	40	1	1: 27: 11.502	01	2: 07.787
02	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	40	1	+ 23.182	02	2: 09.031
03	Eddie Cheever	Renault	40	1	+ 39.869	08th	2: 08.332
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	40	1	+ 42.295	04th	2: 08.081
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	40	1	+ 50.480	09	2: 09.631
06th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	40	1	+1: 33.107	11	2: 10.402
07th	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	40	2	+1: 58.539	22nd	2: 09.224
08th	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	40	1	+ 2: 38.273	16	2: 08.941
09	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	39	1	+ 1 lap	13	2: 10.643
10	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	25th	2: 12.520
11	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	10	2: 13.364
12	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	23	2: 13.863
13	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	39	0	+ 1 lap	26th	2: 15.269
14th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	38	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	2: 12.630
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	34	0	DNF	15th	2: 10.899	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	31	1	DNF	19th	2: 12.665	Gearbox damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	25th	1	DNF	03	2: 07.493	Engine failure
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	23	0	DNF	14th	2: 12.327	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Ferrari	22nd	1	DNF	05	2: 09.639	Engine failure
-	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	19th	1	DNF	24	2: 13.029	Suspension damage
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	18th	1	DNF	07th	2: 10.109	accident
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	09	0	DNF	20th	2: 13.640	collision
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	09	0	DNF	21st	2: 13.521	collision
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	05	1	DNF	18th	2: 14.040	Suspension damage
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	04th	0	DNF	12	2: 11.569	cracked throttle cable
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	00	0	DNF	06th	-	Engine failure

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 24 03  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 23 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 16 05  John Watson McLaren 11 06th  Niki Lauda McLaren 10 07th  Jacques Laffite Williams 8th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  René Arnoux Ferrari 8th 09  Eddie Cheever Renault 8th 10  Marc Surer Arrows 4th 11  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 2 12  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1 13  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 36 02  Ferrari 31 03  Brabham 24 04th  Williams 24 05  McLaren 21st

Item constructor Points 06th  Arrows 4th 07th  Tyrrell 2 08th  Theodore 1 09  Alfa Romeo 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 December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 9, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website