1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	March 13, 1983
Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Course:	Jacarepaguá
Length:	316.953 km in 63 laps of 5.031 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 95,000
Pole position
Driver:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Time:	1: 34.526 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 39.829 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Second:	-	-
Third:	Niki Lauda	McLaren

The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in Rio de Janeiro on March 13th and was the first race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

In order to minimize the extreme cornering speeds that were achievable with the wing cars of previous years, the side aprons were banned. The underbody of the vehicles also had to be completely flat from now on. In addition, for safety reasons, the drivers were given a new seating position with a crumple zone of 50 centimeters in front of the pedals.

In particular, the qualifying results of teams Ferrari and Renault during the 1982 season had shown that the future in Formula 1 seemed to belong to turbo engines. Therefore, some teams tried to find suitable engine partners during the winter. Most of the 1983 season, like Williams or McLaren , however, still started with the tried and tested Ford-Cosworth engines without turbocharging . Alfa Romeo, on the other hand, immediately entered the market with the new 183T including a turbo engine. Besides the new Brabham BT52 equipped BMW now also the ATS D6 of Manfred Winkelhock made with turbo engines.

Teams Brabham , McLaren and Lotus retained their respective driver pairings from the previous year.

New team mate of reigning world champion Keke Rosberg was Jacques Laffite . Jean-Pierre Jarier then took his place at Ligier . His teammate became Raul Boesel when Eddie Cheever moved to Renault to replace René Arnoux , who had been signed by Ferrari. With the support of the new main sponsor Benetton, Tyrrell hired US debutant Danny Sullivan for the second car alongside regular driver Michele Alboreto , who won the 1982 season finale in Las Vegas .

The Fittipaldi team no longer competed. Its driver Chico Serra switched to Arrows to replace Mauro Baldi , Andrea de Cesaris's new team-mate at Alfa Romeo. RAM Racing took the place of March , which after brief engagements as a private team from 1976 to 1980 competed for the first time as a works team in Formula 1. Eliseo Salazar was hired as a driver.

Johnny Cecotto and Corrado Fabi were two other Grand Prix newbies who made their Formula 1 debut this weekend.

training

Keke Rosberg qualified for pole position ahead of Alain Prost , Patrick Tambay , Nelson Piquet , Derek Warwick , René Arnoux, Riccardo Patrese , Eddie Cheever, Niki Lauda and Mauro Baldi.

Because he ignored the request for a weight control, Andrea de Cesaris was excluded from the race. Piercarlo Ghinzani , who had returned to Formula 1 after a year break, failed to qualify in the Osella FA1D .

run

While Rosberg took the lead in front of Prost and Piquet, Baldi and Alboreto collided. However, they were able to continue the race for now. In the second lap, Piquet passed Prost.

On the seventh lap, Rosberg lost the lead to Piquet who, despite a calculated pit stop to refuel and change tires on lap 40, kept it to the finish. The Williams team had already closely observed this new strategy of the Brabham team last year and had recently brought Rosberg into the pits to refuel. There was a fire, which is why Rosberg had to leave the car for a short time. Despite the incident, he fought his way back to second place. After the race, however, he was disqualified for unauthorized pushing by his mechanics after the unsuccessful pit stop. The remaining drivers did not move up, however, so that second place was not awarded and Lauda was regularly classified as third in front of Laffite, Tambay and Marc Surer .

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 91	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus 92
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30C	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	Chico Serra
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	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 34.526	191.604 km / h	1: 35.226	190.196 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 34.672	191.309 km / h	1: 34.873	190.904 km / h	02
03	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 34.993	190.662 km / h	1: 34.758	191.135 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 35.815	189.027 km / h	1: 35.114	190.420 km / h	04th
05	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 35.206	190.236 km / h	no time	-	05
06th	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 36.390	187.899 km / h	1: 35.547	189.557 km / h	06th
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 35.958	188.745 km / h	1: 36.827	187.051 km / h	07th
08th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 37.005	186.708 km / h	1: 36.051	188.562 km / h	08th
09	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 36.054	188.556 km / h	1: 36,900	186.910 km / h	09
10	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 36.126	188.415 km / h	1: 36.652	187.390 km / h	10
11	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 38.747	183.414 km / h	1: 36.291	188.092 km / h	11
12	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 36.828	187.049 km / h	1: 36.393	187.893 km / h	12
13	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 40.056	181.015 km / h	1: 36.454	187.774 km / h	13
14th	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 37.237	186.262 km / h	1: 36.694	187.308 km / h	14th
15th	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 36.747	187.206 km / h	no time	-	15th
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 36.847	187.013 km / h	no time	-	DSQ
17th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 37.844	185.107 km / h	1: 36.977	186.762 km / h	16
18th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 38.741	183.425 km / h	1: 37.729	185.325 km / h	17th
19th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 38.234	184.372 km / h	1: 38.725	183.455 km / h	18th
20th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 38.378	184.102 km / h	1: 39.178	182.617 km / h	19th
21st	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 40.255	180.655 km / h	1: 38.468	183.934 km / h	20th
22nd	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 39.697	181.666 km / h	1: 38.686	183.528 km / h	21st
23	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 42.098	177.394 km / h	1: 39.154	182.661 km / h	22nd
24	Chico Serra	Arrows Ford	1: 41.472	178.489 km / h	1: 39.965	181.179 km / h	23
25th	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1: 41.316	178.763 km / h	1: 40.309	180.558 km / h	24
26th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 42.292	177.058 km / h	1: 41.153	179.052 km / h	25th
27	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Ford	1: 44.357	173.554 km / h	1: 41.478	178.478 km / h	26th
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 46.964	169.324 km / h	1: 42.267	177.101 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	63	1	1: 48: .27.731	04th	1: 39.829
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	63	1	DSQ	01	1: 40.523	disqualified
03	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	63	0	+ 51.883	09	1: 41.163
04th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	63	0	+1: 13.951	18th	1: 42.343
05	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	63	0	+1: 18.117	03	1: 42.940
06th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	63	0	+1: 18.207	20th	1: 42.657
07th	Alain Prost	Renault	62	0	+ 1 lap	02	1: 42.636
08th	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	62	0	+ 1 lap	05	1: 43.037
09	Chico Serra	Arrows Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	23	1: 43,900
10	René Arnoux	Ferrari	62	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 43.426
11	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 44.697
12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	61	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 43.159
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	60	0	DSQ	13	1: 44.367	disqualified
14th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	60	1	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 43.241
15th	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Ford	59	1	+ 4 rounds	26th	1: 45.681
16	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	59	1	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 45.355
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	53	2	NC	14th	1: 42.849	Unrated
-	Eddie Cheever	Renault	41	1	DNF	08th	1: 41.951	Turbocharger damage
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	34	0	DNF	16	1: 41.547	Engine failure
-	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	25th	0	DNF	17th	1: 44.027	Electrical damage
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	0	DNF	10	1: 43.514	accident
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	22nd	1	DNF	12	1: 43.193	Wheel bearing damage
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	19th	1	DNF	07th	1: 40.512	broken exhaust
-	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	17th	1	DNF	24	1: 44.476	Engine failure
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	16	0	DNF	15th	1: 44.178	Lathe operator
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	06th	0	DNF	11	1: 43.304	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  Nelson Piquet Brabham 9 02  Niki Lauda McLaren 4th 03  Jacques Laffite Williams 3

Item driver constructor Points 04th  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 2 05  Marc Surer Arrows 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brabham 9 02  McLaren 4th 03  Williams 3

Item constructor Points 04th  Ferrari 2 05  Arrows 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Publishing house: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , pp. 236-237
2. ↑ "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)  
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