Grand Prix of Germany 1983

 Grand Prix of Germany 1983

Racing data
10th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLV Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	August 7, 1983
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	305.865 km in 45 laps of 6.797 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 80,000
Pole position
Driver:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Time:	1: 49.328 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time:	1: 53.938 min
Podium
First:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Second:	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham

The 1983 German Grand Prix took place on August 7th at the Hockenheimring and was the tenth race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Some teams used the three-week break after the British Grand Prix for extensive test drives. A few pilots whose entry into the Grand Prix scene was imminent were used, such as Ayrton Senna , Pierluigi Martini or Ivan Capelli . But the former racing driver Stirling Moss was also given the opportunity at Brabham to complete a few test laps at the age of 53.

Ahead of the German Grand Prix there were first rumors that Patrick Tambay , the Scuderia Ferrari perhaps the end of the season in favor of Michele Alboreto will have to leave and that Arrows from 1984 next to Brabham and ATS as a third team of BMW am equipped with turbo engines.

training

Again, the practice resulted in a double pole for Ferrari, with Patrick Tambay ahead of René Arnoux this time in contrast to qualifying at Silverstone . Andrea de Cesaris and Nelson Piquet formed the second row in front of the two Renault drivers Alain Prost and Eddie Cheever . Mauro Baldi and Riccardo Patrese followed in seventh and eighth place in front of the two Toleman drivers Derek Warwick and Bruno Giacomelli , who completed the top ten.

As in the previous race, Keke Rosberg finished twelfth on the grid as the best of the naturally aspirated drivers.

As it was raining during the second qualifying session on Saturday, none of the participants could beat the best time they achieved on Friday. The lap times were well over two minutes and the average speeds under 190 km / h.

run

Tambay, who initially took the lead, was overtaken by his team-mate Arnoux on the second lap. He then defended the top position to the finish, with the exception of a few laps, during which the now mandatory pit stops took place.

When Tambay retired on the eleventh lap due to an engine failure, Piquet took second place. When Arnoux headed for the pits on lap 25, the Brazilian briefly took the lead. After he had completed his stop to refuel and change tires, he came back on the track in second place. He held this position until lap 43, when he had to retire due to a fuel leak. As Cheever had also been eliminated shortly before due to a technical defect, de Cesaris took second place. Behind Patrese and Prost, Niki Lauda crossed the finish line in fifth. However, because he briefly reversed during his pit stop, he was subsequently disqualified. As the following pilots moved up as a result, Jacques Laffite and John Watson also made it into the points.

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 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	Lotus 93T
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: 49.328	223.815 km / h	2: 10.057	188.142 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 49.435	223.596 km / h	2: 09.594	188.814 km / h	02
03	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 50.845	220.751 km / h	2: 16.694	179.007 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 51.082	220.281 km / h	2: 16.969	178.648 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 51.228	219.991 km / h	2: 13.620	183.125 km / h	05
06th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 51.540	219.376 km / h	2: 09.752	188.584 km / h	06th
07th	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 51.867	218.735 km / h	2: 15.218	180.961 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 52.105	218.270 km / h	no time	-	08th
09	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 54.199	214.268 km / h	2: 13.461	183.343 km / h	09
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 54.648	213.429 km / h	no time	-	10
11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 54.831	213.089 km / h	2: 14.182	182.358 km / h	11
12	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 55.289	212.242 km / h	2: 13.337	183.514 km / h	12
13	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	1: 55.870	211.178 km / h	no time	-	13
14th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	1: 56.015	210.914 km / h	no time	-	14th
15th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 56.318	210.365 km / h	2: 15.838	180.135 km / h	15th
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 56.398	210.220 km / h	2: 15.547	180.522 km / h	16
17th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 56.490	210.054 km / h	no time	-	17th
18th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 56.730	209.622 km / h	no time	-	18th
19th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 57.018	209.106 km / h	2: 15.326	180.817 km / h	19th
20th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 57.072	209.010 km / h	no time	-	20th
21st	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 57.426	208.380 km / h	2: 18.376	176.831 km / h	21st
22nd	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 57.744	207.817 km / h	2: 15.753	180.248 km / h	22nd
23	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 57.776	207.760 km / h	no time	-	23
24	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 57.790	207.736 km / h	2: 17.479	177.985 km / h	24
25th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 58.413	206.643 km / h	no time	-	25th
26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 58.473	206.538 km / h	2: 19.172	175.820 km / h	26th
DNQ	Kenny Acheson	RAM Ford	1: 59.003	205.618 km / h	2: 20.758	173.839 km / h	-
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 01.113	202.036 km / h	2: 22.859	171.282 km / h	-
DNQ	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	no time	-	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	René Arnoux	Ferrari	45	1	1: 27: 10.319	02	1: 53.938
02	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	45	1	+1: 10.652	03	1: 55.311
03	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	45	1	+1: 44.093	08th	1: 55.510
04th	Alain Prost	Renault	45	1	+ 2: 00.750	05	1: 54.793
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	44	1	DSQ	18th	1: 57.297	disqualified
06 (5)	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	44	1	+ 1 lap	23	1: 57.681
07 (6)	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	44	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 57.858
08 (7)	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 58.727
09 (8)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	44	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 58.523
10 (9)	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 59.689
11 (10)	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	44	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 59.092
12 (11)	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	2: 00.147
13 (12)	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	43	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	2: 00.571
14 (13)	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	42	1	DNF	04th	1: 54.495	defective fuel filter
-	Eddie Cheever	Renault	38	1	DNF	06th	1: 55.031	blocked throttle cable
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	34	1	DNF	26th	2: 03.418	Engine failure
-	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	27	0	DNF	25th	2: 01.823	Engine failure
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	24	1	DNF	07th	1: 56.037	Engine failure
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	19th	0	DNF	10	1: 58.122	Turbocharger damage
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	17th	0	DNF	09	1: 56.271	Engine failure
-	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	11	0	DNF	13	1: 58.251	Engine failure
-	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	11	1	DNF	01	1: 54.365	defective ignition system
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	10	1	DNF	11	1: 56.295	Engine failure
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	04th	0	DNF	16	1: 59.672	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	01	0	DNF	17th	2: 12.136	defective cooling water pump
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	00	0	DNF	24	-	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 42 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 33 03  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 31 04th  René Arnoux Ferrari 28 05  Keke Rosberg Williams 25th 06th  John Watson McLaren 18th 07th  Eddie Cheever Renault 14th 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 11 09  Jacques Laffite Williams 11

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 59 02  Renault 56 03  Brabham 37 04th  Williams 36 05  McLaren 29

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell 11 07th  Alfa Romeo 7th 08th  Arrows 4th 09  lotus 4th 10  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. ^ "Report" (accessed December 9, 2012)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from March 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 9, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website