1983 European Grand Prix

 1983 European Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXV Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	September 25, 1983
Place:	Fawkham
Course:	Brands Hatch Circuit
Length:	319.732 km in 76 laps of 4.207 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 65,000
Pole position
Driver:	Elio de Angelis	lotus
Time:	1: 12.092 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	lotus
Time:	1: 14.342 min
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Second:	Alain Prost	Renault
Third:	Nigel Mansell	lotus

The 1983 European Grand Prix took place on September 25th at the Brands Hatch Circuit in Great Britain and was the 14th race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

For the first time, a race with the sole title Grand Prix of Europe was organized as a World Championship run, after this designation had previously only been awarded as an additional honorary title to changing national Grand Prix until 1977 . Brands Hatch was chosen as the venue , which was the first time that two World Championship races were held in Great Britain within a year.

When Williams was again decided against a race for the new FW09 with Honda -Turbomotor. Instead, a third FW08C works car was reported for test driver Jonathan Palmer , making his Grand Prix debut. The Theodore Racing team, on the other hand, reduced its commitment to just one vehicle for financial reasons. Johnny Cecotto had to forego the race weekend in favor of Roberto Guerrero , so the number of training participants remained the same at 29.

Before the penultimate race of the season, Alain Prost , René Arnoux and Nelson Piquet , three drivers from three different teams had realistic chances of winning the drivers' world championship.

training

For the first time in his Grand Prix career, Elio de Angelis qualified for pole position. For the Team Lotus , this was the first pole since the Canadian Grand Prix 1978 . Behind Brabham -Pilot Riccardo Patrese followed with Nigel Mansell , the second Lotus driver also. Nelson Piquet started fourth, directly ahead of his title competitor René Arnoux. The third title contender Alain Prost followed behind Patrick Tambay and Eddie Cheever in eighth place on the grid.

The fastest of the pilots still equipped with conventional naturally aspirated engines was again the reigning world champion Keke Rosberg . He qualified for 16th place on the grid.

run

Shortly after the start, de Angelis was overtaken by Patrese. Mansell, Piquet and Cheever followed in positions three to five. On the second lap, Mansell was overtaken by Piquet. Prost passed his teammate Cheever on the ninth lap.

When de Angelis dueled Patrese for the lead on the twelfth lap, both drivers spun. Piquet took over the lead. Before Prost reached the spot, Patrese was able to continue the race in second place, while de Angelis initially dropped to sixth place and had to retire shortly afterwards.

Apart from the pit stop phase, there were no other overtaking maneuvers at the top during the rest of the race. Third place was taken by Mansell after Tambay fell back on lap 65 for technical reasons. This confirmed the competitiveness of the Lotus team this weekend after the good training result by completing the fastest race lap. Behind Andrea de Cesaris , Derek Warwick took a place in the points for the third time in a row. His team-mate Bruno Giacomelli received his first World Championship point of the year in sixth place and thus confirmed an upward trend at Toleman .

Since Alain Prost finished second, he was still in the lead in the World Cup standings before the season finale in South Africa , but only two points ahead of Nelson Piquet.

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
	42	Jonathan Palmer
Benetton Tyrrell team	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 012		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 / 1E	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	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
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	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 12.342	209.356 km / h	1: 12.092	210.082 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 13.475	206.127 km / h	1: 12.458	209.020 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 12.623	208.546 km / h	1: 13.089	207.216 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 12.724	208.256 km / h	1: 13.095	207.199 km / h	04th
05	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 13.596	205.788 km / h	1: 13.113	207.148 km / h	05
06th	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 13.898	204.947 km / h	1: 13.157	207.023 km / h	06th
07th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 13.592	205.800 km / h	1: 13.253	206.752 km / h	07th
08th	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 13.342	206.501 km / h	1: 13.526	205.984 km / h	08th
09	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 13.679	205.557 km / h	1: 14.750	202.611 km / h	09
10	John Watson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 14.296	203.849 km / h	1: 13.783	205.267 km / h	10
11	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 14.411	203.534 km / h	1: 13.855	205.067 km / h	11
12	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 15.521	200.543 km / h	1: 13.949	204.806 km / h	12
13	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 15.266	201.222 km / h	1: 13.972	204.742 km / h	13
14th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 14.403	203.556 km / h	1: 15.440	200.758 km / h	14th
15th	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 14.727	202.674 km / h	1: 15.174	201.469 km / h	15th
16	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 14.917	202.160 km / h	1: 15.252	201.260 km / h	16
17th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 15.346	201.009 km / h	1: 15.501	200.596 km / h	17th
18th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	1: 16.094	199.033 km / h	1: 15.428	200.790 km / h	18th
19th	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	1: 16.525	197.912 km / h	1: 15.912	199.510 km / h	19th
20th	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.134	196.349 km / h	1: 16.640	197.615 km / h	20th
21st	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 16.769	197.283 km / h	1: 17.454	195.538 km / h	21st
22nd	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 17,141	196.331 km / h	1: 16.880	196.998 km / h	22nd
23	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 17,177	196.240 km / h	1: 17.593	195.188 km / h	23
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 17.850	194.543 km / h	1: 17.408	195.654 km / h	24
25th	Jonathan Palmer	Williams-Ford	1: 17.432	195.594 km / h	1: 17.524	195.361 km / h	25th
26th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.456	195.533 km / h	1: 17.936	194.329 km / h	26th
DNQ	Kenny Acheson	RAM Ford	1: 17.577	195.228 km / h	1: 18.069	193.998 km / h	-
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 19.087	191.500 km / h	1: 17.816	194.628 km / h	-
DNQ	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 18.467	193.014 km / h	1: 18.261	193.522 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	76	1	1: 36: 45.865	04th	1: 14.778
02	Alain Prost	Renault	76	1	+ 6.571	08th	1: 14.616
03	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	76	1	+ 30.315	03	1: 14.342
04th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	76	1	+ 34.396	14th	1: 14.905
05	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	76	1	+ 44.915	11	1: 14.732
06th	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	76	1	+ 52.190	12	1: 14.877
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	76	1	+1: 12.684	02	1: 15.107
08th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	75	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 15.710
09	René Arnoux	Ferrari	75	2	+ 1 lap	05	1: 14.924
10	Eddie Cheever	Renault	75	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 15.161
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	75	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 16.050
12	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	75	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 16.279
13	Jonathan Palmer	Williams-Ford	74	1	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 16.794
14th	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	74	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 17.042
15th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	73	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 18.698
-	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	67	1	DNF	06th	1: 14.933	Brake defect
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	65	0	DNF	26th	1: 15.599	Engine failure
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	63	3	DNF	24	1: 18.406	Engine failure
-	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	51	0	DNF	17th	1: 17.039	Engine failure
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	43	1	DNF	16	1: 15.260	Engine failure
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	39	1	DNF	15th	1: 16.392	Clutch damage
-	John Watson	McLaren TAG Porsche	36	1	DNF	10	1: 15.800	broken rear wing
-	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	27	0	DNF	20th	1: 17.222	Engine failure
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren TAG Porsche	26th	0	DNF	13	1: 15.957	Turbocharger damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	13	0	DNF	01	1: 15.601	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	00	0	DNF	22nd	-	broken drive shaft

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 57 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 55 03  René Arnoux Ferrari 49 04th  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 40 05  Keke Rosberg Williams 25th 06th  John Watson McLaren 22nd 07th  Eddie Cheever Renault 21st 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 12 09  Jacques Laffite Williams 11 10  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 10

Item driver constructor Points 11  Nigel Mansell lotus 10 12  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 9 13  Derek Warwick Toleman 6th 14th  Marc Surer Arrows 4th 15th  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 4th 16  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 3 17th  Elio de Angelis lotus 2 18th  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 2 19th  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1 20th  Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 89 02  Renault 78 03  Brabham 59 04th  Williams 36 05  McLaren 34 06th  Tyrrell 12

Item constructor Points 07th  lotus 12 08th  Alfa Romeo 12 09  Toleman 7th 10  Arrows 4th 11  Theodore 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 28, 2012)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 28, 2012)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 28, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website