1983 French Grand Prix

 1983 French Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXVIX Grand Prix de France
Date:	April 17, 1983
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	313.74 km in 54 laps of 5.81 km
Weather:	cloudy and windy
Spectator:	~ 30,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 36.672 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 42.695 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Third:	Eddie Cheever	Renault

The 1983 French Grand Prix took place on April 17th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the third race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

On the weekend before the French GP, which took place at an unusually early date this year, the only Formula 1 race of the 1983 season that was not part of the World Championship was held at Brands Hatch , UK . It was also the last race of its kind. World champion Keke Rosberg won ahead of René Arnoux and Alan Jones . Instead of Jones, who was not able to make a definitive Formula 1 comeback despite this third place, Chico Serra returned to the Arrows team for the French Grand Prix .

The RAM Racing team deployed a second car to enable the local Jean-Louis Schlesser to make his Grand Prix debut. However, this failed due to its non-qualification.

training

During the training, the dominance of turbocharged vehicles became very clear. The two Renault drivers Alain Prost and Eddie Cheever qualified for the front row ahead of Riccardo Patrese , René Arnoux, Elio de Angelis and Nelson Piquet .

Niki Lauda achieved twelfth place on the grid as the best driver without a turbo engine.

run

Behind the leading Prost, Patrese, Cheever, Piquet, Arnoux and Patrick Tambay, who started from eleventh place, followed .

On the second lap, Patrese was first overtaken by Cheever and shortly afterwards by Piquet. When the Italian was eliminated on lap 19 due to an engine failure, Tambay moved up to fourth place. On the 18th lap, Piquet passed Cheever into second place.

Since about halfway through the race all teams at the top made a planned pit stop to refuel and change tires, so the ranking was not changed. Prost won ahead of Piquet, Cheever and Tambay. The two Williams drivers Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite took fifth and sixth place .

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
	18th	Jean-Louis Schlesser
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	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 38.358	212.652 km / h	1: 36.672	216.360 km / h	01
02	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 38.980	211.315 km / h	1: 39.785	209.611 km / h	02
03	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 41.095	206.895 km / h	1: 39.104	211.051 km / h	03
04th	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 40.027	209.104 km / h	1: 39.115	211.028 km / h	04th
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 39.512	210.186 km / h	1: 39.312	210.609 km / h	05
06th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 39.601	209.998 km / h	1: 39.746	209.693 km / h	06th
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	no time	-	1: 39.611	209.977 km / h	07th
08th	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 41.215	206.649 km / h	1: 39.618	209.962 km / h	08th
09	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 43.038	202.993 km / h	1: 39.881	209.409 km / h	09
10	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 40.233	208.674 km / h	1: 44.987	199.225 km / h	10
11	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 40.393	208.341 km / h	1: 40.488	208.144 km / h	11
12	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 41.065	206.956 km / h	1: 41.492	206.085 km / h	12
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 42.219	204.619 km / h	1: 41.775	205.512 km / h	13
14th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 41.838	205.385 km / h	1: 42.448	204.162 km / h	14th
15th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 42.177	204.704 km / h	1: 43.317	202.445 km / h	15th
16	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 42.450	204.158 km / h	1: 42.551	203.957 km / h	16
17th	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 43.552	201.985 km / h	1: 42.615	203.830 km / h	17th
18th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 43.320	202.439 km / h	1: 42.650	203.760 km / h	18th
19th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 43.295	202.488 km / h	1: 42.678	203.705 km / h	19th
20th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 42.808	203.447 km / h	1: 42.737	203.588 km / h	20th
21st	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 42.962	203.143 km / h	1: 44.346	200.449 km / h	21st
22nd	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 43.367	202.347 km / h	1: 43.602	201.888 km / h	22nd
23	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1: 45.638	197.997 km / h	1: 43.411	202.261 km / h	23
24	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 44.317	200.504 km / h	1: 43.654	201.787 km / h	24
25th	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 44.470	200.211 km / h	1: 44.905	199.380 km / h	25th
26th	Chico Serra	Arrows Ford	1: 44.778	199.622 km / h	1: 45.859	197.584 km / h	26th
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Ford	1: 45.073	199.062 km / h	2: 02.335	170.973 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 46.541	196.319 km / h	1: 45.812	197.671 km / h	-
DNQ	Jean-Louis Schlesser	RAM Ford	1: 45.866	197.571 km / h	1: 46.102	197.131 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	54	1	1: 34: 13.913	01	1: 42.695
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	54	1	+ 29.720	06th	1: 43.552
03	Eddie Cheever	Renault	54	1	+ 40.232	02	1: 43.590
04th	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	54	1	+1: 06.880	11	1: 44.185
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	53	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 45.022
06th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	53	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 45.223
07th	René Arnoux	Ferrari	53	1	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 45.005
08th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 46.291
09	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 46.841
10	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	53	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 45.748
11	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	52	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 46.526
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	50	1	+ 4 rounds	07th	1: 44.106
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	49	0	DNF	13	1: 47.367	Gearbox damage
-	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	47	0	DNF	25th	1: 49.893	Engine failure
-	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	36	0	DNF	23	1: 48.666	Engine failure
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	36	3	DNF	10	1: 46.546	defective exhaust system
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	29	0	DNF	12	1: 45.974	Wheel bearing damage
-	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	28	1	DNF	08th	1: 46.253	accident
-	Chico Serra	Arrows Ford	26th	0	DNF	26th	1: 48.101	Engine failure
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	23	0	DNF	22nd	1: 47.442	Valve damage
-	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	21st	0	DNF	24	1: 47.759	Engine failure
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	20th	0	DNF	05	1: 46.995	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	19th	0	DNF	03	1: 43.803	defective water cooler
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	14th	1	DNF	09	1: 47.344	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	06th	0	DNF	18th	1: 48.723	task
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	03	1	DNF	14th	1: 46.818	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 15th 02  Niki Lauda McLaren 10 03  John Watson McLaren 9 04th  Alain Prost Renault 9 05  Jacques Laffite Williams 7th 06th  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 5

Item driver constructor Points 07th  René Arnoux Ferrari 4th 08th  Eddie Cheever Renault 4th 09  Marc Surer Arrows 3 10  Keke Rosberg Williams 2 11  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 19th 02  Brabham 15th 03  Renault 13 04th  Williams 9

Item constructor Points 05  Ferrari 9 06th  Arrows 3 07th  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