Great Britain Grand Prix 1983

 Great Britain Grand Prix 1983

Racing data
9th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXVI British Grand Prix
Date:	July 16, 1983
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	316.173 km in 67 laps of 4.719 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time:	1: 09.462 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 14.212 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Third:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari

The 1983 British Grand Prix took place on July 16 in Silverstone and was the ninth race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

During the approximately one-month break between the Canadian Grand Prix and the tenth round of the championship of the season, which took place in Silverstone again this year in accordance with the annual change with Brands Hatch , there were several changes in the entry list.

The Lotus team presented the new Type 94T , largely developed by Gérard Ducarouge , and immediately equipped both factory drivers with it. The car was the successor to the Lotus 93T , which had previously only been driven by Elio de Angelis and, like the latter, had a Renault turbo engine, which means that the Lotus and Renault teams from then on started with identical units. In Osella also, it was decided to re-equip both regular drivers with identical cars and therefore announced two Osella FA1E with naturally aspirated engines from Alfa Romeo for the race weekend on. The Scuderia Ferrari launched the new 126C3 at the start. Brabham , Alfa Romeo and Toleman had used the break of several weeks to provide their racing cars with some modifications.

The new Spirit Racing team was entered in the entry list for the first time. The Spirit 201C was equipped with a six-cylinder turbo engine from Honda and served as a test object for the Japanese manufacturer, which made its debut in Formula 1 since the 1968 Mexican Grand Prix . The driver was the Swede Stefan Johansson , who had already tried in 1980 in Argentina and Brazil at the wheel of a Shadow DN11 in vain to qualify for a Grand Prix.

In order to be able to keep up with the developments of the competition, McLaren has long been striving to switch to turbo engines. With the support of TAG , Porsche worked on a corresponding engine, which had already been tested on the Porsche test track in Weissach in the run-up to the British Grand Prix , but was judged to be not yet operational.

After a guest start by Jacques Villeneuve , British debutant Kenny Acheson was signed to RAM Racing as the new regular driver for the rest of the season .

training

The practice resulted in a straight front row for Ferrari, with Arnoux taking his third pole position in a row. His team-mate Patrick Tambay followed in front of Alain Prost and Elio de Angelis and the two Brabham of Riccardo Patrese and Nelson Piquet . Eddie Cheever and Manfred Winkelhock formed the third row.

Again Keke Rosberg was the best of the pilots who did not have a turbo engine. His twelfth place again confirmed the tendency that a turbo engine was now necessary in order to be competitive, at least in qualifying.

run

For the last time a British Grand Prix took place on Saturdays on Sundays.

During the first lap, Tambay passed his team-mate Arnoux in the lead. Prost crossed the start-finish line for the first time by a considerable margin in third, ahead of Patrese, Cheever and de Angelis. Cheever and de Angelis had to give up the race after a few kilometers due to technical defects.

Due to the failure of Riccardo Patrese on the ninth lap, Nelson Piquet came fourth ahead of Andrea de Cesaris and Manfred Winkelhock.

In the 14th lap, Prost passed Tambay. Six laps later he took the lead. In the meantime, Arnoux had been relegated to fourth place by Piquet. On lap 31, Tambay also lost his second place to the Brazilian.

During the pit stops, which are now compulsory, there was only a brief change in the positions of the leading group. Nigel Mansell , however, managed to catch up with the two Ferrari drivers who were in third and fourth place in front of him by stopping relatively late. On lap 48 he passed Arnoux. Tambay, however, successfully defended his third place against Mansell. Niki Lauda received the last World Cup point of the day in 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 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
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	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 10.436	241.189 km / h	1: 09.462	244.571 km / h	01
02	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 10.874	239.699 km / h	1: 10.104	242.331 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 10.170	242.103 km / h	1: 10.808	239.922 km / h	03
04th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 10.771	240.047 km / h	1: 11.114	238.890 km / h	04th
05	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 11.246	238.447 km / h	1: 10.881	239.675 km / h	05
06th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 11.098	238.943 km / h	1: 10.933	239.499 km / h	06th
07th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 11.055	239.088 km / h	1: 11.520	237.534 km / h	07th
08th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 13.493	231.157 km / h	1: 11.687	236.980 km / h	08th
09	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 13.163	232.199 km / h	1: 12,150	235.459 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 12.528	234.232 km / h	1: 12.541	234.190 km / h	10
11	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 14.006	229.554 km / h	1: 12.860	233.165 km / h	11
12	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 13.792	230.220 km / h	1: 13.422	231.380 km / h	12
13	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 13.755	230.336 km / h	no time	-	13
14th	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	1: 15.535	224.908 km / h	1: 13.962	229.691 km / h	14th
15th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 14.267	228.748 km / h	1: 15.118	226.156 km / h	15th
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 14.651	227.571 km / h	1: 14.970	226.603 km / h	16
17th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	1: 14.964	226.621 km / h	1: 15.686	224.459 km / h	17th
18th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	1: 16.377	222.428 km / h	1: 15.133	226.111 km / h	18th
19th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 15.135	226.105 km / h	1: 15.350	225.460 km / h	19th
20th	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 15.234	225.807 km / h	1: 16.762	221.313 km / h	20th
21st	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 15.441	225.188 km / h	1: 15.317	225.559 km / h	21st
22nd	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 15.386	225.352 km / h	1: 16.134	223.138 km / h	22nd
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 15.449	225.164 km / h	1: 16.347	222.516 km / h	23
24	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 15.609	224.688 km / h	1: 16.091	223.264 km / h	24
25th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	no time	-	1: 15.767	224.219 km / h	25th
26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 17,162	220.165 km / h	1: 16.544	221.943 km / h	26th
DNQ	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 16.714	221.451 km / h	1: 16.786	221.243 km / h	-
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 20,400	211.299 km / h	1: 17.594	218.940 km / h	-
DNQ	Kenny Acheson	RAM Ford	1: 19.267	214.319 km / h	1: 18.103	217.513 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	67	1	1: 24: 39.780	03	1: 14.212
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	67	1	+ 19,161	06th	1: 14.327
03	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	67	1	+ 26.246	02	1: 14.805
04th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Renault	67	1	+ 38.952	18th	1: 14.434
05	René Arnoux	Ferrari	67	1	+ 58.874	01	1: 15.214
06th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	66	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 15.923
07th	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	66	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 15.207
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	66	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 15.032
09	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	66	1	+ 1 lap	24	1: 16.090
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	65	1	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 16.477
11	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	65	1	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 16.887
12	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	65	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 16.228
13	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	65	0	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 17.456
14th	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	65	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 17.858
15th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	65	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 17.913
16	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	64	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 18.351
17th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	64	0	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 18.552
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	49	1	DNF	08th	1: 15.144	Engine failure
-	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	48	1	DNF	22nd	1: 17.659	Suspension damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	46	0	DNF	26th	1: 19.920	Fuel pressure drop
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	27	1	DNF	10	1: 15.856	Gearbox damage
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	09	0	DNF	05	1: 14.857	Turbocharger damage
-	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Honda	05	0	DNF	14th	1: 17.934	defective fuel pump
-	Eddie Cheever	Renault	03	0	DNF	07th	1: 16.261	overheated engine
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	03	0	DNF	12	1: 29.957	Turbocharger damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	01	0	DNF	04th	1: 23.401	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 39 02  Nelson Piquet Brabham 33 03  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 31 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 25th 05  René Arnoux Ferrari 19th 06th  John Watson McLaren 16 07th  Eddie Cheever Renault 14th 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 11

Item driver constructor Points 09  Jacques Laffite Williams 10 10  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 9 11  Marc Surer Arrows 4th 12  Nigel Mansell lotus 4th 13  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 2 14th  Johnny Cecotto Theodore 1 15th  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 53 02  Ferrari 50 03  Williams 35 04th  Brabham 33 05  McLaren 27

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell 11 07th  Arrows 4th 08th  lotus 4th 09  Theodore 1 10  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 January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed December 9, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website