1983 Canadian Grand Prix

 1983 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 15 races in the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXII Grand Prix du Canada
Date:	June 12, 1983
Place:	Montreal
Course:	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Length:	308.7 km in 70 laps of 4.41 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time:	1: 28.729 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Time:	1: 30.851 min
Podium
First:	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Second:	Eddie Cheever	Renault
Third:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari

The 1983 Canadian Grand Prix took place in Montreal on June 12 and was the eighth race of the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

One week after the Grand Prix of the USA East , RAM Racing was represented again at the eighth World Championship round of the year. Jacques Villeneuve , the brother of Gilles Villeneuve , who died in a fatal accident last year and after whom the racetrack in his home country had now been named, competed as a guest starter for the team, but missed just like in his first two attempts for Arrows at the 1981 Canadian Grand Prix and the subsequent Las Vegas Grand Prix qualification. It was the last time he was entered for a Grand Prix.

training

René Arnoux secured pole position for the second time within a week. He was followed on the starting grid by Alain Prost , Nelson Piquet , Patrick Tambay , Riccardo Patrese and Eddie Cheever .

run

Arnoux converted his starting position into a lead ahead of Patrese, Prost and Piquet. Only from the 35th to the 38th lap was another driver in the lead, Patrese, after Arnoux had briefly dropped to fourth place after a pit stop. Because the other drivers also made pit stops, Arnoux came back to the top and won confidently. A gearbox failure on lap 57 prevented Patrese from finishing second. Instead, Cheever finished ahead of Tambay. Keke Rosberg , Alain Prost and John Watson were the other point winners of the day.

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	Jacques Villeneuve	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	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella FA1D		M.
	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella FA1E	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12
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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1: 28.984	178.414 km / h	1: 28.729	178.927 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 29.942	176.514 km / h	1: 28.830	178.723 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 30.366	175.686 km / h	1: 28.887	178.609 km / h	03
04th	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 28.992	178.398 km / h	1: 29.658	177.073 km / h	04th
05	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 31.227	174.027 km / h	1: 29.549	177.288 km / h	05
06th	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1: 30.255	175.902 km / h	1: 29.863	176.669 km / h	06th
07th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1: 31.756	173.024 km / h	1: 30.966	174.527 km / h	07th
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 31.813	172.917 km / h	1: 31.173	174.130 km / h	08th
09	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 31.583	173.351 km / h	1: 31.480	173.546 km / h	09
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1: 32.208	172.176 km / h	1: 31.586	173.345 km / h	10
11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	1: 33.231	170.287 km / h	1: 31.822	172.900 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 32.351	171.909 km / h	1: 32.116	172.348 km / h	12
13	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1: 32.185	172.219 km / h	1: 32.632	171.388 km / h	13
14th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 32.931	170.836 km / h	1: 32.540	171.558 km / h	14th
15th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	1: 32.643	171.368 km / h	1: 32.576	171.492 km / h	15th
16	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1: 34.403	168.173 km / h	1: 32.642	171.369 km / h	16
17th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 33.664	169.499 km / h	1: 33.175	170.389 km / h	17th
18th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 33.588	169.637 km / h	1: 34.010	168.876 km / h	18th
19th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 34.452	168.085 km / h	1: 33.671	169.487 km / h	19th
20th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 34.008	168.879 km / h	1: 33.705	169.425 km / h	20th
21st	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	1: 35.283	166.619 km / h	1: 33.721	169.396 km / h	21st
22nd	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 34.680	167.681 km / h	1: 33.791	169.270 km / h	22nd
23	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	1: 36.260	164.928 km / h	1: 34.314	168.331 km / h	23
24	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1: 34.967	167.174 km / h	1: 34.486	168.025 km / h	24
25th	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1: 35.554	166.147 km / h	1: 34.544	167.922 km / h	25th
26th	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1: 34.988	167.137 km / h	1: 34.755	167.548 km / h	26th
DNQ	Jacques Villeneuve	RAM Ford	1: 37.858	162.235 km / h	1: 35.133	166.882 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 35.493	166.253 km / h	1: 35.171	166.816 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	René Arnoux	Ferrari	70	1	1: 48: 31.838	01	1: 31.041
02	Eddie Cheever	Renault	70	1	+ 42.029	06th	1: 31.504
03	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	70	1	+ 52.610	04th	1: 30.851
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	70	1	+1: 17.048	09	1: 31.785
05	Alain Prost	Renault	69	2	+ 1 lap	02	1: 31.497
06th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	69	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 33.229
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Ford	69	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 32.898
08th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	68	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 34.364
-	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	68	1	DSQ	22nd	1: 32.589	disqualified
10 (9)	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	67	2	+ 3 rounds	07th	1: 33.834
11 (10)	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	67	1	+ 3 rounds	26th	1: 34.785
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	57	1	DNF	05	1: 31,400	Gearbox damage
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	47	2	DNF	12	1: 34.432	Turbocharger damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	44	6th	DNF	18th	1: 36.026	Tire damage
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	43	1	DNF	10	1: 33.962	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	43	1	DNF	08th	1: 34.350	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	38	1	DNF	13	1: 32.607	Gearbox damage
-	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	32	0	DNF	24	1: 35.909	broken drive shaft
-	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Ford	27	0	DNF	21st	1: 34.996	Engine failure
-	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	27	1	DNF	25th	1: 36.650	overheated engine
-	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Ford	18th	0	DNF	23	1: 35.343	broken drive shaft
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	16	0	DNF	03	1: 31.733	cracked throttle cable
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	11	0	DNF	19th	1: 36.071	Lathe operator
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Renault	02	0	DNF	11	1: 48.434	defective accelerator pedal
-	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	00	0	DNF	14th	-	broken drive shaft
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	00	0	DNF	16	-	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 30th 02  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 27 03  Nelson Piquet Brabham 27 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 25th 05  René Arnoux Ferrari 17th 06th  John Watson McLaren 16 07th  Eddie Cheever Renault 14th 08th  Niki Lauda McLaren 10

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 44 02  Ferrari 44 03  Williams 35 04th  Brabham 27 05  McLaren 26th

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell 11 07th  Arrows 4th 08th  Theodore 1 09  lotus 1 10  Alfa Romeo 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