1983 British Grand Prix

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United Kingdom  1983 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season
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Date 16 July 1983
Official name XXXVI Marlboro British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain
Course Permanent racing facility
4.719 km (2.932 mi)
Distance 67 laps, 316.173 km (196.461 mi)
Pole position
Driver France René Arnoux Ferrari
Time 1:09.462[1]
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost Renault
Time 1:14.212[2] on lap 32
Podium
First France Alain Prost Renault
Second Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Third France Patrick Tambay Ferrari

The 1983 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1983. This was the last British Grand Prix event where the race took place on a Saturday rather than the usual Sunday.

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 France Alain Prost Renault 67 1:24:39.780 3 9
2 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 67 + 19.161 6 6
3 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 67 + 26.246 2 4
4 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 67 + 38.952 18 3
5 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 67 + 58.874 1 2
6 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 66 + 1 Lap 15 1
7 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 66 + 1 Lap 11  
8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 66 + 1 Lap 9  
9 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 66 + 1 Lap 24  
10 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 65 + 2 Laps 25  
11 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 65 + 2 Laps 13  
12 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 65 + 2 Laps 20  
13 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 65 + 2 Laps 16  
14 4 United States Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 65 + 2 Laps 23  
15 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 65 + 2 Laps 17  
16 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 64 + 3 Laps 21  
17 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 64 + 3 Laps 19  
Ret 9 Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 49 Engine 8  
Ret 26 Brazil Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 48 Suspension 22  
Ret 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 46 Fuel System 26  
Ret 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 27 Gearbox 10  
Ret 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 9 Turbo 5  
Ret 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda 5 Fuel System 14  
Ret 16 United States Eddie Cheever Renault 3 Engine 7  
Ret 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 3 Turbo 12  
Ret 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1 Turbo 4  
DNQ 34 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford    
DNQ 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo    
DNQ 17 United Kingdom Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford        

[edit] Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Alain Prost 39
2 Brazil Nelson Piquet 33
3 France Patrick Tambay 31
4 Finland Keke Rosberg 25
5 France René Arnoux 19
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 France Renault 53
2 Italy Ferrari 50
3 United Kingdom Williams-Ford 35
4 United Kingdom Brabham-BMW 33
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 27
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 187. ISBN 0-85429-733-2. 
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 190. ISBN 0-85429-733-2. 

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/335/. Retrieved 2007-06-17. 


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