1983 European Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 14 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season
Brands Hatch.svg
Date September 25, 1983
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
4.206 km (2.613 mi)
Distance 76 laps, 319.656 km (198.588 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault
Time 1:12.092
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault
Time 1:14.342 on lap 70
Podium
First Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Second France Alain Prost Renault
Third United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault

The 1983 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on September 25, 1983. This race saw Bruno Giacomelli score his final championship point, and was the first race for qualified doctor and current circuit owner Jonathan Palmer. It also took place exactly 22 years before the inaugural A1 Grand Prix event at Brands Hatch, September 25, 2005.

Palmer debuted in a third car for Williams as a one-off appearance.[1] He was Williams' test driver and a works Honda driver that year.[1]

It also was the last appearance of the Theodore Racing team, which left F1 before the next race in South Africa.[2]

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 76 1:36:45.865 4 9
2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 76 + 6.571 8 6
3 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 76 + 30.315 3 4
4 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 76 + 34.396 14 3
5 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 76 + 44.915 11 2
6 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 76 + 52.190 12 1
7 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 76 + 1:12.684 2  
8 9 Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 75 + 1 Lap 9  
9 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 75 + 1 Lap 5  
10 16 United States Eddie Cheever Renault 75 + 1 Lap 7  
11 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 75 + 1 Lap 18  
12 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 75 + 1 Lap 21  
13 42 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Williams-Ford 74 + 2 laps 25  
14 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda 74 + 2 Laps 19  
15 26 Brazil Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 73 + 3 Laps 23  
Ret 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 67 Spun Off 6  
Ret 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 64 Engine 26  
Ret 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 63 Throttle 24  
Ret 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 50 Engine 17  
Ret 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 43 Engine 16  
Ret 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 39 Clutch 15  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-TAG 36 Spun Off 10  
Ret 4 United States Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 27 Oil Leak 20  
Ret 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG 25 Engine 13  
Ret 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 12 Oil Pump 1  
Ret 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 0 Clutch 22  
DNQ 17 United Kingdom Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford    
DNQ 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo    
DNQ 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford        

[edit] Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Alain Prost 57
2 Brazil Nelson Piquet 55
3 France René Arnoux 49
4 France Patrick Tambay 40
5 Finland Keke Rosberg 25
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Italy Ferrari 89
2 France Renault 78
3 United Kingdom Brabham-BMW 59
4 United Kingdom Williams-Ford 36
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 34
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

[edit] References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/340/. Retrieved 2007-06-17. 

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1983 Italian Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
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Next race:
1983 South African Grand Prix
Previous race:
1977 British Grand Prix
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