1983 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

1983 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 12 races in the; 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 April 1983
Official name	Gran Premio delle Nazioni
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.800 km (3.604 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts
Time	1:52.690
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts
Time	1:52.800
Podium
First	Freddie Spencer
Second	Randy Mamola
Third	Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	2:01.210
Fastest lap
Rider	Iván Palazzese
Time	2:00.570
Podium
First	Carlos Lavado
Second	Thierry Espié
Third	Manfred Herweh
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	2:07.570
Fastest lap
Rider	Ángel Nieto
Time	2:06.740
Podium
First	Ángel Nieto
Second	Eugenio Lazzarini
Third	Ezio Gianola
50 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Stefan Dörflinger
Time	2:24.560
Fastest lap
Rider	Eugenio Lazzarini
Time	2:27.760
Podium
First	Eugenio Lazzarini
Second	Claudio Lusuardi
Third	George Looijesteijn

The 1983 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 April 1983 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Classification[edit]

500 cc[edit]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Machine	Time/Retired	Points
1	Freddie Spencer	HRC-Honda	NS500	45'46.570	15
2	Randy Mamola	HB Sinclair-Suzuki	RG500	+7.660	12
3	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha	YZR500	+17.750	10
4	Franco Uncini	HB Gallina-Suzuki	RG500	+24.380	8
5	Takazumi Katayama	HRC-Honda	NS500	+33.730	6
6	Raymond Roche	Moto Club Paul Ricard	NS500	+42.810	5
7	Marc Fontan	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	+1'16.300	4
8	Sergio Pellandini	Carimati-Pezzani Racing	RG500	+1'21.860	3
9	Barry Sheene	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	+1'28.230	2
10	Marco Lucchinelli	HRC-Honda	NS500	+1'33.180	1
11	Virginio Ferrari	Cagiva	GP500	+1'41.530
12	Walter Magliorati	Moto Club Carate	RG500	+1'41.590
13	Gustav Reiner	Krauter-Vertrieb Racing	RG500	+1'47.950
14	Peter Sjöström	Jeb’s Helmet Sweden	RG500	+1'48.330
15	Steve Parrish	Mitsui-Yamaha	YZR500	+1 lap
16	Marco Papa		RG500	+1 lap
17	Wolfgang von Muralt		RG500	+1 lap
18	Marco Greco		RG500	+1 lap
19	Lorenzo Ghiselli		RG500	+1 lap
20	Paolo Ferretti		RG500	+1 lap
21	Andreas Hofmann		RG500	+1 lap
22	Leandro Becheroni		RG500	+1 lap
23	Corrado Tuzii	Beton Bloc Racing	RS500	+1 lap
24	Chris Guy		RG500	+1 lap
25	Franz Kaserer		RG500	+2 laps
26	Peter Huber		RG500	+2 laps
Ret	Kenny Roberts	Marlboro Agostini Yamaha	YZR500	Retired
Ret	Ron Haslam	HRC-Honda	NS500	Retired
Ret	Gianni Pelletier	Hirt Giapauto-Honda	RS500	Retired
Ret	Ernst Gschwender	MO Motul Racing Team	RG500	Retired
Ret	Dave Dean		RS500	Retired
Ret	Boet van Dulmen	Shell Nederland-Suzuki	RG500	Retired
Ret	Alain Rothlisberger		YZR500	Retired
Ret	Keith Huewen	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	Retired
Ret	Jack Middelburg	Stichting Ned-Honda	RS500	Retired
Ret	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro-Suzuki	RG500	Retired
DNS	Didier de Radiguès	Team Johnson Elf	RS500	Did not start
DNQ	Jon Ekerold	Cagiva	GP500	Did not qualify
Sources: ^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
^ "1983 Nations MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017.
^ "motogp.com · NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1983". Motogp.com.

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[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[2] "1983 Nations MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017.

[3] "motogp.com · NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1983". Motogp.com.

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