1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
Appearance
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Race 1 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 19 March 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Nashua Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Kyalami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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The 1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–19 March 1983 at the Kyalami circuit.
This race marked the beginning of a new season, as a hot and humid day saw Freddie Spencer leading from pole position on a Honda NS500. Despite an early battle with Kenny Roberts, Spencer pulled out a lead and won the race. Roberts was second riding a Yamaha YZR500, and Ron Haslam finished third for Honda. Jean-François Baldé won the 250cc class riding a Yamaha. The Frenchman would ironically fail to qualify for the 500cc race with a Honda entry.
Classification
500 cc
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | 43'58.500 | 15 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +7.200 | 12 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | +13.300 | 10 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Team Sonauto Gauloises | Yamaha | +13.500 | 8 | ||
5 | ![]() |
HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +28.400 | 6 | ||
6 | ![]() |
HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +37.700 | 5 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Honda | +41.500 | 4 | |||
8 | ![]() |
Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +42.400 | 3 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | +45.400 | 2 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Heron Team Suzuki | Suzuki | +1'08.300 | 1 | ||
11 | ![]() |
HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1'09.700 | |||
12 | ![]() |
Carimati-Pezzani Racing | Suzuki | +1'13.800 | |||
13 | ![]() |
HIRT Italia | Honda | +1 lap | |||
14 | ![]() |
Moto Club Condor | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
15 | ![]() |
Cagiva | +1 lap | ||||
16 | ![]() |
Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
17 | ![]() |
Cagiva | +1 lap | ||||
18 | ![]() |
Beton Bloc Racing | Honda | +1 lap | |||
19 | ![]() |
Myers Motorcycles | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||
20 | ![]() |
Team Mitsui Yamaha | Yamaha | +1 lap | |||
21 | ![]() |
Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
22 | ![]() |
ES Motorradzubeh Racing Team | Suzuki | +2 laps | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | Accident | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Mechanical | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Mechanical | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Honda | Accident | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Honda | Accident | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Moto Club Carate | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
Sources: [2][3] |
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
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- ^ "1983 South African GP Results". MotoGP official website. Retrieved March 31, 2015.