1983 F1 World Championship Season

1982 F1 World Championship

1984 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Nelson Piquet (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (8th title)
Races:	15
Winning drivers:	Alain Prost (4) Rene Arnoux (3) Nelson Piquet (3) John Watson (1) Patrick Tambay (1) Keke Rosberg (1) Michele Alboreto (1) Riccardo Patrese (1)
Winning constructors:	Renault (4) Ferrari (4) Brabham (4) McLaren (1) Williams (1) Tyrrell (1)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1983 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	13 March	1983 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	USA West	Long Beach	27 March	1983 United States Grand Prix West
3	France	Paul Ricard	17 April	1983 French Grand Prix
4	San Marino	Imola	1 May	1983 San Marino Grand Prix
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	15 May	1983 Monaco Grand Prix
6	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	22 May	1983 Belgian Grand Prix
7	Detroit	Detroit	5 June	1983 Detroit Grand Prix
8	Canada	Montreal	12 June	1983 Canadian Grand Prix
9	Britain	Silverstone	16 July	1983 British Grand Prix
10	Germany	Hockenheim	7 August	1983 German Grand Prix
11	Austria	Osterreichring	14 August	1983 Austrian Grand Prix
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	28 August	1983 Dutch Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	11 September	1983 Italian Grand Prix
14	Europe	Brands Hatch	25 September	1983 European Grand Prix
15	South Africa DT CT	Kyalami	15 October	1983 South African Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	4	20.901s
2	USA West	Long Beach	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	22	27.993s
3	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	Renault	1	29.720s
4	San Marino	Imola	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	3	48.781s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	5	18.475s
6	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	Renault	1	22.982s
7	Detroit	Detroit	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	6	7.702s
8	Canada	Montreal	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	1	42.029s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Alain Prost	Renault	3	19.161s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	2	1m 10.652s
11	Austria	Osterreichring	Alain Prost	Renault	5	6.835s
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	10	20.839s
13	Italy	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	4	10.212s
14	Europe	Brands Hatch	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	4	6.571s
15	South Africa	Kyalami	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	3	9.319s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	DSQ	0.146s
2	USA West	Long Beach	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	DNF	0.818s
3	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	Renault	1	2.308s
4	San Marino	Imola	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	3	0.726s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	Renault	3	0.342s
6	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	Renault	1	0.011s
7	Detroit	Detroit	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	DNF	0.199s
8	Canada	Montreal	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	1	0.101s
9	Britain	Silverstone	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	5	0.642s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	DNF	0.107s
11	Austria	Osterreichring	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	DNF	0.064s
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	DNF	0.740s
13	Italy	Monza	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	DNF	0.528s
14	Europe	Brands Hatch	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	DNF	0.366s
15	South Africa	Kyalami	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	DNF	0.238s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
2	USA West	Long Beach	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
3	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	Renault
4	San Marino	Imola	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
6	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo
7	Detroit	Detroit	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
8	Canada	Montreal	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
9	Britain	Silverstone	Alain Prost	Renault
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari
11	Austria	Osterreichring	Alain Prost	Renault
12	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari
13	Italy	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
14	Europe	Brands Hatch	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault
15	South Africa	Kyalami	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW

1983 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	59
2	Alain Prost	Renault	57	-2
3	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	49	-10
4	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	40	-19
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	27	-32
6	John Watson	McLaren	22	-37
=	Eddie Cheever	Renault	22	-37
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	15	-44
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	13	-46
10	Niki Lauda	McLaren	12	-47
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams	11	-48
12	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	10	-49
=	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	10	-49
14	Derek Warwick	Toleman	9	-50
15	Marc Surer	Arrows	4	-55
16	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	3	-56
17	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	2	-57
=	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	2	-57
19	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	1	-58
=	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	1	-58

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	89
2	Renault	79	-10
3	Brabham-BMW	72	-17
4	Williams-Ford Cosworth	36	-53
5	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	34	-55
6	Alfa Romeo	18	-71
7	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	12	-77
8	Lotus-Renault	11	-78
9	Toleman-Hart	10	-79
10	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4	-85
11	Williams-Honda	2	-87
12	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1	-88
13	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	-88

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	USW	FRA	SMR	MCO	BEL	DET	CAN	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	EUR	ZAF	Avg.	Best
1	Patrick Tambay	3	1	11	3	4	2	3	4	2	1	1	2	2	6	1	3.07	1
2	Rene Arnoux	6	2	4	1	2	5	1	1	1	2	2	10	3	5	4	3.27	1
3	Alain Prost	2	8	1	4	1	1	13	2	3	5	5	4	5	8	5	4.47	1
4	Nelson Piquet	4	20	6	2	6	4	2	3	6	4	4	1	4	4	2	4.80	1
5	Riccardo Patrese	7	11	3	5	17	6	15	5	5	8	6	6	1	2	3	6.67	1
6	Eddie Cheever	8	15	2	6	3	8	7	6	7	6	8	11	7	7	14	7.67	2
7	Andrea de Cesaris	DSQ	19	7	8	7	3	8	8	9	3	11	8	6	14	9	8.57	3
8	Elio de Angelis	13	5	5	9	19	13	4	11	4	11	12	3	8	1	11	8.60	1
9	Derek Warwick	5	6	9	14	10	22	9	12	10	9	10	7	12	11	13	10.60	5
10	Keke Rosberg	1	3	16	11	5	9	12	9	13	12	15	23	16	16	6	11.13	1
11	Alan Jones		12														12.00	12
12	Nigel Mansell	22	13	18	15	14	19	14	18	18	17	3	5	11	3	7	13.13	3
13	Manfred Winkelhock	25	24	10	7	16	7	22	7	8	29	13	9	9	9	8	13.53	7
14	Mauro Baldi	10	21	8	10	13	12	25	26	11	7	9	12	10	15	17	13.73	7
15	Bruno Giacomelli	15	14	13	17	21	16	17	10	12	10	7	13	14	12	16	13.80	7
16	Michele Alboreto	11	7	15	13	11	17	6	17	16	16	18	18	24	26	18	15.53	6
17	Stefan Johansson									14	13	16	16	17	19		15.83	13
18	Niki Lauda	9	23	12	18	22	15	18	19	15	18	14	19	13	13	12	16.00	9
19	Marc Surer	20	16	21	12	12	10	5	14	19	20	22	14	20	17	22	16.27	5
20	Jacques Laffite	18	4	19	16	8	11	20	13	20	15	24	17	28	29	10	16.80	4
21	Thierry Boutsen						18	10	15	17	14	19	21	18	18	20	17.00	10
22	Jean-Pierre Jarier	12	10	20	19	9	21	19	16	25	19	20	22	19	22	21	18.27	9
23	John Watson	16	22	14	24	23	20	21	20	24	23	17	15	15	10	15	18.60	10
24	Roberto Guerrero	14	18	22	21	28	14	11	21	21	24	21	20	21	21		19.79	11
25	Danny Sullivan	21	9	24	22	20	23	16	22	23	21	23	26	22	20	19	20.73	9
26	Chico Serra	23		26	20	15											21.00	15
27	Raul Boesel	17	26	25	25	18	26	23	24	22	25	27	24	27	23	23	23.67	17
28	Johnny Cecotto	19	17	17	23	27	25	26	23	27	22	28	28	26			23.69	17
29	Jonathan Palmer														25		25.00	25
30	Corrado Fabi	24	27	23	26	24	24	27	25	28	28	26	25	25	28	25	25.67	23
31	Piercarlo Ghinzani	27	28	28	28	26	27	24	28	26	26	25	27	23	24	26	26.20	23
32	Eliseo Salazar	26	25	27	27	25	28										26.33	25
33	Jacques Villeneuve Sr								27								27.00	27
34	Kenny Acheson									29	27	29	29	29	27	24	27.71	24
35	Jean-Louis Schlesser			29													29.00	29

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	USW	FRA	SMR	MCO	BEL	DET	CAN	GBR	DEU	AUT	NLD	ITA	EUR	ZAF	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	1	R	2	R	2	4	4	R	2	13^R	3	R	1	1	3	59
2	Alain Prost	7	11	1	2	3	1	8	5	1	4	1	R	R	2	R	57
3	Rene Arnoux	10	3	7	3	R	R	R	1	5	1	2	1	2	9	R	49
4	Patrick Tambay	5	R	4	1	4	2	R	3	3	R	R	2	4	R	R	40
5	Keke Rosberg	DSQ	R	5	4	1	5	2	4	11	10	8	R	11	R	5	27
6	John Watson	R	1	R	5	DNQ	R	3	6	9	5	9	3	R	R	DSQ	22
=	Eddie Cheever	R	R	3	R	R	3	R	2	R	R	4	R	3	10	6	22
8	Andrea de Cesaris		R	12	R	R	R	R	R	8	2	R	R	R	4	2	15
9	Riccardo Patrese	R	10^R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	3	R	9	R	7	1	13
10	Niki Lauda	3	2	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	6	DSQ	6	R	R	R	11^R	12
11	Jacques Laffite	4	4	6	7	R	6	5	R	12	6	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	11
12	Michele Alboreto	R	9	8	R	R	14	1	8	13	R	R	6	R	R	R	10
=	Nigel Mansell	12	12	R	12^R	R	R	6	R	4	R	5	R	8	3	NC	10
14	Derek Warwick	8	R	R	R	R	7	R	R	R	R	R	4	6	5	4	9
15	Marc Surer	6	5	10	6	R	11	11	R	17	7	R	8	10	R	8	4
16	Mauro Baldi	R	R	R	10^R	6	R	12	10	7	R	R	5	R	R	R	3
17	Danny Sullivan	11	8	R	R	5	12	R	DSQ	14	12	R	R	R	R	7	2
=	Elio de Angelis	DSQ	R	R	R	R	9	R	R	R	R	R	R	5	R	R	2
19	Johnny Cecotto	14	6	11	R	DNPQ	10	R	R	DNQ	11	DNQ	DNQ	12			1
=	Bruno Giacomelli	R	R	13^R	R	DNQ	8	9	R	R	R	R	13	7	6	R	1
	Thierry Boutsen						R	7	7	15	9	13	14^R	R	11	9
	Jean-Pierre Jarier	R	R	9	R	R	R	R	R	10	8	7	R	9	R	10
	Chico Serra	9		R	8	7
	Raul Boesel	R	7	R	9	R	13	10	R	R	R	DNQ	10	DNQ	15	NC
	Stefan Johansson									R	R	12	7	R	14
	Manfred Winkelhock	16	R	R	11	R	R	R	9	R	DNQ	R	DSQ	R	8	R
	Corrado Fabi	R	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	10	11^R	R	DNQ	R
	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	R	11	DNQ	R	NC	R
	Roberto Guerrero	NC	R	R	R	DNPQ	R	NC	R	16	R	R	12	13	12
	Kenny Acheson									DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12
	Jonathan Palmer														13
	Eliseo Salazar	15	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Alan Jones		R
	Jean-Louis Schlesser			DNQ
	Jacques Villeneuve Sr								DNQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1983 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1983 F1 World Championship Season Statistics