1983 Belgian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 22 May 1983
Winner	Alain Prost Renault
Pole position	Alain Prost Renault
Fastest lap	Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo
Circuit	Spa-Francorchamps, 40 laps
Round	6 of 15
Race numbers	The 1983 Belgian Grand Prix was the 379th World Championship race 30th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix 19th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps (first since 1970)
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Alain Prost	Renault	40	1hr 27m 11.502s	9
2		Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	40	+23.182s	6
3	+5	Eddie Cheever	Renault	40	+39.869s	4
4		Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	40	+42.295s	3
5	+4	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	40	+58.480s	2
6	+5	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford Cosworth	40	+1m 33.107s	1
7	+15	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	40	+1m 58.539s
8	+8	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	40	+2m 38.273s
9	+4	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	39	+1 lap
10	+15	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap
11	-1	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap
12	+11	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap
13	+13	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	39	+1 lap
14	+3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	38	+2 laps
R		Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	33	DNF
R		Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	30	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	25	DNF
R		Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	23	DNF
R		Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	22	DNF
R		Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford Cosworth	19	DNF
R		Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	18	DNF
R		John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	8	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	8	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF
R		Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	3	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	0	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Alain Prost	Renault	2:04.615
2	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	2:04.626	0.011
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	2:04.840	0.225
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	2:05.628	1.013
5	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	2:05.737	1.122
6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	2:06.137	1.522
7	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	2:06.264	1.649
8	Eddie Cheever	Renault	2:07.294	2.679
9	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	2:07.975	3.360
10	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	2:08.587	3.972
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford Cosworth	2:09.153	4.538
12	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	2:09.225	4.610
13	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	2:09.310	4.695
14	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	2:09.322	4.707
15	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2:09.475	4.860
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	2:09.706	5.091
17	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2:09.739	5.124
18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	2:09.876	5.261
19	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2:09.924	5.309
20	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2:10.318	5.703
21	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	2:11.354	6.739
22	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	2:11.474	6.859
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2:11.683	7.068
24	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford Cosworth	2:11.734	7.119
25	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	2:11.860	7.245
26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	2:12.310	7.695
Did not qualify
27	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2:13.738	9.123
28	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford Cosworth	2:18.696	14.081

How the championship standings stood post-1983 Belgian Grand Prix.

Race debut: Thierry Boutsen (first Belgian driver to start a race since 1979)
Wins: 7th for Alain Prost; 13th for Renault
Podiums: 14th for Alain Prost, 5th for Patrick Tambay & Eddie Cheever; 275th for Ferrari, 28th & 29th for Renault
Poles: 10th for Alain Prost (15th driver to take ten pole positions, 2nd French driver; last for Renault); 30th for Renault (3rd constructor to take 30 pole positions)
Fastest laps: 1st and only for Andrea de Cesaris (77th different fastest lap setter, 12th Italian driver); 14th for Alfa Romeo (first since 1951)
Front row starts: 18th for Alain Prost, 2nd for Patrick Tambay
Pole & win: 4th for Alain Prost (last for Renault)