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1983 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 40 laps
Round6 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

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FRA) Alain ProstRenault401hr 27m 11.502s9
2 (FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari40+23.182s6
3+5(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault40+39.869s4
4 (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW40+42.295s3
5+4(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth40+58.480s2
6+5(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth40+1m 33.107s1
7+15(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart40+1m 58.539s 
8+8(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart40+2m 38.273s 
9+4(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault39+1 lap 
10+15(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
11-1(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
12+11(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
13+13(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth39+1 lap 
14+3(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth38+2 laps 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo25DNF 
R (COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari22DNF 
R (ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW18DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo3DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
2(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari
3(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
5(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
7(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
8(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault
9(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
10(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
12(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo
13(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
14(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth
15(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth
19(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
20(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
23(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth
25(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth
26(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Alain ProstRenault2:04.615 
2(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari2:04.6260.011
3(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo2:04.8400.225
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW2:05.6281.013
5(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari2:05.7371.122
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW2:06.1371.522
7(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW2:06.2641.649
8(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault2:07.2942.679
9(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth2:07.9753.360
10(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth2:08.5873.972
11(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth2:09.1534.538
12(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo2:09.2254.610
13(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault2:09.3104.695
14(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth2:09.3224.707
15(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth2:09.4754.860
16(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart2:09.7065.091
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:09.7395.124
18(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth2:09.8765.261
19(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth2:09.9245.309
20(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth2:10.3185.703
21(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth2:11.3546.739
22(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart2:11.4746.859
23(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:11.6837.068
24(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth2:11.7347.119
25(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth2:11.8607.245
26(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth2:12.3107.695
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo2:13.7389.123
28(CHL) Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth2:18.69614.081

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost28
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet24
3(FRA) Patrick Tambay23
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg16
5(GBR) John Watson11
6(AUT) Niki Lauda10
7(FRA) Rene Arnoux8
=(USA) Eddie Cheever8
9(FRA) Jacques Laffite8
10(CHE) Marc Surer4
11(USA) Danny Sullivan2
12(VEN) Johnny Cecotto1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault36
2Ferrari31
3Brabham-BMW24
4Williams-Ford Cosworth24
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth21
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
8Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Alfa Romeo1

Stats & milestones

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; last until 2022)
Front row starts
18th for Alain Prost
2nd for Patrick Tambay
Pole & win
4th for Alain Prost (last for Renault)