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Home / Seasons / 1983 F1 World Championship Season / 1983 Belgian Grand Prix

1983 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 May 1983
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris
  • Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo
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)
More 1983 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault
2France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari
3Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
5France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari
6Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
7Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
8USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault
9Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
10Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
12Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo
13Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
14Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth
15Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
16Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart
17Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
20United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
23USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth
25Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth
26Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost28
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet24
3France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay23
4Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg16
5United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson11
6Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda10
7France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux8
=USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever8
9France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite8
10Switzerland flag Marc Surer4
11USA flag lazyload Danny Sullivan2
12Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny Cecotto1
=Italy flag lazyload Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1France flag lazyload Renault36
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari31
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW24
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth24
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth21
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
8Hong Kong flag lazyload Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo1

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

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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