1983 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Jacarepagua, 63 laps |
Round | 1 of 15 |
Race numbers | The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:
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Previous race | 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +3 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 63 | 1hr 48m 27.731s | 9 |
DQ | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 63 | +20.631s | ||
3 | +6 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 63 | +51.883s | 4 |
4 | +14 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | Williams-Ford Cosworth | 63 | +1m 13.951s | 3 |
5 | -2 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 63 | +1m 18.117s | 2 |
6 | +14 | (CHE) Marc Surer | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 63 | +1m 18.207s | 1 |
7 | -5 | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 62 | +1 lap | |
8 | -3 | (GBR) Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | 62 | +1 lap | |
9 | +14 | (BRA) Chico Serra | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | |
10 | -4 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 62 | +1 lap | |
11 | +10 | (USA) Danny Sullivan | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 62 | +1 lap | |
12 | +10 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 61 | +2 laps | |
DQ | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 60 | +3 laps | ||
14 | +5 | (VEN) Johnny Cecotto | Theodore-Ford Cosworth | 60 | +3 laps | |
15 | +11 | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar | RAM-Ford Cosworth | 59 | +4 laps | |
16 | +9 | (DEU) Manfred Winkelhock | ATS-BMW | 59 | +4 laps | |
NC | (COL) Roberto Guerrero | Theodore-Ford Cosworth | 53 | +10 laps | ||
R | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Renault | 41 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) John Watson | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 34 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Raul Boesel | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 25 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Mauro Baldi | Alfa Romeo | 23 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Corrado Fabi | Osella-Ford Cosworth | 17 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli | Toleman-Hart | 16 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 7 | DNF |
Notes
- Keke Rosberg was disqualified post-race for receiving a push start in the pits during the race.
- Elio de Angelis was disqualified post-race for using a different car in the race to the one he had used in practice.
Starting grid
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | 9 |
2 | (AUT) Niki Lauda | 4 |
3 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite | 3 |
4 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | 2 |
5 | (CHE) Marc Surer | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Johnny Cecotto (first Venezuelan driver to start a race since 1960)
- Corrado Fabi
- Danny Sullivan
- RAM
- Wins
- 8th for Nelson Piquet
- 29th for Brabham
- Podiums
- 43rd for Niki Lauda
- 16th for Nelson Piquet
- 105th for Brabham
- 88th for McLaren
- Poles
- 2nd for Keke Rosberg (last until 1985)
- 10th for Williams (10th constructor to take ten pole positions)
- Fastest laps
- 6th for Nelson Piquet
- 34th for Brabham
- Front row starts
- 15th for Alain Prost
- 2nd for Keke Rosberg
- Win & fastest lap
- 3rd for Nelson Piquet (first since 1981)