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

1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 March 1983
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW
Pole position
  • Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW
CircuitJacarepagua, 63 laps
Round1 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 374th World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Jacarepagua
More 1983 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Previous race1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW631hr 48m 27.731s9
DQ Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth63+20.631s 
3+6Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth63+51.883s4
4+14France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth63+1m 13.951s3
5-2France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari63+1m 18.117s2
6+14Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth63+1m 18.207s1
7-5France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault62+1 lap 
8-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart62+1 lap 
9+14Brazil flag lazyload Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap 
10-4France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari62+1 lap 
11+10USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap 
12+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps 
DQ Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
14+5Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
15+11Chile flag lazyload Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth59+4 laps 
16+9Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW59+4 laps 
NC Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth53+10 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault41DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo23DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW19DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart16DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth7DNF 

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

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:34.526 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault1:34.6720.146
3France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari1:34.7580.232
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:35.1140.588
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:35.2060.680
6France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari1:35.5471.021
7Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:35.9581.432
8USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault1:36.0511.525
9Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:36.0541.528
10Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:36.1261.600
11Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.2911.765
12France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:36.3931.867
13Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:36.4541.928
14Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:36.6942.168
15Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:36.7472.221
DQItaly flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:36.8472.321
16United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:36.9772.451
17Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:37.7293.203
18France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:38.2343.708
19Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:38.3783.852
20Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:38.4683.942
21USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:38.6864.160
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:39.1544.628
23Brazil flag lazyload Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth1:39.9655.439
24Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:40.3095.783
25Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:41.1536.627
26Chile flag lazyload Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth1:41.4786.952
Did not qualify
27Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:42.2677.741

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris was excluded from qualifying and the race for missing a weight check.

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet9
2Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda4
3France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite3
4France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay2
5Switzerland flag Marc Surer1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth4
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth3
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari2
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth1

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)

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Jacarepagua circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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