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1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW631hr 48m 27.731s9
DQ (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth63+20.631s 
3+6(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth63+51.883s4
4+14(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth63+1m 13.951s3
5-2(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari63+1m 18.117s2
6+14(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth63+1m 18.207s1
7-5(FRA) Alain ProstRenault62+1 lap 
8-3(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart62+1 lap 
9+14(BRA) Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap 
10-4(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari62+1 lap 
11+10(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap 
12+10(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps 
DQ (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
14+5(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
15+11(CHL) Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth59+4 laps 
16+9(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW59+4 laps 
NC (COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth53+10 laps 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverRenault41DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo23DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW19DNF 
R (ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart16DNF 
R (ITA) 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
1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
3(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
5(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
6(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
8(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault
9(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo
11(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth
13  
14(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart
16(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
17(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
19(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth
20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
21(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
23(BRA) Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth
25(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
26(CHL) Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:34.526 
2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault1:34.6720.146
3(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari1:34.7580.232
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:35.1140.588
5(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:35.2060.680
6(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:35.5471.021
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:35.9581.432
8(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault1:36.0511.525
9(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:36.0541.528
10(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:36.1261.600
11(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.2911.765
12(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:36.3931.867
13(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:36.4541.928
14(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:36.6942.168
15(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:36.7472.221
DQ(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:36.8472.321
16(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:36.9772.451
17(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:37.7293.203
18(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:38.2343.708
19(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:38.3783.852
20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:38.4683.942
21(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:38.6864.160
22(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:39.1544.628
23(BRA) Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth1:39.9655.439
24(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:40.3095.783
25(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:41.1536.627
26(CHL) Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth1:41.4786.952
Did not qualify
27(ITA) 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-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
2(AUT) Niki Lauda4
3(FRA) Jacques Laffite3
4(FRA) Patrick Tambay2
5(CHE) Marc Surer1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Brabham-BMW9
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth4
3Williams-Ford Cosworth3
4Ferrari2
5Arrows-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & 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)