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

1983 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 16 July 1983
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • France flag lazyload Renault
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • France flag lazyload Renault
CircuitSilverstone, 67 laps
Round9 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 British Grand Prix was the

  • 382nd World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Silverstone
More 1983 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault671hr 24m 39.780s9
2+4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW67+19.161s6
3-1France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari67+26.246s4
4+14United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault67+38.952s3
5-4France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari67+58.874s2
6+9Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth66+1 lap1
7+4Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo66+1 lap 
8+1Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo66+1 lap 
9+15United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth66+1 lap 
10+15France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps 
11+2Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps 
12+8France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps 
13+3Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps 
14+9USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps 
15+2Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth65+2 laps 
16+5Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth64+3 laps 
17+2Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth64+3 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW49DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo46DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart27DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW9DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda5DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault3DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart3DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari1:09.462 
2France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari1:10.1040.642
3France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault1:10.1700.708
4Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:10.7711.309
5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:10.8811.419
6Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:10.9331.471
7USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault1:11.0551.593
8Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:11.6872.225
9Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:12.1502.688
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:12.5283.066
11Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:12.8603.398
12Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:13.4223.960
13Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:13.7554.293
14Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda1:13.9624.500
15Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:14.2674.805
16Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:14.6515.189
17Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:14.9645.502
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:15.1335.671
19Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:15.1355.673
20France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:15.2345.772
21Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:15.3175.855
22Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:15.3865.924
23USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:15.4495.987
24United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:15.6096.147
25France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:15.7676.305
26Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:16.5447.082
Did not qualify
27Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:16.7147.252
28Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:17.5948.132
29United Kingdom flag lazyload Kenny AchesonRAM-Ford Cosworth1:18.1038.641

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost39
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet33
3France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay31
4Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg25
5France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux19
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson16
7USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever14
8Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda11
9France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite10
10Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto9
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell4
12Switzerland flag Marc Surer4
13USA flag lazyload Danny Sullivan2
14Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny Cecotto1
=Italy flag lazyload Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1France flag lazyload Renault53
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari50
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth35
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW33
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth27
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth11
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault3
9Hong Kong flag lazyload Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Stefan Johansson
Spirit
Wins
8th for Alain Prost
14th for Renault
Podiums
19th for Nelson Piquet, 15th for Alain Prost, 7th for Patrick Tambay
278th for Ferrari, 108th for Brabham, 31st for Renault
Poles
18th and last for Rene Arnoux
98th for Ferrari
Qualifying 1-2
36th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
7th for Alain Prost
15th for Renault
Front row starts
31st for Rene Arnoux, 3rd for Patrick Tambay
Win & fastest lap
5th for Alain Prost

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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