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1983 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontreal, 70 laps
Round8 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 381st World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Montreal
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari701hr 48m 31.838s9
2+4(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault70+42.029s6
3+1(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari70+52.610s4
4+5(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth70+1m 17.048s3
5-3(FRA) Alain ProstRenault69+1 lap2
6+14(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap1
7+8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
8+9(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
DQ (USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
9-2(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW67+3 laps 
10+16(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo67+3 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW56DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart47DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart43DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo42DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW15DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Danny Sullivan was disqualified post-race after his car was found to be underweight.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
4(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari
5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
6(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault
7(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
9(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
10(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart
11(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
12(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
13(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
14(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
15(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
19(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
20(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
21(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth
22(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth
24(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth
25(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:28.729 
2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault1:28.8300.101
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:28.8870.158
4(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari1:28.9920.263
5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:29.5490.820
6(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault1:29.8631.134
7(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:30.9662.237
8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:31.1732.444
9(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:31.4802.751
10(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:31.5862.857
11(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:31.8223.093
12(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:32.1163.387
13(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:32.1853.456
14(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:32.5403.811
15(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:32.5763.847
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:32.6423.913
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.1754.446
18(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:33.5884.859
19(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:33.6714.942
20(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:33.7054.976
21(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:33.7214.992
22(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.7915.062
23(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:34.3145.585
24(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:34.4865.757
25(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:34.5445.815
26(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:34.7556.026
Did not qualify
27(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve SrRAM-Ford Cosworth1:35.1336.404
28(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:35.1716.442

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost30
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet27
3(FRA) Patrick Tambay27
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg25
5(FRA) Rene Arnoux17
6(GBR) John Watson16
7(USA) Eddie Cheever14
8(AUT) Niki Lauda10
9(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto9
11(CHE) Marc Surer4
12(USA) Danny Sullivan2
13(VEN) Johnny Cecotto1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1
=(GBR) Nigel Mansell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault44
2Ferrari44
3Williams-Ford Cosworth35
4Brabham-BMW27
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth26
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth11
7Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
8Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Alfa Romeo1
=Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Alain Prost (53rd driver to start 50 races, 11th French driver)
Wins
5th for Rene Arnoux (first for Ferrari)
86th for Ferrari
Podiums
14th for Rene Arnoux
6th for Eddie Cheever & Patrick Tambay
276th & 277th for Ferrari
30th for Renault (11th constructor to score 30 podiums)
Poles
17th for Rene Arnoux
97th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st for Patrick Tambay (78th different fastest lap setter, 12th French driver; only fastest lap for Ferrari)
94th for Ferrari
Front row starts
30th for Rene Arnoux (8th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 1st French driver)
19th for Alain Prost (last for Renault)
Pole & win
2nd and last for Rene Arnoux (only win from pole for Ferrari)