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1983 Detroit Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDetroit, 60 laps
Round7 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 Detroit Grand Prix was the:

  • 380th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Detroit Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Detroit
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth601hr 50m 53.669s9
2+10(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth60+7.702s6
3+18(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth60+9.283s4
4-2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW60+1m 12.185s3
5+15(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth60+1m 32.603s2
6+8(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap1
7+3(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap 
8+5(FRA) Alain ProstRenault59+1 lap 
9+8(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart59+1 lap 
10+13(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
11-6(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
12+13(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo56+4 laps 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
NC (COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth38+22 laps 
R (VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo33DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari31DNF 
R (USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW26DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart25DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW24DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault5DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverRenault4DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo4DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari0DNF 

Notes

  • Rene Arnoux ended lap 31 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:44.734 
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:44.9330.199
3(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari1:45.9911.257
4(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:46.2581.524
5(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:46.7452.011
6(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:47.0132.279
7(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault1:47.3342.600
8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:47.4532.719
9(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:47.5342.800
10(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:47.5862.852
11(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:47.7012.967
12(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:47.7282.994
13(FRA) Alain ProstRenault1:47.8553.121
14(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:48.3953.661
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:48.5373.803
16(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:48.6483.914
17(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:48.7854.051
18(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:48.9924.258
19(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:48.9944.260
20(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:49.2454.511
21(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:49.2504.516
22(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:49.4664.732
23(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:49.5404.806
24(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:49.8855.151
25(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:49.9165.182
26(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:51.7096.975
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:53.5168.782

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost28
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet27
3(FRA) Patrick Tambay23
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg22
5(GBR) John Watson15
6(AUT) Niki Lauda10
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto9
9(FRA) Rene Arnoux8
=(USA) Eddie Cheever8
11(CHE) Marc Surer4
12(USA) Danny Sullivan2
13(VEN) Johnny Cecotto1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1
=(GBR) Nigel Mansell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault36
2Williams-Ford Cosworth32
3Ferrari31
4Brabham-BMW27
5McLaren-Ford Cosworth25
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth11
7Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
8Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Alfa Romeo1
=Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
2nd for Michele Alboreto (last for Tyrrell)
23rd and last for Tyrrell
Podiums
19th for John Watson
9th for Keke Rosberg
3rd for Michele Alboreto
91st for McLaren
72nd for Tyrrell (last until 1989)
52nd for Williams
Poles
16th for Rene Arnoux
96th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
5th and last for John Watson
20th for McLaren (4th constructor to set 20 fastest laps)
Front row starts
29th for Rene Arnoux
14th for Nelson Piquet