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

1983 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 September 1983
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
CircuitBrands Hatch, 76 laps
Round14 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 European Grand Prix was the

  • 387th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship European Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
More 1983 season
More European Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW761hr 36m 45.865s9
2+6France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault76+6.571s6
3 United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault76+30.315s4
4+10Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo76+34.396s3
5+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart76+44.915s2
6+6Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart76+52.190s1
7-5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW76+1m 12.684s 
8+1Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW75+1 lap 
9-4France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari75+1 lap 
10-3USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault75+1 lap 
11+7Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
12+9Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
13+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerWilliams-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
14+5Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda74+2 laps 
15+8Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari67DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth64DNF 
NC Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo63+13 laps 
R Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo39DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG36DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG25DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault12DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:12.092 
2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:12.4580.366
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:12.6230.531
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:12.7240.632
5France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari1:13.1131.021
6France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari1:13.1571.065
7USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault1:13.2531.161
8France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault1:13.3421.250
9Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:13.6791.587
10United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG1:13.7831.691
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:13.8551.763
12Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:13.9491.857
13Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:13.9721.880
14Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:14.4032.311
15Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:14.7272.635
16Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:14.9172.825
17Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:15.3463.254
18Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:15.4283.336
19Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda1:15.9123.820
20USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:16.6404.548
21Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:16.7694.677
22France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:16.8804.788
23Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:17.1775.085
24Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:17.4085.316
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:17.4325.340
26Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:17.4565.364
Did not qualify
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Kenny AchesonRAM-Ford Cosworth1:17.5775.485
28Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:17.8165.724
29France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:18.2616.169

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost57
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet55
3France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux49
4France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay40
5Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg25
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson22
7USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever21
8Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda12
9France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite11
10Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto10
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell10
12Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris9
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick6
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese4
15Switzerland flag Marc Surer4
16Italy flag lazyload Mauro Baldi3
17USA flag lazyload Danny Sullivan2
=Italy flag lazyload Elio de Angelis2
19Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny Cecotto1
=Italy flag lazyload Bruno Giacomelli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari89
2France flag lazyload Renault78
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW59
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth36
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth34
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth12
7Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo12
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault11
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Toleman-Hart7
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
11Hong Kong flag lazyload Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jonathan Palmer
Last start
Roberto Guerrero (last Colombian driver to start a race until 2001)
Theodore
Milestone race start
150th for John Watson (2nd driver to start 150 races, 2nd British driver)
Wins
10th for Nelson Piquet (16th driver to win ten races, 2nd Brazilian driver)
31st for Brabham
Podiums
22nd for Nelson Piquet, 17th for Alain Prost (last for Renault), 3rd for Nigel Mansell
138th for Lotus, 112th for Brabham, 34th for Renault
Poles
1st for Elio de Angelis (65th different polesitter, 9th Italian driver)
88th for Lotus (first since 1978)
Fastest laps
1st for Nigel Mansell (79th different fastest lap setter, 16th British driver; last until 1985; only fastest lap for Lotus)
64th for Lotus (first since 1978)
Front row starts
6th for Riccardo Patrese (last until 1989; last for Brabham), 1st for Elio de Angelis (106th different front row starter, 16th Italian driver)
Points finishes
25th for Alain Prost, 6th and last for Bruno Giacomelli

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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