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

1983 European Grand Prix

387th World Championship race, 1st World Championship European Grand Prix, 11th World Championship race at Brands Hatch

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1984 European Grand Prix

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Fact File

Date:Sunday, 25 September 1983
Winner:Brazil flag Nelson Piquet
United Kingdom flag Brabham-BMW
Pole position:Italy flag Elio de Angelis
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault
Circuit:Brands Hatch, 76 laps
Round:14 of 15

Race Result

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

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:12.092
2Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:12.458
3United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:12.623
4Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:12.724
5France flag Rene ArnouxFerrari1:13.113
6France flag Patrick TambayFerrari1:13.157
7USA flag Eddie CheeverRenault1:13.253
8France flag Alain ProstRenault1:13.342
9Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:13.679
10United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-TAG1:13.783
11United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:13.855
12Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:13.949
13Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:13.972
14Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:14.403
15Italy flag Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:14.727
16Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:14.917
17Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:15.346
18Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:15.428
19Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda1:15.912
20USA flag Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:16.640
21Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:16.769
22France flag Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:16.880
23Brazil flag Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:17.177
24Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:17.408
25United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:17.432
26Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:17.456

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Jonathan Palmer
Last start
Driver: Roberto Guerrero
Constructor: Theodore
Milestone race start
Driver: 150th for John Watson
Wins
Driver: 10th for Nelson Piquet
Constructor: 31st for Brabham
Podiums
Driver: 22nd for Nelson Piquet, 17th for Alain Prost, 3rd for Nigel Mansell
Constructor: 138th for Lotus, 112th for Brabham, 34th for Renault
Poles
Driver: 1st for Elio de Angelis (65th different polesitter, 9th Italian driver)
Constructor: 88th for Lotus
Fastest laps
Driver: 1st for Nigel Mansell (79th different fastest lap setter, 16th British driver)
Constructor: 64th for Lotus
Front row starts
Driver: 6th for Riccardo Patrese, 1st for Elio de Angelis (106th different front row starter, 16th Italian driver)
Points finishes
Driver: 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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