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

1983 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 August 1983
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitHockenheim, 45 laps
Round10 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 German Grand Prix was the

  • 383rd World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Hockenheim
More 1983 season
More German Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari451hr 27m 10.319s9
2+1Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo45+1m 10.652s6
3+5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW45+1m 44.093s4
4+1France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault45+2m 00.750s3
DQ Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
5+18United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap2
6+9France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap1
7+13Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
8+11France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
9+5Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
10+2Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
11+11Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
12+9USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth43+2 laps 
13-9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW42DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault38DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo34DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo24DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart19DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart17DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda11DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari11DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault10DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1DNF 
R Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Niki Lauda was disqualified post-race for reversing in the pit lane during the race.
  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 42 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari1:49.328 
2France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari1:49.4350.107
3Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:50.8451.517
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:51.0821.754
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault1:51.2281.900
6USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault1:51.5402.212
7Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:51.8672.539
8Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:52.1052.777
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:54.1994.871
10Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:54.6485.320
11Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:54.8315.503
12Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:55.2895.961
13Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonSpirit-Honda1:55.8706.542
14Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:56.0156.687
15France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:56.3186.990
16Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:56.3987.070
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:56.4907.162
18Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:56.7307.402
19France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:57.0187.690
20Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:57.0727.744
21USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:57.4268.098
22Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:57.7448.416
23United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:57.7768.448
24Colombia flag lazyload Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:57.7908.462
25Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:58.4139.085
26Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:58.4739.145
Did not qualify
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Kenny AchesonRAM-Ford Cosworth1:59.0039.675
28Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Alfa Romeo2:01.11311.785
29Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW––

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost42
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet33
3France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay31
4France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux28
5Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg25
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson18
7USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever14
8Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda11
9France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite11
10Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto9
11Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris6
12Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese4
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell4
14Switzerland flag Marc Surer4
15USA flag lazyload Danny Sullivan2
16Venezuela flag lazyload Johnny Cecotto1
=Italy flag lazyload Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari59
2France flag lazyload Renault56
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW37
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth36
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth29
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth11
7Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault3
10Hong Kong flag lazyload Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
6th for Rene Arnoux
87th for Ferrari
Podiums
15th for Rene Arnoux, 8th for Riccardo Patrese, 2nd for Andrea de Cesaris
279th for Ferrari, 109th for Brabham, 24th for Alfa Romeo
Poles
2nd for Patrick Tambay
99th for Ferrari
Qualifying 1-2
37th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th for Rene Arnoux (first for Ferrari)
95th for Ferrari
Front row starts
32nd for Rene Arnoux, 4th for Patrick Tambay
Win & fastest lap
4th for Rene Arnoux (first for Ferrari)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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