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

1983 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 May 1983
Winner
  • Keke Rosberg
  • Williams-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Alain Prost
  • Renault
Fastest lap
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Brabham-BMW
CircuitMonte Carlo, 76 laps
Round5 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 378th World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 30th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1983 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth761hr 56m 38.121s9
2+4(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW76+18.475s6
3-2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault76+31.366s4
4 (FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari76+1m 04.297s3
5+15(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps2
6+7(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo74+2 laps1
7+8(BRA) Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW64DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart49DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault49DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverRenault30DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo13DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari6DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW3DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
2(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari
3(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault
4(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari
5(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
8(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth
10(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
11(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
12(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo
14(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
15(BRA) Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth
16(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW
17(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
18(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
20(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Alain ProstRenault1:24.840 
2(FRA) Rene ArnouxFerrari1:25.1820.342
3(USA) Eddie CheeverRenault1:26.2791.439
4(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari1:26.2981.458
5(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:26.3071.467
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:27.2732.433
7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:27.6802.840
8(FRA) Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:27.7262.886
9(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:27.9063.066
10(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:28.0173.177
11(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:28.2563.416
12(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:28.3463.506
13(ITA) Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:28.6393.799
14(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:28.7213.881
15(BRA) Chico SerraArrows-Ford Cosworth1:28.7843.944
16(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:28.9754.135
17(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:29.2004.360
18(BRA) Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:29.2224.382
19(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:29.5184.678
20(USA) Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.5304.690
Did not qualify
21(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:29.5524.712
22(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:29.8985.058
23(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:30.2835.443
24(ITA) Corrado FabiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:30.4955.655
25(CHL) Eliseo SalazarRAM-Ford Cosworth1:31.2296.389
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:35.57210.732
Did not pre-qualify
27(VEN) Johnny CecottoTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:33.8178.977
28(COL) Roberto GuerreroTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:38.38913.549

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Nelson Piquet21
2(FRA) Alain Prost19
3(FRA) Patrick Tambay17
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg14
5(GBR) John Watson11
6(AUT) Niki Lauda10
7(FRA) Rene Arnoux8
8(FRA) Jacques Laffite7
9(USA) Eddie Cheever4
10(CHE) Marc Surer4
11(USA) Danny Sullivan2
12(VEN) Johnny Cecotto1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari25
2Renault23
3Brabham-BMW21
4McLaren-Ford Cosworth21
5Williams-Ford Cosworth21
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
8Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
=Alfa Romeo1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Chico Serra
Wins
2nd for Keke Rosberg
17th for Williams
Podiums
18th for Nelson Piquet
13th for Alain Prost
8th for Keke Rosberg
107th for Brabham
51st for Williams
27th for Renault
Poles
9th for Alain Prost
29th for Renault
Fastest laps
7th for Nelson Piquet
36th for Brabham
Front row starts
28th for Rene Arnoux
17th for Alain Prost
Points finishes
1st and only for Danny Sullivan (214th different point scorer, 50th American driver)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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