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Home / Seasons / 1983 F1 World Championship Season / 1983 South African Grand Prix

1983 South African Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 15 October 1983
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW
Pole position
  • France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW
CircuitKyalami, 77 laps
Round15 of 15
Race numbers

The 1983 South African Grand Prix was the

  • 388th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 16th World Championship race at Kyalami
  • 1983 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1983 Constructors’ title decider
More 1983 season
More South African Grands Prix
Next race1984 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW771hr 33m 25.708s9
2+7Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo77+9.319s6
3-1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW77+21.969s4
4+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart76+1 lap3
5+1Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda76+1 lap2
6+8USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault76+1 lap1
7+12USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps 
8+14Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps 
9+11Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth74+3 laps 
10+11France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth73+4 laps 
11+1Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG71DNF 
12+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Kenny AchesonRAM-Ford Cosworth71+6 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault68+9 laps 
NC Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth66+11 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60DNF 
R France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari56DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart56DNF 
R France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault35DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Alfa Romeo28DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault20DNF 
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG18DSQ 
R France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari9DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo5DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1DNF 

Notes

  • Niki Lauda ended lap 71 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Watson was disqualified for overtaking on the formation lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1France flag lazyload Patrick TambayFerrari1:06.554 
2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:06.7920.238
3Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:07.0010.447
4France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxFerrari1:07.1050.551
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstRenault1:07.1860.632
6Finland flag lazyload Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:07.2560.702
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellLotus-Renault1:07.6431.089
8Germany flag lazyload Manfred WinkelhockATS-BMW1:07.6821.128
9Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:07.7591.205
10France flag lazyload Jacques LaffiteWilliams-Honda1:07.9311.377
11Italy flag lazyload Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:07.9371.383
12Austria flag lazyload Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:07.9741.420
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:08.0611.507
14USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverRenault1:08.0691.515
15United Kingdom flag lazyload John WatsonMcLaren-TAG1:08.3281.774
16Italy flag lazyload Bruno GiacomelliToleman-Hart1:08.3501.796
17Italy flag lazyload Mauro BaldiAlfa Romeo1:08.6282.074
18Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:11.0964.542
19USA flag lazyload Danny SullivanTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:11.3824.828
20Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenArrows-Ford Cosworth1:11.6585.104
21France flag lazyload Jean-Pierre JarierLigier-Ford Cosworth1:12.0175.463
22Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:12.0495.495
23Brazil flag lazyload Raul BoeselLigier-Ford Cosworth1:12.7456.191
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Kenny AchesonRAM-Ford Cosworth1:13.3526.798
25Italy flag lazyload Corrado FabiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:13.6567.102
26Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:14.9038.349

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1983 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet59
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost57
3France flag lazyload Rene Arnoux49
4France flag lazyload Patrick Tambay40
5Finland flag lazyload Keke Rosberg27
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Watson22
7USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever22
8Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris15
9Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese13
10Austria flag lazyload Niki Lauda12
11France flag lazyload Jacques Laffite11
12Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto10
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell10
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick9
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 Renault79
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BMW72
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Ford Cosworth36
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Ford Cosworth34
6Italy flag lazyload Alfa Romeo18
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth12
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault11
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Toleman-Hart10
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Honda2
12Hong Kong flag lazyload Theodore-Ford Cosworth1
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Kenny Acheson
Last start
Raul Boesel, Bruno Giacomelli, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Danny Sullivan
Milestone race start
50th for Marc Surer (55th driver to start 50 races, 3rd Swiss driver)
World Champion
2nd title for Nelson Piquet (9th driver to win two championships, 1st Brazilian driver; last Brazilian champion until 1987)
8th title for Ferrari (1st constructor to win eight championships) NEW RECORD
Wins
2nd for Riccardo Patrese (last win until 1990; last for Brabham)
32nd for Brabham
Podiums
23rd for Nelson Piquet, 9th for Riccardo Patrese, 3rd for Andrea de Cesaris (last podium until 1987; last for Alfa Romeo)
113th & 114th for Brabham, 25th for Alfa Romeo
Poles
4th for Patrick Tambay (last for Ferrari)
101st for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th for Nelson Piquet
38th for Brabham
Front row starts
16th for Nelson Piquet, 8th for Patrick Tambay (last for Ferrari)

See also

  • South African Grand Prix
  • Kyalami circuit
  • 1983 World Championship season

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