F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | BRA | USW | FRA | SMR | MCO | BEL | DET | CAN | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | EUR | ZAF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Brabham) | 1 | R | 2 | R | 2 | 4 | 4 | R | 2 | 13R | 3 | R | 1 | 1 | 3 | 59 |
| 2 | (FRA) Alain Prost (Renault) | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | R | R | 2 | R | 57 |
| 3 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Ferrari) | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | R | R | R | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | R | 49 |
| 4 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Ferrari) | 5 | R | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | R | 3 | 3 | R | R | 2 | 4 | R | R | 40 |
| 5 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg (Williams) | DSQ | R | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | R | 11 | R | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | (GBR) John Watson (McLaren) | R | 1 | R | 5 | DNQ | R | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | R | R | DSQ | 22 |
| = | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Renault) | R | R | 3 | R | R | 3 | R | 2 | R | R | 4 | R | 3 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Alfa Romeo) | R | 12 | R | R | R | R | R | 8 | 2 | R | R | R | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| 9 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) | R | 10R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 3 | R | 9 | R | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | (AUT) Niki Lauda (McLaren) | 3 | 2 | R | R | DNQ | R | R | R | 6 | DSQ | 6 | R | R | R | 11R | 12 |
| 11 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Williams) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | R | 6 | 5 | R | 12 | 6 | R | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | 11 |
| 12 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell) | R | 9 | 8 | R | R | 14 | 1 | 8 | 13 | R | R | 6 | R | R | R | 10 |
| = | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Lotus) | 12 | 12 | R | 12R | R | R | 6 | R | 4 | R | 5 | R | 8 | 3 | NC | 10 |
| 14 | (GBR) Derek Warwick (Toleman) | 8 | R | R | R | R | 7 | R | R | R | R | R | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | (CHE) Marc Surer (Arrows) | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | R | 11 | 11 | R | 17 | 7 | R | 8 | 10 | R | 8 | 4 |
| 16 | (ITA) Mauro Baldi (Alfa Romeo) | R | R | R | 10R | 6 | R | 12 | 10 | 7 | R | R | 5 | R | R | R | 3 |
| 17 | (USA) Danny Sullivan (Tyrrell) | 11 | 8 | R | R | 5 | 12 | R | DSQ | 14 | 12 | R | R | R | R | 7 | 2 |
| = | (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Lotus) | DSQ | R | R | R | R | 9 | R | R | R | R | R | R | 5 | R | R | 2 |
| 19 | (VEN) Johnny Cecotto (Theodore) | 14 | 6 | 11 | R | DNPQ | 10 | R | R | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | 1 | ||
| = | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli (Toleman) | R | R | 13R | R | DNQ | 8 | 9 | R | R | R | R | 13 | 7 | 6 | R | 1 |
| (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (Arrows) | R | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14R | R | 11 | 9 | |||||||
| (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Ligier) | R | R | 9 | R | R | R | R | R | 10 | 8 | 7 | R | 9 | R | 10 | ||
| (BRA) Chico Serra (Arrows) | 9 | R | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| (BRA) Raul Boesel (Ligier) | R | 7 | R | 9 | R | 13 | 10 | R | R | R | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | 15 | NC | ||
| (SWE) Stefan Johansson (Spirit) | R | R | 12 | 7 | R | 14 | |||||||||||
| (DEU) Manfred Winkelhock (ATS) | 16 | R | R | 11 | R | R | R | 9 | R | DNQ | R | DSQ | R | 8 | R | ||
| (ITA) Corrado Fabi (Osella) | R | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 11R | R | DNQ | R | ||
| (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | R | R | 11 | DNQ | R | NC | R | ||
| (COL) Roberto Guerrero (Theodore) | NC | R | R | R | DNPQ | R | NC | R | 16 | R | R | 12 | 13 | 12 | |||
| (GBR) Kenny Acheson (RAM) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | ||||||||||
| (GBR) Jonathan Palmer (Williams) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| (CHL) Eliseo Salazar (RAM) | 15 | R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||
| (AUS) Alan Jones (Arrows) | R | ||||||||||||||||
| (FRA) Jean-Louis Schlesser (RAM) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve Sr (RAM) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | BRA | USW | FRA | SMR | MCO | BEL | DET | CAN | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | EUR | ZAF | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNPQ: Did not pre-qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1983.