F1 pole positions
Polesitters
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Driver | Constructor | Race | Pole margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | Jacarepagua | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford Cosworth | DSQ | 0.146s |
| 2 | USA West | Long Beach | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | DNF | 0.818s |
| 3 | France | Le Castellet | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | 2.308s |
| 4 | San Marino | Imola | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 3 | 0.726s |
| 5 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 3 | 0.342s |
| 6 | Belgium | Spa-Francorchamps | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | 0.011s |
| 7 | Detroit | Detroit | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | DNF | 0.199s |
| 8 | Canada | Montreal | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 1 | 0.101s |
| 9 | Britain | Silverstone | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 5 | 0.642s |
| 10 | Germany | Hockenheim | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | DNF | 0.107s |
| 11 | Austria | Osterreichring | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | DNF | 0.064s |
| 12 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | DNF | 0.740s |
| 13 | Italy | Monza | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | DNF | 0.528s |
| 14 | Europe | Brands Hatch | (ITA) Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Renault | DNF | 0.366s |
| 15 | South Africa | Kyalami | (FRA) Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | DNF | 0.238s |
- First pole position (drivers)
- Elio de Angelis
- Patrick Tambay
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Rene Arnoux
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 1983
- Last pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their last pole position in 1983
- First pole position since…
- 1978 for Lotus
- 1981 for Riccardo Patrese
- Last pole position until…
- 1985 for Keke Rosberg and Williams
- 1989 for Riccardo Patrese
- Last pole position by a…
- Finnish driver until 1985