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1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

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1983 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 13 March 1983
Official name XII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location Jacarepaguá Circuit
Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.031 km (3.126 miles)
Distance 63 laps, 316.953 km (196.945 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Williams-Ford
Time 1:34.526
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Time 1:39.829 on lap 4
Podium
First Brabham-BMW
Second
  • Not awarded
Not awarded
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jacarepaguá on 13 March 1983. It was the first round of the 1983 Formula One season.

Qualifying

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Andrea de Cesaris was excluded after failing to stop for a weight check during Saturday qualifying.

Keke Rosberg's pole position was the last for the Cosworth DFV engine, and the last for a car with a naturally aspirated engine until turbos were banned in 1989. It was also the last pole position for Cosworth until 1993.

Race

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The race marked the debut in the Formula One World Championship debut for American driver and future Indianapolis 500 winner Danny Sullivan, Italian driver Corrado Fabi, motorcycle road racing World Champion Johnny Cecotto, British constructor RAM.

Elio de Angelis qualified for the race in his Renault turbo-powered Lotus 93T, but switched to the team's spare car, a Cosworth DFV-powered Lotus 92, when the Renault unit failed on the warm-up lap. This was deemed illegal and so he was disqualified.[1]

Rosberg was disqualified for a push start in the pits, after his car momentarily caught fire during refueling. It was the second consecutive Brazilian Grand Prix in which Rosberg was disqualified from second place. The drivers finishing behind him were not promoted, so the six points for second place were officially not awarded.[2]

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:34.526 1:35.226
2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:34.672 1:34.873 +0.146
3 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:34.993 1:34.758 +0.232
4 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:35.815 1:35.114 +0.588
5 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:35.206 16:44.720 +0.680
6 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 1:36.390 1:35.547 +1.021
7 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:35.958 1:36.827 +1.432
8 16 United States Eddie Cheever Renault 1:37.005 1:36.051 +1.525
9 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:36.054 1:36.900 +1.528
10 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1:36.126 1:36.652 +1.600
11 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:38.747 1:36.291 +1.765
12 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 1:38.828 1:36.392 +1.866
13 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:40.056 1:36.454 +1.928
14 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 1:37.237 1:36.694 +2.168
15 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 1:36.747 26:16.700 +2.221
16 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:37.844 1:36.977 +2.451
17 26 Brazil Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 1:38.741 1:37.729 +3.203
18 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:38.234 1:38.725 +3.708
19 34 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford 1:38.378 1:39.178 +3.852
20 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:40.255 1:38.488 +3.962
21 4 United States Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 1:39.697 1:38.686 +4.160
22 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:42.098 1:39.154 +4.628
23 30 Brazil Chico Serra Arrows-Ford 1:41.472 1:39.965 +5.439
24 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford 1:41.316 1:40.309 +5.783
25 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:42.292 1:41.153 +6.627
26 17 Chile Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford 1:44.357 1:41.478 +6.952
27 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:46.964 1:42.267 +7.741
EX† 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo
Source: [3][4][5][6]
  • † — time disallowed, driver excluded.

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW M 63 1:48:27.731 4 9
2 Not awarded (see above)
3 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 63 + 51.883 9 4
4 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford G 63 + 1:13.951 18 3
5 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 63 + 1:18.117 3 2
6 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford G 63 + 1:18.207 20 1
7 15 France Alain Prost Renault M 62 + 1 Lap 2  
8 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 62 + 1 Lap 5  
9 30 Brazil Chico Serra Arrows-Ford G 62 + 1 Lap 23  
10 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari G 62 + 1 Lap 6  
11 4 United States Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford G 62 + 1 Lap 21  
12 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford P 61 + 2 Laps 22  
13 34 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford G 60 + 3 Laps 19  
14 17 Chile Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford P 59 + 4 Laps 26  
15 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW G 59 + 4 Laps 25  
DSQ 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 63 Push Start in Pits 1  
DSQ 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford[1] P 60 Illegal Car Change 13  
NC 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford G 53 + 10 Laps 14  
Ret 16 United States Eddie Cheever Renault M 41 Brakes 8  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford M 34 Engine 16  
Ret 26 Brazil Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford M 25 Engine 17  
Ret 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo M 23 Collision 10  
Ret 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford M 22 Suspension 12  
Ret 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW M 19 Exhaust 7  
Ret 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford M 17 Engine 24  
Ret 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart P 16 Spun Off 15  
Ret 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 7 Engine 11  
DNQ 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford M        
EX 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M   Missed Weight Check  
Source: [7][8]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ a b Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 157. ISBN 0-85429-733-2.
  2. ^ Haggan, Mark. "The Formula One race where no one finished second". markhaggan.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Brazilian Grand Prix 1983 - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Brazilian Grand Prix 1983 - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Brazilian Grand Prix 1983 - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ^ Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.
  7. ^ "1983 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ^ "1983 Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 13 March 1983. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Brazil 1983 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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