1983 European Grand Prix

January 2021 F1 UK European 25 September 1983 14 15 John Player Grand Prix of Europe Brands Hatch, Kent, England Brands Hatch 1976-1987.svg Permanent racing facility 2.613 4.206 76 198.588 319.656 Dry Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:12.092 Italy Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:14.342 70 UK Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Brazil 1968 Alain Prost Renault France Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault UK EUR The 1983 European Grand Prix (formally the John Player Grand Prix of EuropeMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1983 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/brands83.jpg The Programme Covers Project 29 October 2017) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 25 September 1983. It was the fourteenth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship. The 76-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. Piquet's Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost was second in a factory Renault, while Nigel Mansell was third in a Lotus-Renault. With the win, Piquet moved within two points of Prost at the top of the championship with one race remaining. Background A third Grand Prix in the United States (after the earlier races at Long Beach and Detroit) was to have been held on this date, on a track at the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, but was cancelled at short notice due to local protests. A second race in the United Kingdom, at Brands Hatch, was quickly organised in its place, and was the first Formula One race to be officially titled the European Grand Prix: this title had, until 1977, been an honorific title given to one race held in Europe each year alongside its official, national title. For eight of the entered drivers this was their second visit of the year to Brands Hatch as the circuit had hosted the non-championship Race of Champions (won by Keke Rosberg) on 10 April earlier that year.https://www.racefans.net/2020/04/21/the-last-time-a-track-held-two-formula-1-races-in-the-same-year/ The last time a track held two Formula 1 races in the same year Keith Collantine 21 April 2020 Qualifying Qualifying report Elio de Angelis surprised by taking pole position in his Lotus-Renault, with teammate Nigel Mansell third. Between them was the Brabham-BMW of Riccardo Patrese, with Nelson Piquet fourth in the other Brabham. The Ferraris filled the third row with René Arnoux ahead of Patrick Tambay, while the factory Renaults took up the fourth row, Eddie Cheever ahead of Drivers' Championship leader Alain Prost. Completing the top ten were Manfred Winkelhock in the ATS and John Watson in the McLaren. The fastest non-turbo car was the Williams of Keke Rosberg in 16th; teammate Jacques Laffite failed to qualify. Williams had planned to debut their Honda turbo-powered FW09 at this race, but instead decided to wait until the season finale in South Africa. The team, did, however, enter a third car for test driver and Formula Two champion Jonathan Palmer, who qualified 25th.http://forix.autosport.com/8w/palmer.html 8W - Who? - Jonathan Palmer Forix.autosport.com 17 June 2012 Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 11 ITA Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault1:12.3421:12.092 — 2 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW1:13.4751:12.458 +0.366 3 12 GBR Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault1:12.6231:13.089 +0.531 4 5 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW1:12.7241:13.095 +0.632 5 28 FRA René Arnoux Ferrari1:13.5961:13.113 +1.021 6 27 FRA Patrick Tambay Ferrari1:13.8981:13.157 +1.065 7 16 USA Eddie Cheever Renault1:13.5921:13.253 +1.161 8 15 FRA Alain Prost Renault1:13.3421:13.526 +1.250 9 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW1:13.6791:14.750 +1.587 10 7 GBR John Watson McLaren-TAG1:14.2961:13.783 +1.691 11 35 GBR Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart1:14.4111:13.855 +1.763 12 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart1:15.5211:13.949 +1.857 13 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG1:15.2661:13.972 +1.880 14 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo1:14.4031:15.440 +2.311 15 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo1:14.7271:15.174 +2.635 16 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford1:14.9171:15.252 +2.825 17 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford1:15.3461:15.501 +3.254 18 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford1:16.0941:15.428 +3.336 19 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda1:16.5251:15.912 +3.820 20 4 USA Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford1:17.1341:16.640 +4.548 21 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford1:16.7691:17.454 +4.677 22 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford1:17.1411:16.880 +4.788 23 26 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford1:17.1771:17.593 +5.085 24 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo1:17.8501:17.408 +5.316 25 42 UK Jonathan Palmer Williams-Ford1:17.4321:17.524 +5.340 26 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford1:17.4561:17.936 +5.364 27 17 UK Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford1:17.5771:18.069 +5.485 28 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo1:19.0871:17.816 +5.724 29 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford1:18.4671:18.261 +6.169 WD Withdrawn 34 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford — — — Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/464/europe/qualifying-1.html John Player Grand Prix of Europe - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/464/europe/qualifying-2.html John Player Grand Prix of Europe - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/464/europe/qualifying-0.html John Player Grand Prix of Europe - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 13 September 2019Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1983–84 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1983 210 0-905138-25-2 Race Race report At the start, Riccardo Patrese took the lead from Elio de Angelis, followed by Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Eddie Cheever. On lap 2 Piquet passed Mansell, who was having trouble with his tyres and would soon fall to seventh, while Alain Prost made a charge to run fourth by lap 9. Patrese and de Angelis had pulled clear of the rest of the field when, on lap 11, de Angelis attempted to overtake the Brabham at Surtees Corner, only to make contact and send both cars spinning. Piquet duly went through into the lead, while Patrese rejoined the track ahead of Prost but was soon caught and passed by the Renault. De Angelis also rejoined, but continued for only two laps before retiring with an engine failure. At quarter distance, Piquet led Prost by around 10 seconds, with Patrese a further 10 seconds back and holding up Cheever, René Arnoux, Mansell and Patrick Tambay. On lap 20 Arnoux spun at Surtees, dropping him to the back of the field. There were no further changes among the front-runners until the pit stops, during which both Brabhams hit trouble: Patrese was delayed by a misfitted rear wheel, while Piquet was held up by a malfunctioning wheel-nut gun.The Grand Prix of Europe http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1983/46/grand-prix-europe Motor Sport London November 1983 46 13 August 2017 Piquet nonetheless retained his lead over Prost, while an unscheduled second stop for Cheever (due to a loose helmet visor which was taped by his pit crew) left Tambay in third and Mansell fourth, with Andrea de Cesaris up to fifth in the Alfa Romeo and Derek Warwick sixth in the Toleman. In the closing stages, Tambay suffered brake problems, allowing Mansell past on lap 66 before spinning off at Druids two laps later. This moved the second Toleman of Bruno Giacomelli into the top six, while also ending Tambay's challenge for the Drivers' Championship. Shortly afterwards, Warwick had a bizarre accident when his cockpit fire extinguisher leaked, giving him burns to his right hand and leg, though he held on to fifth place. Up front, Piquet cruised to his second consecutive win, finishing 6.5 seconds ahead of Prost with Mansell a further 24 seconds back. De Cesaris finished four seconds behind Mansell and ten ahead of Warwick, who in turn finished eight seconds ahead of teammate Giacomelli. Patrese ultimately finished seventh, while Arnoux was ninth and Cheever tenth, both one lap down on Piquet. With one race to go, Prost still led the Drivers' Championship but by only two points over Piquet, while Arnoux's failure to score left him needing to win in South Africa to have any chance of the title. The race also saw the last appearance of the Theodore team, which was struggling financially and had scaled back to one car for Roberto Guerrero.http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/guerrero/biography.html Roberto Guerrero - Biography F1 Rejects dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130321222215/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/guerrero/biography.html 21 March 2013 24 January 2016 Guerrero finished 12th, one place ahead of Palmer's Williams. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Michelin 76 1:36:45.865 4 9 2 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 76 + 6.571 8 6 3 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault Pirelli 76 + 30.315 3 4 4 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Michelin 76 + 34.396 14 3 5 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 76 + 44.915 11 2 6 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart Pirelli 76 + 52.190 12 1 7 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Michelin 76 + 1:12.684 2   8 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW Goodyear 75 + 1 Lap 9   9 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari Goodyear 75 + 1 Lap 5   10 16 USA Eddie Cheever Renault Michelin 75 + 1 Lap 7   11 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford Goodyear 75 + 1 Lap 18   12 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford Goodyear 75 + 1 Lap 21   13 42 UK Jonathan Palmer Williams-Ford Goodyear 74 + 2 Laps 25   14 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda Goodyear 74 + 2 Laps 19   15 26 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford Michelin 73 + 3 Laps 23   Ret Retired 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari Goodyear 67 Spun off 6   Ret Retired 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 64 Engine 26   Ret Retired 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo Michelin 63 Throttle 24   Ret Retired 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Goodyear 50 Engine 17   Ret Retired 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 43 Engine 16   Ret Retired 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo Michelin 39 Clutch 15   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-TAG Michelin 36 Spun off 10   Ret Retired 4 USA Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 27 Oil leak 20   Ret Retired 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-TAG Michelin 25 Engine 13   Ret Retired 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Pirelli 12 Oil pump 1   Ret Retired 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford Michelin 0 Clutch 22   DNQ Did not qualify 17 UK Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford Pirelli     DNQ Did not qualify 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo Michelin     DNQ Did not qualify 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford Goodyear        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/340/ 1983 European Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021051518/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/340/ 21 October 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1983-european-grand-prix/ 1983 European Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 25 September 1983 23 October 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 57 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 55 3 FRA René Arnoux 49 4 FRA Patrick Tambay 40 5 FIN Keke Rosberg 25Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1983/europe/championnat.aspx Europe 1983 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 89 2 FRA Renault 78 3 UK Brabham-BMW 59 4 UK Williams-Ford 36 5 UK McLaren-Ford 34Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em European Grand Prix 1983 1983 Italian Grand Prix 1983 South African Grand Prix 1977 British Grand Prix(designated European Grand Prix)Previous race at Brands Hatch: 1982 British Grand Prix 1984 European Grand PrixNext race at Brands Hatch: 1984 British Grand Prix European Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix European Grand Prix European Grand Prix Category:Sport in Kent