1983 British Grand Prix

February 2021 June 2012 F1 Great Britain British XXXVI Marlboro British Grand Prix 16 July 1983 Silverstone Circuit 1975 to 1986.png 9 15 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, Great Britain Permanent racing facility 2.932 4.719 67 196.461 316.173 René Arnoux Ferrari 1:09.462Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 4 Haynes Publishing Group 1992 0-85429-733-2 187 France Alain Prost Renault 1:14.212Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 4 Haynes Publishing Group 1992 0-85429-733-2 190 32 France Alain Prost Renault France Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Brazil 1968 Patrick Tambay Ferrari France GBR thumb|right|Nigel Mansell finished fourth in a Lotus 94T. The 1983 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXVI Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1983. It was the ninth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship. The 67-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a factory Renault, after he started from third position. Nelson Piquet finished second in a Brabham-BMW, with Patrick Tambay third in a Ferrari. The win, Prost's third of the season, enabled him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to six points. Qualifying Qualifying report The front row of the grid was filled by the Ferraris of René Arnoux and Patrick Tambay, Arnoux over 0.6 seconds ahead. Arnoux created history with his lap as he was the first driver ever to lap Silverstone in under 70 seconds. Drivers' Championship leader Alain Prost was third in his Renault, with Elio de Angelis in the Lotus alongside him on the second row. The two Brabhams made up the third row with Riccardo Patrese ahead of Nelson Piquet, while on the fourth row were Eddie Cheever in the second Renault and Manfred Winkelhock in the ATS. Completing the top ten were Andrea de Cesaris in the Alfa Romeo and Derek Warwick in the Toleman. Further down the grid, the Spirit team with its Honda turbo engine made an impressive debut as Stefan Johansson qualified 14th, ahead of both McLarens and just one place behind reigning World Champion Keke Rosberg in the Williams. Reigning World Champion Rosberg, the fastest of the non-turbos, was some 4.293 seconds slower than Arnoux. Soon to be local hero Nigel Mansell, having his first Grand Prix in the Lotus Renault, qualified 18th after a troubled practice in sorting the new car. Mansell had raced in the non-championship 1983 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch in the turbo powered Lotus 93T earlier in the season, but until Silverstone his only Grands Prix were in the Ford powered cars. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari1:10.4361:09.462 2 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari1:10.8741:10.104 +0.642 3 15 France Alain Prost Renault1:10.1701:10.808 +0.708 4 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault1:10.7711:11.114 +1.309 5 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW1:11.2461:10.881 +1.419 6 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW1:11.0981:10.933 +1.471 7 16 USA Eddie Cheever Renault1:11.0551:11.520 +1.593 8 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW1:13.4931:11.687 +2.225 9 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo1:13.1631:12.150 +2.688 10 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart1:12.5281:12.541 +3.066 11 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo1:14.0061:12.860 +3.398 12 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart1:13.7921:13.422 +3.960 13 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford1:13.755 no time +4.293 14 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda1:15.5351:13.962 +4.500 15 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford1:14.2671:15.118 +4.805 16 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford1:14.6511:14.970 +5.189 17 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford1:14.9641:15.686 +5.502 18 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault1:16.3771:15.133 +5.671 19 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford1:15.1351:15.350 +5.673 20 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford1:15.2341:16.762 +5.772 21 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford1:15.4411:15.317 +5.855 22 26 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford1:15.3861:16.134 +5.924 23 4 USA Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford1:15.4491:16.347 +5.987 24 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford1:15.6091:16.091 +6.147 25 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford1:15.383†1:15.767 +6.305 26 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo1:17.1621:16.544 +7.082 27 34 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford1:16.7141:16.786 +7.252 28 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo1:20.4001:17.594 +8.132 29 17 UK Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford1:19.2671:18.103 +8.641Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/459/great-britain/qualifying-1.html Marlboro British Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/459/great-britain/qualifying-2.html Marlboro British Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 13 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/459/great-britain/qualifying-0.html Marlboro British Grand Prix - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 13 September 2019Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1983–84 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1983 174 0-905138-25-2 † — Time disallowed. Race Race report In the race morning warmup, Elio de Angelis showed he and his Lotus-Renault turbo would be one to watch, posting the fastest time of the session. At the start of the race, Tambay moved ahead of Arnoux, while de Angelis quickly went from hero to zero, retiring on just the second lap with turbo failure heading into Becketts. The somewhat angry Italian pulled off onto the infield, threw his belts off, got out of his car and stalked back to the Lotus pits. While they would ultimately win through Prost plus would gain 4th place with Nigel Mansell's stirring drive in his first GP in the Lotus-Renault in front of the home crowd, early on things were turning a bit sour for Renault. First de Angelis was out, then the second factory car of Cheever retired when his engine failed on lap 4. Then Stefan Johansson joined the growing list of retirements on lap 6 with fuel system problems in the Spirit-Honda. When Patrese's turbo gave up on lap 10, Piquet moved up to fourth behind the Ferraris and Prost, with de Cesaris fifth and Winkelhock sixth. Prost overtook Arnoux on lap 14, followed by Piquet five laps later. Then, on lap 20, Prost passed Tambay for the lead, with Piquet moving into second on lap 31. In the later stages of the race, Winkelhock's engine failed and de Cesaris dropped behind teammate Mauro Baldi, while Mansell, who had qualified a lowly 18th in the second Lotus (the slowest turbo qualifier), made a charge through the field that would become his signature over the coming years, finally passing Arnoux for fourth on lap 48. At the chequered flag, Prost was 19 seconds ahead of Piquet with Tambay, Mansell, Arnoux and Niki Lauda completing the top six. One lap down on Prost, Lauda was the only Cosworth powered car to finish in the points on a track which clearly suited the more powerful turbos. In the Drivers' Championship, Prost doubled his lead over Piquet to six points, with Tambay two points further back. Renault moved into the outright lead of the Constructors' Championship, three points ahead of Ferrari. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 67 1:24:39.780 3 9 2 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Michelin 67 + 19.161 6 6 3 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari Goodyear 67 + 26.246 2 4 4 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault Pirelli 67 + 38.952 18 3 5 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari Goodyear 67 + 58.874 1 2 6 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Michelin 66 + 1 Lap 15 1 7 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo Michelin 66 + 1 Lap 11   8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Michelin 66 + 1 Lap 9   9 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 66 + 1 Lap 24   10 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford Michelin 65 + 2 Laps 25   11 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 65 + 2 Laps 13   12 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford Goodyear 65 + 2 Laps 20   13 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 65 + 2 Laps 16   14 4 USA Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 65 + 2 Laps 23   15 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford Goodyear 65 + 2 Laps 17   16 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford Goodyear 64 + 3 Laps 21   17 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Goodyear 64 + 3 Laps 19   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW Goodyear 49 Engine 8   Ret Retired 26 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford Michelin 48 Suspension 22   Ret Retired 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo Michelin 46 Fuel system 26   Ret Retired 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 27 Gearbox 10   Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Michelin 9 Turbo 5   Ret Retired 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda Goodyear 5 Fuel system 14   Ret Retired 16 USA Eddie Cheever Renault Michelin 3 Engine 7   Ret Retired 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart Pirelli 3 Turbo 12   Ret Retired 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Pirelli 1 Turbo 4   DNQ Did not qualify 34 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford Goodyear     DNQ Did not qualify 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo Michelin     DNQ Did not qualify 17 UK Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford Pirelli        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/335/ 1983 British Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021051302/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/335/ 21 October 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1983-british-grand-prix/ 1983 British Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 16 July 1983 23 October 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 39 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 33 3 FRA Patrick Tambay 31 4 FIN Keke Rosberg 25 5 FRA René Arnoux 19Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1983/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1983 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 FRA Renault 53 2 ITA Ferrari 50 3 UK Williams-Ford 35 4 UK Brabham-BMW 33 5 UK McLaren-Ford 27Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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