1983 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 22 May 1983 6 15 XL Grote Prijs van Belgie Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium1983 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1983-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Spa 1996.jpg 4.312 6.940 40 280.16 174.08 Alain Prost Renault 2:04.615 France Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 2:07.493 17 Italy Alain Prost Renault France Patrick Tambay Ferrari France Eddie Cheever Renault USA BEL The 1983 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 22 May 1983. It was the first Belgian Grand Prix to be held at Spa since 1970 and the first on the modern Spa circuit, and was also the sixth race of the 1983 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 40-lap race was won from pole position by Alain Prost, driving a factory Renault. Patrick Tambay finished second in a Ferrari, with Eddie Cheever third in the other Renault. The race marked the debut of local driver and future race winner Thierry Boutsen. The first attempt to start the race was waved off. The field drove around the circuit and lined up again for the second attempt, which was successful. Report Race report Andrea de Cesaris jumped from third to first at the start, overtaking Alain Prost and Patrick Tambay, and de Cesaris began to build up a lead on Prost who faced pressure from the Ferraris behind him. After initially challenging Tambay for the last podium place, René Arnoux began to fall back and was caught by Nelson Piquet with Keke Rosberg following a short distance back in 6th. Piquet got a good exit out of La Source, and powered down the hill to overtake Arnoux before Eau Rouge, leaving him in the attention of the non-turbo powered Williams cars who don't get a chance to pass before Arnoux's turbo failed, putting an end to his race a few laps later. De Cesaris pitted from the lead, but it was a slow stop, over 25 seconds, and the second stint got going with Prost leading by almost 10 seconds. Prost's mechanics did a 14.4 second stop in an era when the record was around 13. Meanwhile, Piquet and Tambay switched positions after their stops. Piquet's pit crew managing a 15.2 second stop, refueling included, for an overcut. De Cesaris's sluggish pit stop would come to be the prologue for his retirement when injection problems made him pull up on the side of the road on lap 25. Piquet inherited second place, with Tambay close on his trails, less than 3 seconds behind. Eddie Cheever who climbed his way from 8th emerged behind them eager to attack the podium positions. The last two points places were with the underpowered Williams cars who were running a lonely and quiet race at significant distance from each other and also from the rest of the field. In the latter stages Piquet lost 5th (highest) gear and went dramatically slower on the straights as his Brabham could not reach top speed. Tambay and Cheever swiftly profited from this, dropping the 1981 champion to fourth. From here on the first six places remain unchanged. Prost won and built a 4-point lead over Piquet in the championship. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 15 France Alain Prost Renault2:04.6152:34.212 — 2 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari2:04.6262:35.036 +0.011 3 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo2:04.840 26:06.800 +0.225 4 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW2:05.6283:01.465 +1.013 5 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari2:05.7372:30.961 +1.122 6 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW2:06.137 3:01.358 +1.522 7 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW2:06.2642:44.663 +1.649 8 16 USA Eddie Cheever Renault2:07.2942:25.700 +2.679 9 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford2:07.9752:30.151 +3.360 10 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford2:08.5872:35.016 +3.972 11 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford2:09.1533:20.872 +4.538 12 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo2:09.225 18:49.960 +4.610 13 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault2:09.3102:30.478 +4.695 14 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford2:09.3222:31.077 +4.707 15 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford2:09.4753:00.356 +4.860 16 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart2:09.7062:35.556 +5.091 17 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford2:09.7392:31.533 +5.124 18 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford2:09.8762:35.832 +5.261 19 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford2:09.924 no time +5.309 20 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford2:10.318 no time +5.703 21 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford2:11.3542:49.311 +6.739 22 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart2:11.4742:30.477 +6.859 23 4 USA Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford2:11.6832:38.284 +7.068 24 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford2:11.7342:41.895 +7.119 25 34 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford2:11.8602:43.780 +7.245 26 26 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford2:12.3102:34.659 +7.695 27 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo2:13.738 no time +9.123 28 17 Chile Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford2:18.696 no time +14.081Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/457/belgium/qualifying-1.html Grand Prix of Belgium - QUALIFYING 1 formula1.com 12 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/457/belgium/qualifying-2.html Grand Prix of Belgium - QUALIFYING 2 formula1.com 12 September 2019https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1983/races/457/belgium/qualifying-0.html Grand Prix of Belgium - OVERALL QUALIFYING formula1.com 12 September 2019Hamilton Maurice AUTOCOURSE 1983–84 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1983 146 0-905138-25-2 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 40 1:27:11.502 1 9 2 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari Goodyear 40 + 23.182 2 6 3 16 USA Eddie Cheever Renault Michelin 40 + 39.869 8 4 4 5 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Michelin 40 + 42.295 4 3 5 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 40 + 50.480 9 2 6 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford Goodyear 40 + 1:33.107 11 1 7 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 40 + 1:58.539 22   8 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart Pirelli 40 + 2:38.273 16   9 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault Pirelli 39 + 1 Lap 13   10 34 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford Goodyear 39 + 1 Lap 25   11 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Goodyear 39 + 1 lap 10   12 4 USA Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 39 + 1 Lap 23   13 26 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford Michelin 39 + 1 Lap 26   14 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 38 + 2 Laps 17   Ret Retired 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Michelin 33 Gearbox 15   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Pirelli 30 Gearbox 19   Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Michelin 25 Injection 3   Ret Retired 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford Goodyear 23 Engine 14   Ret Retired 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari Goodyear 22 Engine 5   Ret Retired 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford Michelin 19 Wheel 24   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW Goodyear 18 WheelIn the downhill section, the rear right wheel came off, flying over the fence video 7   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 8 Collision 20   Ret Retired 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford Michelin 8 Collision 21   Ret Retired 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford Goodyear 4 Suspension 18   Ret Retired 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo Michelin 3 Throttle 12   Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Michelin 0 Engine 6   DNQ Did not qualify 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo Michelin     DNQ Did not qualify 17 Chile Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford Pirelli        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/332/ 1983 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021051641/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/332/ 21 October 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1983-belgian-grand-prix/ 1983 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 22 May 1983 23 October 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 28 2 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 24 3 FRA Patrick Tambay 23 4 FIN Keke Rosberg 16 5 UK John Watson 11Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1983/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1983 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 FRA Renault 36 2 ITA Ferrari 31 3 UK Brabham-BMW 24 4 UK Williams-Ford 24 5 UK McLaren-Ford 21Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 1983 1983 Monaco Grand Prix 1983 Detroit Grand Prix 1982 Belgian Grand PrixPrevious race at Spa-Francorchamps: 1970 Belgian Grand Prix 1984 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix