1983 Pau Grand Prix

France Pau 22 May 1983 Carte circuit de Pau.png XLIII Pau Grand Prix Pau, France Temporary Street Circuit 1.720 2.760 73 128.550 206.882 Rain Stefan Bellof DEU Maurer-BMW 1:11.87 Stefan Bellof Maurer-BMW 1:13.12 DEU Jo Gartner AUT Spirit-BMW Kenny Acheson GBR Maurer-BMW Jonathan Palmer GBR Ralt-Honda The 1983 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 22 May 1983 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. After initially winning the Grand Prix, Alain Ferté, as well as his teammate, Stefan Bellof were disqualified after their cars were found to be underweight. This therefore handed the win to Jo Gartner. Kenny Acheson finished second and Jonathan Palmer third. Classification Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 24 AUT Jo Gartner Spirit-BMW 73 1hr 45min 18.65sec 6 2 17 GBR Kenny Acheson Maurer-BMW 73 + 25.91 s 13 3 8 GBR Jonathan Palmer Ralt-Honda 73 + 53.96 s 11 4 3 BEL Thierry Tassin March-BMW 73 + 1:05.93 s 8 5 2 DEU Christian Danner March-BMW 73 + 1:06.24 s 9 6 12 CHE Rolf Biland March-BMW 69 + 4 laps 18 7 36 ITA Fulvio Ballabio AGS-BMW 67 + 6 laps 16 8 9 NZL Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda 67 + 6 laps 2 9 15 SWE Tomas Kaiser Maurer-BMW 66 + 7 laps 19 10 7 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-BMW 63 + 10 laps 5 DSQ 5 FRA Alain Ferté Maurer-BMW 73 Disqualified 3 DSQ 4 DEU Stefan Bellof Maurer-BMW 73 Disqualified 1 Ret 26 FRA Philippe Alliot Martini-BMW 59 Engine 10 Ret 18 ITA Guido Daccò Lola-BMW 30 Accident 20 Ret 1 ITA Beppe Gabbiani March-BMW 29 Driveshaft 4 Ret 28 ITA Lamberto Leoni March-BMW 28 Accident 15 Ret 20 FRA Richard Dallest March-BMW 28 Accident 12 Ret 25 AUT "Pierre Chauvet" Spirit-BMW 24 Accident 14 Ret 6 FRA Pierre Petit Maurer-BMW 18 Accident 17 Ret 10 ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi-BMW 0 Accident 7 DNQ 19 ITA Aldo Bertuzzi March-BMW Did Not Start DNQ 33 GBR Dave Scott March-BMW Did Not Start DNQ 34 ITA Roberto Del Castello March-BMW Did Not Start DNQ 35 FRA Michel Ferté Martini-BMW Did Not Start Fastest Lap: Stefan Bellof (Maurer-BMW) - 1:13.12 Sources:http://www.formula2.net/F283_9.htm XLIII Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1983 Formula2.net 2002-06-26 2017-03-01http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1753-1983-pau-grand-prix 1983 Pau Grand Prix motorsportmagazine.com 2017-03-01 Pau Grand Prix 1982 Pau Grand Prix 1983 1984 Pau Grand Prix References Category:Pau Grand Prix Category:1983 in French motorsport