1983 San Marino Grand Prix

Italy  1983 San Marino Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season

Date May 1, 1983
Location Autodromo Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
5.040 km (3.132 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 mi)
Pole position
Driver France René Arnoux Ferrari
Time 1:31.238
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW
Time 1:34.427 on lap 47
Podium
First France Patrick Tambay Ferrari
Second France Alain Prost Renault
Third France René Arnoux Ferrari

The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on May 1, 1983.

Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Tambay, who drove the #27 Ferrari dedicated his win to the man he replaced in the Ferrari team, the late Gilles Villeneuve. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Maranello based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing 3rd. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with 3 laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun in the Acque Mineralli chicane.

Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with only 6 laps remaining but only held the lead until he crashed at Acque Mineralli just half a lap later. Showing their love for Ferrari (even with a foreign driver such as Tambay) more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered when Patrese crashed out of the lead and handed it back to the Ferrari.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 1:33.419 1:31.238
2 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:33.542 1:31.964 +0.726
3 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:34.221 1:31.967 +0.729
4 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:33.653 1:32.138 +0.900
5 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:36.243 1:32.969 +1.731
6 16 United States Eddie Cheever Renault 1:33.888 1:33.450 +2.212
7 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:35.010 1:33.470 +2.232
8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:34.345 1:33.528 +2.290
9 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:35.091 1:34.332 +3.094
10 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1:35.000 1:36.620 +3.762
11 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:36.145 1:35.086 +3.848
12 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:35.723 1:35.411 +4.173
13 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:35.988 1:35.525 +4.287
14 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:35.676 +4.438
15 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:36.391 1:35.703 +4.465
16 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:36.630 1:35.707 +4.469
17 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 1:35.969 +4.731
18 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:38.089 1:36.099 +4.861
19 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 1:37.544 1:36.116 +4.878
20 30 Brazil Chico Serra Arrows-Ford 1:37.337 1:36.258 +5.020
21 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 1:36.792 1:36.324 +5.086
22 4 United States Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 1:37.320 1:36.359 +5.121
23 34 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford 1:37.554 1:36.638 +5.400
24 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:37.847 1:36.652 +5.414
25 26 Brazil Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 1:39.435 1:37.332 +6.094
26 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford 1:37.952 1:37.711 +6.473
27 17 Chile Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford 1:38.691 1:38.091 +6.853
28 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:39.248 1:38.873 +7.635
Source:[1]

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 60 1:37:52.460 3 9
2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 60 + 48.781 4 6
3 28 France René Arnoux Ferrari 59 + 1 Lap 1 4
4 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 11 3
5 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 24 2
6 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 12 1
7 2 France Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 59 + 1 Lap 16  
8 30 Brazil Chico Serra Arrows-Ford 58 + 2 Laps 20  
9 26 Brazil Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 58 + 2 Laps 25  
10 23 Italy Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 57 Engine 10  
11 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 57 + 3 Laps 7  
12 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 56 Spun off 15  
Ret 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 54 Spun off 5  
Ret 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 45 Ignition 8  
Ret 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 43 Handling 9  
Ret 5 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 41 Engine 2  
Ret 25 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 39 Radiator 19  
Ret 4 United States Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 37 Collision 22  
Ret 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 27 Spun Off 14  
Ret 31 Italy Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford 20 Spun off 26  
Ret 36 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 20 Suspension 17  
Ret 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 11 Spun off 18  
Ret 34 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford 11 Spun off 23  
Ret 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 10 Collision 13  
Ret 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 3 Spun off 21  
Ret 16 United States Eddie Cheever Renault 1 Turbo 6  
DNQ 17 Chile Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford    
DNQ 32 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo        

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Alain Prost 15
2 Brazil Nelson Piquet 15
3 France Patrick Tambay 14
4 United Kingdom John Watson 11
5 Austria Niki Lauda 10

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Italy Ferrari 22
2 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 21
3 France Renault 19
4 United Kingdom Brabham-BMW 15
5 United Kingdom Williams-Ford 12

Notes

References

  1. Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-06-17.

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