1983 Brazilian Grand Prix

1983 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season

Date	March 13, 1983
Official name	X Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Jacarepaguá Circuit Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.031 km (3.126 mi)
Distance	63 laps, 321.984 km (200.054 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford
Time	1:34.526
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:39.829 on lap 4
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Second	Not awarded	(see Notes)
Third	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford

The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jacarepaguá on March 13, 1983. It was the first round of the 1983 Formula One season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:34.526	1:35.226	—
2	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:34.672	1:34.873	+0.146
3	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:34.993	1:34.758	+0.232
4	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:35.815	1:35.114	+0.588
5	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:35.206	—	+0.680
6	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:36.390	1:35.547	+1.021
7	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:35.958	1:36.827	+1.432
8	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:37.005	1:36.051	+1.525
9	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1:36.054	1:36.900	+1.528
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.126	1:36.652	+1.600
11	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:38.747	1:36.291	+1.765
12	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1:38.828	1:36.392	+1.866
13	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:40.056	1:36.454	+1.928
14	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	1:37.237	1:36.694	+2.168
15	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1:36.747	—	+2.221
16	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:37.844	1:36.977	+2.451
17	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1:38.741	1:37.729	+3.203
18	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1:38.234	1:38.725	+3.708
19	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	1:38.378	1:39.178	+3.852
20	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:40.255	1:38.488	+3.962
21	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1:39.697	1:38.686	+4.160
22	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1:42.098	1:39.154	+4.628
23	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	1:41.472	1:39.965	+5.439
24	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1:41.316	1:40.309	+5.783
25	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:42.292	1:41.153	+6.627
26	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	1:44.357	1:41.478	+6.952
27	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1:46.964	1:42.267	+7.741
EX†	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—
Source:^[1]

† — time disallowed, driver excluded.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	63	1:48:27.731	4	9
2	Not awarded (see Notes below)
3	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	63	+ 51.883	9	4
4	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	63	+ 1:13.951	18	3
5	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	63	+ 1:18.117	3	2
6	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	63	+ 1:18.207	20	1
7	15	Alain Prost	Renault	62	+ 1 Lap	2
8	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	62	+ 1 Lap	5
9	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	62	+ 1 Lap	23
10	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	62	+ 1 Lap	6
11	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	62	+ 1 Lap	21
12	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	61	+ 2 Laps	22
13	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	60	+ 3 Laps	19
14	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	59	+ 4 Laps	26
15	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	59	+ 4 Laps	25
DSQ	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	63	Disqualified	1
DSQ	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford^[2]	60	Disqualified	13
NC	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	53	Not Classified	14
Ret	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	41	Brakes	8
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	34	Engine	16
Ret	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	25	Engine	17
Ret	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	Collision	10
Ret	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	22	Suspension	12
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	19	Exhaust	7
Ret	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	17	Engine	24
Ret	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	16	Spun Off	15
Ret	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	7	Engine	11
DNQ	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo
DNQ	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford
Source:^[3]

Notes

Unlike the 1982 race, Nelson Piquet got to keep his 1st place after being disqualified from winning the previous year.
Keke Rosberg was disqualified for a push start in the pits, after his car momentarily caught fire during refueling. It was the second Brazilian GP in a row that Rosberg was disqualified from 2nd place after suffering the same fate in 1982. The FIA did not award second place points to anyone.
Rosberg's pole position was the last for the Cosworth V8 engine, and the last time a naturally aspirated car would sit on the pole for a Grand Prix until the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix at the same circuit. It would take until the 1988 race for another 'atmo' to qualify on the front row of the grid.
Brazil was also the last time a Ford-Cosworth V8 engine would claim pole position in a Grand Prix until Ayrton Senna did so at the 1993 Australian Grand Prix. On that occasion Senna, driving a McLaren, used the Cosworth HBA8 engine.
Elio de Angelis was disqualified for changing from his Renault turbo engined Lotus (in which he had qualified) to the team's spare car which was equipped with the naturally aspirated Ford engine after the Renault in his race car failed on the warm-up lap.^[2]
Andrea de Cesaris was excluded from qualifying and disqualified from the race after failing to stop for a weight check during qualifying.
On this occasion, in honor of the victory of Piquet and then a Brazilian driver, Brazil's commentary launched for the first time the famous song Tema da Vitoria, often used in the following years with the victories of the future champion Ayrton Senna and later still to victories Rubens Barrichello and Felipe Massa.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	9
2	Niki Lauda	4
3	Jacques Laffite	3
4	Patrick Tambay	2
5	Marc Surer	1

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Brabham-BMW	9
2	McLaren-Ford	4
3	Williams-Ford	3
4	Ferrari	2
5	Arrows-Ford	1

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

↑ Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.
1 2 Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 157. ISBN 0-85429-733-2.
↑ "1983 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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