United States Grand Prix West

Date
Sun 27th March 1983 (UTC)
Sun 27th March 1983 (Local)

Timestamp
1983-03-27T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1983

Round
2

Status

Location
Long Beach Street Circuit

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Description

The 1983 United States Grand Prix West (officially the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a Formula One motor race held on March 27, 1983 at Long Beach, California. It was the second race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship.
The 75-lap race was won by Northern Irishman John Watson, driving a McLaren-Ford. Watson took his fifth and final F1 victory having started from 22nd position, the lowest from which a driver has won an F1 race. Austrian teammate Niki Lauda finished second, having himself started 23rd, with Frenchman René Arnoux third in a Ferrari.
This was the final running of the Long Beach race as an F1 event, before organizer Chris Pook switched to the CART IndyCar series.

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Result List

01	John Watson	1:53:34.889
02	Niki Lauda	+0:27.993
03	René Arnoux	+1:13.638
04	Jacques Laffite	+1 Lap
05	Marc Surer	+1 Lap
06	Johnny Cecotto	+1 Lap
07	Raul Boesel	+2 Laps
08	Danny Sullivan	+2 Laps
09	Michele Alboreto	+2 Laps
10	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
11	Alain Prost	+3 Laps
12	Nigel Mansell	+3 Laps
13	Eddie Cheever	DNF
14	Alan Jones	DNF
15	Nelson Piquet	DNF
16	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
17	Elio de Angelis	DNF
18	Roberto Guerrero	DNF
19	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
20	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
21	Mauro Baldi	DNF
22	Patrick Tambay	DNF
23	Keke Rosberg	DNF
24	Eliseo Salazar	DNF
25	Derek Warwick	DNF
26	Manfred Winkelhock	DNF
27	Corrado Fabi	Did not qualify
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Did not qualify