Detroit Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 5th June 1983 12:00am Local
Sun 5th June 1983 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1983

Round
7

Status

Location
Detroit Street Circuit

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Description

The 1983 Detroit Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 5, 1983, in Detroit, Michigan.
The teams then travelled to Detroit for their customary mid-season visit to North America. The Detroit street circuit had been changed slightly from the previous year's race; a hairpin on Jefferson Avenue and Chrysler Drive had been bypassed and eliminated, so that the course stayed on Chrysler Drive up until it turned left onto Congress Street.

Arnoux scored his second pole of the year, but Piquet took the lead at the start. Arnoux retook the lead on lap 9, and held off both Piquet and Rosberg until the electrics failed on his Ferrari, leaving Piquet back in the lead again. Michele Alboreto's Tyrrell inherited Piquet's lead when the Brazilian developed a slow rear puncture, dropping him to fourth. This was Alboreto's second career victory, both of which had come in the United States. Rosberg came home second with Watson third, while Piquet recovered to finish fourth. Laffite was fifth and Nigel Mansell came home 6th to score Lotus's first point of 1983. Prost's failure to score left him just one point ahead of Piquet with Tambay and Rosberg both in close attendance. Renault's lead in the Constructors' Championship was reduced to four points, with Williams moving into second, one point ahead of Ferrari.

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Result List

01	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	1:50:53.669
02	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+0:07.702
03	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:09.283
04	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+1:12.185
05	Jacques Laffite	Williams Racing	+1:32.603
06	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
07	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	+1 Lap
09	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	+1 Lap
10	Raul Boesel	Ligier	+2 Laps
11	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
12	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+4 Laps
13	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
14	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Racing	DNF
15	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Racing	DNF
16	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
17	René Arnoux	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
18	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
19	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	DNF
20	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	DNF
21	Derek Warwick	Toleman	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	DNF
23	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
24	Eddie Cheever	Renault F1 Team	DNF
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF
26	Patrick Tambay	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
27	Corrado Fabi	Osella	DNF