British Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sat 16th July 1983 12:00am Local
Sat 16th July 1983 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1983

Round
9

Status

Location
Silverstone Circuit

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Description

The teams returned to Europe for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the fastest circuit of the year. Although Salazar had been expected to return to the RAM in place of Villeneuve, British driver Kenny Acheson was hired instead. He performed well enough to retain the seat for the rest of the season. The race also saw the debut of the Honda-funded Spirit team. The team would run a limited programme in 1983 with a view to running a full season in 1984. Stefan Johansson would drive the car. For qualifying Arnoux took his third successive pole position in the brand new Ferrari 126C3. He lost the lead to his teammate Tambay at the start and held second ahead of Prost. Although the Ferraris had a straight-line speed advantage over the Renault, overall Prost was the fastest of the three, and he passed both Arnoux and Tambay by lap 20. But for pit stops, he remained in the lead until the finish. Piquet also overcame the Ferraris before the end to finish second, with Tambay in third. Mansell, with Renault turbo power for the first time in his Lotus, took his best result of the year to be the highest home driver in fourth ahead of Arnoux and Lauda. This allowed both Prost and Renault to extend their championship leads. Piquet was now six points behind, with Tambay two points further back. Rosberg was now more than a victory behind and it was clear that teams without turbo power such as Williams, McLaren, Tyrrell and Ligier were at a significant disadvantage. The Constructors' Championship was becoming a two-horse race, with Renault leading Ferrari by three points.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	1:24:39.780
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+0:19.161
03	Patrick Tambay	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:26.246
04	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+0:38.952
05	René Arnoux	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:58.874
06	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
07	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
08	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
09	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	+2 Laps
11	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
12	Jacques Laffite	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
13	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
14	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
16	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Racing	+3 Laps
17	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
18	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	DNF
19	Raul Boesel	Ligier	DNF
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF
21	Derek Warwick	Toleman	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	DNF
23	Stefan Johansson	Spirit of Race	DNF
24	Eddie Cheever	Renault F1 Team	DNF
25	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	DNF
26	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
27	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore Racing	Did not qualify
28	Corrado Fabi	Osella	Did not qualify
29	Kenny Acheson	RAM Racing Team	Did not qualify