British Grand Prix

Date
Sat 16th July 1983 (UTC)
Sat 16th July 1983 (Local)

Timestamp
1983-07-16T00:00:00

Time

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

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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	1:24:39.780
02	Nelson Piquet	+0:19.161
03	Patrick Tambay	+0:26.246
04	Nigel Mansell	+0:38.952
05	René Arnoux	+0:58.874
06	Niki Lauda	+1 Lap
07	Mauro Baldi	+1 Lap
08	Andrea De Cesaris	+1 Lap
09	John Watson	+1 Lap
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+2 Laps
11	Keke Rosberg	+2 Laps
12	Jacques Laffite	+2 Laps
13	Michele Alboreto	+2 Laps
14	Danny Sullivan	+2 Laps
15	Thierry Boutsen	+2 Laps
16	Roberto Guerrero	+3 Laps
17	Marc Surer	+3 Laps
18	Manfred Winkelhock	DNF
19	Raul Boesel	DNF
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNF
21	Derek Warwick	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
23	Stefan Johansson	DNF
24	Eddie Cheever	DNF
25	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
26	Elio de Angelis	DNF
27	Johnny Cecotto	Did not qualify
28	Corrado Fabi	Did not qualify
29	Kenny Acheson	Did not qualify