European Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 25th September 1983 12:00am Local
Sun 25th September 1983 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1983

Round
Round 14

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Brands Hatch

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The 1983 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 25 September 1983. It was the fourteenth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship.
A third Grand Prix in the United States was supposed to be held at the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, but was canceled at short notice due to local protests. The British Brands Hatch circuit, just outside London, was able to organise a European Grand Prix in its place. Theodore travelled to the race with just one car, having insufficient funds for Johnny Cecotto to compete in the last two races. After the race, the team folded completely, and did not appear at all at the last race. The Spirit team also announced they would not travel to the last race, in preparation for their first full season in 1984. Williams had run a third car in the Brands Hatch race, for Jonathan Palmer. The British driver finished 13th, the only Williams to finish after Rosberg retired with an engine failure and Laffite failed to qualify.

The race saw de Angelis take the pole position for Lotus. The Italian was overtaken at the start by compatriot Patrese, who led until the first pit stops. After this, he slipped away from the pace, and an engine failure for de Angelis gave the lead to Piquet. He led until the finish, becoming the first driver all season to win two consecutive races. Prost fought through for second, with Mansell taking Lotus's first podium of the year with third. De Cesaris was fourth, while Toleman had both cars in the points, with Warwick ahead of Bruno Giacomelli.

The race left both championships in the balance with one race left. Prost still led, but now by only two points above Piquet. Arnoux could also be champion, but it would require him to win with Prost not scoring and Piquet no higher than fifth. Renault were still 11 points behind Ferrari.

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Result List

01	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:36:45.865
02	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	+0:06.571
03	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+0:30.315
04	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+0:34.396
05	Derek Warwick	Toleman	+0:44.915
06	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	+0:52.190
07	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	+1:12.684
08	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	+1 Lap
09	René Arnoux	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
10	Eddie Cheever	Renault F1 Team	+1 Lap
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
12	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore Racing	+1 Lap
13	Jonathan Palmer	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
14	Stefan Johansson	Spirit of Race	+2 Laps
15	Raul Boesel	Ligier	+3 Laps
16	Patrick Tambay	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
17	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF
19	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
20	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	DNF
21	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
22	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
24	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
25	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
26	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	DNF
27	Kenny Acheson	Ram Racing	Did not qualify
28	Corrado Fabi	Osella	Did not qualify
29	Jacques Laffite	Williams Racing	Did not qualify