South African Grand Prix

Date
Sat 15th October 1983 (UTC)
Sat 15th October 1983 (Local)

Timestamp
1983-10-15T00:00:00

Time

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1983

Round
15

Status

Location
Kyalami

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Description

The 1983 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 15 October 1983. It was the fifteenth and final race of the 1983 Formula One season.
The season finale was the South African Grand Prix at the fast, high-altitude Kyalami circuit between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Tambay took pole with Piquet, the best-positioned of the title contenders, in second. Arnoux was fourth with Prost fifth. If the race finished like that, Piquet would be champion. Piquet assumed the lead at the start to further enhance his chances. Prost fought his way up to third, while an early engine failure for Arnoux put him out of the running. With Prost in third and Patrese in second, Piquet's teammate kept Prost behind him. However, when Prost's turbo failed on lap 44, Piquet needed only to finish in the top four. He backed off, and eventually surrendered the lead to Patrese, who became the season's eighth winner. Piquet also allowed Lauda through into second place, but the Austrian's electrics failed three laps later. De Cesaris also passed Piquet before the end, securing his second podium of the year for Alfa Romeo. Third for Piquet was enough to secure him his second world championship, while Warwick once again finished in the points for Toleman in fourth. Rosberg and Cheever rounded out the points. Only two points separated Piquet and Prost at the end, the Frenchman having led in the title race for most of the season. Renault also lost the Constructors' Championship, with Ferrari securing the title for the second year in succession.

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Result List

01	Riccardo Patrese	1:33:25.708
02	Andrea De Cesaris	+0:09.319
03	Nelson Piquet	+0:21.969
04	Derek Warwick	+1 Lap
05	Keke Rosberg	+1 Lap
06	Eddie Cheever	+1 Lap
07	Danny Sullivan	+2 Laps
08	Marc Surer	+2 Laps
09	Thierry Boutsen	+3 Laps
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	+4 Laps
11	Niki Lauda	DNF
12	Kenny Acheson	+6 Laps
13	Nigel Mansell	DNF
14	Raul Boesel	DNF
15	Michele Alboreto	DNF
16	Patrick Tambay	DNF
17	Bruno Giacomelli	DNF
18	Alain Prost	DNF
19	Corrado Fabi	DNF
20	Elio de Angelis	DNF
21	John Watson	DNF
22	René Arnoux	DNF
23	Mauro Baldi	DNF
24	Manfred Winkelhock	DNF
25	Jacques Laffite	DNF
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNF