South African Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sat 15th October 1983 12:00am Local
Sat 15th October 1983 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1983

Round
Round 15

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Kyalami

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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	Brabham	1:33:25.708
02	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+0:09.319
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+0:21.969
04	Derek Warwick	Toleman	+1 Lap
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
06	Eddie Cheever	Renault F1 Team	+1 Lap
07	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
08	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
09	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
10	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Ligier	+4 Laps
11	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
12	Kenny Acheson	Ram Racing	+6 Laps
13	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	DNF
14	Raul Boesel	Ligier	DNF
15	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
16	Patrick Tambay	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	DNF
18	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
19	Corrado Fabi	Osella	DNF
20	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
21	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
22	René Arnoux	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
24	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	DNF
25	Jacques Laffite	Williams Racing	DNF
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF