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1983 French Grand Prix
The 1983 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on April 17, 1983.
French driver Alain Prost won the race for the Renault team, and this was the French marque's 3rd French Grand Prix win in a row and the 4th in 5 seasons. Second was the Brabham-BMW of 1981 World Champion Nelson Piquet, with Prost's Renault team mate Eddie Cheever finishing third. Rounding out the points finishers were Patrick Tambay in his Ferrari, and the non-turbo Williams' of Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 23x15px Alain Prost | Renault | 1:38.358 | 1:36.672 | — |
| 2 | 16 | 23x15px Eddie Cheever | Renault | 1:38.980 | 1:39.785 | +2.308 |
| 3 | 6 | 23x15px Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 1:41.095 | 1:39.104 | +2.432 |
| 4 | 28 | 23x15px René Arnoux | Ferrari | 1:40.027 | 1:39.115 | +2.443 |
| 5 | 11 | 23x15px Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Renault | 1:39.512 | 1:39.312 | +2.640 |
| 6 | 5 | 23x15px Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 1:39.601 | 1:39.746 | +2.929 |
| 7 | 22 | 23x15px Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:38.099† | 1:39.611 | +2.939 |
| 8 | 23 | 23x15px Mauro Baldi | Alfa Romeo | 1:41.215 | 1:39.618 | +2.946 |
| 9 | 35 | 23x15px Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | 1:43.038 | 1:39.881 | +3.209 |
| 10 | 9 | 23x15px Manfred Winkelhock | ATS-BMW | 1:40.233 | 1:44.997 | +3.561 |
| 11 | 27 | 23x15px Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:40.393 | 1:40.488 | +3.721 |
| 12 | 8 | 23x15px Niki Lauda | McLaren-Ford | 1:41.065 | 1:41.492 | +4.393 |
| 13 | 36 | 23x15px Bruno Giacomelli | Toleman-Hart | 1:42.219 | 1:41.775 | +5.103 |
| 14 | 7 | 23x15px John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:41.838 | 1:42.448 | +5.166 |
| 15 | 3 | 23x15px Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:42.177 | 1:43.317 | +5.505 |
| 16 | 1 | 23x15px Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford | 1:42.450 | 1:42.551 | +5.778 |
| 17 | 34 | 23x15px Johnny Cecotto | Theodore-Ford | 1:43.552 | 1:42.615 | +5.943 |
| 18 | 12 | 23x15px Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | 1:43.320 | 1:42.650 | +5.978 |
| 19 | 2 | 23x15px Jacques Laffite | Williams-Ford | 1:43.295 | 1:42.678 | +6.006 |
| 20 | 25 | 23x15px Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier-Ford | 1:42.808 | 1:42.737 | +6.065 |
| 21 | 29 | 23x16px Marc Surer | Arrows-Ford | 1:42.962 | 1:44.346 | +6.290 |
| 22 | 33 | 23x15px Roberto Guerrero | Theodore-Ford | 1:43.367 | 1:43.602 | +6.695 |
| 23 | 31 | 23x15px Corrado Fabi | Osella-Ford | 1:45.638 | 1:43.411 | +6.739 |
| 24 | 4 | 23x15px Danny Sullivan | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:44.317 | 1:43.654 | +6.982 |
| 25 | 26 | 23x15px Raul Boesel | Ligier-Ford | 1:44.470 | 1:44.905 | +7.798 |
| 26 | 30 | 23x15px Chico Serra | Arrows-Ford | 1:44.778 | 1:45.859 | +8.106 |
| 27 | 17 | 23x15px Eliseo Salazar | RAM-Ford | 1:45.073 | 2:02.335 | +8.401 |
| 28 | 32 | 23x15px Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford | 1:46.541 | 1:45.812 | +9.140 |
| 28 | 18 | 23x15px Jean-Louis Schlesser | RAM-Ford | 1:45.866 | 1:46.102 | +9.194 |
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- † — Time disallowed
Race
Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Trivia
- Pole sitter Alain Prost was more than 2 seconds faster in qualifying than second placed Eddie Cheever.
- The first Grand Prix front row start for Cheever
- Ferrari blew 8 engines in practice.[2]
References
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.
- ^ "Overtaking Maneuvers at France 83". YouTube. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-06-17.
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