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1983 French Grand Prix

The 1983 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 17 April 1983.

1983 French Grand Prix
Race 3 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 17 April 1983
Location Paul Ricard Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.810[1] km (3.610 miles)
Distance 54 laps, 313.740[1] km (194.949 miles)
Weather Dry, grey and cool[1]
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:36.672
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost Renault
Time 1:42.695 on lap 34
Podium
First
Renault
Second
Brabham-BMW
Third
Renault
Lap leaders

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 teammate Eddie Cheever finishing third. Rounding out the points finishers were Patrick Tambay in his Ferrari, and the non-turbo Williamses of Keke Rosberg and Jacques Laffite. This was the final time that both Renault cars started on the front row until the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix, when young Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli started on the front row.

Summary

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Qualifying

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On home soil, Renault dominated the French Grand Prix. Alain Prost took pole position 2.3 seconds faster than second placed teammate Eddie Cheever. On the fast Circuit Paul Ricard with its 1.8 km long Mistral Straight, turbo engines had a large advantage. The fastest normally-aspirated car was the 12th placed McLaren-Ford of Long Beach runner up Niki Lauda, qualifying some 4.3 seconds slower than pole-sitter Prost. After occupying the front row of the grid at Long Beach, Ferrari had difficulty with René Arnoux qualifying 4th and Tambay qualifying 11th.

Failing to qualify for the race were the RAM-Fords of Eliseo Salazar and debutante Jean-Louis Schlesser and the Osella of Piercarlo Ghinzani.

Race

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As he had done in qualifying, Prost dominated the race for his first win in over 12 months, only losing the lead during the mid-race pit stops. Piquet finished second in the Brabham-BMW while Eddie Cheever finished 3rd in his Renault. Tambay managed to salvage what had been a tough weekend by finishing 4th with the Williams pair of Rosberg and Laffite finishing a lap down in 5th and 6th respectively.

Before the race, Lotus driver Nigel Mansell had his toes accidentally run over by his own team pushing his car in the pits which caused him to need a pain killing injection. He started the race but retired after just 6 laps when the pain of pushing the pedals became unbearable. Long Beach winner John Watson was the races first retirement on lap 3 with engine failure in his McLaren.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 15 France  Alain Prost Renault 1:38.358 1:36.672 —
2 16 United States  Eddie Cheever Renault 1:38.980 1:39.785 +2.308
3 6 Italy  Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:41.095 1:39.104 +2.432
4 28 France  René Arnoux Ferrari 1:40.027 1:39.115 +2.443
5 11 Italy  Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:39.512 1:39.312 +2.640
6 5 Brazil  Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:39.601 1:39.746 +2.929
7 22 Italy  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:38.099† 1:39.611 +2.939
8 23 Italy  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1:41.215 1:39.618 +2.946
9 35 United Kingdom  Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:43.038 1:39.881 +3.209
10 9 West Germany  Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW 1:40.233 1:44.997 +3.561
11 27 France  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:40.393 1:40.488 +3.721
12 8 Austria  Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:41.065 1:41.492 +4.393
13 36 Italy  Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 1:42.219 1:41.775 +5.103
14 7 United Kingdom  John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:41.838 1:42.448 +5.166
15 3 Italy  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:42.177 1:43.317 +5.505
16 1 Finland  Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:42.450 1:42.551 +5.778
17 34 Venezuela  Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford 1:43.552 1:42.615 +5.943
18 12 United Kingdom  Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:43.320 1:42.650 +5.978
19 2 France  Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:43.295 1:42.678 +6.006
20 25 France  Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 1:42.808 1:42.737 +6.065
21 29 Switzerland  Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:42.962 1:44.346 +6.290
22 33 Colombia  Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 1:43.367 1:43.602 +6.695
23 31 Italy  Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford 1:45.638 1:43.411 +6.739
24 4 United States  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 1:44.317 1:43.654 +6.982
25 26 Brazil  Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 1:44.470 1:44.905 +7.798
26 30 Brazil  Chico Serra Arrows-Ford 1:44.778 1:45.859 +8.106
27 17 Chile  Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford 1:45.073 2:02.335 +8.401
28 32 Italy  Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:46.541 1:45.812 +9.140
29 18 France  Jean-Louis Schlesser RAM-Ford 1:45.866 1:46.102 +9.194
Source:[2][3][4][5]
  • † — Time disallowed

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 France  Alain Prost Renault M 54 1:34:13.913 1 9
2 5 Brazil  Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW M 54 + 29.720 6 6
3 16 United States  Eddie Cheever Renault M 54 + 40.232 2 4
4 27 France  Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 54 + 1:06.880 11 3
5 1 Finland  Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 16 2
6 2 France  Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 19 1
7 28 France  René Arnoux Ferrari G 53 + 1 Lap 4  
8 3 Italy  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 15  
9 25 France  Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford M 53 + 1 Lap 20  
10 29 Switzerland  Marc Surer Arrows-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 21  
11 34 Venezuela  Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford G 52 + 2 Laps 17  
12 22 Italy  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 50 + 4 Laps 7  
13 36 Italy  Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart P 49 Gearbox 13  
Ret 26 Brazil  Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford M 47 Engine 25  
Ret 31 Italy  Corrado Fabi Osella-Ford M 36 Engine 23  
Ret 9 West Germany  Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW G 36 Turbo 10  
Ret 8 Austria  Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 29 Wheel bearing 12  
Ret 23 Italy  Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo M 28 Spun Off 8  
Ret 30 Brazil  Chico Serra Arrows-Ford G 26 Gearbox 26  
Ret 33 Colombia  Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford G 23 Engine 22  
Ret 4 United States  Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford G 21 Clutch 24  
Ret 11 Italy  Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault P 20 Electrical 5  
Ret 6 Italy  Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW M 19 Water Leak 3  
Ret 35 United Kingdom  Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 14 Engine 9  
Ret 12 United Kingdom  Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford P 6 Physical 18  
Ret 7 United Kingdom  John Watson McLaren-Ford M 3 Engine 14  
DNQ 17 Chile  Eliseo Salazar RAM-Ford P  
DNQ 32 Italy  Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford M    
DNQ 18 France  Jean-Louis Schlesser RAM-Ford P        
Source:[6][7]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The French Grand Prix". MotorSport. May 1983. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ "69e Grand Prix de France de Formule 1 - QUALIFYING 1". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "69e Grand Prix de France de Formule 1 - QUALIFYING 2". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ "69e Grand Prix de France de Formule 1 - OVERALL QUALIFYING". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ^ Hamilton, Maurice (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.
  6. ^ "1983 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ^ "1983 French Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 17 April 1983. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b "France 1983 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.


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