The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 9

British Grand Prix

1983  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  16 July 1983  ·  67 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost Renault · 01:24:39.78
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +19.161
  3. 3rd Patrick Tambay Ferrari · +26.246

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

René Arnoux

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Elio de Angelis

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Turbo

03 Lap 9

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Brabham  —  Turbo

04 Lap 48

Raul Boesel

Retirement Ligier  —  Suspension

05 Lap 49

Manfred Winkelhock

Retirement ATS  —  Engine

06 On the Charge

John Watson

McLaren  —  P24 → P9

07 Victory

Alain Prost

Renault  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost Renault 3 67 01:24:39.78 9
2 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 67 +19.161 6
3 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 2 67 +26.246 4
4 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 18 67 +38.952 3
5 René Arnoux Ferrari 1 67 +58.874 2
6 Niki Lauda McLaren 15 66 +1 Lap 1
7 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 11 66 +1 Lap
8 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 9 66 +1 Lap
9 John Watson McLaren 24 66 +1 Lap
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 25 65 +2 Laps
11 Keke Rosberg Williams 13 65 +2 Laps
12 Jacques Laffite Williams 20 65 +2 Laps
13 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 65 +2 Laps
14 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 23 65 +2 Laps
15 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 17 65 +2 Laps
16 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 21 64 +3 Laps
17 Marc Surer Arrows 19 64 +3 Laps
18 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 8 49 Engine
19 Raul Boesel Ligier 22 48 Suspension
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 46 Fuel system
21 Derek Warwick Toleman 10 27 Gearbox
22 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 5 9 Turbo
23 Stefan Johansson Spirit 15 5 Fuel system
24 Eddie Cheever Renault 7 3 Engine
25 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 12 3 Turbo
26 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 4 1 Turbo

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