The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 14

European Grand Prix

1983  ·  Brands Hatch  ·  25 September 1983  ·  76 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Brabham · 01:36:45.865
  2. 2nd Alain Prost Renault · +6.571
  3. 3rd Nigel Mansell Team Lotus · +30.315

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Elio de Angelis

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 12

Elio de Angelis

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Oil pump

03 Lap 63

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Retirement Osella  —  Throttle

04 Lap 64

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Engine

05 Lap 67

Patrick Tambay

Retirement Ferrari  —  Spun off

06 On the Charge

Jonathan Palmer

Williams  —  P25 → P13

07 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Brabham  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 76 01:36:45.865 9
2 Alain Prost Renault 8 76 +6.571 6
3 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 3 76 +30.315 4
4 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 14 76 +34.396 3
5 Derek Warwick Toleman 11 76 +44.915 2
6 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 12 76 +52.19 1
7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 2 76 +1:12.684
8 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 9 75 +1 Lap
9 René Arnoux Ferrari 5 75 +1 Lap
10 Eddie Cheever Renault 7 75 +1 Lap
11 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 18 75 +1 Lap
12 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 21 75 +1 Lap
13 Jonathan Palmer Williams 25 74 +2 Laps
14 Stefan Johansson Spirit 19 74 +2 Laps
15 Raul Boesel Ligier 23 73 +3 Laps
16 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 6 67 Spun off
17 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 26 64 Engine
18 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 24 63 Throttle
19 Marc Surer Arrows 17 50 Engine
20 Keke Rosberg Williams 16 43 Engine
21 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 15 39 Clutch
22 John Watson McLaren 10 36 Spun off
23 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 20 27 Oil leak
24 Niki Lauda McLaren 13 25 Engine
25 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 1 12 Oil pump
26 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 22 0 Clutch

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