The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 3

French Grand Prix

1983  ·  Circuit Paul Ricard  ·  17 April 1983  ·  54 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost Renault · 01:34:13.913
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +29.72
  3. 3rd Eddie Cheever Renault · +40.232

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alain Prost

Renault  —  Pole position

02 Lap 19

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Brabham  —  Water leak

03 Lap 20

Elio de Angelis

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Electrical

04 Lap 47

Raul Boesel

Retirement Ligier  —  Engine

05 On the Charge

Jacques Laffite

Williams  —  P19 → P6

06 Victory

Alain Prost

Renault  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost Renault 1 54 01:34:13.913 9
2 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 54 +29.72 6
3 Eddie Cheever Renault 2 54 +40.232 4
4 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 11 54 +1:06.880 3
5 Keke Rosberg Williams 16 53 +1 Lap 2
6 Jacques Laffite Williams 19 53 +1 Lap 1
7 René Arnoux Ferrari 4 53 +1 Lap
8 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 15 53 +1 Lap
9 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 20 53 +1 Lap
10 Marc Surer Arrows 21 53 +1 Lap
11 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 17 52 +2 Laps
12 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 7 50 +4 Laps
13 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 13 49 Gearbox
14 Raul Boesel Ligier 25 47 Engine
15 Corrado Fabi Osella 23 36 Engine
16 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 10 36 Turbo
17 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 29 Wheel bearing
18 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 8 28 Spun off
19 Chico Serra Arrows 26 26 Gearbox
20 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 22 23 Engine
21 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 24 21 Clutch
22 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 20 Electrical
23 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 3 19 Water leak
24 Derek Warwick Toleman 9 14 Engine
25 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 18 6 Physical
26 John Watson McLaren 14 3 Engine

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