The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 15

South African Grand Prix

1983  ·  Kyalami  ·  15 October 1983  ·  77 laps

  1. 1st Riccardo Patrese Brabham · 01:33:25.708
  2. 2nd Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo · +9.319
  3. 3rd Nelson Piquet Brabham · +21.969

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Patrick Tambay

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 35

Alain Prost

Retirement Renault  —  Turbo

03 Lap 56

Patrick Tambay

Retirement Ferrari  —  Turbo

04 Lap 56

Bruno Giacomelli

Retirement Toleman  —  Turbo

05 Lap 60

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Tyrrell  —  Engine

06 Lap 66

Raul Boesel

Retirement Ligier  —  Not classified

07 Lap 68

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Marc Surer

Arrows  —  P22 → P8

09 Victory

Riccardo Patrese

Brabham  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 3 77 01:33:25.708 9
2 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 9 77 +9.319 6
3 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 77 +21.969 4
4 Derek Warwick Toleman 13 76 +1 Lap 3
5 Keke Rosberg Williams 6 76 +1 Lap 2
6 Eddie Cheever Renault 14 76 +1 Lap 1
7 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 19 75 +2 Laps
8 Marc Surer Arrows 22 75 +2 Laps
9 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 20 74 +3 Laps
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 21 73 +4 Laps
11 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 71 Electrical
12 Kenny Acheson RAM 24 71 +6 Laps
13 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 7 68 Not classified
14 Raul Boesel Ligier 23 66 Not classified
15 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 18 60 Engine
16 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1 56 Turbo
17 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 16 56 Turbo
18 Alain Prost Renault 5 35 Turbo
19 Corrado Fabi Osella 25 28 Engine
20 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 20 Engine
21 John Watson McLaren 15 18 Disqualified
22 René Arnoux Ferrari 4 9 Engine
23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 17 5 Engine
24 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 8 1 Engine
25 Jacques Laffite Williams 10 1 Spun off
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 1 Engine

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