Race · Round 10 of 15 · 7 August 1983

1983 German Grand Prix

Rene Arnoux won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Hockenheimring. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Rene ArnouxFerrari
Pole: Patrick Tambay
Fastest lap: Rene Arnoux
Entries: 2913 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	—	2	45	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	183T	3	45	Finished	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	8	45	Finished	4
4	Alain Prost	Renault	—	5	45	Finished	3
5	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1C	23	44	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Williams	FW08C	15	44	Finished	1
7	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	20	44	Finished	0
8	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	JS21	19	44	Finished	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A6	14	44	Finished	0
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	FW08C	12	44	Finished	0
11	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	N183	22	44	Finished	0
12	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	—	21	43	Finished	0
13	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	4	42	Finished	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Renault	—	6	38	Fuel system	0
DSQ	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1C	18	38	Reversed in pits	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1E	26	34	Oil leak	0
DNF	Raul Boesel	Ligier	JS21	25	27	Engine	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	183T	7	24	Turbo	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	TG183B	10	19	Turbo	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG183B	9	17	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	—	1	11	Engine	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Spirit	—	13	11	Engine	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	11	10	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	16	4	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	17	1	Engine	0
DNF	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	N183	24	0	Engine	0
DNQ	Kenny Acheson	RAM	1	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella	FA1E	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D6	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Rene Arnoux	2	1	45
Andrea de Cesaris	3	2	45
Riccardo Patrese	8	3	45
Alain Prost	5	4	45
John Watson	23	5	44
Jacques Laffite	15	6	44
Marc Surer	20	7	44
Jean-Pierre Jarier	19	8	44
Thierry Boutsen	14	9	44
Keke Rosberg	12	10	44
Johnny Cecotto	22	11	44
Danny Sullivan	21	12	43
Nelson Piquet	4	13	42
Eddie Cheever	6	DNF	38
Niki Lauda	18	DSQ	38
Piercarlo Ghinzani	26	DNF	34
Raul Boesel	25	DNF	27
Mauro Baldi	7	DNF	24
Bruno Giacomelli	10	DNF	19
Derek Warwick	9	DNF	17
Patrick Tambay	1	DNF	11
Stefan Johansson	13	DNF	11
Elio de Angelis	11	DNF	10
Michele Alboreto	16	DNF	4
Nigel Mansell	17	DNF	1
Roberto Guerrero	24	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	1:49.328	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:49.435	+0.107	+0.107
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:50.845	+1.517	+1.410
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:51.082	+1.754	+0.237
5	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:51.228	+1.900	+0.146
6	Eddie Cheever	Renault	16	1:51.540	+2.212	+0.312
7	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	1:51.867	+2.539	+0.327
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	6	1:52.105	+2.777	+0.238
9	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	1:54.199	+4.871	+2.094
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	36	1:54.648	+5.320	+0.449
11	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:54.831	+5.503	+0.183
12	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	1:55.289	+5.961	+0.458
13	Stefan Johansson	Spirit	40	1:55.870	+6.542	+0.581
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	30	1:56.015	+6.687	+0.145
15	Jacques Laffite	Williams	2	1:56.318	+6.990	+0.303
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:56.398	+7.070	+0.080
17	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:56.490	+7.162	+0.092
18	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:56.730	+7.402	+0.240
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	25	1:57.018	+7.690	+0.288
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	1:57.072	+7.744	+0.054
21	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	4	1:57.426	+8.098	+0.354
22	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	34	1:57.744	+8.416	+0.318
23	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:57.776	+8.448	+0.032
24	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	33	1:57.790	+8.462	+0.014
25	Raul Boesel	Ligier	26	1:58.413	+9.085	+0.623
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	32	1:58.473	+9.145	+0.060
27	Kenny Acheson	RAM	17	1:59.003	+9.675	+0.530
28	Corrado Fabi	Osella	31	2:01.113	+11.785	+2.110

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

1 more photograph

Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1983
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Aug 1983
Layout raced: Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane · 6.802 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.