Race · Round 2 of 15 · 27 March 1983

1983 United States Grand Prix West

John Watson won for McLaren from 22nd on the grid at Long Beach. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Long BeachLong Beach, California, United States of America
Winner: John WatsonMcLaren
Pole: Patrick Tambay
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 2812 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1C	22	75	Finished	9
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1C	23	75	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	—	2	75	Finished	4
4	Jacques Laffite	Williams	FW08C	4	74	Finished	3
5	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	16	74	Finished	2
6	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	N183	17	74	Finished	1
7	Raul Boesel	Ligier	JS21	26	73	Finished	0
8	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	—	9	73	Finished	0
9	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	7	73	Finished	0
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	11	72	Distributor	0
11	Alain Prost	Renault	—	8	72	Finished	0
12	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	92	13	72	Finished	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Renault	—	15	67	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Arrows	A6	12	58	Unwell	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	20	51	Throttle	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	183T	19	48	Gearbox	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	5	29	Handling	0
DNF	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	N183	18	27	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	JS21	10	26	Collision	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	TG183B	14	26	Battery	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	183T	21	26	Spun off	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	—	1	25	Collision	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	Williams	FW08C	3	25	Collision	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	RAM	1	25	25	Gearbox	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG183B	6	11	Spun off	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D6	24	3	Spun off	0
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella	FA1D	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1D	—	—	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 long-beach-3 · 3.275 km · 18 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
John Watson	22	1	75
Niki Lauda	23	2	75
Rene Arnoux	2	3	75
Jacques Laffite	4	4	74
Marc Surer	16	5	74
Johnny Cecotto	17	6	74
Raul Boesel	26	7	73
Danny Sullivan	9	8	73
Michele Alboreto	7	9	73
Riccardo Patrese	11	10	72
Alain Prost	8	11	72
Nigel Mansell	13	12	72
Eddie Cheever	15	DNF	67
Alan Jones	12	DNF	58
Nelson Piquet	20	DNF	51
Andrea de Cesaris	19	DNF	48
Elio de Angelis	5	DNF	29
Roberto Guerrero	18	DNF	27
Jean-Pierre Jarier	10	DNF	26
Bruno Giacomelli	14	DNF	26
Mauro Baldi	21	DNF	26
Patrick Tambay	1	DNF	25
Keke Rosberg	3	DNF	25
Eliseo Salazar	25	DNF	25
Derek Warwick	6	DNF	11
Manfred Winkelhock	24	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	1:26.117	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:26.935	+0.818	+0.818
3	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	1:27.145	+1.028	+0.210
4	Jacques Laffite	Williams	2	1:27.818	+1.701	+0.673
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:27.982	+1.865	+0.164
6	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	1:28.130	+2.013	+0.148
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:28.425	+2.308	+0.295
8	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:28.558	+2.441	+0.133
9	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	4	1:28.833	+2.716	+0.275
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	25	1:28.913	+2.796	+0.080
11	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	6	1:28.958	+2.841	+0.045
12	Alan Jones	Arrows	30	1:29.112	+2.995	+0.154
13	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:29.167	+3.050	+0.055
14	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	36	1:29.266	+3.149	+0.099
15	Eddie Cheever	Renault	16	1:29.422	+3.305	+0.156
16	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	1:29.521	+3.404	+0.099
17	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	34	1:29.559	+3.442	+0.038
18	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	33	1:29.585	+3.468	+0.026
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:29.603	+3.486	+0.018
20	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:30.034	+3.917	+0.431
21	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	1:30.070	+3.953	+0.036
22	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:30.100	+3.983	+0.030
23	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:30.188	+4.071	+0.088
24	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	1:30.220	+4.103	+0.032
25	Eliseo Salazar	RAM	17	1:31.126	+5.009	+0.906
26	Raul Boesel	Ligier	26	1:31.759	+5.642	+0.633
27	Corrado Fabi	Osella	31	1:31.901	+5.784	+0.142
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	32	1:32.182	+6.065	+0.281

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.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1983
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix West
Dates: 27 Mar 1983
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.