Race · Round 6 of 15 · 22 May 1983

1983 Belgian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for Renault from pole at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 12 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Alain ProstRenault
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Andrea de Cesaris
Entries: 2814 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	Renault	—	1	40	Finished	9
2	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	—	2	40	Finished	6
3	Eddie Cheever	Renault	—	8	40	Finished	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	4	40	Finished	3
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	FW08C	9	40	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Williams	FW08C	11	40	Finished	1
7	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG183B	22	40	Finished	0
8	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	TG183B	16	40	Finished	0
9	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	13	39	Finished	0
10	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	N183	25	39	Finished	0
11	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	10	39	Finished	0
12	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	—	23	39	Finished	0
13	Raul Boesel	Ligier	JS21	26	39	Finished	0
14	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	17	38	Finished	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1C	15	33	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	92	19	30	Gearbox	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	183T	3	25	Injection	0	fastest lap
DNF	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	N183	14	23	Engine	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	—	5	22	Engine	0
DNF	Corrado Fabi	Osella	FA1D	24	19	Wheel	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D6	7	18	Wheel	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1C	20	8	Collision	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	JS21	21	8	Collision	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A6	18	4	Suspension	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	183T	12	3	Throttle	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	6	0	Engine	0
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1E	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	RAM	1	—	—	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 spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 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
Alain Prost	1	1	40
Patrick Tambay	2	2	40
Eddie Cheever	8	3	40
Nelson Piquet	4	4	40
Keke Rosberg	9	5	40
Jacques Laffite	11	6	40
Derek Warwick	22	7	40
Bruno Giacomelli	16	8	40
Elio de Angelis	13	9	39
Johnny Cecotto	25	10	39
Marc Surer	10	11	39
Danny Sullivan	23	12	39
Raul Boesel	26	13	39
Michele Alboreto	17	14	38
Niki Lauda	15	DNF	33
Nigel Mansell	19	DNF	30
Andrea de Cesaris	3	DNF	25
Roberto Guerrero	14	DNF	23
Rene Arnoux	5	DNF	22
Corrado Fabi	24	DNF	19
Manfred Winkelhock	7	DNF	18
John Watson	20	DNF	8
Jean-Pierre Jarier	21	DNF	8
Thierry Boutsen	18	DNF	4
Mauro Baldi	12	DNF	3
Riccardo Patrese	6	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alain Prost	Renault	15	2:04.615	—	—
2	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	2:04.626	+0.011	+0.011
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	2:04.840	+0.225	+0.214
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	2:05.628	+1.013	+0.788
5	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	2:05.737	+1.122	+0.109
6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	6	2:06.137	+1.522	+0.400
7	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	2:06.264	+1.649	+0.127
8	Eddie Cheever	Renault	16	2:07.294	+2.679	+1.030
9	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	2:07.975	+3.360	+0.681
10	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	2:08.587	+3.972	+0.612
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams	2	2:09.153	+4.538	+0.566
12	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	2:09.225	+4.610	+0.072
13	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	2:09.310	+4.695	+0.085
14	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	33	2:09.322	+4.707	+0.012
15	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	2:09.475	+4.860	+0.153
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	36	2:09.706	+5.091	+0.231
17	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	2:09.739	+5.124	+0.033
18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	30	2:09.876	+5.261	+0.137
19	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	2:09.924	+5.309	+0.048
20	John Watson	McLaren	7	2:10.318	+5.703	+0.394
21	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	25	2:11.354	+6.739	+1.036
22	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	2:11.474	+6.859	+0.120
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	4	2:11.683	+7.068	+0.209
24	Corrado Fabi	Osella	31	2:11.734	+7.119	+0.051
25	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	34	2:11.860	+7.245	+0.126
26	Raul Boesel	Ligier	26	2:12.310	+7.695	+0.450
27	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	32	2:13.738	+9.123	+1.428
28	Eliseo Salazar	RAM	17	2:18.696	+14.081	+4.958

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: 6 of 1983
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 22 May 1983
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
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.