Race · Round 7 of 15 · 5 June 1983

1983 Detroit Grand Prix

Michele Alboreto won for Tyrrell from 6th on the grid at Detroit Street Circuit. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Detroit Street CircuitDetroit, Michigan, United States of America
Winner: Michele AlboretoTyrrell
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: John Watson
Entries: 2712 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	6	60	Finished	9
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	FW08C	12	60	Finished	6
3	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1C	21	60	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	2	60	Finished	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Williams	FW08C	20	60	Finished	2
6	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	92	14	59	Finished	1
7	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A6	10	59	Finished	0
8	Alain Prost	Renault	—	13	59	Finished	0
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	TG183B	17	59	Finished	0
10	Raul Boesel	Ligier	JS21	23	58	Finished	0
11	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	5	58	Finished	0
12	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	183T	25	56	Finished	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1C	18	49	Suspension	0
NC	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	N183	11	38	NC	0
DNF	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	N183	26	34	Gearbox	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	183T	8	33	Turbo	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	—	1	31	Electrical	0
DNF	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	—	16	30	Electrical	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	JS21	19	29	Wheel	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D6	22	26	Collision	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG183B	9	25	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	15	24	Brakes	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	4	5	Gearbox	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Renault	—	7	4	Distributor	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1E	24	4	Overheating	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	—	3	0	Engine	0
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	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 detroit-2 · 4.023 km · 22 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
Michele Alboreto	6	1	60
Keke Rosberg	12	2	60
John Watson	21	3	60
Nelson Piquet	2	4	60
Jacques Laffite	20	5	60
Nigel Mansell	14	6	59
Thierry Boutsen	10	7	59
Alain Prost	13	8	59
Bruno Giacomelli	17	9	59
Raul Boesel	23	10	58
Marc Surer	5	11	58
Mauro Baldi	25	12	56
Niki Lauda	18	DNF	49
Roberto Guerrero	11	NC	38
Johnny Cecotto	26	DNF	34
Andrea de Cesaris	8	DNF	33
Rene Arnoux	1	DNF	31
Danny Sullivan	16	DNF	30
Jean-Pierre Jarier	19	DNF	29
Manfred Winkelhock	22	DNF	26
Derek Warwick	9	DNF	25
Riccardo Patrese	15	DNF	24
Elio de Angelis	4	DNF	5
Eddie Cheever	7	DNF	4
Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	DNF	4
Patrick Tambay	3	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:44.734	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:44.933	+0.199	+0.199
3	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	1:45.991	+1.257	+1.058
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:46.258	+1.524	+0.267
5	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	1:46.745	+2.011	+0.487
6	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:47.013	+2.279	+0.268
7	Eddie Cheever	Renault	16	1:47.334	+2.600	+0.321
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:47.453	+2.719	+0.119
9	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	1:47.534	+2.800	+0.081
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	30	1:47.586	+2.852	+0.052
11	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	33	1:47.701	+2.967	+0.115
12	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	1:47.728	+2.994	+0.027
13	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:47.855	+3.121	+0.127
14	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:48.395	+3.661	+0.540
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	6	1:48.537	+3.803	+0.142
16	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	4	1:48.648	+3.914	+0.111
17	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	36	1:48.785	+4.051	+0.137
18	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:48.992	+4.258	+0.207
19	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	25	1:48.994	+4.260	+0.002
20	Jacques Laffite	Williams	2	1:49.245	+4.511	+0.251
21	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:49.250	+4.516	+0.005
22	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	1:49.466	+4.732	+0.216
23	Raul Boesel	Ligier	26	1:49.540	+4.806	+0.074
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	32	1:49.885	+5.151	+0.345
25	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	1:49.916	+5.182	+0.031
26	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	34	1:51.709	+6.975	+1.793
27	Corrado Fabi	Osella	31	1:53.516	+8.782	+1.807

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.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 1983
Grand Prix: Detroit Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Jun 1983
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Tyrrell
Entrant: Tyrrell-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.