Race · Round 9 of 15 · 16 July 1983

1983 British Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for Renault from 3rd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Alain ProstRenault
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2917 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	Renault	—	3	67	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	6	67	Finished	6
3	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	—	2	67	Finished	4
4	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	18	67	Finished	3
5	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	—	1	67	Finished	2
6	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1C	15	66	Finished	1
7	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	183T	11	66	Finished	0
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	183T	9	66	Finished	0
9	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1C	24	66	Finished	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	JS21	25	65	Finished	0
11	Keke Rosberg	Williams	FW08C	13	65	Finished	0
12	Jacques Laffite	Williams	FW08C	20	65	Finished	0
13	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	16	65	Finished	0
14	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	—	23	65	Finished	0
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A6	17	65	Finished	0
16	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	N183	21	64	Finished	0
17	Marc Surer	Arrows	A6	19	64	Finished	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D6	8	49	Engine	0
DNF	Raul Boesel	Ligier	JS21	22	48	Suspension	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1E	26	46	Fuel system	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	TG183B	10	27	Gearbox	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	5	9	Turbo	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Spirit	—	14	5	Fuel system	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Renault	—	7	3	Engine	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	TG183B	12	3	Turbo	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	4	1	Turbo	0
DNQ	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	N183	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Corrado Fabi	Osella	FA1E	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Kenny Acheson	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 silverstone-2 · 4.719 km · 9 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	3	1	67
Nelson Piquet	6	2	67
Patrick Tambay	2	3	67
Nigel Mansell	18	4	67
Rene Arnoux	1	5	67
Niki Lauda	15	6	66
Mauro Baldi	11	7	66
Andrea de Cesaris	9	8	66
John Watson	24	9	66
Jean-Pierre Jarier	25	10	65
Keke Rosberg	13	11	65
Jacques Laffite	20	12	65
Michele Alboreto	16	13	65
Danny Sullivan	23	14	65
Thierry Boutsen	17	15	65
Roberto Guerrero	21	16	64
Marc Surer	19	17	64
Manfred Winkelhock	8	DNF	49
Raul Boesel	22	DNF	48
Piercarlo Ghinzani	26	DNF	46
Derek Warwick	10	DNF	27
Riccardo Patrese	5	DNF	9
Stefan Johansson	14	DNF	5
Eddie Cheever	7	DNF	3
Bruno Giacomelli	12	DNF	3
Elio de Angelis	4	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Ferrari	28	1:09.462	—	—
2	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	1:10.104	+0.642	+0.642
3	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:10.170	+0.708	+0.066
4	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:10.771	+1.309	+0.601
5	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	6	1:10.881	+1.419	+0.110
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	5	1:10.933	+1.471	+0.052
7	Eddie Cheever	Renault	16	1:11.055	+1.593	+0.122
8	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	1:11.687	+2.225	+0.632
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:12.150	+2.688	+0.463
10	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	1:12.528	+3.066	+0.378
11	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	23	1:12.860	+3.398	+0.332
12	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	36	1:13.422	+3.960	+0.562
13	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	1:13.755	+4.293	+0.333
14	Stefan Johansson	Spirit	40	1:13.962	+4.500	+0.207
15	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:14.267	+4.805	+0.305
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:14.651	+5.189	+0.384
17	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	30	1:14.964	+5.502	+0.313
18	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:15.133	+5.671	+0.169
19	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	1:15.135	+5.673	+0.002
20	Jacques Laffite	Williams	2	1:15.234	+5.772	+0.099
21	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	33	1:15.317	+5.855	+0.083
22	Raul Boesel	Ligier	26	1:15.386	+5.924	+0.069
23	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	4	1:15.449	+5.987	+0.063
24	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:15.609	+6.147	+0.160
25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	25	1:15.767	+6.305	+0.158
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	32	1:16.544	+7.082	+0.777
27	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	34	1:16.714	+7.252	+0.170
28	Corrado Fabi	Osella	31	1:17.594	+8.132	+0.880
29	Kenny Acheson	RAM	17	1:18.103	+8.641	+0.509

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: 9 of 1983
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Jul 1983
Layout raced: With Woodcote chicane · 4.719 km
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.