1983 South African Grand Prix

Round

15/15

Date

Oct 15, 1983 at 00:00 CET

Location

Midrand, South Africa

Circuit

Kyalami Racing Circuit

Circuit length

4.104 m (9 turns)

Race distance

316.008 km (77 laps)

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Patrese

Winner

1:33:25.708

Winning time

Tambay

Pole position

Piquet

Fastest lap

1:09.948

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:33:25.708	3rd	77	9
2	#22 Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	+9.319	9th	77	6
3	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	+21.969	2nd	77	4
4	#35 Derek Warwick	Toleman	+1 lap	13th	76	3
5	#1 Keke Rosberg	Williams	+1 lap	6th	76	2
6	#16 Eddie Cheever	Renault	+1 lap	14th	76	1
7	#4 Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	+2 laps	19th	75
8	#29 Marc Surer	Arrows	+2 laps	22nd	75
9	#30 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	+3 laps	20th	74
10	#25 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	+4 laps	21st	73
11	#8 Niki Lauda	McLaren	Electrical	12th	71
12	#17 Kenny Acheson	RAM	+6 laps	24th	71
NC	#12 Nigel Mansell	Lotus	+9 laps	7th	68
NC	#26 Raul Boesel	Ligier	+11 laps	23rd	66
DNF	#3 Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	Engine	18th	60
DNF	#27 Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	Turbo	1st	56
DNF	#36 Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	Turbo	16th	56
DNF	#15 Alain Prost	Renault	Turbo	5th	35
DNF	#31 Corrado Fabi	Osella	Engine	25th	28
DNF	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	Engine	11th	20
DNF	#28 René Arnoux	Ferrari	Engine	4th	9
DNF	#23 Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	Engine	17th	5
DNF	#9 Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	Engine	8th	1
DNF	#2 Jacques Laffite	Williams	Spun off	10th	1
DNF	#32 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Engine	26th	1
DSQ	#7 John Watson	McLaren	Overtaking on formation lap	15th	18

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#27 Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:06.554
2	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:06.792	+0.238
3	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:07.001	+0.447
4	#28 René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:07.105	+0.551
5	#15 Alain Prost	Renault	1:07.186	+0.632
6	#1 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:07.256	+0.702
7	#12 Nigel Mansell	Lotus	1:07.643	+1.089
8	#9 Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	1:07.682	+1.128
9	#22 Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:07.759	+1.205
10	#2 Jacques Laffite	Williams	1:07.931	+1.377
11	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:07.937	+1.383
12	#8 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:07.974	+1.420
13	#35 Derek Warwick	Toleman	1:08.061	+1.507
14	#16 Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:08.069	+1.515
15	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:08.328	+1.774
16	#36 Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	1:08.350	+1.796
17	#23 Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:08.628	+2.074
18	#3 Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:11.096	+4.542
19	#4 Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	1:11.382	+4.828
20	#30 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:11.658	+5.104
21	#25 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	1:12.017	+5.463
22	#29 Marc Surer	Arrows	1:12.049	+5.495
23	#26 Raul Boesel	Ligier	1:12.745	+6.191
24	#17 Kenny Acheson	RAM	1:13.352	+6.798
25	#31 Corrado Fabi	Osella	1:13.656	+7.102
26	#32 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:14.903	+8.349

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:06.821
2	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:07.001	+0.180
3	#27 Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:07.029	+0.208
4	#28 René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:07.105	+0.284
5	#1 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:07.344	+0.523
6	#12 Nigel Mansell	Lotus	1:07.643	+0.822
7	#9 Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	1:07.682	+0.861
8	#22 Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:07.759	+0.938
9	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:07.980	+1.159
10	#15 Alain Prost	Renault	1:08.136	+1.315
11	#35 Derek Warwick	Toleman	1:08.301	+1.480
12	#16 Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:08.360	+1.539
13	#36 Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	1:08.439	+1.618
14	#8 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:08.587	+1.766
15	#23 Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:08.628	+1.807
16	#2 Jacques Laffite	Williams	1:08.652	+1.831
17	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:10.635	+3.814
18	#3 Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:11.284	+4.463
19	#4 Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	1:11.382	+4.561
20	#30 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:11.658	+4.837
21	#29 Marc Surer	Arrows	1:12.049	+5.228
22	#25 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	1:12.538	+5.717
23	#26 Raul Boesel	Ligier	1:13.330	+6.509
24	#31 Corrado Fabi	Osella	1:13.656	+6.835
25	#32 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:15.503	+8.682

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#27 Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:06.554
2	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:06.792	+0.238
3	#15 Alain Prost	Renault	1:07.186	+0.632
4	#28 René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:07.222	+0.668
5	#1 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:07.256	+0.702
6	#9 Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	1:07.726	+1.172
7	#2 Jacques Laffite	Williams	1:07.931	+1.377
8	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:07.937	+1.383
9	#8 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:07.974	+1.420
10	#35 Derek Warwick	Toleman	1:08.061	+1.507
11	#16 Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:08.069	+1.515
12	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:08.181	+1.627
13	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:08.328	+1.774
14	#36 Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	1:08.350	+1.796
15	#22 Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:08.970	+2.416
16	#23 Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:09.364	+2.810
17	#12 Nigel Mansell	Lotus	1:09.443	+2.889
18	#3 Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:11.096	+4.542
19	#4 Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	1:11.750	+5.196
20	#30 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:11.988	+5.434
21	#25 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	1:12.017	+5.463
22	#29 Marc Surer	Arrows	1:12.309	+5.755
23	#26 Raul Boesel	Ligier	1:12.745	+6.191
24	#17 Kenny Acheson	RAM	1:13.352	+6.798
25	#31 Corrado Fabi	Osella	1:14.483	+7.929
26	#32 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:14.903	+8.349

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#5 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:09.948		6
2	#8 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:10.634	+0.686	17
3	#12 Nigel Mansell	Lotus	1:10.825	+0.877	60
4	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:10.848	+0.900	8
5	#15 Alain Prost	Renault	1:11.166	+1.218	9
6	#27 Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:11.267	+1.319	7
7	#22 Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:11.401	+1.453	5
8	#1 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:11.656	+1.708	51
9	#16 Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:11.953	+2.005	6
10	#36 Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	1:12.058	+2.110	51
11	#35 Derek Warwick	Toleman	1:12.102	+2.154	11
12	#28 René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:12.183	+2.235	6
13	#23 Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:12.686	+2.738	4
14	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:12.709	+2.761	16
15	#7 John Watson	McLaren	1:13.194	+3.246	17
16	#4 Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	1:13.494	+3.546	70
17	#3 Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:13.507	+3.559	50
18	#29 Marc Surer	Arrows	1:14.489	+4.541	60
19	#30 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:15.100	+5.152	47
20	#25 Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	1:15.144	+5.196	18
21	#26 Raul Boesel	Ligier	1:15.886	+5.938	5
22	#31 Corrado Fabi	Osella	1:17.153	+7.205	8
23	#17 Kenny Acheson	RAM	1:17.212	+7.264	7
24	#9 Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	1:23.427	+13.479	1
25	#2 Jacques Laffite	Williams	1:24.689	+14.741	1
26	#32 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:29.776	+19.828	1

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	3	8	59
2	Alain Prost	Renault	4	7	57	-2
3	René Arnoux	Ferrari	3	7	49	-10
4	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1	5	40	-19
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	2	27	-32
6	John Watson	McLaren	1	3	22	-37
7	Eddie Cheever	Renault	0	4	22	-37
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	0	2	15	-44
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1	2	13	-46
10	Niki Lauda	McLaren	0	2	12	-47
11	Jacques Laffite	Williams	0	0	11	-48
12	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1	1	10	-49
13	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	0	1	10	-49
14	Derek Warwick	Toleman	0	0	9	-50
15	Marc Surer	Arrows	0	0	4	-55
16	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	0	0	3	-56
17	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	0	0	2	-57
18	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	0	0	2	-57
19	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	0	0	1	-58
20	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	0	0	1	-58

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	Ferrari	4	12	89
2	Renault	Renault	4	11	79	-10
3	Brabham	BMW	4	10	72	-17
4	Williams	Ford	1	2	36	-53
5	McLaren	Ford	1	5	34	-55
6	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	0	2	18	-71
7	Tyrrell	Ford	1	1	12	-77
8	Lotus	Renault	0	1	11	-78
9	Toleman	Hart	0	0	10	-79
10	Arrows	Ford	0	0	4	-85
11	Williams	Honda	1	2	2	-87
12	Theodore	Ford	0	0	1	-88
13	Lotus	Ford	0	1	1	-88

More South African GP

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
1993	#2 Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Mark Blundell	1:19.492 - Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1992	#5 Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese	Ayrton Senna	1:17.578 - Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1985	#5 Nigel Mansell	Keke Rosberg	Alain Prost	1:08.149 - Keke Rosberg	Nigel Mansell
1984	#8 Niki Lauda	Alain Prost	Derek Warwick	1:08.877 - Patrick Tambay	Nelson Piquet
1982	#15 Alain Prost	Carlos Reutemann	René Arnoux	1:08.278 - Alain Prost	René Arnoux
1980	#16 René Arnoux	Jacques Laffite	Didier Pironi	1:13.150 - René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1979	#12 Gilles Villeneuve	Jody Scheckter	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:14.412 - Gilles Villeneuve	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1978	#6 Ronnie Peterson	Patrick Depailler	John Watson	1:17.090 - Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda
1977	#11 Niki Lauda	Jody Scheckter	Patrick Depailler	1:17.630 - John Watson	James Hunt
1976	#1 Niki Lauda	James Hunt	Jochen Mass	1:17.970 - Niki Lauda	James Hunt
1975	#3 Jody Scheckter	Carlos Reutemann	Patrick Depailler	1:17.200 - Carlos Pace	Carlos Pace
1974	#7 Carlos Reutemann	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Mike Hailwood	1:18.160 - Carlos Reutemann	Niki Lauda
1973	#3 Jackie Stewart	Peter Revson	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:17.100 - Emerson Fittipaldi	Denny Hulme
1972	#12 Denny Hulme	Emerson Fittipaldi	Peter Revson	1:18.900 - Mike Hailwood	Jackie Stewart
1971	#6 Mario Andretti	Jackie Stewart	Clay Regazzoni	1:20.300 - Mario Andretti	Jackie Stewart
1970	#12 Jack Brabham	Denny Hulme	Jackie Stewart	1:20.800 - John Surtees	Jackie Stewart
1969	#7 Jackie Stewart	Graham Hill	Denny Hulme	1:21.600 - Jackie Stewart	Jack Brabham
1968	#4 Jim Clark	Graham Hill	Jochen Rindt	1:23.700 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark
1967	#4 Pedro Rodríguez	John Love	John Surtees	1:29.900 - Denny Hulme	Jack Brabham
1965	#5 Jim Clark	John Surtees	Graham Hill	1:27.600 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark
1963	#1 Jim Clark	Dan Gurney	Graham Hill	1:29.100 - Dan Gurney	Jim Clark
1962	#3 Graham Hill	Bruce McLaren	Tony Maggs	1:31.000 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark

The 1983 South African Grand Prix started Oct 15, 1983 on Kyalami Racing Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. Patrick Tambay started from pole position with Nelson Piquet next to him. Riccardo Patrese started from third place.

In 1 hour, 33 minutes and 25 seconds Riccardo Patrese finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Andrea de Cesaris in second and Nelson Piquet in third place.

After the 1983 South African Grand Prix, Nelson Piquet is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 59 points. Piquet is 2 points ahead of Alain Prost.