1983 San Marino Grand Prix

  1983 San Marino Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season
Date	1 May 1983
Location	Autodromo Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.040 km (3.132 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 mi)
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time	1:31.238
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:34.427 on lap 47
Podium
First	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Second	Alain Prost	Renault
Third	René Arnoux	Ferrari

The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on May 1, 1983.

Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Tambay, who drove the #27 Ferrari dedicated his win to the man he replaced in the Ferrari team, the late Gilles Villeneuve. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Maranello based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing 3rd. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with 3 laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun in the Acque Mineralli chicane.

Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with only 6 laps remaining but only held the lead until he crashed at Acque Mineralli just half a lap later. Showing their love for Ferrari (even with a foreign driver such as Tambay) more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered when Patrese crashed out of the lead and handed it back to the Ferrari.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:33.419	1:31.238	—
2	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:33.542	1:31.964	+0.726
3	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:34.221	1:31.967	+0.729
4	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:33.653	1:32.138	+0.900
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:36.243	1:32.969	+1.731
6	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:33.888	1:33.450	+2.212
7	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:35.010	1:33.470	+2.232
8	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:34.345	1:33.528	+2.290
9	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:35.091	1:34.332	+3.094
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.000	1:36.620	+3.762
11	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:36.145	1:35.086	+3.848
12	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:35.723	1:35.411	+4.173
13	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:35.988	1:35.525	+4.287
14	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:35.676	—	+4.438
15	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1:36.391	1:35.703	+4.465
16	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1:36.630	1:35.707	+4.469
17	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1:35.969	—	+4.731
18	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1:38.089	1:36.099	+4.861
19	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1:37.544	1:36.116	+4.878
20	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	1:37.337	1:36.258	+5.020
21	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	1:36.792	1:36.324	+5.086
22	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1:37.320	1:36.359	+5.121
23	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	1:37.554	1:36.638	+5.400
24	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:37.847	1:36.652	+5.414
25	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1:39.435	1:37.332	+6.094
26	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1:37.952	1:37.711	+6.473
27	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	1:38.691	1:38.091	+6.853
28	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:39.248	1:38.873	+7.635
Source:[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	60	1:37:52.460	3	9
2	15	Alain Prost	Renault	60	+ 48.781	4	6
3	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	59	+ 1 Lap	1	4
4	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	59	+ 1 Lap	11	3
5	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	59	+ 1 Lap	24	2
6	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	59	+ 1 Lap	12	1
7	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	59	+ 1 Lap	16
8	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	58	+ 2 Laps	20
9	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	58	+ 2 Laps	25
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	57	Engine	10
11	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	57	+ 3 Laps	7
12	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	56	Spun off	15
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	54	Spun off	5
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	45	Ignition	8
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	43	Handling	9
Ret	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	41	Engine	2
Ret	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	39	Radiator	19
Ret	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	37	Collision	22
Ret	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	27	Spun Off	14
Ret	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	20	Spun off	26
Ret	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	20	Suspension	17
Ret	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	11	Spun off	18
Ret	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	11	Spun off	23
Ret	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	10	Collision	13
Ret	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	3	Spun off	21
Ret	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1	Turbo	6
DNQ	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford
DNQ	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 15 2 Nelson Piquet 15 3 Patrick Tambay 14 4 John Watson 11 5 Niki Lauda 10

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 22 2 McLaren-Ford 21 3 Renault 19 4 Brabham-BMW 15 5 Williams-Ford 12

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

• Patrick Tambay's win for Ferrari was the last win at Imola for the Maranello based team until Michael Schumacher won the 1999 race.
• As of 2016, this is the last race where all three drivers on the podium were of the same nationality.

References

1. Hamilton, Maurice (ed.) (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.
2. "1983 San Marino Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.