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1983 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	13 March 1983
Official name	XII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Jacarepaguá Circuit Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.031 km (3.126 miles)
Distance	63 laps, 316.953 km (196.945 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford
Time	1:34.526
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:39.829 on lap 4
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Second	Not awarded	Not awarded
Third	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jacarepaguá on 13 March 1983. It was the first round of the 1983 Formula One season.

Qualifying

Andrea de Cesaris was excluded after failing to stop for a weight check during Saturday qualifying.

Keke Rosberg's pole position was the last for the Cosworth DFV engine, and the last for a car with a naturally aspirated engine until turbos were banned in 1989. It was also the last pole position for Cosworth until 1993.

Race

The race marked the debut in the Formula One World Championship debut for American driver and future Indianapolis 500 winner Danny Sullivan, Italian driver Corrado Fabi, motorcycle road racing World Champion Johnny Cecotto, British constructor RAM.

Elio de Angelis qualified for the race in his Renault turbo-powered Lotus 93T, but switched to the team's spare car, a Cosworth DFV-powered Lotus 92, when the Renault unit failed on the warm-up lap. This was deemed illegal and so he was disqualified.

Rosberg was disqualified for a push start in the pits, after his car momentarily caught fire during refueling. It was the second consecutive Brazilian Grand Prix in which Rosberg was disqualified from second place. The drivers finishing behind him were not promoted, so the six points for second place were officially not awarded.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:34.526	1:35.226	—
2	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:34.672	1:34.873	+0.146
3	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:34.993	1:34.758	+0.232
4	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:35.815	1:35.114	+0.588
5	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:35.206	16:44.720	+0.680
6	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:36.390	1:35.547	+1.021
7	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:35.958	1:36.827	+1.432
8	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:37.005	1:36.051	+1.525
9	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1:36.054	1:36.900	+1.528
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.126	1:36.652	+1.600
11	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:38.747	1:36.291	+1.765
12	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1:38.828	1:36.392	+1.866
13	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:40.056	1:36.454	+1.928
14	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	1:37.237	1:36.694	+2.168
15	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1:36.747	26:16.700	+2.221
16	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:37.844	1:36.977	+2.451
17	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1:38.741	1:37.729	+3.203
18	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1:38.234	1:38.725	+3.708
19	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	1:38.378	1:39.178	+3.852
20	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:40.255	1:38.488	+3.962
21	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1:39.697	1:38.686	+4.160
22	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1:42.098	1:39.154	+4.628
23	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	1:41.472	1:39.965	+5.439
24	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1:41.316	1:40.309	+5.783
25	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:42.292	1:41.153	+6.627
26	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	1:44.357	1:41.478	+6.952
27	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1:46.964	1:42.267	+7.741
EX†	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—
Source:

• † — time disallowed, driver excluded.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	M	63	1:48:27.731	4	9
2	Not awarded (see above)
3	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	M	63	+ 51.883	9	4
4	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	G	63	+ 1:13.951	18	3
5	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	G	63	+ 1:18.117	3	2
6	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	G	63	+ 1:18.207	20	1
7	15	Alain Prost	Renault	M	62	+ 1 Lap	2
8	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	P	62	+ 1 Lap	5
9	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	G	62	+ 1 Lap	23
10	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	G	62	+ 1 Lap	6
11	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	G	62	+ 1 Lap	21
12	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	P	61	+ 2 Laps	22
13	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	G	60	+ 3 Laps	19
14	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	P	59	+ 4 Laps	26
15	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	G	59	+ 4 Laps	25
DSQ	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	G	63	Push Start in Pits	1
DSQ	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	P	60	Illegal Car Change	13
NC	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	G	53	+ 10 Laps	14
Ret	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	M	41	Brakes	8
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	M	34	Engine	16
Ret	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	M	25	Engine	17
Ret	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	M	23	Collision	10
Ret	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	M	22	Suspension	12
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	M	19	Exhaust	7
Ret	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	M	17	Engine	24
Ret	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	P	16	Spun Off	15
Ret	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	G	7	Engine	11
DNQ	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	M
EX	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	M		Missed Weight Check
Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nelson Piquet 9 2 Niki Lauda 4 3 Jacques Laffite 3 4 Patrick Tambay 2 5 Marc Surer 1 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-BMW 9 2 McLaren-Ford 4 3 Williams-Ford 3 4 Ferrari 2 5 Arrows-Ford 1 Source:

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

References

1. ^ Lang, Mike (1992). Grand Prix! Vol 4. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 157. ISBN 0-85429-733-2.
2. Haggan, Mark. "The Formula One race where no one finished second". markhaggan.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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6. Hamilton, Maurice, ed. (1983). AUTOCOURSE 1983–84. Hazleton Publishing Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 0-905138-25-2.
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• Brazilian Grand Prix
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