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1983 Italian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	11 September 1983
Official name	LIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.800 km (3.60 miles)
Distance	52 laps, 301.600 km (187.400 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:29.122
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:34.431 on lap 20
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Second	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Third	Eddie Cheever	Renault
Lap leaders

The 1983 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 11 September 1983. It was the thirteenth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship.

The 52-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW, with René Arnoux second in a Ferrari and Eddie Cheever third in a Renault. Drivers' Championship leader Alain Prost retired with a turbo failure midway through the race, allowing Piquet and Arnoux to close to within five and two points of him respectively in the championship.

The race saw the occurrence of an unusual incident in the pit lane. After completing a pit stop, Niki Lauda's McLaren-TAG stalled in front of the Brabham garage. The Brabham crew, who were preparing for Nelson Piquet's stop, were joined by team owner and FOCA chief executive Bernie Ecclestone in giving Lauda a push start, to get him back into the race and to clear the area for Piquet. However, the Austrian driver retired shortly after with an electrical failure.

Another incident occurred at the end of the race, when the tifosi ran onto the track to celebrate Arnoux's second place with the cars still going round. Nigel Mansell, running seventh in his Lotus-Renault, slowed down to avoid running over any of the spectators, only to be overtaken by Bruno Giacomelli's Toleman-Hart. Infuriated, Mansell drove the wrong way into the pit lane.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:30.253	1:29.122	—
2	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:31.036	1:29.650	+0.528
3	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:30.799	1:29.901	+0.779
4	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:30.202	1:30.475	+1.080
5	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:32.244	1:31.144	+2.022
6	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:31.295	1:31.272	+2.150
7	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:31.613	1:31.564	+2.442
8	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:32.590	1:31.628	+2.506
9	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:34.161	1:31.959	+2.837
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.407	1:32.593	+3.285
11	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:34.610	1:32.423	+3.301
12	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:33.738	1:32.677	+3.555
13	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	1:33.190	1:33.133	+4.011
14	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1:35.489	1:33.384	+4.262
15	7	John Watson	McLaren-TAG	1:35.928	1:34.705	+5.583
16	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:36.631	1:35.291	+6.169
17	40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit-Honda	1:37.862	1:35.483	+6.361
18	30	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-Ford	1:36.968	1:35.624	+6.502
19	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1:37.270	1:36.220	+7.098
20	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:36.796	1:36.435	+7.313
21	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	1:37.677	1:36.619	+7.497
22	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1:37.565	1:36.644	+7.522
23	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:36.647	no time	+7.525
24	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:36.788	1:37.319	+7.666
25	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:38.577	1:36.834	+7.712
26	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	1:37.105	1:37.634	+7.983
27	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1:37.798	1:37.186	+8.064
28	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1:37.277	1:37.245	+8.123
29	17	Kenny Acheson	RAM-Ford	1:37.755	1:37.272	+8.150
Source:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	M	52	1:23:10.880	4	9
2	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	G	52	+10.212	3	6
3	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	M	52	+18.612	7	4
4	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	G	52	+29.023	2	3
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	P	52	+53.680	8	2
6	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	P	52	+1:13.348	12	1
7	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	P	52	+1:33.922	14
8	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	P	52	+1:36.035	11
9	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	M	51	+1 lap	19
10	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	G	51	+1 lap	20
11	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	G	51	+1 lap	16
12	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	G	50	+2 laps	26
13	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	G	50	+2 laps	21
Ret	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	M	45	Engine	25
Ret	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	G	44	Fuel system	22
Ret	30	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-Ford	G	41	Engine	18
Ret	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	G	35	Exhaust	9
Ret	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	G	28	Clutch	24
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	M	26	Turbo	5
Ret	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	M	24	Electrical	13
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-TAG	M	13	Electrical	15
Ret	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	M	10	Gearbox	23
Ret	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	M	4	Turbo	10
Ret	40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit-Honda	G	4	Distributor	17
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	M	2	Engine	1
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	M	2	Collision	6
DNQ	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	M
DNQ	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	G
DNQ	17	Kenny Acheson	RAM-Ford	P
Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 51 2 René Arnoux 49 3 Nelson Piquet 46 4 Patrick Tambay 40 5 Keke Rosberg 25 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 89 2 Renault 72 3 Brabham-BMW 50 4 Williams-Ford 36 5 McLaren-Ford 34 Source:

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

References

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8. ^ "Italy 1983 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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