1983 Italian Grand Prix

  1983 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season
Date	September 11, 1983
Official name	L Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.800 km (3.60 mi)
Distance	52 laps, 301.600 km (187.400 mi)
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

The 1983 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 11 September 1983.

Classification

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

Notes

• This was the first time a Cosworth powered car failed to finish in the points since the 1967 French Grand Prix.

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

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

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

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1983/339/. Retrieved 2007-06-17.