Season 1983 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1983 Season R2 →
1983-03-13 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 63Lap · 316.953km
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham 1:48:27.731
Team win 9pt P1 · P23
8 Niki Lauda
McLaren +51.883
2 Jacques Laffite
Williams +1:13.951
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Roberto Guerrero L53 Eddie Cheever L41 John Watson L34 Raul Boesel L25 Mauro Baldi L23 Jean-Pierre Jarier L22 Riccardo Patrese L19 Corrado Fabi L17 Bruno Giacomelli L16 Michele Alboreto L7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
63Lap 316.953km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Piquet · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Lauda · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Laffite · P18 → P3 · +15 18 Laffite LAF 3 Laffite LAF Tambay · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Tambay TAM 4 Tambay TAM Surer · P20 → P5 · +15 20 Surer SUR 5 Surer SUR Prost · P2 → P6 · -4 2 Prost PRO 6 Prost PRO Warwick · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Serra · P23 → P8 · +15 23 Serra SER 8 Serra SER Arnoux · P6 → P9 · -3 6 Arnoux ARN 9 Arnoux ARN Sullivan · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Sullivan SUL 10 Sullivan SUL Mansell · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Mansell MAN 11 Mansell MAN Cecotto · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Cecotto CEC 12 Cecotto CEC Salazar · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Salazar SAL 13 Salazar SAL Winkelhock · P25 → P14 · +11 25 Winkelhock WIN 14 Winkelhock WIN Rosberg · P1 → P15 · -14 1 Rosberg ROS 15 Rosberg ROS de Angelis · P13 → P16 · -3 13 de Angelis DE 16 de Angelis DE Guerrero · P14 → retired L53 Guerrero · retired L53 14 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Cheever · P8 → retired L41 Cheever · retired L41 8 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Watson · P16 → retired L34 Watson · retired L34 16 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Boesel · P17 → retired L25 Boesel · retired L25 17 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Baldi · P10 → retired L23 Baldi · retired L23 10 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Jarier · P12 → retired L22 Jarier · retired L22 12 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Patrese · P7 → retired L19 Patrese · retired L19 7 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Fabi · P24 → retired L17 Fabi · retired L17 24 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Giacomelli · P15 → retired L16 Giacomelli · retired L16 15 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Alboreto · P11 → retired L7 Alboreto · retired L7 11 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 63 1:48:27.731 9
2 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 9 63 +51.883 4
3 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 18 63 +1:13.951 3
4 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 3 63 +1:18.117 2
5 29 Marc Surer Arrows 20 63 +1:18.207 1
6 15 Alain Prost Renault 2 62 +1 Lap
7 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 5 62 +1 Lap
8 30 Chico Serra Arrows 23 62 +1 Lap
9 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 6 62 +1 Lap
10 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 21 62 +1 Lap
11 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 22 61 +2 Laps
12 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 19 60 +3 Laps
13 17 Eliseo Salazar RAM 26 59 +4 Laps
14 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 25 59 +4 Laps
D 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 1 63 Disqualified
D 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 13 60 Disqualified
R 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 14 53 Not classified
R 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 8 41 Brakes
R 7 John Watson McLaren 16 34 Engine
R 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 17 25 Engine
R 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 10 23 Collision
R 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 12 22 Suspension
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 7 19 Exhaust
R 31 Corrado Fabi Osella 24 17 Engine
R 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 15 16 Spun off
R 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 11 7 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Keke Rosberg
2
15 Alain Prost
3
27 Patrick Tambay
4
5 Nelson Piquet
5
35 Derek Warwick
6
28 René Arnoux
7
6 Riccardo Patrese
8
16 Eddie Cheever
9
8 Niki Lauda
10
23 Mauro Baldi
11
3 Michele Alboreto
12
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
13
11 Elio de Angelis
14
33 Roberto Guerrero
15
36 Bruno Giacomelli
16
7 John Watson
17
26 Raul Boesel
18
2 Jacques Laffite
19
34 Johnny Cecotto
20
29 Marc Surer
21
4 Danny Sullivan
22
12 Nigel Mansell
23
30 Chico Serra
24
31 Corrado Fabi
25
9 Manfred Winkelhock
26
17 Eliseo Salazar
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15