Season 1983 · Round 10

German Grand Prix

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1983-08-07 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 299.068km
28 René Arnoux
Ferrari 1:27:10.319
Team win 9pt P1 · P22
22 Andrea de Cesaris
Alfa Romeo +1:10.652
6 Riccardo Patrese
Brabham +1:44.093
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Eddie Cheever L38 Piercarlo Ghinzani L34 Raul Boesel L27 Mauro Baldi L24 Bruno Giacomelli L19 Derek Warwick L17 Stefan Johansson L11 Patrick Tambay L11 Elio de Angelis L10 Michele Alboreto L4 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 299.068km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P3 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Alain Prost 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P8 Niki Lauda 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L45 Arnoux · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Arnoux ARN 1 Arnoux ARN de Cesaris · P3 → P2 · +1 3 de Cesaris DE 2 de Cesaris DE Patrese · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Prost · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO Watson · P23 → P5 · +18 23 Watson WAT 5 Watson WAT Laffite · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Surer · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Surer SUR 7 Surer SUR Jarier · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Jarier JAR 8 Jarier JAR Boutsen · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Boutsen BOU 9 Boutsen BOU Rosberg · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Rosberg ROS 10 Rosberg ROS Cecotto · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Cecotto CEC 11 Cecotto CEC Sullivan · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Sullivan SUL 12 Sullivan SUL Piquet · P4 → P13 · -9 4 Piquet PIQ 13 Piquet PIQ Lauda · P18 → P14 · +4 18 Lauda LAU 14 Lauda LAU Cheever · P6 → retired L38 Cheever · retired L38 6 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Ghinzani · P26 → retired L34 Ghinzani · retired L34 26 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Boesel · P25 → retired L27 Boesel · retired L27 25 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Baldi · P7 → retired L24 Baldi · retired L24 7 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Giacomelli · P10 → retired L19 Giacomelli · retired L19 10 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Warwick · P9 → retired L17 Warwick · retired L17 9 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Johansson · P13 → retired L11 Johansson · retired L11 13 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Tambay · P1 → retired L11 Tambay · retired L11 1 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM de Angelis · P11 → retired L10 de Angelis · retired L10 11 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Alboreto · P16 → retired L4 Alboreto · retired L4 16 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Mansell · P17 → retired L1 Mansell · retired L1 17 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Guerrero · P24 → retired L0 Guerrero · retired L0 24 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 2 45 1:27:10.319 9
2 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 3 45 +1:10.652 6
3 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 8 45 +1:44.093 4
4 15 Alain Prost Renault 5 45 +2:00.750 3
5 7 John Watson McLaren 23 44 +1 Lap 2
6 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 15 44 +1 Lap 1
7 29 Marc Surer Arrows 20 44 +1 Lap
8 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 19 44 +1 Lap
9 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 14 44 +1 Lap
10 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 12 44 +1 Lap
11 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 22 44 +1 Lap
12 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 21 43 +2 Laps
13 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 42 Heat shield fire
D 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 18 44 Disqualified
R 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 6 38 Fuel system
R 32 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 34 Oil leak
R 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 25 27 Engine
R 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 7 24 Turbo
R 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 10 19 Turbo
R 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 9 17 Engine
R 40 Stefan Johansson Spirit 13 11 Engine
R 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1 11 Engine
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 10 Engine
R 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 4 Fuel pump
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 17 1 Engine
R 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 24 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Patrick Tambay
2
28 René Arnoux
3
22 Andrea de Cesaris
4
5 Nelson Piquet
5
15 Alain Prost
6
16 Eddie Cheever
7
23 Mauro Baldi
8
6 Riccardo Patrese
9
35 Derek Warwick
10
36 Bruno Giacomelli
11
11 Elio de Angelis
12
1 Keke Rosberg
13
40 Stefan Johansson
14
30 Thierry Boutsen
15
2 Jacques Laffite
16
3 Michele Alboreto
17
12 Nigel Mansell
18
8 Niki Lauda
19
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
20
29 Marc Surer
21
4 Danny Sullivan
22
34 Johnny Cecotto
23
7 John Watson
24
33 Roberto Guerrero
25
26 Raul Boesel
26
32 Piercarlo Ghinzani
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