Season 1983 · Round 15

South African Grand Prix

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1983-10-15 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 77Lap · 316.008km
6 Riccardo Patrese
Brabham 1:33:25.708
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
22 Andrea de Cesaris
Alfa Romeo +9.319
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +21.969
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Nigel Mansell L68 Raul Boesel L66 Michele Alboreto L60 Patrick Tambay L56 Bruno Giacomelli L56 Alain Prost L35 Corrado Fabi L28 Elio de Angelis L20 René Arnoux L9 Mauro Baldi L5 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
77Lap 316.008km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P3 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Podiums
P2 Alain Prost 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Niki Lauda 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P6 John Watson 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P6 Jacques Laffite 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L77 Patrese · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Patrese PAT 1 Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P9 → P2 · +7 9 de Cesaris DE 2 de Cesaris DE Piquet · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Warwick · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Warwick WAR 4 Warwick WAR Rosberg · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Rosberg ROS 5 Rosberg ROS Cheever · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Cheever CHE 6 Cheever CHE Sullivan · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Sullivan SUL 7 Sullivan SUL Surer · P22 → P8 · +14 22 Surer SUR 8 Surer SUR Boutsen · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Boutsen BOU 9 Boutsen BOU Jarier · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Jarier JAR 10 Jarier JAR Lauda · P12 → P11 · +1 12 Lauda LAU 11 Lauda LAU Acheson · P24 → P12 · +12 24 Acheson ACH 12 Acheson ACH Mansell · P7 → retired L68 Mansell · retired L68 7 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Boesel · P23 → retired L66 Boesel · retired L66 23 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Alboreto · P18 → retired L60 Alboreto · retired L60 18 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Tambay · P1 → retired L56 Tambay · retired L56 1 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Giacomelli · P16 → retired L56 Giacomelli · retired L56 16 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Prost · P5 → retired L35 Prost · retired L35 5 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Fabi · P25 → retired L28 Fabi · retired L28 25 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB de Angelis · P11 → retired L20 de Angelis · retired L20 11 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Watson · P15 → P21 · -6 15 Watson WAT 21 Watson WAT Arnoux · P4 → retired L9 Arnoux · retired L9 4 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Baldi · P17 → retired L5 Baldi · retired L5 17 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Winkelhock · P8 → retired L1 Winkelhock · retired L1 8 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Laffite · P10 → retired L1 Laffite · retired L1 10 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Ghinzani · P26 → retired L1 Ghinzani · retired L1 26 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 3 77 1:33:25.708 9
2 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 9 77 +9.319 6
3 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 77 +21.969 4
4 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 13 76 +1 Lap 3
5 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 6 76 +1 Lap 2
6 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 14 76 +1 Lap 1
7 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 19 75 +2 Laps
8 29 Marc Surer Arrows 22 75 +2 Laps
9 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 20 74 +3 Laps
10 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 21 73 +4 Laps
11 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 71 Electrical
12 17 Kenny Acheson RAM 24 71 +6 Laps
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 7 68 Not classified
R 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 23 66 Not classified
R 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 18 60 Engine
R 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1 56 Turbo
R 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 16 56 Turbo
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 5 35 Turbo
R 31 Corrado Fabi Osella 25 28 Engine
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 20 Engine
D 7 John Watson McLaren 15 18 Disqualified
R 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 4 9 Engine
R 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 17 5 Engine
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 8 1 Engine
R 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 10 1 Spun off
R 32 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 1 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Patrick Tambay
2
5 Nelson Piquet
3
6 Riccardo Patrese
4
28 René Arnoux
5
15 Alain Prost
6
1 Keke Rosberg
7
12 Nigel Mansell
8
9 Manfred Winkelhock
9
22 Andrea de Cesaris
10
2 Jacques Laffite
11
11 Elio de Angelis
12
8 Niki Lauda
13
35 Derek Warwick
14
16 Eddie Cheever
15
7 John Watson
16
36 Bruno Giacomelli
17
23 Mauro Baldi
18
3 Michele Alboreto
19
4 Danny Sullivan
20
30 Thierry Boutsen
21
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
22
29 Marc Surer
23
26 Raul Boesel
24
17 Kenny Acheson
25
31 Corrado Fabi
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