Season 1983 · Round 2

United States Grand Prix West

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1983-03-27 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 75Lap · 245.625km
7 John Watson
McLaren 1:53:34.889
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
8 Niki Lauda
McLaren +27.993
28 René Arnoux
Ferrari +1:13.638
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Alan Jones L58 Nelson Piquet L51 Andrea de Cesaris L48 Elio de Angelis L29 Roberto Guerrero L27 Jean-Pierre Jarier L26 Bruno Giacomelli L26 Mauro Baldi L26 Patrick Tambay L25 Keke Rosberg L25 +3
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Long Beach California, USA
75Lap 245.625km 8 races held (1976–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 1 wins · GP #1
P1 John Watson 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Alan Jones 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Niki Lauda 1 · GP #1
P1 Riccardo Patrese 1 · GP #1
P1 Patrick Tambay 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 4 · GP #1
P2 Alan Jones 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Riccardo Patrese 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
Starts
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jacques Laffite 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Watson · P22 → P1 · +21 22 Watson WAT 1 Watson WAT Lauda · P23 → P2 · +21 23 Lauda LAU 2 Lauda LAU Arnoux · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Arnoux ARN 3 Arnoux ARN Laffite · P4 → P4 4 Laffite LAF 4 Laffite LAF Surer · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Surer SUR 5 Surer SUR Cecotto · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Cecotto CEC 6 Cecotto CEC Boesel · P26 → P7 · +19 26 Boesel BOE 7 Boesel BOE Sullivan · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Sullivan SUL 8 Sullivan SUL Alboreto · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Alboreto ALB 9 Alboreto ALB Patrese · P11 → P10 · +1 11 Patrese PAT 10 Patrese PAT Prost · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Prost PRO 11 Prost PRO Mansell · P13 → P12 · +1 13 Mansell MAN 12 Mansell MAN Cheever · P15 → P13 · +2 15 Cheever CHE 13 Cheever CHE Jones · P12 → retired L58 Jones · retired L58 12 Jones JON R Jones JON Piquet · P20 → retired L51 Piquet · retired L51 20 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ de Cesaris · P19 → retired L48 de Cesaris · retired L48 19 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE de Angelis · P5 → retired L29 de Angelis · retired L29 5 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Guerrero · P18 → retired L27 Guerrero · retired L27 18 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Jarier · P10 → retired L26 Jarier · retired L26 10 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Giacomelli · P14 → retired L26 Giacomelli · retired L26 14 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Baldi · P21 → retired L26 Baldi · retired L26 21 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Tambay · P1 → retired L25 Tambay · retired L25 1 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Rosberg · P3 → retired L25 Rosberg · retired L25 3 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Salazar · P25 → retired L25 Salazar · retired L25 25 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Warwick · P6 → retired L11 Warwick · retired L11 6 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Winkelhock · P24 → retired L3 Winkelhock · retired L3 24 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 John Watson McLaren 22 75 1:53:34.889 9
2 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 23 75 +27.993 6
3 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 2 75 +1:13.638 4
4 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 4 74 +1 Lap 3
5 29 Marc Surer Arrows 16 74 +1 Lap 2
6 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 17 74 +1 Lap 1
7 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 26 73 +2 Laps
8 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 9 73 +2 Laps
9 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 7 73 +2 Laps
10 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 11 72 Distributor
11 15 Alain Prost Renault 8 72 +3 Laps
12 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 13 72 +3 Laps
13 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 15 67 Gearbox
R 30 Alan Jones Arrows 12 58 Driver unwell
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 20 51 Throttle
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 19 48 Gearbox
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 29 Handling
R 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 18 27 Gearbox
R 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 10 26 Collision
R 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 14 26 Battery
R 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 21 26 Spun off
R 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1 25 Collision
R 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 25 Collision
R 17 Eliseo Salazar RAM 25 25 Gearbox
R 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 6 11 Spun off
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 24 3 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Patrick Tambay
2
28 René Arnoux
3
1 Keke Rosberg
4
2 Jacques Laffite
5
11 Elio de Angelis
6
35 Derek Warwick
7
3 Michele Alboreto
8
15 Alain Prost
9
4 Danny Sullivan
10
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
11
6 Riccardo Patrese
12
30 Alan Jones
13
12 Nigel Mansell
14
36 Bruno Giacomelli
15
16 Eddie Cheever
16
29 Marc Surer
17
34 Johnny Cecotto
18
33 Roberto Guerrero
19
22 Andrea de Cesaris
20
5 Nelson Piquet
21
23 Mauro Baldi
22
7 John Watson
23
8 Niki Lauda
24
9 Manfred Winkelhock
25
17 Eliseo Salazar
26
26 Raul Boesel
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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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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