Season 1983 · Round 3

French Grand Prix

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1983-04-17 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 54Lap · 313.740km
15 Alain Prost
Renault 1:34:13.913
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +29.720
16 Eddie Cheever
Renault +40.232
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Raul Boesel L47 Corrado Fabi L36 Manfred Winkelhock L36 Niki Lauda L29 Mauro Baldi L28 Chico Serra L26 Roberto Guerrero L23 Danny Sullivan L21 Elio de Angelis L20 Riccardo Patrese L19 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
54Lap 313.740km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P7 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Piquet · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Cheever · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Cheever CHE 3 Cheever CHE Tambay · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Tambay TAM 4 Tambay TAM Rosberg · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Rosberg ROS 5 Rosberg ROS Laffite · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Arnoux · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Arnoux ARN 7 Arnoux ARN Alboreto · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Alboreto ALB 8 Alboreto ALB Jarier · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Jarier JAR 9 Jarier JAR Surer · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Surer SUR 10 Surer SUR Cecotto · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Cecotto CEC 11 Cecotto CEC de Cesaris · P7 → P12 · -5 7 de Cesaris DE 12 de Cesaris DE Giacomelli · P13 → P13 13 Giacomelli GIA 13 Giacomelli GIA Boesel · P25 → retired L47 Boesel · retired L47 25 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Fabi · P23 → retired L36 Fabi · retired L36 23 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Winkelhock · P10 → retired L36 Winkelhock · retired L36 10 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Lauda · P12 → retired L29 Lauda · retired L29 12 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Baldi · P8 → retired L28 Baldi · retired L28 8 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Serra · P26 → retired L26 Serra · retired L26 26 Serra SER R Serra SER Guerrero · P22 → retired L23 Guerrero · retired L23 22 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Sullivan · P24 → retired L21 Sullivan · retired L21 24 Sullivan SUL R Sullivan SUL de Angelis · P5 → retired L20 de Angelis · retired L20 5 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Patrese · P3 → retired L19 Patrese · retired L19 3 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Warwick · P9 → retired L14 Warwick · retired L14 9 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Mansell · P18 → retired L6 Mansell · retired L6 18 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Watson · P14 → retired L3 Watson · retired L3 14 Watson WAT R Watson WAT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 54 1:34:13.913 9
2 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 54 +29.720 6
3 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 2 54 +40.232 4
4 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 11 54 +1:06.880 3
5 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 16 53 +1 Lap 2
6 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 19 53 +1 Lap 1
7 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 4 53 +1 Lap
8 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 15 53 +1 Lap
9 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 20 53 +1 Lap
10 29 Marc Surer Arrows 21 53 +1 Lap
11 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 17 52 +2 Laps
12 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 7 50 +4 Laps
13 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 13 49 Gearbox
R 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 25 47 Engine
R 31 Corrado Fabi Osella 23 36 Engine
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 10 36 Turbo
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 12 29 Wheel bearing
R 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 8 28 Spun off
R 30 Chico Serra Arrows 26 26 Gearbox
R 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 22 23 Engine
R 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 24 21 Clutch
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 5 20 Electrical
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 3 19 Water leak
R 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 9 14 Engine
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 18 6 Physical
R 7 John Watson McLaren 14 3 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
16 Eddie Cheever
3
6 Riccardo Patrese
4
28 René Arnoux
5
11 Elio de Angelis
6
5 Nelson Piquet
7
22 Andrea de Cesaris
8
23 Mauro Baldi
9
35 Derek Warwick
10
9 Manfred Winkelhock
11
27 Patrick Tambay
12
8 Niki Lauda
13
36 Bruno Giacomelli
14
7 John Watson
15
3 Michele Alboreto
16
1 Keke Rosberg
17
34 Johnny Cecotto
18
12 Nigel Mansell
19
2 Jacques Laffite
20
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
21
29 Marc Surer
22
33 Roberto Guerrero
23
31 Corrado Fabi
24
4 Danny Sullivan
25
26 Raul Boesel
26
30 Chico Serra
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