Season 1983 · Round 6

Belgian Grand Prix

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1983-05-22 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 40Lap · 280.160km
15 Alain Prost
Renault 1:27:11.502
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
27 Patrick Tambay
Ferrari +23.182
16 Eddie Cheever
Renault +39.869
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Niki Lauda L33 Nigel Mansell L30 Andrea de Cesaris L25 Roberto Guerrero L23 René Arnoux L22 Corrado Fabi L19 Manfred Winkelhock L18 John Watson L8 Jean-Pierre Jarier L8 Thierry Boutsen L4 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
40Lap 280.160km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Niki Lauda 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 John Watson 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P12 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
P12 Andrea de Cesaris 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Tambay · P2 → P2 2 Tambay TAM 2 Tambay TAM Cheever · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Cheever CHE 3 Cheever CHE Piquet · P4 → P4 4 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Rosberg · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Rosberg ROS 5 Rosberg ROS Laffite · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Warwick · P22 → P7 · +15 22 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Giacomelli · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Giacomelli GIA 8 Giacomelli GIA de Angelis · P13 → P9 · +4 13 de Angelis DE 9 de Angelis DE Cecotto · P25 → P10 · +15 25 Cecotto CEC 10 Cecotto CEC Surer · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Surer SUR 11 Surer SUR Sullivan · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Sullivan SUL 12 Sullivan SUL Boesel · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Boesel BOE 13 Boesel BOE Alboreto · P17 → P14 · +3 17 Alboreto ALB 14 Alboreto ALB Lauda · P15 → retired L33 Lauda · retired L33 15 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Mansell · P19 → retired L30 Mansell · retired L30 19 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN de Cesaris · P3 → retired L25 de Cesaris · retired L25 3 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Guerrero · P14 → retired L23 Guerrero · retired L23 14 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Arnoux · P5 → retired L22 Arnoux · retired L22 5 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Fabi · P24 → retired L19 Fabi · retired L19 24 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Winkelhock · P7 → retired L18 Winkelhock · retired L18 7 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Watson · P20 → retired L8 Watson · retired L8 20 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Jarier · P21 → retired L8 Jarier · retired L8 21 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Boutsen · P18 → retired L4 Boutsen · retired L4 18 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Baldi · P12 → retired L3 Baldi · retired L3 12 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Patrese · P6 → retired L0 Patrese · retired L0 6 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 40 1:27:11.502 9
2 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 2 40 +23.182 6
3 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 8 40 +39.869 4
4 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 4 40 +42.295 3
5 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 9 40 +50.480 2
6 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 11 40 +1:33.107 1
7 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 22 40 +1:58.539
8 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 16 40 +2:38.273
9 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 13 39 +1 Lap
10 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 25 39 +1 Lap
11 29 Marc Surer Arrows 10 39 +1 Lap
12 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 23 39 +1 Lap
13 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 26 39 +1 Lap
14 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 38 +2 Laps
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 15 33 Gearbox
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 19 30 Gearbox
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 3 25 Injection
R 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 14 23 Engine
R 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 5 22 Engine
R 31 Corrado Fabi Osella 24 19 Wheel
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 7 18 Wheel
R 7 John Watson McLaren 20 8 Collision
R 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 21 8 Collision
R 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 18 4 Suspension
R 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 12 3 Throttle
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 6 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
27 Patrick Tambay
3
22 Andrea de Cesaris
4
5 Nelson Piquet
5
28 René Arnoux
6
6 Riccardo Patrese
7
9 Manfred Winkelhock
8
16 Eddie Cheever
9
1 Keke Rosberg
10
29 Marc Surer
11
2 Jacques Laffite
12
23 Mauro Baldi
13
11 Elio de Angelis
14
33 Roberto Guerrero
15
8 Niki Lauda
16
36 Bruno Giacomelli
17
3 Michele Alboreto
18
30 Thierry Boutsen
19
12 Nigel Mansell
20
7 John Watson
21
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
22
35 Derek Warwick
23
4 Danny Sullivan
24
31 Corrado Fabi
25
34 Johnny Cecotto
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: 2026-10-21 14:15