Season 1983 · Round 8

Canadian Grand Prix

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1983-06-12 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 70Lap · 308.700km
28 René Arnoux
Ferrari 1:48:31.838
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
16 Eddie Cheever
Renault +42.029
27 Patrick Tambay
Ferrari +52.610
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Riccardo Patrese L56 Derek Warwick L47 Bruno Giacomelli L43 Nigel Mansell L43 Andrea de Cesaris L42 Jacques Laffite L37 Raul Boesel L32 Roberto Guerrero L27 Corrado Fabi L26 Johnny Cecotto L17 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
70Lap 308.700km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P5 Alan Jones 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P10 Jacques Laffite 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P9 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Arnoux · P1 → P1 1 Arnoux ARN 1 Arnoux ARN Cheever · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Cheever CHE 2 Cheever CHE Tambay · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Tambay TAM 3 Tambay TAM Rosberg · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Rosberg ROS 4 Rosberg ROS Prost · P2 → P5 · -3 2 Prost PRO 5 Prost PRO Watson · P20 → P6 · +14 20 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Boutsen · P15 → P7 · +8 15 Boutsen BOU 7 Boutsen BOU Alboreto · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Alboreto ALB 8 Alboreto ALB Winkelhock · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Winkelhock WIN 9 Winkelhock WIN Baldi · P26 → P10 · +16 26 Baldi BAL 10 Baldi BAL Sullivan · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Sullivan SUL 11 Sullivan SUL Patrese · P5 → retired L56 Patrese · retired L56 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Warwick · P12 → retired L47 Warwick · retired L47 12 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Giacomelli · P10 → retired L43 Giacomelli · retired L43 10 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Mansell · P18 → retired L43 Mansell · retired L43 18 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN de Cesaris · P8 → retired L42 de Cesaris · retired L42 8 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Laffite · P13 → retired L37 Laffite · retired L37 13 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Boesel · P24 → retired L32 Boesel · retired L32 24 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Guerrero · P21 → retired L27 Guerrero · retired L27 21 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Fabi · P25 → retired L26 Fabi · retired L26 25 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Cecotto · P23 → retired L17 Cecotto · retired L17 23 Cecotto CEC R Cecotto CEC Piquet · P3 → retired L15 Piquet · retired L15 3 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Lauda · P19 → retired L11 Lauda · retired L11 19 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU de Angelis · P11 → retired L1 de Angelis · retired L1 11 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Surer · P14 → retired L14 Surer · retired L14 14 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Jarier · P16 → retired L0 Jarier · retired L0 16 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 1 70 1:48:31.838 9
2 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 6 70 +42.029 6
3 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 4 70 +52.610 4
4 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 9 70 +1:17.048 3
5 15 Alain Prost Renault 2 69 +1 Lap 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 20 69 +1 Lap 1
7 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 15 69 +1 Lap
8 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 17 68 +2 Laps
9 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 7 67 +3 Laps
10 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 26 67 +3 Laps
D 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 22 68 Disqualified
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 5 56 Gearbox
R 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 12 47 Turbo
R 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 10 43 Engine
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 18 43 Handling
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 8 42 Engine
R 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 13 37 Gearbox
R 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 24 32 Halfshaft
R 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 21 27 Engine
R 31 Corrado Fabi Osella 25 26 Engine
R 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore 23 17 Differential
R 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 3 15 Throttle
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 19 11 Spun off
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 1 Throttle
R 29 Marc Surer Arrows 14 14 Transmission
R 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 16 0 Gearbox
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
28 René Arnoux
2
15 Alain Prost
3
5 Nelson Piquet
4
27 Patrick Tambay
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
16 Eddie Cheever
7
9 Manfred Winkelhock
8
22 Andrea de Cesaris
9
1 Keke Rosberg
10
36 Bruno Giacomelli
11
11 Elio de Angelis
12
35 Derek Warwick
13
2 Jacques Laffite
14
29 Marc Surer
15
30 Thierry Boutsen
16
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
17
3 Michele Alboreto
18
12 Nigel Mansell
19
8 Niki Lauda
20
7 John Watson
21
33 Roberto Guerrero
22
4 Danny Sullivan
23
34 Johnny Cecotto
24
26 Raul Boesel
25
31 Corrado Fabi
26
23 Mauro Baldi
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