Season 1983 · Round 9

British Grand Prix

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1983-07-16 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 67Lap · 316.173km
15 Alain Prost
Renault 1:24:39.780
Team win 9pt P1 · P24
5 Nelson Piquet
Brabham +19.161
27 Patrick Tambay
Ferrari +26.246
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Manfred Winkelhock L49 Raul Boesel L48 Piercarlo Ghinzani L46 Derek Warwick L27 Riccardo Patrese L9 Stefan Johansson L5 Eddie Cheever L3 Bruno Giacomelli L3 Elio de Angelis L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
67Lap 316.173km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P5 Niki Lauda 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L67 Prost · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Piquet · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Tambay · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Tambay TAM 3 Tambay TAM Mansell · P18 → P4 · +14 18 Mansell MAN 4 Mansell MAN Arnoux · P1 → P5 · -4 1 Arnoux ARN 5 Arnoux ARN Lauda · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Lauda LAU 6 Lauda LAU Baldi · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Baldi BAL 7 Baldi BAL de Cesaris · P9 → P8 · +1 9 de Cesaris DE 8 de Cesaris DE Watson · P24 → P9 · +15 24 Watson WAT 9 Watson WAT Jarier · P25 → P10 · +15 25 Jarier JAR 10 Jarier JAR Rosberg · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Rosberg ROS 11 Rosberg ROS Laffite · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Laffite LAF 12 Laffite LAF Alboreto · P16 → P13 · +3 16 Alboreto ALB 13 Alboreto ALB Sullivan · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Sullivan SUL 14 Sullivan SUL Boutsen · P17 → P15 · +2 17 Boutsen BOU 15 Boutsen BOU Guerrero · P21 → P16 · +5 21 Guerrero GUE 16 Guerrero GUE Surer · P19 → P17 · +2 19 Surer SUR 17 Surer SUR Winkelhock · P8 → retired L49 Winkelhock · retired L49 8 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Boesel · P22 → retired L48 Boesel · retired L48 22 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Ghinzani · P26 → retired L46 Ghinzani · retired L46 26 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Warwick · P10 → retired L27 Warwick · retired L27 10 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Patrese · P5 → retired L9 Patrese · retired L9 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Johansson · P15 → retired L5 Johansson · retired L5 15 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Cheever · P7 → retired L3 Cheever · retired L3 7 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Giacomelli · P12 → retired L3 Giacomelli · retired L3 12 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA de Angelis · P4 → retired L1 de Angelis · retired L1 4 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Alain Prost Renault 3 67 1:24:39.780 9
2 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 67 +19.161 6
3 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 2 67 +26.246 4
4 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 18 67 +38.952 3
5 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 1 67 +58.874 2
6 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 15 66 +1 Lap 1
7 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 11 66 +1 Lap
8 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 9 66 +1 Lap
9 7 John Watson McLaren 24 66 +1 Lap
10 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier 25 65 +2 Laps
11 1 Keke Rosberg Williams 13 65 +2 Laps
12 2 Jacques Laffite Williams 20 65 +2 Laps
13 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 65 +2 Laps
14 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell 23 65 +2 Laps
15 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 17 65 +2 Laps
16 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore 21 64 +3 Laps
17 29 Marc Surer Arrows 19 64 +3 Laps
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 8 49 Engine
R 26 Raul Boesel Ligier 22 48 Suspension
R 32 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 26 46 Fuel system
R 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 10 27 Gearbox
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 5 9 Turbo
R 40 Stefan Johansson Spirit 15 5 Fuel system
R 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 7 3 Engine
R 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman 12 3 Turbo
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 4 1 Turbo
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
28 René Arnoux
2
27 Patrick Tambay
3
15 Alain Prost
4
11 Elio de Angelis
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
5 Nelson Piquet
7
16 Eddie Cheever
8
9 Manfred Winkelhock
9
22 Andrea de Cesaris
10
35 Derek Warwick
11
23 Mauro Baldi
12
36 Bruno Giacomelli
13
1 Keke Rosberg
15
8 Niki Lauda
15
40 Stefan Johansson
16
3 Michele Alboreto
17
30 Thierry Boutsen
18
12 Nigel Mansell
19
29 Marc Surer
20
2 Jacques Laffite
21
33 Roberto Guerrero
22
26 Raul Boesel
23
4 Danny Sullivan
24
7 John Watson
25
25 Jean-Pierre Jarier
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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