1983 German Grand Prix

The 1983 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 7 August 1983. It was the tenth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship.

The 45-lap race was won by French driver René Arnoux, driving a Ferrari, after he started from second position. Teammate and compatriot Patrick Tambay took pole position, but retired on lap 12 with an engine failure. Italian Andrea de Cesaris finished second in an Alfa Romeo, with another Italian, Riccardo Patrese, third in a Brabham-BMW.

Drivers' Championship leader, Frenchman Alain Prost, could only manage fourth in his Renault, but nonetheless extended his lead in the championship to nine points over Brazilian Nelson Piquet, who failed to score in the other Brabham-BMW. With his second win in three races, Arnoux moved up to fourth in the championship, five points behind Piquet and three behind Tambay in third.

Niki Lauda was disqualified from fifth for reversing his McLaren-Ford in the pits.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	27	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:49.328	2:10.057	—
2	28	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:49.435	2:09.594	+0.107
3	22	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:50.845	2:16.694	+1.522
4	5	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:51.082	2:16.969	+1.754
5	15	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	Renault	1:51.228	2:13.620	+1.900
6	16	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:51.540	2:09.752	+2.212
7	23	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:51.867	2:15.218	+2.539
8	6	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:52.105	no time	+2.777
9	35	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:54.199	2:13.461	+4.871
10	36	Template:Flagicon Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1:54.648	13:17.646	+5.320
11	11	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:54.831	2:14.182	+5.503
12	1	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:55.289	2:13.337	+5.961
13	40	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Spirit-Honda	1:55.870	10:37.156	+6.542
14	30	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-Ford	1:56.015	no time	+6.687
15	2	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1:56.318	2:15.838	+6.990
16	3	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:56.398	2:15.547	+7.070
17	12	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:56.490	16:03.168	+7.162
18	8	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1:56.730	no time	+7.402
19	25	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1:57.018	2:15.326	+7.690
20	29	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:57.072	40:52.470	+7.744
21	4	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1:57.426	2:18.376	+8.098
22	34	Template:Flagicon Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	1:57.744	2:15.753	+8.416
23	7	Template:Flagicon John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:57.776	no time	+8.448
24	33	Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	1:57.790	2:17.479	+8.462
25	26	Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1:58.413	no time	+9.085
26	32	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:58.473	2:19.172	+9.145
DNQ	17	Template:Flagicon Kenny Acheson	RAM-Ford	1:59.003	2:20.758	+9.675
DNQ	31	Template:Flagicon Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2:01.113	2:22.859	+11.785
DNQ	9	Template:Flagicon Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	no time	no time	n/a
Source: <ref name="qual1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="qual2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="qual0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ferrari	Template:Goodyear	45	1:27:10.319	2	9
2	22	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	Template:Michelin	45	+ 1:10.652	3	6
3	6	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	Template:Michelin	45	+ 1:44.093	8	4
4	15	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	Renault	Template:Michelin	45	+ 2:00.750	5	3
5	7	Template:Flagicon John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Template:Michelin	44	+ 1 lap	23	2
6	2	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	Template:Goodyear	44	+ 1 lap	15	1
7	29	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	Template:Goodyear	44	+ 1 lap	20
8	25	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	Template:Michelin	44	+ 1 lap	19
9	30	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-Ford	Template:Goodyear	44	+ 1 lap	14
10	1	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	Template:Goodyear	44	+ 1 lap	12
11	34	Template:Flagicon Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	Template:Goodyear	44	+ 1 lap	22
12	4	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	Template:Goodyear	43	+ 2 laps	21
13	5	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Template:Michelin	42	Fire	4
DSQ	8	Template:Flagicon Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	Template:Michelin	44	Reversed in pits	18
Ret	16	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Renault	Template:Michelin	38	Fuel system	6
Ret	32	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	Template:Michelin	34	Oil leak	26
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	Template:Michelin	27	Engine	25
Ret	23	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	Template:Michelin	24	Turbo	7
Ret	36	Template:Flagicon Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	Template:Pirelli	19	Turbo	10
Ret	35	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	Template:Pirelli	17	Engine	9
Ret	40	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Spirit-Honda	Template:Goodyear	11	Engine	13
Ret	27	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	Template:Goodyear	11	Engine	1
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	Template:Pirelli	10	Engine	11
Ret	3	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	Template:Goodyear	4	Fuel pump	16
Ret	12	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	Template:Pirelli	1	Engine	17
Ret	33	Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	Template:Goodyear	0	Engine	24
DNQ	17	Template:Flagicon Kenny Acheson	RAM-Ford	Template:Pirelli
DNQ	31	Template:Flagicon Corrado Fabi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	Template:Michelin
DNQ	9	Template:Flagicon Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	Template:Goodyear
Source: <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	42
2	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	33
3	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	31
4	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	28
5	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	25
Source: <ref name="Championship standings">Template:Cite web</ref>

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	59
2	Template:Flagicon Renault	56
3	Template:Flagicon Brabham-BMW	37
4	Template:Flagicon Williams-Ford	36
5	Template:Flagicon McLaren-Ford	29
Source: <ref name="Championship standings"/>

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