Gridpedia1983 French Grand Prix
- Date
- 17 Apr 1983
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
- Round
- 3 of 15
- Winner
- Alain Prost (Renault)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | PROAlain Prost | Renault | 1 | 54 | 1:34:13.913 | 1:42.695 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | PIQNelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | 54 | +29.720 | 6 | |
| 3 | 16 | CHEEddie Cheever | Renault | 2 | 54 | +40.232 | 4 | |
| 4 | 27 | TAMPatrick Tambay | Ferrari | 11 | 54 | +1:06.880 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | ROSKeke Rosberg | Williams | 16 | 53 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 2 | LAFJacques Laffite | Williams | 19 | 53 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 28 | ARNRené Arnoux | Ferrari | 4 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 3 | ALBMichele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 15 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | 25 | JARJean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 20 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 10 | 29 | SURMarc Surer | Arrows | 21 | 53 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 11 | 34 | CECJohnny Cecotto | Theodore | 17 | 52 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 22 | DECAndrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 7 | 50 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 36 | GIABruno Giacomelli | Toleman | 13 | 49 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 26 | BOERaul Boesel | Ligier | 25 | 47 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 31 | FABCorrado Fabi | Osella | 23 | 36 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 9 | WINManfred Winkelhock | ATS | 10 | 36 | Turbo | 0 | |
| R | 8 | LAUNiki Lauda | McLaren | 12 | 29 | Wheel bearing | 0 | |
| R | 23 | BALMauro Baldi | Alfa Romeo | 8 | 28 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 30 | SERChico Serra | Arrows | 26 | 26 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 33 | GUERoberto Guerrero | Theodore | 22 | 23 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 4 | SULDanny Sullivan | Tyrrell | 24 | 21 | Clutch | 0 | |
| R | 11 | DEAElio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 5 | 20 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 6 | PATRiccardo Patrese | Brabham | 3 | 19 | Water leak | 0 | |
| R | 35 | WARDerek Warwick | Toleman | 9 | 14 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 12 | MANNigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 18 | 6 | Physical | 0 | |
| R | 7 | WATJohn Watson | McLaren | 14 | 3 | Engine | 0 | |
| F | 17 | SALEliseo Salazar | RAM | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 32 | GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 18 | SCHJean-Louis Schlesser | RAM | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | John Watson | McLaren | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Williams | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | René Arnoux | Ferrari | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | Renault | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 0 | 2 |