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1983 San Marino Grand Prix

Not to be confused with 1983 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix.

1983 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	1 May 1983
Location	Autodromo Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.040 km (3.132 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 miles)
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time	1:31.238
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:34.427 on lap 47
Podium
First	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Second	Alain Prost	Renault
Third	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 1 May 1983. It was the fourth race of the 1983 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Driving the #27 car, Tambay dedicated his win to the man he had replaced in the Ferrari team, the late Gilles Villeneuve. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Maranello-based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing third. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with three laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun at the Acque Minerali chicane.

Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with six laps remaining, but only held the lead for half a lap before crashing at Acque Minerali. He later described the accident as "purely my mistake". Showing their love for Ferrari more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered as Patrese handed the lead back to Tambay to take his second and last F1 victory.^[1]

This would be the last time that Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari saw his Formula One team score a victory in person. Enzo never attended races outside Italy at the time, and Ferrari would not win on Italian soil again until after Enzo died in 1988. Ferrari would not win at Imola again until Michael Schumacherin1999. As of 2024, this remains the last race where all three drivers on the podium were of the same nationality.^{[2][better source needed]}

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:33.419	1:31.238	—
2	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:33.542	1:31.964	+0.726
3	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:34.221	1:31.967	+0.729
4	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:33.653	1:32.138	+0.900
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:36.243	1:32.969	+1.731
6	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	1:33.888	1:33.450	+2.212
7	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	1:35.010	1:33.470	+2.232
8	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:34.345	1:33.528	+2.290
9	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	1:35.091	1:34.332	+3.094
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.000	1:36.620	+3.762
11	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:36.145	1:35.086	+3.848
12	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:35.723	1:35.411	+4.173
13	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:35.988	1:35.525	+4.287
14	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:35.676	1:36.881	+4.438
15	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1:36.391	1:35.703	+4.465
16	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	1:36.630	1:35.707	+4.469
17	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	1:35.969	no time	+4.731
18	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1:38.089	1:36.099	+4.861
19	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	1:37.544	1:36.116	+4.878
20	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	1:37.337	1:36.258	+5.020
21	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	1:36.792	1:36.324	+5.086
22	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	1:37.320	1:36.359	+5.121
23	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	1:37.554	1:36.638	+5.400
24	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:37.847	1:36.652	+5.414
25	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	1:39.435	1:37.332	+6.094
26	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	1:37.952	1:37.711	+6.473
27	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	1:38.691	1:38.091	+6.853
28	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:39.248	1:38.873	+7.635
Source: [3][4][5][6]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	G	60	1:37:52.460	3	9
2	15	Alain Prost	Renault	M	60	+ 48.781	4	6
3	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	G	59	+ 1 Lap	1	4
4	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	G	59	+ 1 Lap	11	3
5	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	M	59	+ 1 Lap	24	2
6	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	G	59	+ 1 Lap	12	1
7	2	Jacques Laffite	Williams-Ford	G	59	+ 1 Lap	16
8	30	Chico Serra	Arrows-Ford	G	58	+ 2 Laps	20
9	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Ford	M	58	+ 2 Laps	25
10	23	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	M	57	Engine	10
11	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-BMW	G	57	+ 3 Laps	7
12	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	P	56	Spun Off	15
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	M	54	Spun Off	5
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	M	45	Ignition	8
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	P	43	Handling	9
Ret	5	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	M	41	Engine	2
Ret	25	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier-Ford	M	39	Radiator	19
Ret	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Ford	G	37	Collision	22
Ret	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	P	27	Spun Off	14
Ret	31	Corrado Fabi	Osella-Ford	M	20	Spun Off	26
Ret	36	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman-Hart	P	20	Suspension	17
Ret	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	M	11	Spun Off	18
Ret	34	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore-Ford	G	11	Spun Off	23
Ret	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	G	10	Collision	13
Ret	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Ford	G	3	Spun Off	21
Ret	16	Eddie Cheever	Renault	M	1	Turbo	6
DNQ	17	Eliseo Salazar	RAM-Ford	P
DNQ	32	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	M
Source: [7][8]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 15 2 Nelson Piquet 15 3 Patrick Tambay 14 4 John Watson 11 5 Niki Lauda 10 Source: [9]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 22 2 McLaren-Ford 21 3 Renault 19 4 Brabham-BMW 15 5 Williams-Ford 12 Source: [9]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.