1983 season/Round 1
Brazilian Grand Prix 1983
- Nelson Piquet
- Rio de Janeiro
- 13 March 1983
- 63 laps
- 317 km
- 5.031 km a lap
- P1Nelson PiquetBrabham1:48:27.731
- P3Niki LaudaMcLaren+51.883
- Pole positionKeke RosbergWilliams · 1:34.526
- Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:39.829 · lap 4
- Winner started fromP4on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 4 | 1:39.829 | |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese | 4 | 1:40.512 | +0.683 |
| 3 | Keke Rosberg | 3 | 1:40.523 | +0.694 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | 16 | 1:41.163 | +1.334 |
| 5 | John Watson | 20 | 1:41.547 | +1.718 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | 22 | 1:41.951 | +2.122 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | 49 | 1:42.343 | +2.514 |
| 8 | Alain Prost | 4 | 1:42.636 | +2.807 |
| 9 | Marc Surer | 22 | 1:42.657 | +2.828 |
| 10 | Roberto Guerrero | 49 | 1:42.849 | +3.020 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | 4 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | 3 | |
| 4 | Patrick Tambay | 2 | |
| 5 | Marc Surer | 1 |