1983 season/Round 8
Canadian Grand Prix 1983
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Montreal
- 12 June 1983
- 70 laps
- 308.7 km
- 4.410 km a lap
- P1René ArnouxFerrari1:48:31.838
- P2Eddie CheeverRenault+42.029
- P3Patrick TambayFerrari+52.610
- Pole positionRené ArnouxFerrari · 1:28.729
- Fastest lapPatrick Tambay1:30.851 · lap 42
- Winner started fromP1on 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 | Patrick Tambay | 42 | 1:30.851 | |
| 2 | René Arnoux | 54 | 1:31.041 | +0.190 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | 36 | 1:31.400 | +0.549 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | 59 | 1:31.497 | +0.646 |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever | 46 | 1:31.504 | +0.653 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | 6 | 1:31.733 | +0.882 |
| 7 | Keke Rosberg | 52 | 1:31.785 | +0.934 |
| 8 | Danny Sullivan | 53 | 1:32.589 | +1.738 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | 29 | 1:32.607 | +1.756 |
| 10 | Thierry Boutsen | 59 | 1:32.898 | +2.047 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 8. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 30 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 27 | |
| 3 | Patrick Tambay | 27 | |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg | 25 | |
| 5 | René Arnoux | 17 | ▲4 |
| 6 | John Watson | 16 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever | 14 | ▲2 |
| 8 | Niki Lauda | 10 | ▼2 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | 10 | ▼2 |
| 10 | Michele Alboreto | 9 | ▼2 |