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 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:49.328 2:10.057 — 2 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 1:49.435 2:09.594 +0.107 3 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:50.845 2:16.694 +1.522 4 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:51.082 2:16.969 +1.754 5 15 Alain Prost Renault 1:51.228 2:13.620 +1.900 6 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 1:51.540 2:09.752 +2.212 7 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 1:51.867 2:15.218 +2.539 8 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:52.105 no time +2.777 9 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:54.199 2:13.461 +4.871 10 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 1:54.648 13:17.646 +5.320 11 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 1:54.831 2:14.182 +5.503 12 1 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:55.289 2:13.337 +5.961 13 40 Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda 1:55.870 10:37.156 +6.542 14 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 1:56.015 no time +6.687 15 2 Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 1:56.318 2:15.838 +6.990 16 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:56.398 2:15.547 +7.070 17 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1:56.490 16:03.168 +7.162 18 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:56.730 no time +7.402 19 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 1:57.018 2:15.326 +7.690 20 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:57.072 40:52.470 +7.744 21 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 1:57.426 2:18.376 +8.098 22 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford 1:57.744 2:15.753 +8.416 23 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:57.776 no time +8.448 24 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 1:57.790 2:17.479 +8.462 25 26 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 1:58.413 no time +9.085 26 32 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:58.473 2:19.172 +9.145 17 Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford 1:59.003 2:20.758 +9.675 31 Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo 2:01.113 2:22.859 +11.785 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW no time no time n/a Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 28 René Arnoux Ferrari 45 1:27:10.319 2 9 2 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 45 + 1:10.652 3 6 3 6 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 45 + 1:44.093 8 4 4 15 Alain Prost Renault 45 + 2:00.750 5 3 5 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 44 + 1 lap 23 2 6 2 Jacques Laffite Williams-Ford 44 + 1 lap 15 1 7 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 44 + 1 lap 20 8 25 Jean-Pierre Jarier Ligier-Ford 44 + 1 lap 19 9 30 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-Ford 44 + 1 lap 14 10 1 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 44 + 1 lap 12 11 34 Johnny Cecotto Theodore-Ford 44 + 1 lap 22 12 4 Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Ford 43 + 2 laps 21 13 5 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 42 Fire 4 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 44 Reversed in pits 18 16 Eddie Cheever Renault 38 Fuel system 6 32 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 34 Oil leak 26 26 Raul Boesel Ligier-Ford 27 Engine 25 23 Mauro Baldi Alfa Romeo 24 Turbo 7 36 Bruno Giacomelli Toleman-Hart 19 Turbo 10 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 17 Engine 9 40 Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda 11 Engine 13 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 11 Engine 1 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Renault 10 Engine 11 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 4 Fuel pump 16 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault 1 Engine 17 33 Roberto Guerrero Theodore-Ford 0 Engine 24 17 Kenny Acheson RAM-Ford 31 Corrado Fabi Osella-Alfa Romeo 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-BMW Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 42 2 Nelson Piquet 33 3 Patrick Tambay 31 4 René Arnoux 28 5 Keke Rosberg 25Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 59 2 Renault 56 3 Brabham-BMW 37 4 Williams-Ford 36 5 McLaren-Ford 29Source:
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