1983 Australian Grand Prix
1983 Australian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 6 of 6 in 1983 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 13 November 1983 | ||
Official name | XLVIII Australian Grand Prix | ||
Location | Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 1.609 km (1.000 miles) | ||
Distance | 100 laps, 160.9 km (100 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ralt-Ford | ||
Time | 0'39.49 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
| Ralt-Ford | |
Time | 0'39.54 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ralt-Ford | ||
Second | Ralt-Ford | ||
Third | Ralt-Ford |
The 1983 Australian Grand Prix was a race for Australian Formula 1 cars held at Calder Park Raceway on 13 November 1983.
It was the forty eighth Australian Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Calder. The race was also the sixth and final round of the 1983 Australian Drivers' Championship. The title had already been secured by Alfredo Costanzo as he had been twenty points ahead of Andrew Miedecke after winning the previous event at Winton Raceway.
Brazilian driver Roberto Moreno won his second Australian Grand Prix in three years. Local Ralt RT4 driver John Smith finished second, with French Formula One driver Jacques Laffite finishing third.
As of the 2016 Australian Grand Prix, Smith's second placing was the last time an Australian driver has finished on the podium of the Australian Grand Prix. The best finish since by an Australian was Alfie Costanzo's fourth place in 1984 and Mark Webber finishing fourth in 2012. Daniel Ricciardo finished second on the road in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix but was disqualified post race for breaching the maximum fuel limit and using an unauthorised method of measuring fuel consumption.[1]
Classification
[edit]Results as follows:[2]
Qualifying
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Car | Qual | Gap |
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1 | 19 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:39.49 | — | |
2 | 1 | Tiga FA81 Ford | 0:39.65 | +0.16 | |
3 | 71 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:39.90 | +0.41 | |
4 | 27 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:39.90 | +0.41 | |
5 | 9 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:39.97 | +0.48 | |
6 | 15 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.07 | +0.58 | |
7 | 10 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.07 | +0.58 | |
8 | 5 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.13 | +0.64 | |
9 | 25 | Cheetah Mk.8 Ford | 0:40.20 | +0.71 | |
10 | 4 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.23 | +0.74 | |
11 | 2 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.53 | +1.04 | |
12 | 22 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.67 | +1.18 | |
13 | 12 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.67 | +1.18 | |
14 | 8[3] | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.71 | +1.22 | |
15 | 64 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.84 | +1.36 | |
16 | 17 | Dart 83M Ford | 0:40.86 | +1.38 | |
17 | 14 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:40.87 | +1.39 | |
18 | 7 | Toleman TG860 Toyota | 0:41.00 | +1.51 | |
19 | 74 | Cheetah Mk.8 Ford | 0:41.36 | +1.87 | |
20 | 68 | Kaditcha FA83A Ford | 0:41.53 | +2.04 | |
21 | 3 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:41.77 | +2.28 | |
22 | 78 | Cheetah Mk.8 Ford | 0:41.90 | +2.41 | |
23 | 13 | Liston BF2 Ford | 0:42.24 | +2.75 | |
24 | 16 | Ralt RT4 Ford | 0:42.76 | +3.27 |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Car | Entrant[4] | Laps | Time |
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1 | 19 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Goold Motorsport | 100 | 1h 07m 25.29s | |
2 | 71 | Ralt RT4 Ford | J Smith | 100 | 1h 07m 38.39s | |
3 | 15 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Melbourne International Raceway | 100 | 1h 07m 38.55s | |
4 | 5 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Melbourne International Raceway | 100 | 1h 07m 52.06s | |
5 | 27 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Goold Motorsport | 100 | 1h 07m 58.79s | |
6 | 3 | Ralt RT4 Ford | C O'Brien | 98 | ||
7 | 9 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Watson Motor Racing | 97 | ||
8 | 8[3] | Ralt RT4 Ford | Watson Motor Racing[3] | 97 | ||
9 | 25 | Cheetah Mk.8 Ford | P Macrow | 97 | ||
10 | 14 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Re-Car Racing | 97 | ||
11 | 10 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Graeme Lawrence Racing | 97 | ||
12 | 7 | Toleman TG860 Toyota | P Williamson | 97 | ||
13 | 4 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Chris Leach Enterprises | 95 | ||
14 | 78 | Cheetah Mk.8 Ford | Speco Thomas | 95 | ||
15 | 16 | Ralt RT4 Ford | RW Creasy | 91 | ||
16 | 68 | Kaditcha FA83A Ford | Kaditcha Racing Team | 77 | ||
Ret | 22 | Ralt RT4 Ford | S Webb | 84 | fuel pickup | |
Ret | 2 | Ralt RT4 Ford | A Miedecke | 64 | rotor | |
Ret | 13 | Liston BF2 Ford | P Liston | 51 | half shaft | |
Ret | 17 | Dart 83M Ford | Dart Racing | 33 | gear linkage | |
Ret | 64 | Ralt RT4 Ford | A Revell | 27 | gear selection | |
Ret | 1 | Tiga FA81 Ford | Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd | 25 | diff | |
Ret | 12 | Ralt RT4 Ford | DM MacArthur | 0 | half shaft | |
DNS | 74 | Cheetah Mk.8 Ford | C Hocking | engine | ||
DNS | 20 | Ralt RT4 Ford | Garvin Brown Racing | accident |
Notes
[edit]- Pole position: Roberto Moreno – 0'39.49
- Fastest lap: Alan Jones – 0'39.54
References
[edit]- ^ "Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo disqualified from the results of the Australian GP". Skysports F1. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1983". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 466–473. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
- ^ a b c The race program includes a No 8 Ralt RT4 entry for Graham Watson Racing with the driver listed as "TBA"; the official 50-race history states that Josele Garza drove a Graham Watson-entered RT4
- ^ Program, John Sands Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne International Raceway, 12th and 13th November 1983