1983 Elite Racing League season

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1983 Elite Racing League season
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Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
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The 1983 Elite Racing League season was the 24th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.)

Following events in parent series Formula 1, a major change in technical regulations mandated a flat undertray for the cars with a complete ban on the ground effect technology pioneered by the Lotus 78 in 1977. This was done to reduce downforce and cornering speeds, which were deemed to have reached dangerous levels in 1982, a season in which several violent and fatal accidents occurred.

Season Review

• The Belgian Grand Prix returned to Spa-Francorchamps after several years

• The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was discontinued due to poor attendance and ratings.

• The European Grand Prix moved to Brands Hatch whilst the British Grand Prix moved back to Silverstone.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
2	Template:USA California Grand Prix	Long Beach Street Circuit
3	Template:FRA French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard
4	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco
6	Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
7	Template:USA United States Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Vileneuve
9	Template:GBR British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit
10	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring
11	Template:AUT Austrian Grand Prix	Osterreichring
12	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort
13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
14	European Grand Prix	Brands Hatch
15	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit

Teams and Drivers

• FILA entered the sport as main sponsor for the Brabham team however they decided to run their ERL team as a separate entity (something Ferrari and McLaren had been doing for a while due to the sheer amounts of money they have) as such the Brabham name finally became part of the official team name as "Fila Sport Brabham Team."

• Lotus began "Phase 2" of their re-development scheme by introducing Renault engines, effectively becoming an exclusive Renault customer team.

• Honda were rumored to be returning after several years away from both the ERL and F1 however whilst they made a slight return to Formula 1 towards the tail end of 1983, they didn't return to the ERL, despite this the ERL did get a new manufacturer team for the first time since 1980 with the addition of Alfa Romeo who had been in the series before but as an engine supplier.

• Ligier and Matra parted ways due to Matra leaving the series after just 2 seasons meaning Ligier were reunited with Ford even though they lost their Talbot sponsorship.

• Benetton entered the sport as title sponsor for Tyrrell, they would later have their own team on the grid.

Team	Constructor	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Marlboro Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	Template:Michelin	1	Andrea de Cesaris	All
				2	Mauro Baldi	All
Template:GBR Arrows Racing Team	Arrows-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Template:Goodyear	3	Template:SUI Marc Surer	All
				4	Template:BEL Thierry Boutsen	All
Template:GBR Fila Sport Brabham Team	Brabham-BMW	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t	Template:Michelin	5	Nelson Piquet	All
				6	Riccardo Patrese	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t	Template:Goodyear	7	Template:USA Mario Andretti	All
				8	Template:FRA Jacques Laffite	All
Template:FRA Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	Template:Michelin	9	Template:FRA Rene Arnoux	All
				10	Raul Boesel	All
Template:GBR John Player Team Lotus	Lotus-Renault	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6 t	Template:Pirelli	11	Stefan Johansson	All
				12	Elio de Angelis	All
Template:GBR Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Template:Michelin	13	Template:GBR Nigel Mansell	All
				14	Template:AUS Alan Jones	All
Template:FRA Elf Equipe Renault	Renault	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6 t	Template:Michelin	15	Template:FRA Alain Prost	All
				16	Template:USA Eddie Cheever	All
Template:GBR Benetton Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Template:Goodyear	17	Michele Alboreto	All
				18	Template:USA Danny Sullivan	All
Template:GBR TAG Williams Team	Williams-Ford	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Template:Goodyear	19	Keke Rosberg	All
				20	Template:GBR Jonathan Palmer	All