1983 Alternate Formula One season

1983 Formula One season
Gilles Villeneuve is current championship points leader.
Turbo Era
Season
Races	16
Start date	6th March 1983
Start Event	South African Grand Prix
End date	9th October 1983
End Event	New York Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	TBD
Constructor's Champion	TBD
Entrant's Champion	TBD
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1982	1984

The 1983 Formula One season was the 34th season of Formula One. Harvey Jones and Tyrrell entered the season as reigning World Champions, with pundits predicting the main challengers for the drivers title to be Mario Andretti and McLaren predicted to be the strongest rival for the constructor's championship.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Benetton BMW Team Tyrrell [?]	Tyrrell-BMW	Tyrrell 014B	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t [?]	[?]	1	Harvey Jones	1-
					2	Keke Rosberg	1-3, 5-16
						John Watson	4
Marlboro McLaren International Team [?]	McLaren-MG	McLaren MP4/2	MG-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t [?]	[?]	3	Mario Andretti	1-5, 7-16
						Derek Warwick	6
					4	Andrea de Cesaris	1-
Canon Williams Honda Team [?]	Williams-Honda	Williams FW09B	Honda RA163E 1.5 V6t [?]	[?]	5	Gilles Villeneuve	1-
					6	Alain Prost	1-5, 10-
						Harry O'Lynch	6-9
Brabham TAG Racing Organisation [?]	Brabham-TAG	Brabham BT50C Brabham BT51 [?]	TAG-Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6t [?]	[?]	7	Nelson Piquet	1-
					8	Javier Scarpetta	1-3
						Elio de Angelis	4-
March Engineering [?]	March-Ford	March 821B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 [?]	[?]	9	Clay Regazzoni	1-4
					10	Kenny Acheson	1-2
						Jonathan Palmer	3-4
	March-TAG		TAG-Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6t [?]		9	Clay Regazzoni	5
						Eddie Cheever	6, 8, 13, 15
						Stefan Bellof	7, 9-12, 14, 16
					10	Jonathan Palmer	5-8
						Brian Henton	9-16
John Player Team Lotus [?]	Lotus-BMW	Lotus 82TB	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t [?]	[?]	11	Nigel Mansell	1, 4-16
						Manfred Winkelhock	2-3
					12		1, 4-16
						Stefan Bellof	2-3
Équipe Renault Elf [?]	Renault	Renault RE40B	Renault EF1 1.5 V6t [?]	[?]	15	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	1-
					16	Rikky Leiviskä	1-
ATS Kauhsen Racing Team [?]	ATS-GMC	ATS D4B ATS D5 [?]	Georgiev Motor Company UMZ-412 VG-1 1.5 L4t [?]	[?]	17	Frank Jelinski	1-
					18	Didier Theys	1-2
						Teddy Pilette	3-4
						Tomas Kaiser	5-6
						Max Speed	7-8
						"Pierre Chauvet"	9-10
						Peter Krieg	11-12
						Erik Courbois	13-16
Barclay Nordica Arrows [?]	Arrows-Ford	Arrows A4C	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8 [?]	[?]	19	Thierry Boutsen	1-
					20	Riccardo Patrese	1-
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo [?]	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 182B	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t [?]	[?]	22	Michele Alboreto	1, 3-16
						Elio de Angelis	2
					23	Brendon Cassidy	1-
Ligier Gitanes [?]	Ligier-BMW	Ligier JS15M	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t [?]	[?]	25	Tommy Byrne	1-4
						Jacques Godard	5
						Jean-Pierre Jarier	6-
					26	Patrick Tambay	1-
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC [?]	Ferrari	Ferrari 126C2B Ferrari 126C3 [?]	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6t [?]	[?]	27	Guillaume Gauthier	1-
					28	Riccardo Paletti	1-
Penthouse Rover Grand Prix [?]	Spartec-Rover	Spartec 14B	Rover-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t [?]	[?]	29	Derek Warwick	1-5, 7-16
						Mike Thackwell	6
					30	Robert Kagan	1-
Osella Squadra Corse [?]	Osella-Ford	Osella FA1D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 [?]	[?]	31	Valentino Nicchi	1-
					32	Fulvio Ballabio	1-3, 11-13
						Paolo Barilla	4
						Stephen South	5, 15-16
						Ayrton Senna	6
						Kenny Acheson	7-10, 14
Spirit Enterprises [?]	Spirit-Ford	Spirit 101	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 [?]	[?]	33	Silvio Bachot	1-2
					34	Huub Rothengatter	1-2
	Spirit-Austin		Austin-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t [?]		33	Mike Thackwell	3-5, 7-16
						Stephen South	6
					34	Didier Theys	3
						Silvio Bachot	4-5, 9-
						Bobby Horford	6-8

Team changes

Pre-season

• Toleman entered administration following a disastrous 1982 season.
• Spirit Racing would move up to Formula One after a successful campaign in the 1982 European Formula Two Championship. With their cars powered by naturally aspirated Ford engines.
• Renault announced that they would not supply customer engines for 1983. At the time, they supplied engines to Arrows, Ligier, and McLaren.
  • Arrows would gain a supply of naturally aspirated Ford engines for 1983
  • Ligier were able to purchase customer engines from BMW.
  • McLaren signed a deal to be supplied Hart engines (rebadged as "MG") after a deal with Alfa Romeo fell apart.
• ATS partnered with the Georgiev Motor Company for 1983. The team ran GMC's UMZ-412 VG-1 1.5 L4t engine.

Mid-season changes

• Spirit Racing switched to the turbocharged Hart engines (rebadged as "Austin") from Round 3 onwards.
• March would gain a supply of the turbocharged TAG-Porsche engines from Round 5 onwards.

Driver changes

Pre-season

• McLaren lost both Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler and Clay Regazzoni after the 1982 season. Voeckler due to Renault not supply McLaren for 1983, and Regazzoni was loaned off to March after a poor 1982 championship defence. McLaren would sign Mario Andretti and Andrea de Cesaris for 1983.
• Brabham signed Javier Scarpetta, who last competed in 1981 for Osella. Having failed to maintain Riccardo Patrese.
• Alongside the aforementioned Regazzoni, March signed Kenny Acheson to compete in the first two rounds of 1983.
• Renault parted ways with Jean-Pierre Jarier to sign their factory driver Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler.
• ATS signed Frank Jelinski for a full season alongside a multitude of drivers in the second car (See Mid-season changes.) Starting with Didier Theys for the first two rounds.
• Riccardo Patrese would sign with Arrows for 1983.
• Having lost de Cesaris to McLaren, Alfa Romeo would sign Brendon Cassidy for 1983.
• Ligier retained Tommy Byrne for 1983 after his successful stint at the end of 1982.
• Ferrari fired Elio de Angelis after a difficult 1982 season, replacing him with Riccardo Paletti.
• Osella signed Valentino Nicchi for a full season alongside several drivers in the second car (See Mid-season changes.) Starting with Fulvio Ballabio for the first three rounds.
• Spirit signed Silvio Bachot and Huub Rothergatter for their first year in Formula One.

Mid-season changes

• Nigel Mansell was suspended for 2 races for a causing a dangerous collision with Michele Alboreto at the South African Grand Prix. Team Lotus brought in test driver Stefan Bellof to replace him.
  • Further, Alboreto was injured from the collision and was unable to participate for the following race in Brazil and was substituted by Elio de Angelis.
• March hired Jonathan Palmer on an eight-race contract following the conclusion of Acheson's contract.
• Following their acquisition of Hart engines, Spirit changed their driver line up ahead of the San Marino Grand Prix. As part of their deal with Rover, they were loaned Mike Thackwell for the rest of the season. Didier Theys was also hired on a seven race contract. Bachot was kept on, being initially scheduled to drive for rest of the season following the conclusion of Theys' contract.
• Teddy Pilette was hired by ATS for two races after the sudden departure of Theys.
• Keke Rosberg was suspended from the Belgian Grand Prix after causing a collision with Didier Theys. He was replaced by test driver John Watson.
  • Further, Theys was injured and elected to retire from Formula One following his accident. Spirit brought back in Bachot for the following two races.
• Paolo Barilla made his first of three planned starts for Osella at the Belgian Grand Prix.
• Brabham moved Javier Scarpetta into the role of the third driver ahead of Belgium. Brabham hired Elio de Angelis to fill in for the rest of the season.
• Following a disastrous outing at Belgium, Osella fired Paolo Barilla and hired Stephen South for the Swiss Grand Prix.
• Tomas Kaiser started his two race contract at ATS beginning at the Swiss Grand Prix.
• Citing issues with feedback, Ligier benched Tommy Byrne for the Swiss Grand Prix and hired Jacques Godard. This would lead to Byrne quitting Ligier all together.
• Clay Regazzoni was paralyzed following an accident with Silvio Bachot at the Swiss Grand Prix, ending his Formula One career. March would hire Stefan Bellof to drive in the rounds that did not conflict with his campaign in the 1983 World Sportscar Championship.
  • As a result, March would also hire Eddie Cheever to fill in for the rounds that Bellof was absent. Those being Monaco, Detroit, Italy, and Canada
• Alain Prost was injured following a collision with Godard at the Swiss Grand Prix, putting him out for the next 4 rounds. He was substituted by Harry O'Lynch.
  • Further, Godard suffered career ending injuries from the collision. Ligier hired Jean-Pierre Jarier to drive for the rest of the season.
• Found guilty of causing the career ending accident of Clay Regazzoni, Bachot was suspended for the following three rounds. Spirit hired 1976 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Horford to substitute him.
• Mario Andretti would miss the Monaco Grand Prix to participate in the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Spartec loaned Derek Warwick to substitute for him.
  • Spartec took Mike Thackwell back from Spirit to fill in for Warwick.
  • In turn, Spirit would hire Stephen South who ironically enough had cut ties with Rover just a couple races before.
• Osella hired Ayrton Senna to compete at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Calendar

Championship Grands Prix

#	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Type
1	National Panasonic South African Grand Prix	Kyalami Circuit, Midrand, South Africa	6 March	Permanent
2	Grande Prêmio Comind do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil	3 April	Permanent
3	Gran Premio Agip di San Marino	Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy	17 April	Permanent
4	Marlboro Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	1 May	Permanent
5	Grand Prix de Suisse	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France	15 May	Permanent
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco, Monaco	29 May	Temporary
7	Gran Premio Tecate de México	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Iztacalco, Ciudad de México, México	12 June	Permanent
8	Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit, Detroit, Michigan, USA	19 June	Temporary
9	FFSA Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	3 July	Permanent
10	John Player British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England	10 July	Permanent
11	AvD Großer Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany	24 July	Permanent
12	Holiday Großer Preis von Österreich	Österreichring, Spielberg, Austria	7 August	Permanent
13	Gran Premio Arexons d’Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	4 September	Permanent
14	Shell Oils European Grand Prix	Brands Hatch Circuit, Kent, England	18 September	Permanent
15	Grand Prix Labatt's du Canada	Circuit Île Notre-Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada	2 October	Temporary
16	Stroh's New York Grand Prix	Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States	9 October	Temporary

Calendar Alterations

• The Spanish Grand Prix scheduled to take place on the 15th May at a temporary street circuit in Fuengirola Park was listed on the provisional calendar issued by FISA but was cancelled in January. The Swiss Grand Prix held at Dijon-Prenois would take it's place.
• The Caesars Palace Grand Prix was temporarily removed from the calendar as the new track layout would not be ready until the 1984 season. It was subsequently replaced with the New York Grand Prix.

Non-Championship Grands Prix

#	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Type
1	1983 Race of Champions	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire, England	28 August	Permanent

Calendar Alterations

• The Race of Champions was held at Thruxton Circuit for the second time in as part of the Hampshire circuit's bid to co-host the British Grand Prix from 1984 onwards.

Season Overview

Championship Grands Prix

	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Entrant	[?]	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	Tommy Byrne	Mario Andretti	Andrea de Cesaris	McLaren-MG	Marlboro McLaren International Team	M	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	Alain Prost	Gilles Villeneuve	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	G	Report
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	Gilles Villeneuve	Gilles Villeneuve	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	G	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Harvey Jones	Harvey Jones	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Benetton BMW Team Tyrrell	G	Report
5	Swiss Grand Prix	Guillaume Gauthier	Guillaume Gauthier	Alain Prost	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	G	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix							Report
7	Mexican Grand Prix							Report
8	Detroit Grand Prix							Report
9	French Grand Prix							Report
10	British Grand Prix							Report
11	German Grand Prix							Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix							Report
13	Italian Grand Prix							Report
14	European Grand Prix							Report
15	Canadian Grand Prix							Report
16	New York Grand Prix							Report

Non-championship Grands Prix

	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Entrant	[?]	Report
1	Race of Champions							Report

Standings

Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Only a driver's best 11 finishes counted towards the championship

FIA Formula One World Drivers Championship

Pos Driver RZ BR SM BE CH MC MX DT FR GB DE AT EU IT CA NY Total 1 Gilles Villeneuve Ret 1 1 7† 18 2 Andrea de Cesaris 1 2 Ret 5 17 3 Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler 2 Ret 2 4 15 4 Harvey Jones Ret Ret 3 1 13 5 Mario Andretti 5† Ret Ret 2 8 6 Guillaume Gauthier 8 4 4 Ret 6 7 Alain Prost Ret Ret Ret 3 4 8 Nelson Piquet Ret 3 Ret Ret 4 9 Derek Warwick 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 10 Javier Scarpetta 4 Ret 7 3 11 Keke Rosberg Ret 5 Ret EX 2 12 Michele Alboreto Ret INJ 5 Ret 2 13 Riccardo Paletti Ret 7 6 14† 1 14 Manfred Winkelhock 6 Ret 8 11 1 15 Rikky Leiviska Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 16 John Watson 6 1 17 Clay Regazzoni 7 9 9 13 0 18 Robert Kagan Ret 8 Ret 10 0 19 Patrick Tambay Ret Ret Ret 8 0 20 Nigel Mansell DSQ EX EX 9 0 21 Riccardo Patrese 9 Ret DNQ DNQ 0 22 Thierry Boutsen 10 10 DNQ Ret 0 23 Jonathan Palmer 10 12 0 24 Kenny Acheson 11† 11 0 25 Fulvio Ballabio 13 NC 11 0 26 Valentino Nicchi 12 Ret 12 DNPQ 0 27 Frank Jelinski DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 28 Brendon Cassidy Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 29 Tommy Byrne Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 30 Stefan Bellof Ret Ret 0 31 Elio de Angelis Ret Ret 0 32 Mike Thackwell Ret Ret 0 33 Didier Theys DNPQ DNPQ Ret 0 34 Silvio Bachot DNQ DNQ Ret 0 35 Huub Rothengatter DNQ DNQ 0 36 Teddy Pilette DNPQ DNQ 0 37 Paolo Barilla DNPQ 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

FIA Formula One World Constructors Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	RZ	BR	SM	BE	CH	MC	MX	DT	FR	GB	DE	AT	EU	IT	CA	NY	Total
1	McLaren-MG	4	1	2	Ret	5													25
		3	5†	Ret	Ret	2
2	Williams-Honda	5	Ret	1	1	7†													22
		6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
3	Tyrrell-BMW	1	Ret	Ret	3	1													16
		2	Ret	5	Ret	6
4	Renault	15	2	Ret	2	4													16
		16	Ret	6	Ret	Ret
5	Brabham-TAG	7	Ret	3	Ret	Ret													7
		8	4	Ret	7	Ret
6	Ferrari	27	8	4	4	Ret													7
		28	Ret	7	6	14†
7	Spartec-Rover	29	3	Ret	Ret	Ret													4
		30	Ret	8	Ret	10
8	Alfa Romeo	22	Ret	Ret	5	Ret													2
		23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
9	Lotus-BMW	12	6	Ret	Ret	11													1
		11	DSQ	Ret	8	9
10	March-Ford	9	7	9	9	13													0
		10	11†	11	10	12
11	Ligier-BMW	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	8													0
		25	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
12	Arrows-Ford	20	9	Ret	DNQ	DNQ													0
		19	10	10	DNQ	Ret
13	Osella-Ford	32	13	NC	11	DNPQ													0
		31	12	Ret	12	DNPQ
14	Spirit-Austin	33			Ret	Ret													0
		34			Ret	Ret
15	ATS-GMC	17	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret													0
		18	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
16	Spirit-Ford	33	DNQ	DNQ															0
		34	DNQ	DNQ