1983 / ROUND 15

South African Grand Prix

WinnerRiccardo PatresePublished race classification

Official polePatrick TambaySeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance316.008 km77 laps

Race entries26Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	3	3	77	1:33:25.708	9
2	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	9	9	77	1:33:35.027	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	2	2	77	1:33:47.677	4
4	Derek Warwick	Toleman	13	13	76	+1 lap	3
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	6	76	+1 lap	2
6	Eddie Cheever	Renault	14	14	76	+1 lap	1
7	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	19	19	75	+2 laps	0
8	Marc Surer	Arrows	22	22	75	+2 laps	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	20	20	74	+3 laps	0
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	21	21	73	+4 laps	0
11	Niki Lauda	McLaren	12	12	71	Electrical	0
12	Kenny Acheson	RAM	24	24	71	+6 laps	0
NC	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	7	7	68	+9 laps	0
NC	Raul Boesel	Ligier	23	23	66	+11 laps	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	18	18	60	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1	1	56	Turbo	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	16	16	56	Turbo	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	5	5	35	Turbo	0
DNF	Corrado Fabi	Osella	25	25	28	Engine	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	11	11	20	Engine	0
DNF	René Arnoux	Ferrari	4	4	9	Engine	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	17	17	5	Engine	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	8	8	1	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Williams	10	10	1	Spun off	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	26	26	1	Engine	0
DSQ	John Watson	McLaren	15	15	18	Overtaking on formation lap	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Patrick Tambay	1:06.554
2	Nelson Piquet	1:06.792
3	Riccardo Patrese	1:07.001
4	René Arnoux	1:07.105
5	Alain Prost	1:07.186
6	Keke Rosberg	1:07.256
7	Nigel Mansell	1:07.643
8	Manfred Winkelhock	1:07.682
9	Andrea de Cesaris	1:07.759
10	Jacques Laffite	1:07.931
11	Elio de Angelis	1:07.937
12	Niki Lauda	1:07.974
13	Derek Warwick	1:08.061
14	Eddie Cheever	1:08.069
15	John Watson	1:08.328
16	Bruno Giacomelli	1:08.350
17	Mauro Baldi	1:08.628
18	Michele Alboreto	1:11.096
19	Danny Sullivan	1:11.382
20	Thierry Boutsen	1:11.658
21	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:12.017
22	Marc Surer	1:12.049
23	Raul Boesel	1:12.745
24	Kenny Acheson	1:13.352
25	Corrado Fabi	1:13.656
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:14.903

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.