1983 / ROUND 3

French Grand Prix

WinnerAlain ProstPublished race classification

Official poleAlain ProstSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance313.686 km54 laps

Race entries29Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Alain Prost	Renault	1	1	54	1:34:13.913	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	6	6	54	1:34:43.633	6
3	Eddie Cheever	Renault	2	2	54	1:34:54.145	4
4	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	11	11	54	1:35:20.793	3
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	16	16	53	+1 lap	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Williams	19	19	53	+1 lap	1
7	René Arnoux	Ferrari	4	4	53	+1 lap	0
8	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	15	15	53	+1 lap	0
9	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	20	20	53	+1 lap	0
10	Marc Surer	Arrows	21	21	53	+1 lap	0
11	Johnny Cecotto	Theodore	17	17	52	+2 laps	0
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	7	7	50	+4 laps	0
13	Bruno Giacomelli	Toleman	13	13	49	Gearbox	0
DNF	Raul Boesel	Ligier	25	25	47	Engine	0
DNF	Corrado Fabi	Osella	23	23	36	Engine	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	10	10	36	Turbo	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	12	12	29	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	8	8	28	Spun off	0
DNF	Chico Serra	Arrows	26	26	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	22	22	23	Engine	0
DNF	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell	24	24	21	Clutch	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	5	5	20	Electrical	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	3	3	19	Water leak	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	9	9	14	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	18	18	6	Physical	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	14	14	3	Engine	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	RAM	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jean-Louis Schlesser	RAM	29	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Alain Prost	1:36.672
2	Eddie Cheever	1:38.980
3	Riccardo Patrese	1:39.104
4	René Arnoux	1:39.115
5	Elio de Angelis	1:39.312
6	Nelson Piquet	1:39.601
7	Andrea de Cesaris	1:39.611
8	Mauro Baldi	1:39.618
9	Derek Warwick	1:39.881
10	Manfred Winkelhock	1:40.233
11	Patrick Tambay	1:40.393
12	Niki Lauda	1:41.065
13	Bruno Giacomelli	1:41.775
14	John Watson	1:41.838
15	Michele Alboreto	1:42.177
16	Keke Rosberg	1:42.450
17	Johnny Cecotto	1:42.615
18	Nigel Mansell	1:42.650
19	Jacques Laffite	1:42.678
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:42.737
21	Marc Surer	1:42.962
22	Roberto Guerrero	1:43.367
23	Corrado Fabi	1:43.411
24	Danny Sullivan	1:43.654
25	Raul Boesel	1:44.470
26	Chico Serra	1:44.778
27	Eliseo Salazar	1:45.073
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:45.812
29	Jean-Louis Schlesser	1:45.866

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