1983 Australian Grand Prix Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 6 of 6 in 1983 Australian Drivers' Championship
Grand Prix:Australian
Country:Australia
Official Name:XLVIII Australian Grand Prix
Location:Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria
Date:13 November
Year:1983
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:1.000
Course Km:1.609
Distance Laps:100
Distance Mi:100
Distance Km:160.9
Weather:Sunny
Pole Driver:Roberto Moreno
Pole Country:BRA
Pole Team:Ralt-Ford
Pole Time:0'39.49
Fast Driver:Alan Jones
Fast Team:Ralt-Ford
Fast Time:0'39.54
Fast Country:AUS
First Driver:Roberto Moreno
First Country:BRA
First Team:Ralt-Ford
Second Driver:John Smith
Second Country:AUS
Second Team:Ralt-Ford
Third Driver:Jacques Laffite
Third Country:FRA
Third Team: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

Results as follows:[2]

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Car Qual Gap
119 Roberto MorenoRalt RT4 Ford0:39.49—
21 Alfredo CostanzoTiga FA81 Ford0:39.65+0.16
371 John SmithRalt RT4 Ford0:39.90+0.41
427 Alan JonesRalt RT4 Ford0:39.90+0.41
59 Paul RadisichRalt RT4 Ford0:39.97+0.48
615 Jacques LaffiteRalt RT4 Ford0:40.07+0.58
710 Allen BergRalt RT4 Ford0:40.07+0.58
85 Geoff BrabhamRalt RT4 Ford0:40.13+0.64
925 Peter MacrowCheetah Mk.8 Ford0:40.20+0.71
104 John BoweRalt RT4 Ford0:40.23+0.74
112 Andrew MiedeckeRalt RT4 Ford0:40.53+1.04
1222 Peter HopwoodRalt RT4 Ford0:40.67+1.18
1312 Doug MacArthurRalt RT4 Ford0:40.67+1.18
148[3] Josele GarzaRalt RT4 Ford0:40.71+1.22
1564 Phillip RevellRalt RT4 Ford0:40.84+1.36
1617 Brett RileyDart 83M Ford0:40.86+1.38
1714 David OxtonRalt RT4 Ford0:40.87+1.39
187 Peter WilliamsonToleman TG860 Toyota0:41.00+1.51
1974 Chris HockingCheetah Mk.8 Ford0:41.36+1.87
2068 Ian BlandKaditcha FA83A Ford0:41.53+2.04
213 Charlie O'BrienRalt RT4 Ford0:41.77+2.28
2278 Brian SampsonCheetah Mk.8 Ford0:41.90+2.41
2313 Brett FisherListon BF2 Ford0:42.24+2.75
2416 Bob CreasyRalt RT4 Ford0:42.76+3.27

Race

Pos No Driver Car Entrant[4] Laps Time
119 Roberto MorenoRalt RT4 FordGoold Motorsport1001h 07m 25.29s
271 John SmithRalt RT4 FordJ Smith1001h 07m 38.39s
315 Jacques LaffiteRalt RT4 FordMelbourne International Raceway1001h 07m 38.55s
45 Geoff BrabhamRalt RT4 FordMelbourne International Raceway1001h 07m 52.06s
527 Alan JonesRalt RT4 FordGoold Motorsport1001h 07m 58.79s
63 Charlie O'BrienRalt RT4 FordC O'Brien98
79 Paul RadisichRalt RT4 FordWatson Motor Racing97
88 Josele GarzaRalt RT4 FordWatson Motor Racing97
925 Peter MacrowCheetah Mk.8 FordP Macrow97
1014 David OxtonRalt RT4 FordRe-Car Racing97
1110 Allen BergRalt RT4 FordGraeme Lawrence Racing97
127 Peter WilliamsonToleman TG860 ToyotaP Williamson97
134 John BoweRalt RT4 FordChris Leach Enterprises95
1478 Brian SampsonCheetah Mk.8 FordSpeco Thomas95
1516 Bob CreasyRalt RT4 FordRW Creasy91
1668 Ian BlandKaditcha FA83A FordKaditcha Racing Team77
Ret22 Peter HopwoodRalt RT4 FordS Webb84fuel pickup
Ret2 Andrew MiedeckeRalt RT4 FordA Miedecke64rotor
Ret13 Brett FisherListon BF2 FordP Liston51half shaft
Ret17 Brett RileyDart 83M FordDart Racing33gear linkage
Ret64 Phillip RevellRalt RT4 FordA Revell27gear selection
Ret1 Alfredo CostanzoTiga FA81 FordPorsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd25diff
Ret12 Doug MacArthurRalt RT4 FordDM MacArthur0half shaft
DNS74 Chris HockingCheetah Mk.8 FordC Hockingengine
DNS20 Mike RosenRalt RT4 FordGarvin Brown Racingaccident

Notes

Roberto Moreno – 0'39.49

Alan Jones – 0'39.54

Notes and References

  1. News: Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo disqualified from the results of the Australian GP . 16 March 2014 . Skysports F1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018131110/http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24239/9216794/red-bulls-daniel-ricciardo-disqualified-from-the-results-of-the-australian-gp . 18 October 2014 .
  2. Book: Wilson . Stewart . Graham . Howard . The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix . 1986 . R & T Publishing . Gordon, NSW . 0-9588464-0-5 . 466–473 . 1983.
  3. 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
  4. Program, John Sands Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne International Raceway, 12th and 13th November 1983

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