1983 Gran Premio de Madrid

The fifth Gran Premio de Madrid, was the seventh round of the 1983 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at Circuito Permanente del Jarama, north of the Spanish capital, Madrid, on 12 June. This was first time the race was held since 1971.[1]

1983 Madrid Grand Prix
Circuito Permanente del Jarama (1980-1989)
Circuito Permanente del Jarama (1980-1989)
Race details
Date 12 June 1983
Official name V Gran Premio de Madrid
Location Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.312 km (2.060 miles)
Distance 65 laps, 215.280 km (133.900 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ralt-Honda
Time 1:16.79
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda
Time 1:20.02
Podium
First Ralt-Honda
Second Maurer-BMW
Third Ralt-Honda

Report

Entry

A total of 26 F2 cars were entered for the event, however of which 23 took part in qualifying.[1]

Qualifying

Jonathan Palmer took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6/83H, averaging a speed of 99.031 mph.[1]

Race

The race was held over 65 laps of a Jarama circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6/83H. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 28:50.80mins., averaging a speed of 92.737 mph. Around 2.36 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Stefan Bellof, for the Maurer Motorsport team in their own BMW-engined MM83. The podium was completed by the second works Ralt, of Jonathan Palmer.[2]

Classification

Race Result

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 9 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/83H 1hr 28:50.80
2nd 4 West Germany Stefan Bellof Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM83 1hr 28:53.16
3rd 9 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/83H 1hr 29:06.29
4th 7 France Philippe Streiff Equipe Armagnac Bigorre Nogaro AGS-BMW JH19B 1hr 29:25.62
5th 5 France Alain Ferté Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM83 1hr29:29.99
6th 27 Argentina Enrique Mansilla James Gresham Racing March-BMW 832 1hr 29:43.15
7th 1 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 832 1hr 29:59.20
8th 22 France Richard Dallest Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M28 1hr 30:06.30
9th 2 West Germany Christian Danner Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 832 1hr 29:59.20
10th 12 Switzerland Rolf Biland Schweizer Automobil Rennsport March-BMW 832 64
11th 34 Italy Roberto Del Castello Mint Engineering March-BMW 832 63
12th 36 Italy Fulvio Ballabio Equipe Armagnac Bigorre Nogaro AGS-BMW JH19 63
13th 11 Spain Emilio de Villota Minardi Team Srl Minardi-BMW M283 62 Accident
14th 3 Belgium Patrick Nève Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 832 62
15th 18 Italy Aldo Bertuzzi Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 62
16th 33 United Kingdom Dave Scott Mint Engineering March-BMW 832 60 Engine
17th 24 Austria Jo Gartner Emco Sport Spirit-BMW 201 58
DNF 16 Italy Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 56 Engine
DNF 25 Austria "Pierre Chauvet" Emco Sport Spirit-BMW 201 47 Accident
DNF 6 France Pierre Petit Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM83 37 Accident
DNF 17 United Kingdom Kenny Acheson Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 27 Accident
DNF 10 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Srl Minardi-BMW M283 25 Throttle linkage
DNF 26 France Philippe Alliot BMW France Martini-BMW 792 11 Wheel bearing

References

  1. "F2 Register - Index".
  2. "F2 Register - Index".
  3. Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
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