Race 12 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
The Zandvoort Circuit (1980–1989)
Race details
Date
28 August 1983
Official name
XXX Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location
Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.252 km (2.642 miles)
Distance
72 laps, 306.144 km (190.229 miles)
Weather
Cloudy
Pole position
Driver
Nelson Piquet
Brabham-BMW
Time
1:15.630
Fastest lap
Driver
René Arnoux
Ferrari
Time
1:19.863 on lap 33
Podium
First
René Arnoux
Ferrari
Second
Patrick Tambay
Ferrari
Third
John Watson
McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1983 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 28 August 1983. It was the twelfth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship.
The 72-lap race was won by René Arnoux, driving a Ferrari, with team-mate Patrick Tambay second and John Watson third in a McLaren-Ford. Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet collided midway through the race while challenging for the lead, allowing Arnoux to move into second in the Drivers' Championship, eight points behind Prost. However, this would turn out to be Arnoux's last Formula One victory.
Derek Warwick finished fourth to score his and the Toleman team's first points. Mauro Baldi in the Alfa Romeo and Michele Alboreto in the Tyrrell completed the top six.
The race saw McLaren debut the new Porsche-built TAG turbo engine. Niki Lauda drove the TAG-powered MP4/1E car, while Watson continued with the Ford-powered McLaren. However, Lauda could only qualify 19th, four places behind Watson, and retired on lap 26 with a brake failure. Watson's third place was the last time a car with a naturally aspirated engine would legally finish on a Formula One podium until the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix.
René Arnoux won the race for Ferrari.Nelson Piquet and Alain Prost prior to their collision.Elio de Angelis retired early due to an electrical failure.
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