Not to be confused with 1983 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix.
1983 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
1 May 1983
Location
Autodromo Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.040 km (3.132 miles)
Distance
60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 miles)
Pole position
Driver
René Arnoux
Ferrari
Time
1:31.238
Fastest lap
Driver
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham-BMW
Time
1:34.427 on lap 47
Podium
First
Patrick Tambay
Ferrari
Second
Alain Prost
Renault
Third
René Arnoux
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 1 May 1983. It was the fourth race of the 1983 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Driving the #27 car, Tambay dedicated his win to the man he had replaced in the Ferrari team, the late Gilles Villeneuve. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Maranello-based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing third. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with three laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun at the Acque Minerali chicane.
Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with six laps remaining, but only held the lead for half a lap before crashing at Acque Minerali. He later described the accident as "purely my mistake". Showing their love for Ferrari more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered as Patrese handed the lead back to Tambay to take his second and last F1 victory.[1]
This would be the last time that Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari saw his Formula One team score a victory in person. Enzo never attended races outside Italy at the time, and Ferrari would not win on Italian soil again until after Enzo died in 1988. Ferrari would not win at Imola again until Michael Schumacher in 1999. As of 2024, this remains the last race where all three drivers on the podium were of the same nationality.[2][better source needed]
^"The One that Got Away". Riccardo Patrese Official Website. March 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^"Statistics Nations - Podiums - By one-two-three". statsf1.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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