1983 Race of Champions

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The 1983 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on April 10, 1983. It was also the last non-championship F1 race to be held in the sport's history. It was won by 1982 champion Keke Rosberg in the Williams, who narrowly beat Danny Sullivan's Tyrrell. Alan Jones, another former champion, finished third in his Arrows.

Only 13 cars were entered for the event, compared with the maximum grid of 26 starters which took part in the World Championship Grands Prix of 1983. However, there were two drivers present who did not take part in that year's championship: Brian Henton, who drove a Theodore, and Hector Rebaque, who drove a Brabham. The Spirit team also made its F1 debut at the event with Stefan Johansson.

Contents 1 Classification 1.1 Entry list 1.2 Qualifying 1.3 Race 2 References

[edit] Classification

[edit] Entry list

No	Driver	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres
1	Keke Rosberg	TAG Williams Team	Williams FW08C	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	G
4	Danny Sullivan	Benetton Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 011	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	G
5	Hector Rebaque	Fila Sport	Brabham BT52	BMW M12/13 4 in-line (t/c)	M
7	John Watson	Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren MP4/1C	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	M
12	Nigel Mansell	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 93T	Renault EF1 V6 (t/c)	P
17	Jean-Louis Schlesser	RAM Automotive Team March	March-RAM 01	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	P
26	Raul Boesel	Equipe Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS21	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	M
28	René Arnoux	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 126C2B	Ferrari 126C V6 (t/c)	G
29	Chico Serra	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A6	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	G
30	Alan Jones	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A6	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	G
33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore	Theodore N183	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	G
34	Brian Henton	Theodore	Theodore N183	Ford Cosworth DFV V8	G
40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit Racing	Spirit 201	Honda RA163-E V6 (t/c)	G

[edit] Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Lap	Gap
1	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:15.766	—
2	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	1:15.839	+0.073
3	30	Alan Jones	Arrows-Cosworth	1:17.501	+1.735
4	7	John Watson	McLaren-Cosworth	1:18.062	+2.296
5	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Cosworth	1:18.446	+2.680
6	34	Brian Henton	Theodore-Cosworth	1:18.549	+2.783
7	33	Chico Serra	Theodore-Cosworth	1:18.862	+3.096
8	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	1:18.894	+3.128
9	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Cosworth	1:19.236	+3.470
10	5	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-BMW	1:19.592	+3.826
11	29	Chico Serra	Arrows-Cosworth	1:22.402	+6.636
12	40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit-Honda	1:35.500	+19.734
13	17	Jean-Louis Schlesser	RAM March-Cosworth	no time	—

[edit] Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired
1	1	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	40	53:15.253
2	4	Danny Sullivan	Tyrrell-Cosworth	40	53:15.743
3	30	Alan Jones	Arrows-Cosworth	40	53:43.895
4	34	Brian Henton	Theodore-Cosworth	40	53:55.773
5	26	Raul Boesel	Ligier-Cosworth	40	53:56.224
6	17	Jean-Louis Schlesser	RAM March-Cosworth	39	+1 lap
7	33	Roberto Guerrero	Theodore-Cosworth	39	+1 lap
Ret	29	Chico Serra	Arrows-Cosworth	30	Gear linkage
Ret	28	René Arnoux	Ferrari	23	Tyres
Ret	5	Hector Rebaque	Brabham-BMW	14	Tyres/suspension damage
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Cosworth	8	Transmission
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Renault	6	Handling
Ret	40	Stefan Johansson	Spirit-Honda	4	Engine

• Fastest lap: René Arnoux, 1:17.826 (lap 18).

[edit] References

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