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The 1983 United States Grand Prix East was a Formula One race held on June 5, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan. This event was also referred to as the Detroit Grand Prix. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...
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The streets of Detroit, Michigan hosted Formula One racing, and later CART racing, between the 1982 and 1991 seasons. ...
Nickname: Motor City; Motown, D-Town, The D, The Renaissance City, Detroit Rock City, The Rock City, The 313 Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country State County United States Michigan Wayne...
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John Marshall Watson, born May 4, 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was a Formula 1 race car driver. ...
McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Michele Alboreto (December 23, 1956 - April 25, 2001) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1981 to 1994 in Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, BMS Scuderia Italia and Minardi. ...
Tyrrell was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell. ...
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Keke Rosberg (on the left) with Wolf Racing Crew at Monaco GP 1979 Keijo Erik Keke Rosberg (born December 6, 1948) was a popular Formula One driver in the early 1980s and, despite his birthplace Stockholm, Sweden, was the first regular driver from Finland in the series. ...
WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula 1 (F1) motor racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ...
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This article recaps the 1983 Formula One season. ...
The United States Grand Prix East was a car race which was a Formula One World Championship event from 1982 to 1988 and a CART event from 1989 to 2001. ...
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June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nickname: Motor City; Motown, D-Town, The D, The Renaissance City, Detroit Rock City, The Rock City, The 313 Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country State County United States Michigan Wayne...
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Tyrrell's Michele Alboreto scored his second Grand Prix win and first points of the season, after inheriting the lead from Nelson Piquet with just nine laps to go when the Brabham driver stopped to replace a deflating rear tire. The tight downtown street course took away much of the advantage of the turbocharged cars, and Alboreto's win for Cosworth-Ford was the last of the season's three non-turbo victories. It was also the last for a normally-aspirated engine until the turbos were outlawed after the 1988 season, and the last of a record 155 wins for the legendary Cosworth DFV. Tyrrell was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell. ...
Michele Alboreto (December 23, 1956 - April 25, 2001) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1981 to 1994 in Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, BMS Scuderia Italia and Minardi. ...
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. ...
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Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
The Cosworth DFV V8 engine (DFV standing for double four valve) was the most successful in the history of Formula 1/Grand Prix motor racing. ...
The circuit had been slightly modified from its original configuration the year before, with the pit lane extended to place the entrance before the final chicane, and a short new section of track eliminating the extremely tight hairpin at Turn Five. The new layout was faster and much preferred by the drivers. Friday's entire agenda was run in the rain, however, and it was left to a single hour on Saturday to decide the starting grid.
Contrary to the usual pattern, after the first fifteen minutes or so of qualifying, the track became slower as more rubber was laid down. This was apparently due to moisture still in the track being drawn out by the now-present sunshine. The pole-winning time of 1:44.734 was posted by René Arnoux on his Ferrari's first set of qualifying tires; on his second set, he was more than two seconds slower! Many who did not record a quick time early in the session were caught out by the changing conditions, and the grid held many surprises as a result. Defending Champion Keke Rosberg was twelfth, Alain Prost thirteenth and Niki Lauda eighteenth, while the non-turbocharged cars of Marc Surer and Alboreto were fifth and sixth. American Eddie Cheever, in the only competitive ride of his F1 career with Renault, was in seventh spot, six places ahead of his highly-regarded teammate! René Arnoux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...
Keke Rosberg (on the left) with Wolf Racing Crew at Monaco GP 1979 Keijo Erik Keke Rosberg (born December 6, 1948) was a popular Formula One driver in the early 1980s and, despite his birthplace Stockholm, Sweden, was the first regular driver from Finland in the series. ...
For other members of the family, see Nicolas Prost, Alains son. ...
Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949) is an Austrian racing driver. ...
Marc Surer was a Formula One driver from Switzerland. ...
Eddie McKay Cheever, Jr. ...
Renault F1 is a Formula One racing team that has competed both as an engine supplier and as a constructor from the late 1970s to the present day, with several breaks. ...
Over 70,000 fans enjoyed beautiful weather for the race on Sunday. The boats on the Detroit River, the blaring music and the floods of people from the downtown hotels created quite an atmosphere, inevitably bringing comparisons to Monaco, as the Long Beach event often did. The United States Grand Prix West was a race held at Long Beach, California, as a Formula 5000 race in 1975 and a Formula One championship event from 1976 to 1983. ...
The first attempt at a start was halted just as the green light was about to come on, when Andrea de Cesaris signalled from the grid that his Alfa Romeo had stalled. The whole process was begun again, with another pace lap that reduced the race distance from 61 laps to 60, and this time the green light came on. This time, however, Patrick Tambay's Ferrari, in the second row, stalled on the grid! He held his breath while everyone made their way safely around him, and then, expecting a push-start, instead was removed from the circuit by tow truck! Andrea de Cesaris (born May 31, 1959) is an Italian former race car driver. ...
Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ...
Patrick Tambay (born 25 June 1949 in Paris) was a French Formula One driver. ...
Piquet made an excellent start and beat Arnoux to Turn One. He led after the first lap, with Arnoux ahead of de Angelis, de Cesaris, Alboreto, Derek Warwick, Rosberg (already up from twelfth) and Cheever. The two leaders quickly began to separate themselves from the rest, while a four-way nose-to-tail battle raged for fourth. On lap five, Cheever retired with ignition failure, de Angelis forfeited third place with a broken gearbox and Piercarlo Ghinzani abandoned his Osella in the pits with an overheating engine. Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born Alresford, Hampshire, England, 27 August 1954) was an English racing driver. ...
Piercarlo Ghinzani was a Formula One driver from Italy. ...
Osella was an Italian motor racing company based in Volpiano near Turin, Italy. ...
Arnoux, after steadily closing the gap to Piquet, overtook the Brabham into Turn One and gained the lead on lap 10. Piquet let him through without a fight, knowing that the Ferrari was planning a fuel and tire stop, while he was not. When Rosberg finally got by de Cesaris for third at the end of lap 11, he was almost 15 seconds behind Piquet, but clearly faster. Alboreto, in fifth place and also threatening de Cesaris, had started on full tanks and, like Piquet, was not planning a pit stop.
By lap 20, Rosberg had caught up with Piquet's Brabham and easily went by to take second, about twenty seconds behind Arnoux. On lap 29, the Ferrari's lead was up to almost 30 seconds when Arnoux came into the pits, as expected, followed soon after by Rosberg's Williams, whose intentions had been unclear. Arnoux rejoined after a stop of just 13.5 seconds, still barely in the lead; by the time Rosberg was able to get back on the track (his stop lasted 17.5 seconds), he was in fifth place behind Piquet, Alboreto and Jacques Laffite, none of whom had stopped. But just three laps after his pit stop, Arnoux suddenly coasted to a halt on the circuit with an electrical failure. Jacques-Henri Laffite (born November 21, 1943) is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986. ...
When Laffite pitted, Piquet was back in the lead, with Alboreto up to second and Rosberg third, 25 seconds back. John Watson, having started in 21st position on the grid, was now in fourth, making his regular charge through an American Grand Prix field. It looked as if Nelson Piquet and Brabham-BMW were on their way to victory as Alboreto was doing all he could to stay close. Suddenly, on lap 51, Piquet slowed with a punctured left rear tire, and as he made his way back to the pits, Alboreto and Rosberg went by. While he was in the pits, Watson also came through. All that was left was for Alboreto to bring the Tyrrell home over the final nine laps, taking it rather easy since he was too far in front for Rosberg to catch him. Watson, meanwhile, was doing anything but taking it easy, and he set the race's fastest lap (1.6 seconds faster than his qualifying time!) while just failing to catch the Williams for second place. Piquet rejoined to finish in fourth, ahead of Laffite in the second Williams and Nigel Mansell's Lotus. John Marshall Watson, born May 4, 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was a Formula 1 race car driver. ...
Nigel Mansell driving in the American CART racing series in 1993 Nigel Ernest James Mansell (born August 8, 1953) is an English former racing driver who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ...
Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ...
Alboreto's teammate, American Danny Sullivan, in his only season of Formula One, retired at the halfway point of the race when his engine failed. His only points for the season came from his fifth place at Monaco, though he did finish second at the non-Championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch. When Sullivan could not secure a drive with turbo power for 1984, he saw the writing on the wall and returned to the US and the CART Indy Car series. Danny Sullivan was a Formula One driver from the United States. ...
Brands Hatch is a British motor racing circuit. ...
Champ Car, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ...
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Michele Alboreto (December 23, 1956 - April 25, 2001) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1981 to 1994 in Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, BMS Scuderia Italia and Minardi. ...
Tyrrell was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Keke Rosberg (on the left) with Wolf Racing Crew at Monaco GP 1979 Keijo Erik Keke Rosberg (born December 6, 1948) was a popular Formula One driver in the early 1980s and, despite his birthplace Stockholm, Sweden, was the first regular driver from Finland in the series. ...
WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula 1 (F1) motor racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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John Marshall Watson, born May 4, 1946 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was a Formula 1 race car driver. ...
McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. ...
Brabham Racing Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
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Jacques-Henri Laffite (born November 21, 1943) is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986. ...
WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula 1 (F1) motor racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Nigel Mansell driving in the American CART racing series in 1993 Nigel Ernest James Mansell (born August 8, 1953) is an English former racing driver who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ...
Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Thierry Boutsen (born July 13, 1957 in Brussels, Belgium) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan teams. ...
Team Orange Arrows Formula One car at the 2000 United States Grand Prix The Arrows Racing Team team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow...
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For other members of the family, see Nicolas Prost, Alains son. ...
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Bruno Giacomelli (born September 10, 1952) was a racing driver from Italy. ...
Toleman was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ...
Hart was a Formula One engine manufacturer that participated in 157 Grands Prix, entering a total of 368 cars. ...
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Raul de Mesquita Boesel (born 4 December 1957 in Curitiba, Brazil) was a Formula One driver who raced for the March and Ligier teams. ...
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Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Marc Surer was a Formula One driver from Switzerland. ...
Team Orange Arrows Formula One car at the 2000 United States Grand Prix The Arrows Racing Team team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow...
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Mauro Baldi (born January 31, 1954 in Reggio Emilia, Italy) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams. ...
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Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949) is an Austrian racing driver. ...
McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Roberto Guerrero was a Formula One driver from Colombia. ...
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Alberto Johnny Cecotto (born January 21, 1956 in Caracas, Venezuela) was a World Champion motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. ...
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Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Andrea de Cesaris (born May 31, 1959) is an Italian former race car driver. ...
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Danny Sullivan was a Formula One driver from the United States. ...
Tyrrell was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell. ...
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Jean-Pierre Jarier (born July 10, 1946) is a French Grand Prix racing driver, now retired. ...
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Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
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Manfred Winkelhock (October 6, 1951 - August 12, 1985) was a German auto racing driver. ...
ATS was a German Formula One team, named after German alloy wheel brand Auto Technisches Spezialzubehor, and active in Formula One from 1977 to 1984. ...
BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
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Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born Alresford, Hampshire, England, 27 August 1954) was an English racing driver. ...
Toleman was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ...
Hart was a Formula One engine manufacturer that participated in 157 Grands Prix, entering a total of 368 cars. ...
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Riccardo Patrese (born April 17, 1954) is an Italian former Formula One (F1) racing driver, from 1977 to 1993. ...
Brabham Racing Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
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Elio de Angelis (born 26 March 1958 - died 15 May 1986) was a Formula One driver who participated between 1979 and 1986. ...
Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ...
Renault F1 is a Formula One racing team that has competed both as an engine supplier and as a constructor from the late 1970s to the present day, with several breaks. ...
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Eddie McKay Cheever, Jr. ...
Renault F1 is a Formula One racing team that has competed both as an engine supplier and as a constructor from the late 1970s to the present day, with several breaks. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...
Piercarlo Ghinzani was a Formula One driver from Italy. ...
Osella was an Italian motor racing company based in Volpiano near Turin, Italy. ...
Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ...
Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ...
Patrick Tambay (born 25 June 1949 in Paris) was a French Formula One driver. ...
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...
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Corrado Fabi was a Formula One driver from Italy. ...
Osella was an Italian motor racing company based in Volpiano near Turin, Italy. ...
Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...
Results from the 1983 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on May 22, 1983 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Andrea de Cesaris 27. ...
The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...
Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
This article recaps the 1983 Formula One season. ...
Results from the 1983 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 12, 1983 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Patrick Tambay 130. ...
Results from the 1982 Formula One United States Grand Prix East held at Detroit on June 6, 1982. ...
The United States Grand Prix East was a car race which was a Formula One World Championship event from 1982 to 1988 and a CART event from 1989 to 2001. ...
Results from the 1984 Formula One United States Grand Prix East held at Detroit on June 24, 1984. ...
Notes - Alboreto's win was the last for a normally-aspirated engine until the turbos were banned following the 1988 season. It was the last win for the Tyrrell team in Formula One. It was also the record 155th and final victory for the Ford Cosworth DFV V8, which powered 12 of 15 World Champions between 1968 and 1982, the first seven consecutively. There has never been another Formula One engine like it, before or since.
[edit] Tyrrell was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell. ...
The Cosworth DFV V8 engine (DFV standing for double four valve) was the most successful in the history of Formula 1/Grand Prix motor racing. ...
References - Innes Ireland (October, 1983). "2nd Detroit Grand Prix: Cosworth Counterattack". Road & Track, 162-166.
- Mike S. Lang (1992). Grand Prix!: Race-by-race account of Formula 1 World Championship motor racing. Volume 4: 1981 to 1984. Haynes Publishing Group. ISBN 0-85429-733-2
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