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United States Grand Prix West

1983 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

Round 2 of 15Long Beach, Long BeachMar 27 198375 laps

Podium

LAUMcLaren

WATMcLaren

ARNFerrari

Key facts

WinnerWAT1:53:34.889 from P22

PoleTAM1:26.117

Fastest lapLAU1:28.330 on lap 42

Finishers12 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	22	▲21	75	1:53:34.889	9	1:28.652
2	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	23	▲21	75	+27.993s	6	1:28.330
3	ARNRené Arnoux	Ferrari	2	▼1	75	+73.638s	4	1:28.370
4	LAFJacques Laffite	Williams	4	–	74	+1 lap	3	1:30.163
5	SURMarc Surer	Arrows	16	▲11	74	+1 lap	2	1:30.617
6	CECJohnny Cecotto	Theodore	17	▲11	74	+1 lap	1	1:30.382
7	BOERaul Boesel	Ligier	26	▲19	73	+2 laps		1:34.263
8	SULDanny Sullivan	Tyrrell	9	▲1	73	+2 laps		1:30.372
9	ALBMichele Alboreto	Tyrrell	7	▼2	73	+2 laps		1:29.032
10	PATRiccardo Patrese	Brabham	11	▲1	72	+3 laps		1:29.718
11	PROAlain Prost	Renault	8	▼3	72	+3 laps		1:28.717
12	MANNigel Mansell	Lotus	13	▲1	72	+3 laps		1:31.883
DNF	CHEEddie Cheever	Renault	15		67	Gearbox		1:30.104
DNF	JONAlan Jones	Arrows	12		58	Unwell		1:30.261
DNF	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	20		51	Throttle		1:30.256
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	19		48	Gearbox		1:31.280
DNF	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	5		29	Handling		1:31.344
DNF	GUERoberto Guerrero	Theodore	18		27	Gearbox		1:30.645
DNF	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	10		26	Collision		1:29.264
DNF	GIABruno Giacomelli	Toleman	14		26	Battery		1:33.512
DNF	BALMauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	21		26	Spun off		1:32.185
DNF	TAMPatrick Tambay	Ferrari	1		25	Collision		1:30.370
DNF	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	3		25	Collision		1:30.256
DNF	SALEliseo Salazar	RAM	25		25	Gearbox		1:32.506
DNF	WARDerek Warwick	Toleman	6		11	Spun off		1:30.771
DNF	WINManfred Winkelhock	ATS	24		3	Spun off		1:33.792

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	TAMPatrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:26.117
2	ARNRené Arnoux	Ferrari	1:26.935	+0.818s
3	ROSKeke Rosberg	Williams	1:27.145	+1.028s
4	LAFJacques Laffite	Williams	1:27.818	+1.701s
5	DEAElio De Angelis	Lotus	1:27.982	+1.865s
6	WARDerek Warwick	Toleman	1:28.130	+2.013s
7	ALBMichele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:28.425	+2.308s
8	PROAlain Prost	Renault	1:28.558	+2.441s
9	SULDanny Sullivan	Tyrrell	1:28.833	+2.716s
10	JARJean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier	1:28.913	+2.796s
11	PATRiccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:28.958	+2.841s
12	JONAlan Jones	Arrows	1:29.112	+2.995s
13	MANNigel Mansell	Lotus	1:29.167	+3.050s
14	GIABruno Giacomelli	Toleman	1:29.266	+3.149s
15	CHEEddie Cheever	Renault	1:29.422	+3.305s
16	SURMarc Surer	Arrows	1:29.521	+3.404s
17	CECJohnny Cecotto	Theodore	1:29.559	+3.442s
18	GUERoberto Guerrero	Theodore	1:29.585	+3.468s
19	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:29.603	+3.486s
20	PIQNelson Piquet	Brabham	1:30.034	+3.917s
21	BALMauro Baldi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.070	+3.953s
22	WATJohn Watson	McLaren	1:30.100	+3.983s
23	LAUNiki Lauda	McLaren	1:30.188	+4.071s
24	WINManfred Winkelhock	ATS	1:30.220	+4.103s
25	SALEliseo Salazar	RAM	1:31.126	+5.009s
26	BOERaul Boesel	Ligier	1:31.759	+5.642s
27	FABCorrado Fabi	Osella	1:31.901	+5.784s
28	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	1:32.182	+6.065s

Long Beach

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1983. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1982	Niki Lauda	McLaren
1981	Alan Jones	Williams
1980	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
1978	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari
1977	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1976	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari

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