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Race of Champions – 1983

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Nr Driver Team Car Engine Tyre
1 Finland Keke Rosberg
TAG Williams Racing Team Great Britain Williams FW08C [6] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
4 United States Danny Sullivan
Benetton Tyrrell Team Great Britain Tyrrell 011 [2] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
5 Mexico Hector Rebaque
Fila Sport Great Britain Brabham BT52 [1] BMW M12/13 L4T 1.5 Michelin
7 Great Britain John Watson
Marlboro McLaren International Great Britain McLaren MP4/1C [2] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin
9 Germany Manfred Winkelhock
Team ATS Germany ATS D6 BMW M12/13 L4T 1.5 Goodyear
12 Great Britain Nigel Mansell
John Player Team Lotus Great Britain Lotus 93T [2] Renault EF1 V6T 1.5 Pirelli
17 France Jean-Louis Schlesser
RAM Automotive Team March Great Britain RAM March 01 [02] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Pirelli
22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Italy Alfa Romeo 183T Alfa Romeo 890T V8T 1.5 Michelin
26 Brazil Raul Boesel
Equipe Ligier Gitanes France Ligier JS21 [03] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin
28 France René Arnoux
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Italy Ferrari 126C2B [063] Ferrari 021 V6T 1.5 Goodyear
29 Brazil Chico Serra
Arrows Racing Team Great Britain Arrows A6 [1] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
30 Australia Alan Jones
Arrows Racing Team Great Britain Arrows A6 [3] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero
Theodore Racing Hong Kong Theodore N183 [MN17] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
34 Great Britain Brian Henton
Theodore Racing Hong Kong Theodore N183 [MN18] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
40 Sweden Stefan Johansson
Spirit Racing Great Britain Spirit 201 [4] Honda RA163E V6T 1.5 Goodyear

Pos Nr Driver Car Engine Tyre Q1Q2G Laps
1 1 Finland Keke Rosberg
Great Britain Williams FW08C [6] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 01:16.58301:15.76601:15.766 0
2 28 France René Arnoux
Italy Ferrari 126C2B [063] Ferrari 021 V6T 1.5 Goodyear 01:17.68201:15.83901:15.839 0
3 30 Australia Alan Jones
Great Britain Arrows A6 [3] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 01:18.86201:17.50101:17.501 0
4 7 Great Britain John Watson
Great Britain McLaren MP4/1C [2] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin 01:22.07301:18.06201:18.062 0
5 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero
Hong Kong Theodore N183 [MN17] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 01:18.41601:19.06501:18.416 0
6 4 United States Danny Sullivan
Great Britain Tyrrell 011 [2] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 01:18.86001:18.44601:18.446 0
7 34 Great Britain Brian Henton
Hong Kong Theodore N183 [MN18] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 01:19.40601:18.54901:18.549 0
8 12 Great Britain Nigel Mansell
Great Britain Lotus 93T [2] Renault EF1 V6T 1.5 Pirelli 01:21.73601:18.89401:18.894 0
9 26 Brazil Raul Boesel
France Ligier JS21 [03] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin 01:20.13201:19.23601:19.236 0
10 5 Mexico Hector Rebaque
Great Britain Brabham BT52 [1] BMW M12/13 L4T 1.5 Michelin 01:19.59201:19.99601:19.592 0
11 29 Brazil Chico Serra
Great Britain Arrows A6 [1] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 01:22.40201:22.402 0
12 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson
Great Britain Spirit 201 [4] Honda RA163E V6T 1.5 Goodyear 01:35.50001:35.500 0
13 17 France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Great Britain RAM March 01 [02] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Pirelli 0

Official NameXIV Marlboro Daily Mail Race of Champions
CircuitBrands Hatch
DateApril 10
PoleKeke Rosberg 01:15.766
Fastest LapRené Arnoux 01:17.826
Podium1st Keke Rosberg (34) , 2nd Danny Sullivan, 3rd Alan Jones
Prev race Grand Prix of South Africa February 7

P N Driver Team Car Engine Tyre Time Laps FL Led Gr Pts
1 1 Finland Keke Rosberg
TAG Williams Racing Team Great Britain Williams FW08C [6] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 00:53:15.253 40
01:18.628
34
1
0
2 4 United States Danny Sullivan
Benetton Tyrrell Team Great Britain Tyrrell 011 [2] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 00:53:15.743 40
01:18.728
0
5
0
3 30 Australia Alan Jones
Arrows Racing Team Great Britain Arrows A6 [3] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 00:53:43.895 40
01:19.205
0
3
0
4 34 Great Britain Brian Henton
Theodore Racing Hong Kong Theodore N183 [MN18] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear 00:53:55.773 40
01:19.314
0
6
0
5 26 Brazil Raul Boesel
Equipe Ligier Gitanes France Ligier JS21 [03] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin 00:53:56.224 40
01:18.123
0
9
0
6 17 France Jean-Louis Schlesser
RAM Automotive Team March Great Britain RAM March 01 [02] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Pirelli +1 lap 39
01:20.896
0
13
0
7 33 Colombia Roberto Guerrero
Theodore Racing Hong Kong Theodore N183 [MN17] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear +1 lap 39
01:19.278
0
7
0
DNF 29 Brazil Chico Serra
Arrows Racing Team Great Britain Arrows A6 [1] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear Gearbox 30
01:18.906
0
11
0
DNF 28 France René Arnoux
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Italy Ferrari 126C2B [063] Ferrari 021 V6T 1.5 Goodyear Tyres 23
01:17.826
6
2
0
DNF 5 Mexico Hector Rebaque
Fila Sport Great Britain Brabham BT52 [1] BMW M12/13 L4T 1.5 Michelin Tyres/Suspension 15
01:19.874
0
10
0
DNF 7 Great Britain John Watson
Marlboro McLaren International Great Britain McLaren MP4/1C [2] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin Transmission 9
01:19.375
0
4
0
DNF 12 Great Britain Nigel Mansell
John Player Team Lotus Great Britain Lotus 93T [2] Renault EF1 V6T 1.5 Pirelli Handling 7
01:23.764
0
8
0
DNF 40 Sweden Stefan Johansson
Spirit Racing Great Britain Spirit 201 [4] Honda RA163E V6T 1.5 Goodyear Engine 5
01:21.850
0
12
0
S 26 - -
Equipe Ligier Gitanes France Ligier JS21 [02] Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Michelin Spare car 0

0

0
DNA 9 Germany Manfred Winkelhock
Team ATS Germany ATS D6 BMW M12/13 L4T 1.5 Goodyear DNA 0

0

0
DNA 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Italy Alfa Romeo 183T Alfa Romeo 890T V8T 1.5 Michelin DNA 0

0

0

Year Official Name Circuit Date Winning Driver Team Laps Time
1983 XIV Marlboro Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch April 10 Finland Keke Rosberg
Great Britain Williams 40
00:53:15.253
1979 XIII Marlboro Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch April 15 Canada Gilles Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari 40
00:53:17.120
1977 XII Marlboro Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 20 Great Britain James Hunt
Great Britain McLaren 40
00:53:54.350
1976 XI Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 14 Great Britain James Hunt
Great Britain McLaren 40
00:58:01.230
1975 X British Airways Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 16 Great Britain Tom Pryce
Great Britain Shadow 40
00:55:53.500
1974 IX Simoniz Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 17 Belgium Jacky Ickx
Great Britain Lotus 40
01:03:37.600
1973 VIII Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 17 Great Britain Peter Gethin
United States Chevron 40
00:57:22.900
1972 VII STP Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 19 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi
Great Britain Lotus 40
00:56:40.600
1971 VI Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 21 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni
Italy Ferrari 50
01:13:35.000
1970 V Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 22 Great Britain Jackie Stewart
Great Britain March 50
01:12:51.800
1969 IV Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 16 Great Britain Jackie Stewart
France Matra 50
01:13:10.400
1968 III Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 17 New Zealand Bruce McLaren
Great Britain McLaren 50
01:18:53.400
1967 II Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 12 United States Dan Gurney
United States Eagle 40
01:04:30.600
1965 I Daily Mail Race of Champions Brands Hatch March 13 Great Britain Mike Spence
Great Britain Lotus 80
02:11:42.000

Driver Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Avg Grid Avg Pos Points
1 Great Britain Jackie Stewart 5 2 2 0 4 2 0 2.6 2.4 0
2 Great Britain James Hunt 4 2 0 1 3 1 2 5.5 5.8 0
3 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 7.6 9.6 0
4 Belgium Jacky Ickx 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 7.8 6.2 0
5 Finland Keke Rosberg 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.0 1.0 0
6 Canada Gilles Villeneuve 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 1.0 0
7 Great Britain Tom Pryce 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 3.5 0
8 United States Dan Gurney 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7.0 6.5 0
9 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.7 6.3 0
10 Great Britain Mike Spence 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 6.7 0
11 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 5.8 8.4 0
12 Great Britain Peter Gethin 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.2 6.7 0
13 New Zealand Denny Hulme 7 0 1 4 5 0 0 6.0 5.4 0
14 Australia Alan Jones 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 4.5 2.5 0
15 Great Britain John Watson 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 8.0 12.0 0
16 Italy Lorenzo Bandini 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 2.0 0
17 United States Danny Sullivan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 2.0 0
18 Brazil Nelson Piquet 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4.0 2.0 0
19 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.7 4.7 0
20 Austria Niki Lauda 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 2.3 8.8 0
21 Austria Jochen Rindt 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 8.0 7.3 0
22 South Africa Jody Scheckter 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2.8 12.8 0
23 Great Britain Mike Hailwood 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 7.3 9.8 0
24 Great Britain Graham Hill 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 7.1 12.6 0
25 United States Mario Andretti 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.5 8.5 0
26 Sweden Jo Bonnier 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.5 7.0 0
27 Switzerland Jo Siffert 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 7.7 4.3 0
28 Great Britain John Surtees 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 6.5 11.3 0
29 Sweden Ronnie Peterson 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 8.0 12.0 0
30 Great Britain Tony Lanfranchi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 7.0 0
31 Great Britain Divina Galica 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.0 12.0 0
32 Colombia Roberto Guerrero 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 7.0 0
33 Great Britain Jim Clark 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 14.0 0
34 South Africa Desiré Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 9.0 0
35 Brazil Raul Boesel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 5.0 0
36 Great Britain Ian Raby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 9.0 0
37 Italy Arturo Merzario 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 7.0 0
38 Netherlands Boy Hayje 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 7.0 0
39 Australia Frank Gardner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.0 4.0 0
40 United States Brett Lunger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 17.0 0
41 Brazil Carlos Pace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 14.0 0
42 Canada George Eaton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 7.0 0
43 United States Richie Ginther 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 10.0 0
44 Great Britain Jock Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26.0 13.0 0
45 Switzerland Loris Kessel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 10.0 0
46 Great Britain Chris Irwin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 6.0 0
47 United States Bobby Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.0 11.0 0
48 Belgium Patrick Nève 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 7.0 0
49 Great Britain John Miles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 7.0 0
50 Great Britain Philip Bullman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 16.0 0
51 Great Britain Nigel Mansell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 12.0 0
52 United States Masten Gregory 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.0 23.0 0
53 Switzerland Silvio Moser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 14.0 0
54 Mexico Hector Rebaque 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 10.0 0
55 France Jo Schlesser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.0 20.0 0
56 United States Mark Donohue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 14.0 0
57 Great Britain Val Musetti 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 12.0 0
58 Great Britain Damien Magee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.0 20.0 0
59 Brazil Chico Serra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 8.0 0
60 Australia Paul Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 16.0 0
61 Australia Dave Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 9.0 0
62 Netherlands Roelof Wunderink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 10.0 0
63 United States Gordon Smiley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 10.0 0
64 Great Britain Piers Courage 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 11.0 0
65 France Jean-Louis Schlesser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 6.0 0
66 Great Britain Richard Attwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 11.0 0
67 France Jean-Pierre Jarier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 8.0 0
68 Belgium Bernard de Dryver 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 8.0 0
69 Great Britain Richard Robarts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 12.0 0
70 Great Britain John Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 8.0 0
71 Great Britain Keith Holland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 20.0 0
72 Italy Elio de Angelis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 6.0 0
73 New Zealand Graham McRae 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 15.0 0
74 Austria Harald Ertl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 11.0 0
75 France Henri Pescarolo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 7.0 0
76 Great Britain Chris Lawrence 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 8.0 0
77 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 8.0 0
78 Sweden Reine Wisell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 8.0 0
79 Great Britain Tiff Needell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 18.0 0
80 Sweden Stefan Johansson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 13.0 0
81 Spain Emilio de Villota 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 15.0 0
82 Great Britain Mike Wilds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.0 22.0 0
83 Great Britain Rodney Bloor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 21.0 0
84 Great Britain Robin Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.0 13.0 0
85 Argentina Carlos Reutemann 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 19.0 0
86 Brazil Alex Ribeiro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 15.0 0
87 France René Arnoux 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 9.0 0
88 Great Britain John Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 17.0 0
89 Great Britain Alan Rollinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 10.0 0
90 Italy Giacomo Agostini 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.0 11.0 0
91 Great Britain Tony Dean 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.0 9.5 0
92 Australia Tim Schenken 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 4.5 0
93 Germany Rolf Stommelen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.5 10.0 0
94 Great Britain Guy Edwards 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 14.0 0
95 Great Britain Clive Santo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.5 10.0 0
96 United States Pete Lovely 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.5 8.0 0
97 Great Britain Steve Thompson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.0 17.0 0
98 United States Peter Revson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 7.0 0
99 Denmark Tom Belsø 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.0 13.0 0
100 Australia Vern Schuppan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 17.5 0

Team Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Avg Grid Avg Pos Points
1 Great Britain Lotus 14 3 2 2 7 4 5 6.5 9.3 0
2 Great Britain McLaren 13 3 1 5 8 1 3 8.7 9.4 0
3 Italy Ferrari 9 2 2 0 4 0 1 4.3 5.8 0
4 Great Britain Williams 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 7.0 5.5 0
5 United States Eagle 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.5 5.5 0
6 United States Chevron 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 18.9 12.5 0
7 France Matra 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.0 7.5 0
8 Great Britain Shadow 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 5.8 5.3 0
9 Great Britain March 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 12.6 11.0 0
10 Great Britain Surtees 8 0 3 2 5 0 0 12.0 8.4 0
11 Great Britain Tyrrell 6 0 2 0 2 2 0 5.6 9.0 0
12 Great Britain BRM 13 0 2 0 2 1 2 7.7 9.0 0
13 Great Britain Brabham 12 0 1 2 3 1 4 9.5 10.8 0
14 Great Britain Wolf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4.0 2.0 0
15 Great Britain Arrows 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 6.8 7.3 0
16 Great Britain Cooper 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.0 7.8 0
17 Great Britain LEC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 6.0 0
18 Great Britain Iso Marlboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.5 13.5 0
19 Japan Honda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 15.0 0
20 Germany Eifelland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 11.0 0
21 Hong Kong Theodore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 5.5 0
22 Great Britain Spirit 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 13.0 0
23 Great Britain Token 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 12.0 0
24 Great Britain RAM March 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 6.0 0
25 Brazil Fittipaldi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.5 7.5 0
26 Great Britain McRae 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.0 14.0 0
27 France Ligier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 5.0 0
28 Great Britain Trojan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 20.0 0
29 Great Britain Lyncar 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 17.0 0
30 United States Penske 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.7 12.7 0
31 Great Britain Hesketh 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.0 12.3 0
32 Great Britain Ensign 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.5 10.3 0
33 Great Britain Lola 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 17.6 14.7 0

  • Post category:80s / Extra Championship
Tags: 1983 EC, Brands Hatch, Ford Cosworth, Keke Rosberg, Race of Champions, Williams, Williams FW08C, Williams Racing Team

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