1983 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1983 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 May 1983 at the Hockenheimring.

  1983 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 May 1983
Official name	Großer Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
Location	Hockenheimring
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.789 km (4.218 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Freddie Spencer Time 2:08.660 Fastest lap Rider Takazumi Katayama Time 2:10.480 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Takazumi Katayama Third Marco Lucchinelli
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jacques Cornu Time 2:20.100 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Lavado Time 2:23.610 Podium First Carlos Lavado Second Patrick Fernandez Third Didier de Radiguès
125 cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 2:27.760 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Time 2:26.000 Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Pier Paolo Bianchi
50 cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:47.730 Fastest lap Rider Stefan Dörflinger Time 2:46.050 Podium First Stefan Dörflinger Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Gerhard Bauer

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Machine	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha	YZR500	32'54.400	15
2	Takazumi Katayama	HRC-Honda	NS500	+7.370	12
3	Marco Lucchinelli	HRC-Honda	NS500	+8.310	10
4	Freddie Spencer	HRC-Honda	NS500	+14.220	8
5	Franco Uncini	HB Gallina-Suzuki	RG500	+23.860	6
6	Marc Fontan	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	+24.800	5
7	Raymond Roche	Moto Club Paul Ricard	NS500	+26.640	4
8	Randy Mamola	HB Sinclair-Suzuki	RG500	+26.820	3
9	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Agostini Yamaha	YZR500	+37.870	2
10	Boet van Dulmen	Shell Nederland-Suzuki	RG500	+38.450	1
11	Jack Middelburg	Stichting Ned-Honda	RS500	+40.630
12	Leandro Becheroni		RG500	+57.830
13	Gianni Pelletier	Hirt Giapauto-Honda	RS500	+1'01.060
14	Walter Magliorati	Moto Club Carate	RG500	+1'18.940
15	Peter Sjöström	Jeb’s Helmet Sweden	RG500	+1'22.430
16	Gustav Reiner		RG500	+1'32.500
17	Keith Huewen	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	+1'23.620
18	Steve Parrish	Mitsui-Yamaha	YZR500	+1'37.010
19	Ernst Gschwender	MO Motul Racing Team	RG500	+1'46.700
20	Andreas Hofmann		RG500	+1'47.150
21	Wolfgang von Muralt		RG500	+2'06.400
22	Fabio Biliotti	Moto Club Condor	RS500	+2'10.520
23	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro-Suzuki	RG500	+2'12.800
24	Henk de Vries	Henk de Vries Motoren	RG500	+2'17.800
25	Chris Guy		RG500	+2'20.590
26	Dave Dean		RG500	+2'27.580
27	Wolfgang Schwarz	ES Motorradzubeh Racing Team	RG500	+2'29.920
28	Corrado Tuzii	Beton Bloc Racing	RS500	+2'30.960
29	Paolo Ferretti		RS500	+3'06.210
30	Stuart Avant		RG500	+1 lap
31	Marco Greco		RG500	+1 lap
32	Alain Rothlisberger		YZR500	+1 lap
33	Peter Huber		RG500	+1 lap
34	Dennis Ireland		RG500	+1 lap
35	Dieter Klopfer		DIKO	+2 laps
Ret	Barry Sheene	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	Retired
Ret	Ron Haslam	HRC-Honda	NS500	Retired
Ret	Harry Heutmekers		RG500	Retired
Ret	Virginio Ferrari	Cagiva	GP500	Retired
Ret	Sergio Pellandini	Carimati-Pezzani Racing	RG500	Retired
Ret	Walter Hoffmann	Deutsche Tecalemit	RG500	Retired
Ret	Gerhard Treusch	ES Motorradzubeh Racing Team	RG500	Retired
Ret	Alfons Ammerschläger	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	RG500	Retired
Ret	Klaus Klein	Dieter Braun Team	RG500	Retired
Ret	Franz Kaserer		RG500	Retired
Ret	Jean Lafond		RG500	Retired
Ret	Børge Nielsen		RG500	Retired
Ret	Glenn Williams		YZR500	Retired
DNS	Didier de Radiguès	Team Johnson Elf	RS500	Did not start
Sources: [4][5]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1983 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Hockenheimring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
4. "1983 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
5. "motogp.com · WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1983". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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