1983 Gran Premio de Madrid
The fifth Gran Premio de Madrid, was the seventh round of the 1983 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at Circuito Permanente del Jarama, north of the Spanish capital, Madrid, on 12 June. This was first time the race was held since 1971.[1]
Report
Entry
A total of 26 F2 cars were entered for the event, however of which 23 took part in qualifying.[1]
Qualifying
Jonathan Palmer took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6/83H, averaging a speed of 99.031 mph.[1]
Race
The race was held over 65 laps of a Jarama circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6/83H. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 28:50.80mins., averaging a speed of 92.737 mph. Around 2.36 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Stefan Bellof, for the Maurer Motorsport team in their own BMW-engined MM83. The podium was completed by the second works Ralt, of Jonathan Palmer.[2]
Classification
Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car - Engine | Time, Laps | Reason Out |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 9 | Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt-Honda RH6/83H | 1hr 28:50.80 | ||
2nd | 4 | Maurer Motorsport | Maurer-BMW MM83 | 1hr 28:53.16 | ||
3rd | 9 | Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt-Honda RH6/83H | 1hr 29:06.29 | ||
4th | 7 | Equipe Armagnac Bigorre Nogaro | AGS-BMW JH19B | 1hr 29:25.62 | ||
5th | 5 | Maurer Motorsport | Maurer-BMW MM83 | 1hr29:29.99 | ||
6th | 27 | James Gresham Racing | March-BMW 832 | 1hr 29:43.15 | ||
7th | 1 | Onyx Race Engineering | March-BMW 832 | 1hr 29:59.20 | ||
8th | 22 | Merzario Team Srl | Merzario-BMW M28 | 1hr 30:06.30 | ||
9th | 2 | Onyx Race Engineering | March-BMW 832 | 1hr 29:59.20 | ||
10th | 12 | Schweizer Automobil Rennsport | March-BMW 832 | 64 | ||
11th | 34 | Mint Engineering | March-BMW 832 | 63 | ||
12th | 36 | Equipe Armagnac Bigorre Nogaro | AGS-BMW JH19 | 63 | ||
13th | 11 | Minardi Team Srl | Minardi-BMW M283 | 62 | Accident | |
14th | 3 | Onyx Race Engineering | March-BMW 832 | 62 | ||
15th | 18 | Sanremo Racing Srl | March-BMW 832 | 62 | ||
16th | 33 | Mint Engineering | March-BMW 832 | 60 | Engine | |
17th | 24 | Emco Sport | Spirit-BMW 201 | 58 | ||
DNF | 16 | Sanremo Racing Srl | March-BMW 832 | 56 | Engine | |
DNF | 25 | Emco Sport | Spirit-BMW 201 | 47 | Accident | |
DNF | 6 | Maurer Motorsport | Maurer-BMW MM83 | 37 | Accident | |
DNF | 17 | Maurer Motorsport | Maurer-BMW MM81 | 27 | Accident | |
DNF | 10 | Minardi Team Srl | Minardi-BMW M283 | 25 | Throttle linkage | |
DNF | 26 | BMW France | Martini-BMW 792 | 11 | Wheel bearing | |
- Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:10.02ecs. (108.65 mph) [1][3]
References
- "F2 Register - Index".
- "F2 Register - Index".
- Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)