1983 Pau Grand Prix

The 1983 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 22 May 1983 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. After initially winning the Grand Prix, Alain Ferté, as well as his teammate, Stefan Bellof were disqualified after their cars were found to be underweight. This therefore handed the win to Jo Gartner. Kenny Acheson finished second and Jonathan Palmer third.

1983 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 22 May 1983
Official name XLIII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 mi)
Distance 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 mi)
Weather Rain
Pole position
Driver Maurer-BMW
Time 1:11.87
Fastest lap
Driver Stefan Bellof Maurer-BMW
Time 1:13.12
Podium
First Spirit-BMW
Second Maurer-BMW
Third Ralt-Honda

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 24 Jo Gartner Spirit-BMW 73 1hr 45min 18.65sec 6
2 17 Kenny Acheson Maurer-BMW 73 + 25.91 s 13
3 8 Jonathan Palmer Ralt-Honda 73 + 53.96 s 11
4 3 Thierry Tassin March-BMW 73 + 1:05.93 s 8
5 2 Christian Danner March-BMW 73 + 1:06.24 s 9
6 12 Rolf Biland March-BMW 69 + 4 laps 18
7 36 Fulvio Ballabio AGS-BMW 67 + 6 laps 16
8 9 Mike Thackwell Ralt-Honda 67 + 6 laps 2
9 15 Tomas Kaiser Maurer-BMW 66 + 7 laps 19
10 7 Philippe Streiff AGS-BMW 63 + 10 laps 5
DSQ 5 Alain Ferté Maurer-BMW 73 Disqualified 3
DSQ 4 Stefan Bellof Maurer-BMW 73 Disqualified 1
Ret 26 Philippe Alliot Martini-BMW 59 Engine 10
Ret 18 Guido Daccò Lola-BMW 30 Accident 20
Ret 1 Beppe Gabbiani March-BMW 29 Driveshaft 4
Ret 28 Lamberto Leoni March-BMW 28 Accident 15
Ret 20 Richard Dallest March-BMW 28 Accident 12
Ret 25 "Pierre Chauvet" Spirit-BMW 24 Accident 14
Ret 6 Pierre Petit Maurer-BMW 18 Accident 17
Ret 10 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-BMW 0 Accident 7
DNQ 19 Aldo Bertuzzi March-BMW Did Not Start
DNQ 33 Dave Scott March-BMW Did Not Start
DNQ 34 Roberto Del Castello March-BMW Did Not Start
DNQ 35 Michel Ferté Martini-BMW Did Not Start
Fastest Lap: Stefan Bellof (Maurer-BMW) - 1:13.12
Sources:[1][2]
Preceded by
1982 Pau Grand Prix
Pau Grand Prix
1983
Succeeded by
1984 Pau Grand Prix
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References

  1. "XLIII Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1983". Formula2.net. 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  2. "1983 Pau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.


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