1983 San Marino Grand Prix

1983 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	1 May 1983
Location	Autodromo Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.040 km (3.132 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 miles)
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Time	1:31.238
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:34.427 on lap 47
Podium
First	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Second	Alain Prost	Renault
Third	René Arnoux	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 1 May 1983. It was the fourth race of the 1983 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Driving the #27 car, Tambay dedicated his win to the man he had replaced in the Ferrari team, the late Gilles Villeneuve. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Maranello-based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing third. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with three laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun at the Acque Minerali chicane.

Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with six laps remaining, but only held the lead for half a lap before crashing at Acque Minerali. He later described the accident as "purely my mistake". Showing their love for Ferrari more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered as Patrese handed the lead back to Tambay to take his second and last F1 victory.^[1]

This would be the last time that Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari saw his Formula One team score a victory in person. Enzo never attended races outside Italy at the time, and Ferrari would not win on Italian soil again until after Enzo died in 1988. Ferrari would not win at Imola again until Michael Schumacher in 1999. As of 2024, this remains the last race where all three drivers on the podium were of the same nationality.^{[2][better source needed]}