1983 European Grand Prix

1983 European Grand Prix
Race 14 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 25 September 1983
Official name John Player Grand Prix of Europe
Location Brands Hatch, Kent, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.206 km (2.613 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 319.656 km (198.588 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Renault
Time 1:12.092
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Renault
Time 1:14.342 on lap 70
Podium
First Brabham-BMW
Second Renault
Third Lotus-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1983 European Grand Prix (formally the John Player Grand Prix of Europe[1]) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 25 September 1983. It was the fourteenth race of the 1983 Formula One World Championship.

The 76-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. Piquet's Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost was second in a factory Renault, while Nigel Mansell was third in a Lotus-Renault. With the win, Piquet moved within two points of Prost at the top of the championship with one race remaining.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1983". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 29 October 2017.