1983 San Marino Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 15 in the 1983 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 1 May 1983 | ||
| Location |
Autodromo Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.040 km (3.132 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:31.238 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Riccardo Patrese
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Brabham-BMW | |
| Time | 1:34.427 on lap 47 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on May 1, 1983.
Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Tambay, who drove the #27 Ferrari dedicated his win to the man he 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 3rd. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with 3 laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun in the Acque Mineralli chicane.
Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with only 6 laps remaining but only held the lead until he crashed at Acque Mineralli just half a lap later. Showing their love for Ferrari (even with a foreign driver such as Tambay) more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered when Patrese crashed out of the lead and handed it back to the Ferrari.
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