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1983 / PIQUET

A scrolling recap of 1983 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Nelson Piquet closed the year on 59 points, a 2-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1983
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
Nelson Piquet	9	9	15	15	21	24	27	27	33	33	37	37	46	55	59
Alain Prost	0	0	9	15	19	28	28	30	39	42	51	51	51	57	57
René Arnoux	0	4	4	8	8	8	8	17	19	28	34	43	49	49	49
Patrick Tambay	2	2	5	14	17	23	23	27	31	31	31	37	40	40	40
Keke Rosberg	0	0	2	5	14	16	22	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	27
Eddie Cheever	0	0	4	4	4	8	8	14	14	14	17	17	21	21	22
John Watson	0	9	9	11	11	11	15	16	16	18	18	22	22	22	22
Andrea de Cesaris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	9	15
Riccardo Patrese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	13
Niki Lauda	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Ferrari ended on 89 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1983
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	FERRARI	89
P2	RENAULT	79
P3	BRABHAM–BMW	72
P4	WILLIAMS–FORD	36
P5	MCLAREN–FORD	34
P6	ALFA ROMEO	18
P7	TYRRELL–FORD	12
P8	LOTUS–RENAULT	11
P9	TOLEMAN–HART	10
P10	ARROWS–FORD	4
P11	WILLIAMS–HONDA	2
P12	THEODORE–FORD	1
P12	LOTUS–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1983
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15
Nelson Piquet	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P2	P1
Alain Prost	—	—	P3	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2
René Arnoux	—	P5	P7	P6	P7	P7	P9	P5	P5	P4	P3	P2	P2	P3	P3
Patrick Tambay	P4	P7	P6	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Keke Rosberg	—	—	P10	P8	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5
John Watson	—	P2	P3	P4	P5	P5	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6
Eddie Cheever	—	—	P7	P9	P9	P7	P9	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7
Andrea de Cesaris	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12	P8
Riccardo Patrese	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P12	P13	P13	P13	P14	P9
Niki Lauda	P2	P1	P2	P5	P6	P6	P6	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P10
Jacques Laffite	P3	P4	P5	P7	P8	P9	P7	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P11
Michele Alboreto	—	—	—	—	—	—	P8	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P12
Nigel Mansell	—	—	—	—	—	—	P13	P13	P11	P13	P12	P12	P12	P11	P13
Derek Warwick	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P15	P14	P13	P14
Marc Surer	P5	P6	P9	P10	P10	P10	P11	P11	P12	P14	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

12 drivers stood on a podium.

8 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 BRAZIL

1 PIQUET

2 LAUDA

3 —

R02 UNITED S

1 WATSON

2 LAUDA

3 ARNOUX

R03 FRANCE

1 PROST

2 PIQUET

3 CHEEVER

R04 SAN MARI

1 TAMBAY

2 PROST

3 ARNOUX

R05 MONACO

1 ROSBERG

2 PIQUET

3 PROST

R06 BELGIUM

1 PROST

2 TAMBAY

3 CHEEVER

R07 DETROIT

1 ALBORETO

2 ROSBERG

3 WATSON

R08 CANADA

1 ARNOUX

2 CHEEVER

3 TAMBAY

R09 GREAT BR

1 PROST

2 PIQUET

3 TAMBAY

R10 GERMANY

1 ARNOUX

2 CESARIS

3 PATRESE

R11 AUSTRIA

1 PROST

2 ARNOUX

3 PIQUET

R12 NETHERLA

1 ARNOUX

2 TAMBAY

3 WATSON

R13 ITALY

1 PIQUET

2 ARNOUX

3 CHEEVER

R14 EUROPE

1 PIQUET

2 PROST

3 MANSELL

R15 SOUTH AF

1 PATRESE

2 CESARIS

3 PIQUET

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

15

DRIVERS

20

WINNERS

8

PODIUM·DRIVERS

12

POINTS·SHARED

369

CHAMPION

Nelson Piquet

59 PTS · 3 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1983	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1983	PIQUET	LAUDA	—
R02 · 1983 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	1983 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	WATSON	LAUDA	ARNOUX
R03 · Grand Prix de France 1983	Grand Prix de France 1983	PROST	PIQUET	CHEEVER
R04 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1983	Gran Premio di San Marino 1983	TAMBAY	PROST	ARNOUX
R05 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1983	Grand Prix de Monaco 1983	ROSBERG	PIQUET	PROST
R06 · 1983 Belgian Grand Prix	1983 Belgian Grand Prix	PROST	TAMBAY	CHEEVER
R07 · 1983 Detroit Grand Prix	1983 Detroit Grand Prix	ALBORETO	ROSBERG	WATSON
R08 · Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1983	Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1983	ARNOUX	CHEEVER	TAMBAY
R09 · 1983 Marlboro British Grand Prix	1983 Marlboro British Grand Prix	PROST	PIQUET	TAMBAY
R10 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1983	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1983	ARNOUX	CESARIS	PATRESE
R11 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1983	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1983	PROST	ARNOUX	PIQUET
R12 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1983	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1983	ARNOUX	TAMBAY	WATSON
R13 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1983	Gran Premio d'Italia 1983	PIQUET	ARNOUX	CHEEVER
R14 · 1983 John Player Grand Prix of Europe	1983 John Player Grand Prix of Europe	PIQUET	PROST	MANSELL
R15 · Southern Sun Hotels South African Grand Prix 1983	Southern Sun Hotels South African Grand Prix 1983	PATRESE	CESARIS	PIQUET