1983 Pau Grand Prix
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| 1983 Pau Grand Prix | |||
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| 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 miles) | ||
| Distance | 73 laps, 206.882 km (128.550 miles) | ||
| Weather | Rain | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maurer-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:11.87 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Germany Stefan Bellof | Maurer-BMW | |
| Time | 1:13.12 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Spirit-BMW | ||
| Second | Maurer-BMW | ||
| Third | Ralt-Honda | ||
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.
Classification
[edit | edit source]Race
[edit | edit source]| Pos | No | Driver | Vehicle | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
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| 1 | 24 | Austria Jo Gartner | Spirit-BMW | 73 | 1hr 45min 18.65sec | 6 | |
| 2 | 17 |  Kenny Acheson
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Maurer-BMW | 73 | + 25.91 s | 13 | |
| 3 | 8 | Jonathan Palmer
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Ralt-Honda | 73 | + 53.96 s | 11 | |
| 4 | 3 | Belgium Thierry Tassin | March-BMW | 73 | + 1:05.93 s | 8 | |
| 5 | 2 | Germany Christian Danner | March-BMW | 73 | + 1:06.24 s | 9 | |
| 6 | 12 | Switzerland Rolf Biland | March-BMW | 69 | + 4 laps | 18 | |
| 7 | 36 | Italy Fulvio Ballabio | AGS-BMW | 67 | + 6 laps | 16 | |
| 8 | 9 | New Zealand Mike Thackwell | Ralt-Honda | 67 | + 6 laps | 2 | |
| 9 | 15 | Sweden Tomas Kaiser | Maurer-BMW | 66 | + 7 laps | 19 | |
| 10 | 7 | France Philippe Streiff | AGS-BMW | 63 | + 10 laps | 5 | |
| DSQ | 5 | France Alain Ferté | Maurer-BMW | 73 | Disqualified | 3 | |
| DSQ | 4 | Germany Stefan Bellof | Maurer-BMW | 73 | Disqualified | 1 | |
| Ret | 26 | France Philippe Alliot | Martini-BMW | 59 | Engine | 10 | |
| Ret | 18 | Italy Guido Daccò | Lola-BMW | 30 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 1 | Italy Beppe Gabbiani | March-BMW | 29 | Driveshaft | 4 | |
| Ret | 28 | Italy Lamberto Leoni | March-BMW | 28 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 20 | France Richard Dallest | March-BMW | 28 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 25 | Austria "Pierre Chauvet" | Spirit-BMW | 24 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 6 | France Pierre Petit | Maurer-BMW | 18 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 10 | Italy Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-BMW | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
| DNQ | 19 | Italy Aldo Bertuzzi | March-BMW | Did Not Start | |||
| DNQ | 33 | Dave Scott
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March-BMW | Did Not Start | |||
| DNQ | 34 | Italy Roberto Del Castello | March-BMW | Did Not Start | |||
| DNQ | 35 | France Michel Ferté | Martini-BMW | Did Not Start | |||
| Fastest Lap: Stefan Bellof (Maurer-BMW) - 1:13.12 | |||||||
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