1983 FIA European Formula 3 Championship

The 1983 FIA European Formula 3 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. The championship consisted of 16 rounds across the continent. The season was won by Italian Pierluigi Martini, with John Nielsen second and Emanuele Pirro in third.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date
1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 13 March
2 West Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 27 March
3 Belgium Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 17 April
4 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 1 May
5 Austria Österreichring, Spielberg 22 May
6 France Circuit de la Châtre, La Châtre 5 June
7 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 12 June
8 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 26 June
9 Italy Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica, Misano Adriatico 9 July
10 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 31 July
11 Sweden Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd 7 August
12 France Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 4 September
13 Spain Circuito del Jarama, Madrid 11 September
14 Italy Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola 25 September
15 United Kingdom Donington Park, Leicestershire 9 October
16 France Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois, Croix-en-Ternois 23 October

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit Italy Emanuele Pirro Italy Pierluigi Martini Italy Emanuele Pirro MC Motorsport Report
2 West Germany Nürburgring event cancelled due to snow Report
3 Belgium Circuit Zolder Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Austria Gerhard Berger Italy Emanuele Pirro MC Motorsport Report
4 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Switzerland Jo Zeller Denmark John Nielsen Volkswagen Motorsport Report
5 Austria Österreichring Italy Emanuele Pirro Italy Pierluigi Martini Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Eddie Jordan Racing Report
6 France Circuit de la Châtre Italy Roberto Ravaglia Italy Roberto Ravaglia Trivellato Racing Team Report
7 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit United Kingdom Martin Brundle United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries United Kingdom Martin Brundle Eddie Jordan Racing Report
8 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Italy Roberto Ravaglia Italy Pierluigi Martini Denmark John Nielsen Volkswagen Motorsport Report
9 Italy Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Eddie Jordan Racing Report
10 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Volkswagen Motorsport Report
11 Sweden Ring Knutstorp Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Volkswagen Motorsport Report
12 France Circuit Paul Armagnac Denmark John Nielsen Denmark John Nielsen Italy Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Report
13 Spain Circuito del Jarama Italy Pierluigi Martini Italy Pierluigi Martini Italy Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Report
14 Italy Autodromo Dino Ferrari Italy Pierluigi Martini Denmark John Nielsen Italy Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Report
15 United Kingdom Donington Park United Kingdom Martin Brundle Italy Ruggero Melgrati United Kingdom Martin Brundle Eddie Jordan Racing Report
16 France Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois Italy Pierluigi Martini Italy Pierluigi Martini Italy Pierluigi Martini Pavesi Racing Report
Sources:[1]

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver VAL
Italy
NÜR
West Germany
ZOL
Belgium
MAG
France
OST
Austria
LAC
France
SIL
United Kingdom
MNZ
Italy
MIS
Italy
ZAN
Netherlands
KNU
Sweden
NOG
France
JAR
Spain
IMO
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
CRO
France
Pts
1 Italy Pierluigi Martini 3 C Ret Ret 4 Ret 5 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 66
2 Denmark John Nielsen 2 C Ret 1 Ret Ret 7 1 Ret 1 1 3 3 2 4 4 62
3 Italy Emanuele Pirro 1 C 1 13 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 3 2 2 4 9 2 52
4 Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne C 4 5 1 Ret 2 3 1 7 8 5 Ret Ret 12 Ret 35
5 Italy Roberto Ravaglia Ret C 6 Ret Ret 1 4 2 3 5 6 8 5 Ret 13 3 32
6 Belgium Didier Theys C 2 Ret 5 2 3 Ret 13 4 5 6 6 8 8 7 25
7 United Kingdom Martin Brundle 1 1 18
= Austria Gerhard Berger C 3 6 2 13 Ret 7 11 2 Ret Ret 6 18
9 Italy Claudio Langes C Ret Ret 19 4 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 5 5 11
10 France Pascal Fabre 6 C 5 Ret 6 3 11 8 9 10 7 Ret 8
11 Denmark Kris Nissen C 10 4 14 Ret 6 4 Ret 7 Ret Ret 15 7
12 France François Hesnault 2 13 6
= France Michel Ferté C 3 5 12 6
= Italy Enzo Coloni 4 4 6
15 Italy Ivan Capelli 8 3 6 5
16 United Kingdom James Weaver 10 Ret 3 4
= Italy Ruggero Melgrati 5 C Ret 9 7 9 7 16 Ret 10 Ret 8 11 7 5 4
18 Switzerland Bernard Santal C Ret 12 22 13 8 Ret 16 Ret 4 10 12 3
= Spain Carlos Abella 5 11 6 3
20 Netherlands John Bosch 19 C 9 Ret 12 20 14 5 2
21 Switzerland Max Busslinger 12 16 16 15 6 Ret 10 1
= Denmark Kurt Thiim 6 16 9 10 10 1
- France Cathy Muller 11 C 11 7 7 11 15 Ret 12 14 Ret 9 9 10 18 9 0
- Italy Alfredo Sebastiani 7 0
- Switzerland Jakob Bordoli 9 C 7 Ret 18 13 0
- France Philippe Huart 7 9 15 11 Ret 0
- Italy Franco Forini 16 7 0
- Switzerland Jo Zeller 8 8 8 DSQ 10 9 9 Ret Ret 11 0
- Italy Stefano Livio 10 0
- Switzerland Urs Dudler 11 17 0
- Belgium Marc Duez 12 0
- Sweden Haase Thaung 13 12 0
- Sweden Thorbjörn Carlsson 16 11 0
- United States Tommy Grunnah 20 0
- Italy Antonio Padrone 23 0
- Denmark Jan Thoelke 24 0
- Italy Oscar Pedersoli 13 C 20 9 0
- France Hans-Peter Pandur 13 Ret 12 0
- Italy Franco Scapini 14 0
- Finland Harri Kangas 14 10 0
- France Patrick Gonin 14 10 0
- Canada Allen Berg 10 12 0
- United Kingdom Richard Trott 12 0
- United States Davy Jones 14 0
- United Kingdom Calvin Fish 16 0
- United States Eric Lang 17 0
- United Kingdom Tony Trevor 19 Ret 0
- United Kingdom Mike Blanchet 21 0
- United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey 22 0
- Jamaica Carlton Tingling 23 0
- Italy Marco Spinelli 15 0
- France Marc Sourd 15 12 16 0
- Italy Gianfranco Tacchino 17 0
- West Germany Harald Brutschin 17 0
- Italy Luigi Giannini 18 0
- West Germany Bartl Stadler 18 Ret 0
- Spain Jose-Luis Llobell 19 10 21 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 17 0
- Italy Walter Voulaz 20 0
- West Germany Lars Schneider 21 0
- Spain Adrian Campos 22 11 18 9 11 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 0
- Switzerland Marcel Wettstein 23 0
- Austria Franz Konrad Ret C Ret 17 0
- West Germany Volker Weidler Ret 0
- Argentina Enrique Benamo Ret Ret 8 Ret 0
- France Olivier Grouillard Ret 14 14 0
- France Frederic Delavallade Ret 15 0
- Italy Paolo Giangrossi Ret 0
- Austria Johann Reindl Ret 0
- United Kingdom David Leslie Ret 0
- Sweden Mario Hytten Ret 0
- United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Ret Ret 0
- Brazil Ayrton Senna Ret 0
- United Kingdom Martin Wood Ret 0
- Canada Steve Bradley Ret 0
- Italy Giovanni Bertaccini 11 0
- Italy Angelo Scifoni 12 0
- Italy Ivone Pinton 13 0
- Switzerland Hanspeter Kaufmann 13 0
- Italy Francesco Baldasseroni 18 0
- Austria Ernst Franzmaier 19 15 0
- Italy Carlo Betti Ret 0
- Italy Alfredo Merelli Ret 0
- Netherlands Cor Euser 8 14 0
- Netherlands Fred Krab 13 0
- France Pascal Pessiot 15 Ret 0
- Belgium Bruno di Gioia 17 0
- West Germany Thomas von Löwis Ret 0
- Sweden Tomas Kaiser 13 0
- Sweden Johnny Sigfridsson 15 0
- Sweden Nettan Lindgren-Jansson 17 0
- Sweden Jan-Olov Tingdal DSQ 0
- Sweden Hakan Olausson Ret 0
- Sweden Stanley Dickens Ret 0
- Sweden Johan Rajamäki Ret 0
- Sweden Leo Andersson Ret 19 0
- France Gilles Lempereur 17 0
- Switzerland Pierre-Alain Lombardi Ret 0
- Switzerland Fredy Eschenmoser 14 0
- Italy Arturo Merzario 16 0
- Austria Walter Lechner Ret 16 Ret 0
- United Kingdom Paul Jackson 11 0
- United Kingdom Russell Spence 13 0
- West Germany Karl-Christian Lück Ret 0
- United Kingdom David Hunt Ret 0
Pos Driver VAL
Italy
NÜR
West Germany
ZOL
Belgium
MAG
France
OST
Austria
LAC
France
SIL
United Kingdom
MNZ
Italy
MIS
Italy
ZAN
Netherlands
KNU
Sweden
NOG
France
JAR
Spain
IMO
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
CRO
France
Pts
Sources:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Formel 3 guide - Saison 1983". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  2. ^ "Formel 3 guide - Punktestand 1983 FIA European Formula 3 Championship". Archived from the original on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.