1983 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1983 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 29–31 July 1983 at the Silverstone Circuit.

  1983 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 July 1983
Official name	Marlboro British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.710 km (2.927 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:28.000 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:28.200 Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Freddie Spencer Third Randy Mamola
250 cc
Pole position Rider Patrick Fernandez Time 1:34.180 Fastest lap Rider Jacques Bolle Time 1:34.060 Podium First Jacques Bolle Second Thierry Espié Third Christian Sarron
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ricardo Tormo Time 1:39.260 Fastest lap Rider Ángel Nieto Time 1:39.670 Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Bruno Kneubühler Third Hans Müller

The race was split into two races. Entering Stowe Corner on Lap 5, Norman Brown's Suzuki slowed with a mechanical problem. The motorcycle stayed to the inside, but was hit by Peter Huber's Suzuki. It was not until the end of Lap 5 that riders began to enter pit lane, as only a yellow and an oil flag was displayed, but not fully across the track. On Lap 6, officials ended up waving the red flag at the starting line. Brown died instantly, while Huber was rushed by helicopter to a hospital in Oxford, where he was pronounced dead.

The race restarted as a split race. The first five completed laps were scored, and the remaining 23 laps were completed shortly after the track was cleared. The total time of the two races combined formed the aggregate time for the results.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Machine	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kenny Roberts	Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha	YZR500	42'19.070	15
2	Freddie Spencer	HRC-Honda	NS500	+4.110	12
3	Randy Mamola	HB Sinclair-Suzuki	RG500	+4.200	10
4	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Agostini Yamaha	YZR500	+8.370	8
5	Marc Fontan	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	+30.750	6
6	Takazumi Katayama	HRC-Honda	NS500	+31.480	5
7	Ron Haslam	HRC-Honda	NS500	+41.250	4
8	Boet van Dulmen	Shell Nederland-Suzuki	RG500	+1'13.910	3
9	Barry Sheene	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	+1'13.920	2
10	Paul Lewis		RG500	+1'26.650	1
11	Keith Huewen	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	+1'20.940
12	Anton Mang	HB Gallina-Suzuki	RG500	+1'24.980
13	Chris Guy		RG500	+2'23.170
14	Mark Salle		RG500	+1 lap
15	Kevin Wrettom		RG500	+1 lap
16	Wayne Gardner	Honda Britain Racing	RS500	+1 lap
17	Steve Henshaw	Harold Coppock	RG500	+1 lap
18	Franck Gross		RS500	+1 lap
19	Alan Irwin		RG500	+1 lap
20	Rob Punt	M Woestenburg	RG500	+1 lap
21	Con Law		RG500	+1 lap
22	Peter Sjöström	Jeb’s Helmet Sweden	RG500	+1 lap
23	Maurizio Massimiani	HIRT Italia	RS500	+2 laps
24	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro-Suzuki	RG500	+12 laps
Ret	Graham Wood	DTR Fowler Yamaha	YZR500	23 Laps
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli	HRC-Honda	NS500	15 Laps
Ret	Sergio Pellandini	Carimati-Pezzani Racing	RG500	14 Laps (c)
Ret	Virginio Ferrari	Cagiva	GP500	13 Laps
Ret	Rob McElnea		Suzuki RG500		12 Laps
Ret	Wolfgang von Muralt		RG500	11 Laps
Ret	Loris Reggiani	HB Gallina-Suzuki	RG500	11 Laps
Ret	John Pace		RG500	11 Laps
Ret	Dave Dean		RG500	11 Laps
Ret	Gary Lingham	Myers Motorcycles	RG500	11 Laps
Ret	Jack Middelburg	Stichting Ned-Honda	RS500	9 Laps
Ret	Leandro Becheroni		RG500	7 Laps
Ret	Simon Buckmaster		RG500	7 Laps
Ret	Norman Brown	Hector Neill Racing	RG500	4 Laps (fatal crash)[4]
Ret	Peter Huber		RG500	4 Laps (fatal crash)[4]
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Team Johnson Elf	RS500	3 Laps
Ret	Steve Parrish	Mitsui-Yamaha	YZR500	Retired
DNS	Roger Marshall	Honda Britain Racing	RS500	Did not start
DNQ	Jon Ekerold	Cagiva	GP500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Andreas Hofmann		RG500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Fabio Biliotti	Moto Club Condor	RS500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Marco Greco		RG500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Dennis Ireland		RG500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Corrado Tuzii	Beton Bloc Racing	RS500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Beni Slydal		RG500	Did not qualify
DNQ	Glenn Williams		YZR500	Did not qualify
Sources: [5][6]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1983 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Silverstone Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
4. "Two Motorcyclists Die in Race Crash". The New York Times. United Press International. 1 August 1983. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
5. "1983 British MotoGP". 9 October 2017.
6. "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1983". www.motogp.com.