The fifth Gran Premio de Madrid, was the seventh round of the 1983 European Championship for F2 Drivers. This was held at Circuito Permanente del Jarama, north of the Spanish capital, Madrid, on 12 June. This was first time the race was held since 1971.
Report
Entry A total of 26 F2 cars were entered for the event, however of which 23 took part in qualifying.
Qualifying Jonathan Palmer took pole position for Ralt Racing Ltd, in their Ralt-Honda RH6/83H, averaging a speed of 99.031 mph.
Race The race was held over 65 laps of a Jarama circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RH6/83H. Thackwell won in a time of 1hr 28:50.80mins., averaging a speed of 92.737 mph. Around 2.36 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Stefan Bellof, for the Maurer Motorsport team in their own BMW-engined MM83. The podium was completed by the second works Ralt, of Jonathan Palmer.
Classification
Race result Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 9 Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/83H 1hr 28:50.80 2nd 4 Stefan Bellof Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM83 1hr 28:53.16 3rd 9 Jonathan Palmer Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt-Honda RH6/83H 1hr 29:06.29 4th 7 Philippe Streiff Equipe Armagnac Bigorre Nogaro AGS-BMW JH19B 1hr 29:25.62 5th 5 Alain Ferté Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM83 1hr29:29.99 6th 27 Enrique Mansilla James Gresham Racing March-BMW 832 1hr 29:43.15 7th 1 Beppe Gabbiani Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 832 1hr 29:59.20 8th 22 Richard Dallest Merzario Team Srl Merzario-BMW M28 1hr 30:06.30 9th 2 Christian Danner Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 832 1hr 29:59.20 10th 12 Rolf Biland Schweizer Automobil Rennsport March-BMW 832 64 11th 34 Roberto Del Castello Mint Engineering March-BMW 832 63 12th 36 Fulvio Ballabio Equipe Armagnac Bigorre Nogaro AGS-BMW JH19 63 13th 11 Emilio de Villota Minardi Team Srl Minardi-BMW M283 62 Accident 14th 3 Patrick Nève Onyx Race Engineering March-BMW 832 62 15th 18 Aldo Bertuzzi Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 62 16th 33 Dave Scott Mint Engineering March-BMW 832 60 Engine 17th 24 Jo Gartner Emco Sport Spirit-BMW 201 58 DNF 16 Guido Daccò Sanremo Racing Srl March-BMW 832 56 Engine DNF 25 "Pierre Chauvet" Emco Sport Spirit-BMW 201 47 Accident DNF 6 Pierre Petit Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM83 37 Accident DNF 17 Kenny Acheson Maurer Motorsport Maurer-BMW MM81 27 Accident DNF 10 Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Srl Minardi-BMW M283 25 Throttle linkage DNF 26 Philippe Alliot BMW France Martini-BMW 792 11 Wheel bearing
Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:10.02ecs. (108.65 mph) Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
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