Cika wannan jumla: John Watson ya lashe McLaren a
1983 yana riƙe da Formula One rikodin don mafi ƙasƙanci farawa matsayi ga mai nasara tseren. A cikin grid wanda ya kunshi motoci 26, Watson ya fara 22 a cikin McLaren-Ford. Wannan tseren kuma ya ga abokin aikin Watson (kuma mai nasara a 1982 Long Beach) Niki Lauda ya gama na biyu bayan ya fara 23rd a grid. René Arnoux, wanda ya gama na uku a cikin Ferrari 126C2B, shi ne kawai direba wanda ya taba gamawa a kan Formula One podium a Long Beach yana tuka motar turbocharged.