1983 Gran Premio de Madrid
# 1983 Gran Premio de Madrid

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)
