1983 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  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 Unknown Podium First Kenny Roberts Second Freddie Spencer Third Randy Mamola
250 cc
Pole position Rider Patrick Fernandez Time 1:34.180 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Jacques Bolle Second Thierry Espié Third Christian Sarron
125 cc
Pole position Rider Ricardo Tormo Time 1:39.260 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Bruno Kneubühler Third Hans Müller
50 cc
Pole position Rider No 50cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 50cc race was held Podium First No 50cc race was held Second No 50cc race was held Third No 50cc race was held

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.

Classification

500 cc

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

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