{"id":13027,"date":"2020-12-04T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T12:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:49:00","slug":"1983-south-african-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"race","link":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"1983 South African Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero \">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\">1983 South African Grand Prix<\/h1>\n                            <ul class=\"hero__cats proxima\">\n                                                            <li>Saturday, October 15, 1983<\/li>\n                                                                                <li>Southern Sun Hotels Grand Prix of South Africa<\/li>\n                                                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/championships\/1983-f1-world-championship\/\">F1 World Championship<\/a><\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#race-report\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Race Report<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#results\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#qualifying\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Qualifying<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#circuit\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Circuit<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section><div class=\"container\" id=\"race-report\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div data-behaviour=\"race-data-box\" data-race-id=\"13027\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n                <aside class=\"ad-space \">\n                    <div class=\"ad-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n            <\/aside>\n\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div><div class=\"container\" id=\"full-race-report\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content user-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">This reshuffle of the calendar meant that the season ended on a high note in more ways than one, for apart from the Kyalami circuit, north of Johannesburg being 6,000 feet or so above seal level, it is also a very fast circuit and a good test of car and driver. The previous two seasons ended on the lowest possible note, and in fact, fizzled out undramatically in the car park of a Las Vegas Hotel, on which a &#8220;Mickey-Mouse&#8221; circuit had been laid out with concrete blocks. The Kyalami circuit is laid out on an open hillside, not as spectacular as the Osterreichring, but a fine circuit nonetheless, with an ultra fast downhill straight, followed by one of the best corners in Formula One racing as the cars plunge downhill on a falling away right-hand bend followed by an uphill left-hander that calls for a car to be well-mannered and well-balanced to make the most of the right-to-left flick at about 160 mph. The circuit then winds along the hillside in a series of bends that end in a rush up to a fast climbing right-hand hairpin that leads onto the top straight, with a fast right-hander before the pits and the brow of the hill by the start \/ finish line and the subsequent plunge down the ultra-fast straight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">With a lap record of over 216 kph (134 mph) it is not a circuit for the faint-hearted or a car with a weak engine. The keynote of setting-up a car for the circuit is to strike a usable compromise between maximum speed, achieved by &#8220;feathering&#8221; all the aerodynamic aids, and &#8220;down-force&#8221;, to aid cornering on the fast bends. On some circuits you can afford to lose some maximum speed by increasing the aerofoil angles, and benefit on lap times by superior cornering speeds aided by aerodynamic &#8220;down-force&#8221;, but at Kyalami the balance between the two is very critical because you are at maximum speed for a long time so that you cannot afford to sacrifice too much on maximum speed. Even so, McLaren, Brabham and Renault were all using their large Ferrari-style &#8220;tea-tray&#8221; rear aerofoils as first seen at Brands Hatch recently, while Ferrari and ATS have been using them all season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-image-text\">Nigel Mansell started 7th for Lotus<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/archive\/article\/november-1983\/66\/south-african-grand-prix-9\" class=\"button button--outline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read full report<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n           <\/div>\n        \n        <aside class=\"sidebar\">\n                                        \n            <div data-target=\"ad-container\">\n                    <aside class=\"ad-space \">\n                    <div class=\"ad-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-2\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n            <\/aside>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div><section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"results\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Race Results\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"race-results-table\" data-race-id=\"13027\" data-race-sprint=\"0\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    <div data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"ad-space ad-space--white\">\n                    <div class=\"ad-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-10\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n            <\/aside>\n\n    <\/div><section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"qualifying\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Qualifying\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"race-qualifying-table\" data-race-id=\"13027\" data-race-sprint=\"0\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"circuit\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Circuit &#8211; Kyalami\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"database-table-collapsible__table\">\n    <div class=\"js-react\">\n        <div class=\"database-table-collapsible__table\">\n            <div class=\"circuits\">\n                <div class=\"circuits__content\">\n                    <div class=\"circuits__data\">\n                                                    <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Country<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">South Africa<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Location<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">Midrand, Gauteng<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Type<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">Permanent road course<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Length<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">2.55 (Miles)<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">Record<\/p>\n                                <p class=\"circuits__text\">Keke Rosberg (Williams FW10-Honda), 1m08.149, 134.705 mph, F1, 1985<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"circuits__block circuits__block--half\">\n                                <p class=\"circuits__title proxima\">First Race<\/p>\n                                <a class=\"circuits__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1961-kyalami-f1\/\">1961 Kyalami F1<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"circuits__image\">\n                                                    <div\n                                class=\"circuits__image-background\"\n                                data-behaviour=\"image-lightbox\"\n                                data-thumb=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Kyalami-469.svg\"\n                                data-full=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Kyalami-469.svg\"\n                                data-title=\"\">\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"c-ad-space content-section block_5fc182ee9b3f5_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                    <aside class=\"ad-space \">\n                    <div class=\"ad-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n            <\/aside>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section><section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Latest news<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/articles\/uncategorised\/give-rins-the-right-bike-and-hes-able-to-extract-something-special\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Boats &amp; racing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Give Rins the right bike and he\u2019s able to extract something special\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>No one expected that, did they? And I\u2019m not accepting any of your so-called predictions, unless you have the betting slip and cash payout to prove it. A Ducati crashing&hellip;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2023-07-19\">19th July 2023<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTest Name<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/why-unloved-lotus-76-may-be-colin-chapmans-most-significant-car\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"185\" width=\"329\" alt=\"Why unloved Lotus 76 may be Colin Chapman&#8217;s most significant car\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-329x185.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ronnie-Peterson-at-the-1974-South-African-GP-Grandpirxphoto-200x112.jpg 200w\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy unloved Lotus 76 may be Colin Chapman&#8217;s most significant car\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>A wide variety of Lotus cars are often proffered as the ultimate F1 game-changer \u2013 but was the Lotus 76 an unusual candidate which trumps them all?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2023-03-09\">9th March 2023<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdisplay_621a8c8594<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/racing-through-the-pain-barrier-the-drivers-who-endured-agony-to-reach-the-finish-line\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"185\" width=\"329\" alt=\"Racing through the pain barrier: drivers who endured agony to reach the finish line\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-329x185.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stroll-Bahrain-2023-200x113.jpg 200w\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRacing through the pain barrier: drivers who endured agony to reach the finish line\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Finishing sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix with broken wrists and a fractured toe, Lance Stroll is the latest racer to block out torturous pain rather than miss a race. Here are some of the most incredible stories<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2023-03-08\">8th March 2023<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdisplay_4304cc49c7<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/the-scramble-to-catch-red-bull-can-any-f1-team-close-the-gap\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"185\" width=\"329\" alt=\"The scramble to catch Red Bull \u2013 can any F1 team close the gap?\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-329x185.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Red-Bulls-at-the-2023-Bahrain-GP-200x113.jpg 200w\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe scramble to catch Red Bull \u2013 can any F1 team close the gap?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The hot pursuit of keeping up with Red Bull is causing serious headaches for Mercedes and Ferrari, with Aston Martin remaining realistic<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2023-03-08\">8th March 2023<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdisplay_e275dd0c0a<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section><section class=\"c-database-cats database-cats content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"database-cats__content\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/series.jpg\" alt=\"Championships\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">3,398<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Championships<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/championships\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/results.jpg\" alt=\"Results\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">19,198<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Results<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/races\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/drivers.jpg\" alt=\"Drivers\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">25,161<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Drivers<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/drivers\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/team-driver-image.jpg\" alt=\"Teams\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">14,528<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Teams<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/teams\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/circuits.jpg\" alt=\"Circuits\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">889<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Circuits<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/circuits\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[45626,45625,24447,44403,37236],"championship_type":[27],"series":[24],"season":[697],"race_winner":[20538],"race_type":[2532],"race_circuit":[3212],"country":[844],"class_list":["post-13027","race","type-race","status-publish","hentry","tag-1983-f1-world-championship","tag-1983-south-african-grand-prix","tag-brabham","tag-patrick-tambay","tag-riccardo-patrese","championship_type-f1-world-championship","series-f1","season-697","race_winner-riccardo-patrese","race_type-south-african-grand-prix","race_circuit-kyalami","country-south-africa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1983 South African Grand Prix | Motorsport Database<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find all the details and all the info on October 15 1983 South African Grand Prix. Find race reports, circuit info, driver and team details.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1983 South African Grand Prix | Motorsport Database\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find all the details and all the info on October 15 1983 South African Grand Prix. Find race reports, circuit info, driver and team details.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T14:49:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/\",\"name\":\"1983 South African Grand Prix | Motorsport Database\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-04T12:34:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-09T14:49:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find all the details and all the info on October 15 1983 South African Grand Prix. Find race reports, circuit info, driver and team details.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Races\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"1983 South African Grand Prix\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/\",\"name\":\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1983 South African Grand Prix | Motorsport Database","description":"Find all the details and all the info on October 15 1983 South African Grand Prix. Find race reports, circuit info, driver and team details.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"1983 South African Grand Prix | Motorsport Database","og_description":"Find all the details and all the info on October 15 1983 South African Grand Prix. Find race reports, circuit info, driver and team details.","og_url":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/","og_site_name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","article_modified_time":"2023-11-09T14:49:00+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/","url":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/","name":"1983 South African Grand Prix | Motorsport Database","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-12-04T12:34:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-09T14:49:00+00:00","description":"Find all the details and all the info on October 15 1983 South African Grand Prix. Find race reports, circuit info, driver and team details.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/1983-south-african-grand-prix\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Races","item":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/races\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"1983 South African Grand Prix"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/#website","url":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/","name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race\/13027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/race"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race\/13027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164332,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race\/13027\/revisions\/164332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"championship_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship_type?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"race_winner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_winner?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"race_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_type?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"race_circuit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_circuit?post=13027"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msm.tjlabs.co.uk\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=13027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}