1983 1000km of Silverstone

The 1983 Grand Prix International 1000 km was the second round of the 1983 World Sportscar Championship and 1983 European Endurance Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain on 8 May 1983. The event was won by the No. 2 Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 driven by Derek Bell and Stefan Bellof.^[1][2][3]

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (1975–1986)

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	C	2	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956	212
2	C	8	Sorga SA	Bob Wollek Stefan Johansson	Porsche 956	212
3	C	14	Canon Racing	Jan Lammers Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 956	205
4	C	18	Boss-Obermaier Racing	Axel Plankenhorn Jürgen Lässig Harald Grohs	Porsche 956	201
5	C	21	Porsche Kremer Racing	Alan Jones Vern Schuppan	Porsche 956	201
6	C	42	Richard Cleare	Tony Dron Richard Cleare	Porsche CK5	197
7	C	39	Viscount Downe with Race Petroleum	Ray Mallock Mike Salmon	Nimrod NRA/C2	184
8	C	11	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Porsche 956	180
9	C Junior	63	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Alba AR2	172
10	B	89	Team Castrol	Jens Winther David Mercer Wolfgang Braun	BMW M1	169
11	B	88	Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH	Edgar Dören Hans Christian Jürgensen Antoniella Mandelli	BMW M1	169
12	C	55	François Duret	Mike Wilds François Duret Ian Harrower	De Cadenet Lola	167
13 DNF	C	41	Emka Productions Ltd.	Tiff Needell Jeff Allam Steve O'Rourke	EMKA C83/1	165
14	B	93	Charles Ivey Racing	John Cooper Paul Smith David Ovey	Porsche 930	159
15	B	92	Georg Memminger	Georg Memminger Heinz Kuhn-Weiss	Porsche 930	149
16	B	92	Bernd Schiller	Günter Steckkönig Bernd Schiller	Porsche 930	148
17 DNF	C	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 956	114
18 DNF	C	52	Grifone/Sivama	Joe Castellano Duilio Truffo	Lancia LC1	98
19 DNF	C	51	Grifone/Sivama	Massimo Sigala Oscar Larrauri	Lancia LC1	94
20 DNF	C	15	Joest Racing	Marc Duez Philippe Martin Jean-Michel Martin	Porsche 936	77
21 DNF	C	4	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Riccardo Patrese	Lancia LC2-83	74
22 DNF	C	12	Joest Racing	Volkert Merl Clemens Schickentanz Hans Heyer	Porsche 956	74
23 DNF	C	5	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Teo Fabi	Lancia LC2	54
24 DNF	C	47	Henns' T-Bird Swap Shop	Preston Henn Guy Edwards Rupert Keegan	Porsche 956	54
25 DNF	C	35	Brun Motorsport GmbH	Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun	Sehcar SH C6	32
26 DNF	C Junior	60	Mazdaspeed	Yojiro Terada Pete Lovett	Mazda 717C	32
27 DNF	B	95	Equipe Alméras Frères	Jean-Marie Alméras Roland Biancone Jacques Guillot	Porsche 930	7
DNS	B	91	Edgar Dören	Helmut Gall Margie Smith-Haas	Porsche 930	0
DNS	C Junior	62	Manns Racing	David Palmer Roy Baker	Harrier RX83C	0
Source:[2][4]