Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s1983 South African Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 6 | 1:09.948 | 211.220 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 8 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-TAG | 17 | 1:10.634 | 0.686 | 209.168 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Renault | 60 | 1:10.825 | 0.877 | 208.604 | NC | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 8 | 1:10.848 | 0.900 | 208.537 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 9 | 1:11.166 | 1.218 | 207.605 | Ret | ||||
| 6 | 27 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 7 | 1:11.267 | 1.319 | 207.311 | Ret | ||||
| 7 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 5 | 1:11.401 | 1.453 | 206.921 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | Keke Rosberg | Williams-Honda | 51 | 1:11.656 | 1.708 | 206.185 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | 16 | Eddie Cheever | Renault | 6 | 1:11.953 | 2.005 | 205.334 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | 36 | Bruno Giacomelli | Toleman-Hart | 51 | 1:12.058 | 2.110 | 205.035 | Ret | ||||
| 11 | 35 | Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | 11 | 1:12.102 | 2.154 | 204.910 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | 28 | René Arnoux | Ferrari | 6 | 1:12.183 | 2.235 | 204.680 | Ret | ||||
| 13 | 23 | Mauro Baldi | Alfa Romeo | 4 | 1:12.686 | 2.738 | 203.263 | Ret | ||||
| 14 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Renault | 16 | 1:12.709 | 2.761 | 203.199 | Ret | ||||
| 0 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-TAG | 17 | 1:13.194 | 3.246 | 201.853 | Dsq | ||||
| 15 | 4 | Danny Sullivan | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1:13.494 | 3.546 | 201.029 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 50 | 1:13.507 | 3.559 | 200.993 | Ret | ||||
| 17 | 29 | Marc Surer | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 60 | 1:14.489 | 4.541 | 198.343 | 8 | ||||
| 18 | 30 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 47 | 1:15.100 | 5.152 | 196.730 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 18 | 1:15.144 | 5.196 | 196.615 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | 26 | Raul Boesel | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 5 | 1:15.886 | 5.938 | 194.692 | NC | ||||
| 21 | 31 | Corrado Fabi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 8 | 1:17.153 | 7.205 | 191.495 | Ret | ||||
| 22 | 17 | Kenny Acheson | RAM-Ford Cosworth | 7 | 1:17.212 | 7.264 | 191.348 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS-BMW | 1 | 1:23.427 | 13.479 | 177.094 | Ret | ||||
| 24 | 2 | Jacques Laffite | Williams-Honda | 1 | 1:24.689 | 14.741 | 174.455 | Ret | ||||
| 25 | 32 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1 | 1:29.776 | 19.828 | 164.570 | Ret |