Championship Watch
Nelson Piquet won the 1983 Drivers' Championship for Brabham. Final 1983 standings — every driver and constructor ranked by points and wins.
Nelson Piquet won the 1983 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship driving for Brabham, finishing on 59 points, 2 clear of Alain Prost. Piquet won 3 races that season.
Ferrari took the Constructors' Championship with 89 points, 10 ahead of Renault.
8 different drivers won a Grand Prix, and 20 drivers scored championship points.
Championships in this era were decided on a "best results" basis — drivers counted only their highest-scoring finishes towards the title, so season totals can differ from the sum of every race result. Dropped scores were abolished from 1991.
Standings compiled from the Ergast/Jolpica Formula 1 results archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.
Nelson Piquet leads the 1983 Drivers Championship with 59 points, holding a 2-point advantage over Alain Prost (Renault). A gap of fewer than 25 points — one race win — means the title race remains mathematically open every single weekend.
In the 1983 Constructors Championship, Ferrari leads with 89 points — a 10-point margin over Renault. The Constructors title is decided by the combined points haul of a team's two drivers from every race, making car reliability, pit stop execution, and strategic pairing as important as raw pace.
The current FIA points system awards points to the top ten finishers in every Grand Prix: 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1. An additional point goes to the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race, provided they finish inside the top ten. Sprint events — held on Saturday at select rounds — offer a separate points structure: 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for the top eight finishers, counting toward both championships independently of the main race result.
A driver must hold an FIA Super Licence and score at least one championship point to register on the standings. DNFs score zero, but a classified finish — completing at least 90% of the race distance — earns the driver’s finishing position even without a points reward.