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1983 - Silverstone 1000 km

8 May 1983 - Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom


Stefan Bellof and Derek Bell win in Porsche 956

1st to 6th overall : Group C - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : Group B - 3rd

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
2 Porsche 956 956-007 C Stefan Bellof (D)/Derek Bell (GB) Rothmans Porsche (D) 1st 1st 1st 212 laps
8 Porsche 956 956-104 C Stefan Johansson (S)/Bob Wollek (F) Joest Racing 2nd 2nd 2nd 212 laps
14 Porsche 956 956-106 C Jan Lammers (NL)/Richard Lloyd (GB)/Thierry Boutsen (B) Richard Lloyd Racing 3rd 3rd 9th 205 laps
18 Porsche 956 956-109 C Axel Plankenhorn (D)/Jürgen Lässig (D)/Harald Grohs (D) Obermaier Racing (D) 4th 4th 8th 201 laps
21 Porsche 956 956-101 C Alan Jones (AUS)/Vern Schuppan (AUS) Porsche Kremer Racing (D) 5th 5th 10th 201 laps
42 Porsche CK5 CK5-01 C Richard Cleare (GB)/Tony Dron (GB) Richard Cleare Racing 6th 6th 13th 197 laps
11 Porsche 956 956-102 C John Fitzpatrick (GB)/David Hobbs (GB) John Fitzpatrick Racing (GB) 8th 8th 6th 180 laps
93 Porsche 930 003 0009 B John Cooper (GB)/Paul Smith (GB)/David Ovey (GB) Charles Ivey Racing 13th 3rd 25th 159 laps
92 Porsche 930 93A 007 00171 B Heinz Kuhn-Weiss (D)/Georg Memminger (D) Georg Memminger 14th 4th 24th 149 laps
98 Porsche 930 930 970 0069 B Günther Steckkönig (D)/Bernd Schiller (D) Bernd Schiller 15th 26th 148 laps
1 Porsche 956 956-005 C Jacky Ickx (B)/Jochen Mass (B) Rothmans Porsche (D) DNF 3rd 114 laps - Accident
15 Porsche 936 C JR-005 C Phillippe Martin (B)/Jean-Michel Martin (B)/Marc Duez (B) Joest Racing DNF 16th 77 laps - Transmission
12 Porsche 956 956-105 C Hans Heyer (D)/Clemens Schickentanz (D)/Volkert Merl (D) Joest Racing DNF 7th 74 laps - Engine
47 Porsche 956 956-103 C Preston Henn (USA)/Guy Edwards (GB)/Rupert Keegan (GB) Henns' T-Bird Swap Shop DNF 11th 54 laps - Engine
95 Porsche 930 B Jean-Marie Alméras (F)/Roland Biancone (F)/Jacques Guillot (F) Equipe Alméras Fréres DNF 27th 7 laps - Engine


World Endurance Championship     Silverstone 1000 km


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