Sunday 13th March 1983
The Brazilian Grand Prix at Jacarepagua was won by Nelson Piquet in a Brabham-BMW BT52 from the 4th place spot on the grid. Niki Lauda was second, 51 seconds,back in a McLaren and Jacques Laffite had a great drive from 18th spot to finish third. Keke Rosberg sat on pole but was DQ’d after he stalled and was push started.