1983 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1983 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 May 1983 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.

  1983 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 May 1983
Official name	Marlboro Gran Premio de España de Motociclismo[1]
Location	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Freddie Spencer Time 1:29.870 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:29.570 Podium First Freddie Spencer Second Kenny Roberts Third Takazumi Katayama
250cc
Pole position Rider Jean-François Baldé Time 1:33.350 Fastest lap Rider Jean-François Baldé Time 1:33.240 Podium First Hervé Guilleux Second Christian Sarron Third Martin Wimmer
125cc
Pole position Rider Maurizio Vitali Time 1:38.470 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:38.490 Podium First Ángel Nieto Second Eugenio Lazzarini Third Pier Paolo Bianchi
50cc
Pole position Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:46.760 Fastest lap Rider Eugenio Lazzarini Time 1:47.070 Podium First Eugenio Lazzarini Second Stefan Dörflinger Third Jorge Martínez

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Machine	Time/Retired	Points
1	Freddie Spencer	HRC-Honda	NS500	56'17.460	15
2	Kenny Roberts	Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha	YZR500	+0.550	12
3	Takazumi Katayama	HRC-Honda	NS500	+32.450	10
4	Randy Mamola	HB Sinclair-Suzuki	RG500	+1'05.200	8
5	Franco Uncini	HB Gallina-Suzuki	RG500	+1'15.620	6
6	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Agostini Yamaha	YZR500	+1'17.480	5
7	Marc Fontan	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	+1'33.200	4
8	Jack Middelburg	Stichting Ned-Honda	RS500	+1 lap	3
9	Sergio Pellandini	Carimati-Pezzani Racing	RG500	+1 lap	2
10	Keith Huewen	Heron-Suzuki	RG500	+1 lap	1
11	Boet van Dulmen	Shell Nederland-Suzuki	RG500	+1 lap
12	Gianni Pelletier	HIRT Giapauto-Honda	RS500	+1 lap
13	Didier de Radiguès	Team Johnson Elf	RS500	+1 lap
14	Gustav Reiner		RG500	+1 lap
15	Steve Parrish	Mitsui-Yamaha	YZR500	+1 lap
16	Fabio Biliotti	Moto Club Condor	RS500	+1 lap
17	Philippe Coulon	Marlboro-Suzuki	RG500	+1 lap
18	Chris Guy		RG500	+2 laps
19	Corrado Tuzii	Beton Bloc Racing	RS500	+2 laps
20	Francisco Rico		RG500	+2 laps
21	Carlos Morante		YZR500	+2 laps
22	Alfons Ammerschläger	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	RG500	+2 laps
23	José Parra		RG500	+2 laps
Ret	Andreas Hofmann		RG500	Retired
Ret	Raymond Roche	Moto Club Paul Ricard	NS500	Retired
Ret	Wolfgang von Muralt		RG500	Retired
Ret	Ron Haslam	HRC-Honda	NS500	Retired
Ret	Grino Marco		RG500	Retired
Ret	Marco Greco		RG500	Retired
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli	HRC-Honda	NS500	Retired
DNS	Leandro Becheroni		RG500	Did not start
Sources: [2][3]