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| Race 11 of 12 races in the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Swedish TT [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Scandinavian Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 August at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, Sweden.
One of the most dramatic races in one of the most dramatic Grand Prix seasons ended in controversy as the championship's two main combatants collided on the last lap while battling for the lead.
Coming into the Swedish Grand Prix, Honda's Freddie Spencer led Yamaha's Kenny Roberts 117 to 115 with each man having won five of the season's ten previous races. Roberts had the momentum, having won four of the previous five rounds.
Roberts led Spencer going into the last lap of the race. Heading down the back straight, Spencer placed his Honda right behind Roberts' Yamaha as they reached the second to the last corner, a ninety degree right-hander. As both riders applied their brakes, Spencer came out of Roberts' slipstream and managed to get inside of the Yamaha. As they exited the corner, both riders ran wide off the track and into the dirt. [4] Spencer was able to get back on the track and back on the power first, crossing the finish line just ahead of Roberts for a crucial victory. [5] Roberts considered Spencer's pass to be foolish and dangerous and, exchanged angry words with him on the podium. [4]
It was a controversial pass by the young Honda rider and one that the two participants still dispute to this day. Roberts contends that it was a dangerous move while Spencer maintains it was a calculated risk he had to take to secure the championship. [6]
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Machine | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Freddie Spencer | HRC-Honda | NS500 | 49'17.530 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Kenny Roberts | Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha | YZR500 | +0.160 | 12 | ||
| 3 |  Takazumi Katayama | HRC-Honda | NS500 | +34.700 | 10 | ||
| 4 |  Marc Fontan | Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | +38.220 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Agostini Yamaha | YZR500 | +58.500 | 6 | ||
| 6 |  Marco Lucchinelli | HRC-Honda | NS500 | +58.830 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Randy Mamola | HB Sinclair-Suzuki | RG500 | +1'11.460 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Raymond Roche | Moto Club Paul Ricard | NS500 | +1'11.710 | 3 | ||
| 9 |  Ron Haslam | HRC-Honda | NS500 | +1'15.300 | 2 | ||
| 10 |  Anton Mang | HB Gallina-Suzuki | RG500 | +1'15.460 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Keith Huewen | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | +1 lap | |||
| 12 |  Boet van Dulmen | Shell Nederland-Suzuki | RG500 | +1 lap | |||
| 13 | Steve Henshaw | Harold Coppock | RG500 | +1 lap | |||
| 14 | Chris Guy | RG500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 15 | Loris Reggiani | HB Gallina-Suzuki | RG500 | +1 lap | |||
| 16 |  Peter Sjöström | Jeb’s Helmet Sweden | RG500 | +1 lap | |||
| 17 |  Wolfgang von Muralt | RG500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 18 | Leandro Becheroni | RG500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 19 | Philippe Coulon | Marlboro-Suzuki | RG500 | +1 lap | |||
| 20 |  Didier de Radiguès | Team Johnson Elf | RS500 | +1 lap | |||
| 21 | Peter Sköld | RG500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 22 | Lars Johansson | RG500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 23 | Åke Grahn | YZR500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 24 | Steve Williams | DTR Fowler Yamaha | YZR500 | +1 lap | |||
| 25 |  Esko Kuparinen | RG500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 26 | Timo Pohjola | YZR500 | +1 lap | ||||
| 27 | Kjeld Sörensen | RG500 | +2 laps | ||||
| 28 | Alf Henrik Graarud | YZR500 | +2 laps | ||||
| 29 |  Chris Fisher | YZR500 | +2 laps | ||||
| 30 | Børge Nielsen | RG500 | +2 laps | ||||
| 31 | Jan-Olof Odeholm | RG500 | +2 laps | ||||
| Ret | Barry Sheene | Heron-Suzuki | RG500 | Retired | |||
| Ret | Peter Linden | RG500 | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Risto Korhonen | RG500 | Retired | ||||
| Ret | Alf Karlsson | YZR500 | Retired | ||||
| DNS | Jack Middelburg | Stichting Ned-Honda | RS500 | Did not start | |||
| DNQ |  Beni Slydal | RG500 | Did not start | ||||
| Sources: [7] [8] | |||||||
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points |
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| 1 | Christian Sarron | 10 | France | Yamaha | 15 |
| 2 | Hervé Guilleux | 44 | France | Kawasaki | 12 |
| 3 |  Carlos Lavado | 5 | Venezuela | Yamaha | 10 |
| 4 | Tony Head | 20 | Britain | Rotax-Armstrong | 8 |
| 5 | Alan Carter | 28 | Britain | Yamaha | 6 |
| 6 | Jean Michel Mattioli | 22 | France | Yamaha | 5 |
| 7 | Jean-Louis Guignabodet | 8 | France | Yamaha | 4 |
| 8 | Didier de Radiguès | 6 | Belgium | Chevallier-Yamaha | 3 |
| 9 | Jacques Bolle | 19 | France | Pernod-Yamaha | 2 |
| 10 | Martin Wimmer | 4 | West Germany | Yamaha | 1 |
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points |
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| 1 | Bruno Kneubühler | 15 | Switzerland | MBA | 15 |
| 2 | Fausto Gresini | Italy | Garelli | 12 | |
| 3 |  August Auinger | 6 | Austria | MBA | 10 |
| 4 | Johnny Wickström | 10 | Finland | MBA | 8 |
| 5 |  Ricardo Tormo | 5 | Spain | MBA | 6 |
| 6 | Hans Müller | 8 | Switzerland | MBA | 5 |
| 7 | Pier Paolo Bianchi | 4 | Italy | Sanvenero | 4 |
| 8 | Pierluigi Aldrovandi | Italy | MBA | 3 | |
| 9 |  Willy Perez | Argentina | MBA | 2 | |
| 10 | Maurizio Vitali | 13 | Italy | MBA | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Rolf Biland | Kurt Waltisperg | LCR-Yamaha | 15 | |
| 2 | Egbert Streuer | Bernard Schnieders | LCR-Yamaha | 12 | |
| 3 | Werner Schwärzel | Andreas Huber | Seymaz-Yamaha | 10 | |
| 4 | Derek Jones | Brian Ayres | LCR-Yamaha | 8 | |
| 5 | Alain Michel | Claude Monchaud | LCR-Yamaha | 6 | |
| 6 | Frank Wrathall | Phil Spendlove | Seymaz-Yamaha | 5 | |
| 7 | Masato Kumano | Kunio Takeshima | LCR-Yamaha | 4 | |
| 8 | Hein van Drie | Willem van Dis | LCR-Yamaha | 3 | |
| 9 | Alfred Zurbrügg | Martin Zurbrügg | Seymaz-Yamaha | 2 | |
| 10 | Hans Hügli | Karl Paul | Seymaz-Yamaha | 1 |
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