1983 was another close finish for titles with Alain Prost (57 points), Nelson Piquet (55) and Rene Arnoux (49) as they went in to the last race of the season. The Renault RE40s of Prost and Eddie Cheever were a close second with Piquet and Riccardo Patrese in the Brabham-BMW BT52 & 52Bs third.
