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cars held at

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on 13 November 1983. It was the forty eighth Australian Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Calder. The race was also the sixth and final round of the

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. The title had already been secured by

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as he had been twenty points ahead of Andrew Miedecke after winning the previous event at

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. Brazilian driver

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won his second Australian Grand Prix in three years. Local

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driver John Smith finished second, with French

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finishing third. As of the

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, Smith's second placing was the last time an Australian driver has finished on the podium of the Australian Grand Prix. The best finish since by an Australian was Alfie Costanzo's fourth place in

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and Mark Webber finishing fourth in

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. Daniel Ricciardo finished second on the road in the

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but was disqualified post race for breaching the maximum fuel limit and using an unauthorised method of measuring fuel consumption.

Classification

Results as follows:

Qualifying

Race

Notes

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: Roberto Moreno – 0'39.49 *

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: Alan Jones – 0'39.54

References

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