Ferrari 126 C3, Hockenheimring '83 René Arnoux Winner
It was the first car with carbon fibre chassis with car body functions. The Ferrari adopted the big rear wing for the German circuit, usually employed in slow racetracks. This as a trade-off to obtain a good road holding, both in the fast part and in the classic Motodrom, slower and challenging. Tambay just steals Arnoux the pole position, but during the second lap, after the Ostkurve, Arnoux suddenly overtakes him. Few laps later, Tambay retires because of a valve failure in the first cylinder.
René Arnoux demonstrates in Germany to be an intelligent pilot: during the last laps he saves the car while he doesn't get frightened when Piquet regains some seconds per lap, achieving a final victory that re-launches him in the world championship.