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The1983 British Formula Three Championship was the 33rd season of theBritish Formula Three Championship, starting atSilverstone on 6 March and concluding atThruxton on 23 October after 20 races.
The season saw a head-to-head title battle between futureFormula One starsAyrton Senna andMartin Brundle - both drivingToyota-poweredRalt chassis, prepared byWest Surrey Racing andEddie Jordan Racing respectively. Senna built up a commanding advantage by winning the first nine races in succession, but a series of retirements for the Brazilian later in the year allowed Brundle to close the gap. The Brit took the points lead heading into the series finale, but Senna dominated the race to secure the title.
Senna won 12 of the 20 races in the season (60% of that year's races), a record untilJan Magnussen won 14 of the 18 races in the1994 season (78% of that year's races). Both Senna and Brundle stepped up to F1 in1984, joiningToleman andTyrrell respectively.
Other notable drivers from the year included futureLe Mans winnerDavy Jones,BTCC starDavid Leslie and Senna's futureLotus teammateJohnny Dumfries. 1983 was also the final season before 'Class B' was established, offering a separate prize for those competing in older cars.
^1 Brundle was ineligible to score points as he was using European specification tyres.Allen Berg therefore secured maximum points at this round.[1]
Points in brackets include dropped scores –only the best 17 of 20 scores count towards the championship
| Pos. | Driver | Team | SIL | THR | SIL | DON | THR | SIL | THR | BRH | SIL | SIL2 | CAD | SNE | SIL | DON | OUL | SIL | OUL | THR | SIL | THR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ayrton Senna | West Surrey Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 1 | 132 |
| 2 |  Martin Brundle | Eddie Jordan Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (3) | 123 |
| 3 |  Davy Jones | Murray Taylor Racing | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 77 |
| 4 | Calvin Fish | David Price Racing | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 67 |
| 5 |  Allen Berg | Neil Trundle Racing | 10 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 5 | DNS | 32 |
| 6 |  Mario Hytten | Axxess Racing Team | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | David Leslie | Robinson Motorsport | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | ||
| 8 | Eric Lang | Murray Taylor Racing | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Tony Trevor | Driver | 8 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Richard Trott | Richard Trott Racing | Ret | 5 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Associated Racing | 6 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 5 | Ret | 6 | 16 | 8 | |||||
| 12 | David Hunt | Eddie Jordan Racing | 9 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Tim Lee-Davey | David Luff Racing | 9 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||
| 14 | Mike Blanchet | Tarry Racing | 10 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 21 | DNS | 12 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 |  Carlton Tingling | Tingling Racing | 14 | DNS | 11 | Ret | 12 | 14 | DNS | 10 | 10 | 23 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 |
^2 European Championship race where the British runners had to use regulation Avon rubber to be eligible for British championship points.[2]
