Piquet, who won the Brazilian, Italian and European Grands Prix in 1983, won the championship by just two points in front of Renault's Alain Prost (Renault had pioneered turbocharging in F1 in 1977, but would be destined never to win the World Championship in the original turbo era (1977-1988)).
Piquet, que gañou os Grandes Premios de 1983 de Brasil, Italia e Europa, gañou o campionato por só dous puntos por diante do Renault de Alain Prost (Renault fora pioneiro na turboalimentación na F1 en 1977, pero non volvería a gañar o campionato do mundo na primeira era turbo (1977-1988)).