Debutante Venezuelan ex-Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion Johnny Cecotto was joined by Roberto Guerrero, a refugee from the defunct Ensign outfit.
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Lotus would be without team founder Colin Chapman in 1983 after the legendary team boss' sudden death from a heart attack on 16 December 1982 at the age of 54.
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Renault held on to team leader Alain Prost but lost René Arnoux to Ferrari, and poached Cheever from Ligier to replace him (the rumor mill was that Renault wanted to sell more cars in North America and signing Phoenix native Cheever to the factory team was a good promotional tool).
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The Spirit 201 was a Formula One/Formula Two racing car designed by John Baldwin and Spirit Racing co-founder Gordon Coppuck which was raced in European Formula Two from 1982 to 1984 and in Formula One in 1983.