1982 Formula One season

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1982 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1982 Formula One season was the 33rd FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 23, 1982, and ended on September 25 after sixteen races. For the first time since the inception of Formula One, there were no non-Championship races run during 1982. This situation would become permanent from 1984 onward.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1982 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1982 Drivers Championship final standings
5 External links

[edit] Season summary

1982 was a season of tension. Swedish born Finn Keke Rosberg won the championship, but only won one race. The season featured tremendous on-track action and was extremely competitive, as Keke Rosberg (driving for Williams), René Arnoux and Alain Prost (Renault), Patrick Tambay and Didier Pironi (Ferrari), John Watson and Niki Lauda (McLaren), Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese (Brabham), Elio de Angelis (Lotus), and Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell) all won races. However, the season was marred by the deaths of drivers Riccardo Paletti and Gilles Villeneuve.

The controversies began even befors the first race of the season in South Africa. Two-time champion Niki Lauda, who was returning to F1 after a 3-year break, took exception to FISA's new super-license, and led a drivers' strike. The strike was resolved before the race, and Alain Prost's Renault won. Prost also won the second round in Brazil, but only after the top two finishers (Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg) were disqualified for running an illegal water-cooled brakes system. Lauda won the next race in Long Beach, USA for McLaren.

At this point, off-track struggles for control of the sport took center stage as the FISA-FOCA War broke out again. Angered by the Piquet and Rosberg's disqualification in Brazil, the FOCA teams boycotted the San Marino Grand Prix, leaving Renault and Ferrari as the only front-running teams in that race. Tyrrell was also forced to compete due to sponsorship obligations. In the race, both Renault cars broke down, leaving the Ferraris running alone in front, with Gilles Villeneuve ahead of Didier Pironi. Near the end of the race, the Ferrari team ordered the drivers to slow down to conserve fuel and reduce the risk of mechanical failure. Villeneuve thought this meant that Pironi was supposed to stay in second place, but Pironi didn't see it this way and passed Villeneuve on the last lap for the win. Villeneuve was irate, and swore he would never speak to Pironi again. This promise was fulfilled, as in the next race, in Belgium, Gilles was killed in qualifying. He was on his hot lap, with Jochen Mass cooling down in front of him. Mass moved to the inside to let Gilles through at the first half of Terlamen, just as Gilles moved to the inside to pass. Gilles' Ferrari struck Jochen Mass's car, throwing the Ferrari into the air. Gilles was catapulted out of the wreck in midair, across the top of the corner, ejecting Villeneuve right into the fencing, without his helmet, which flew off his head due to the immense G-Forces of the impact. Gilles didn't stand a chance. Ferrari withdrew from the race, and John Watson won for McLaren after Rosberg spun off the track in the final laps.

The next race in Monaco was an instant classic. The Renaults led from the start, with Arnoux ahead of Prost. Arnoux spun out of the race at about half distance, leaving Prost with a dominating lead. However, in the final laps rain began to fall on the track, leading to absolute chaos. Rosberg, Alboreto, Prost, and Derek Daly (Williams) all crashed while in potential race-winning positions in the final laps. Patrese spun and stalled the lead away, while Pironi, Andrea de Cesaris (Alfa Romeo), and Daly (who managed to keep running despite his crash) all had their cars stop with mechanical failures while leading on the last lap. Amid the chaos, Patrese managed to bump-start his car by coasting down a hill and finish his last lap to take his first career win.

Watson won again at Detroit, before tragedy struck again in Canada. Pironi qualified on pole, but stalled at the start. His stationary car was hit by the Osella of young Italian Riccardo Paletti, who was killed in the impact. Piquet won the re-started race. Pironi came back to take a dominant victory in Holland, where Arnoux was lucky to escape uninjured from a massive crash after his Renault's throttle stuck open.

Lauda won in Britain, but the real star of the race was Derek Warwick, who hustled the unfancied Toleman into second place late in the race and was closing on Lauda before the car broke down. The next race in France saw Frenchman Arnoux take victory in his French Renault, which was popular with the crowd but not with the team, as Arnoux was supposed to give the win to teammate Prost to help the latter's championship cause. As it was, Pironi seemed poised to run away with the title, but his quest was ended prematurely at the next race in Germany. During a wet qualifying session, Pironi plowed into the back of Prost's Renault. The Ferrari was launched into the air in an eerily similar accident to the one that killed Villeneuve. Fortunately, Pironi was not thrown from the car, but he suffered career-ending leg injuries. Ferrari chose to compete in the next day's race, and Patrick Tambay (who Ferrari had picked to replace Villeneuve) took a somber win after Piquet crashed out of the lead while lapping Eliseo Salazar (Piquet famously punched Salazar for his trouble).

Elio De Angelis scored his first win in Austria, as Rosberg's last-lap lunge for the win came up 0.050 seconds short. However, Rosberg was not to be denied at the next race which, despite being held in France, was named the 'Grand Prix of Switzerland'. After toiling in the mid-field for the first half of the race, the Finn went on a charge, and was on Prost's tail on what should have been the penultimate lap. The French clerk of the course attempted to end the race a lap early (with the Frenchman Prost in the lead), but was physically restrained by a Williams team member. Rosberg passed Prost on the subsequent lap, and held the lead for an extra lap as the clerk let the race run one lap beyond its scheduled distance.

Suddenly, Rosberg (who had scored zero points the previous season) was leading the championship. He duly held onto that lead in Italy (where Arnoux beat the two Ferraris) and in the final round at Las Vegas (where Alboreto took an unlikely win) to become the first Finnish World Champion.

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	January 23	Kyalami	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 21	Jacarepaguá	Alain Prost	Renault	Report
3	United States Grand Prix West	April 4	Long Beach	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	April 25	Imola	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	May 9	Zolder	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 23	Monaco	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	Report
7	United States Grand Prix East	June 6	Detroit	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Report
8	Canadian Grand Prix	June 13	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Report
9	Dutch Grand Prix	July 3	Zandvoort	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	Report
10	British Grand Prix	July 18	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	Report
11	French Grand Prix	July 25	Paul Ricard	René Arnoux	Renault	Report
12	German Grand Prix	August 8	Hockenheimring	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	Report
13	Austrian Grand Prix	August 15	Österreichring	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	Report
14	Swiss Grand Prix	August 29	Dijon	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	Report
15	Italian Grand Prix	September 12	Monza	René Arnoux	Renault	Report
16	Las Vegas Grand Prix	September 25	Las Vegas	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	Report

[edit] 1982 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	126C2	Ferrari 021	74	3	11	3
2	McLaren-Ford	MP4/1B	Ford Cosworth DFV	69	4	8
3	Renault	RE30B	Renault-Gordini EF1	62	4	8	10
4	Williams-Ford	FW07D FW08	Ford Cosworth DFV	58	1	7	1
5	Lotus-Ford	87B 91	Ford Cosworth DFV	30	1	2
6	Tyrrell-Ford	011	Ford Cosworth DFV	25	1	2
7	Brabham-BMW	BT50	BMW M12/13	22	1	2	1
8	Ligier-Matra	JS17 JS17B JS19	Matra MS81	20		4
9	Brabham-Ford	BT49D	Ford Cosworth DFV	19	1	3
10	Alfa Romeo	179D 182 182B	Alfa Romeo 1260	7		1	1
11	Arrows-Ford	A3 A4 A5	Ford Cosworth DFV	5
12	ATS-Ford	D5	Ford Cosworth DFV	4
13	Osella-Ford	FA1C FA1D	Ford Cosworth DFV	3
14	Fittipaldi-Ford	F8D F9	Ford Cosworth DFV	1
15	March-Ford	821	Ford Cosworth DFV
16	Theodore-Ford	TY01 TY02	Ford Cosworth DFV
17	Toleman-Hart	TG181C TG183	Hart 415T
18	Ensign-Ford	N180B N181	Ford Cosworth DFV

[edit] 1982 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	SAF	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	CAN	DUT	GBR	FRA	GER	AUT	SWI	ITA	VEG	Points
1	Keke Rosberg	5	DSQ	2		2	Ret	4	Ret	3	Ret	5	3	2	1	8	5	44
2	Didier Pironi	18	6	Ret	1	WD	2	3	9	1	2	3	DNS					39
3	John Watson	6	2	6		1	Ret	1	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	13	4	2	39
4	Alain Prost	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	NC	Ret	Ret	6	2	Ret	8	2	Ret	4	34
5	Niki Lauda	4	Ret	1		DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	1	8		5	3	Ret	Ret	30
6	René Arnoux	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	16	1	Ret	28
7	Patrick Tambay									8	3	4	1	4	Ret	2	DNS	25
8	Michele Alboreto	7	4	4	3	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	6	4	Ret	7	5	1	25
9	Elio de Angelis	8	Ret	5		4	5	Ret	4	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	1	6	Ret	Ret	23
10	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	Ret	3		Ret	1	Ret	2	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	21
11	Nelson Piquet	Ret	DSQ	Ret		5	Ret	DNQ	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	20
12	Eddie Cheever	Ret	Ret	Ret		3	Ret	2	10	DNQ	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	15
13	Derek Daly	14	Ret	Ret		Ret	6	5	7	5	5	7	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	6	8
14	Nigel Mansell	Ret	3	7		Ret	4	Ret	Ret		Ret		9	Ret	8	7	Ret	7
15	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	DSQ	2	DNS												6
16	Carlos Reutemann	2	Ret															6
17	Andrea de Cesaris	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	9	5
18	Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	Ret		9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
19	Mario Andretti			Ret												3	Ret	4
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret	DNQ	Ret	WD	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNS	3
21	Marc Surer					7	9	8	5	10	Ret	13	6	Ret	15	Ret	7	3
22	Bruno Giacomelli	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	7	9	5	Ret	12	Ret	10	2
23	Eliseo Salazar	9	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	14	9	DNQ	2
24	Manfred Winkelhock	10	5	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12	DNQ	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	NC	2
25	Mauro Baldi	DNQ	10	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	Ret	8	6	9	Ret	Ret	6	DNQ	12	11	2
26	Chico Serra	17	Ret	DNQ		6	DNPQ	11	DNQ	Ret	Ret		11	7	DNQ	11	DNQ	1
27	Brian Henton	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	NC	Ret	8	10	7	Ret	11	Ret	8	0
28	Jochen Mass	12	8	8		Ret	DNQ	7	11	Ret	10	Ret						0
29	Slim Borgudd	16	7	10														0
30	Raul Boesel	15	Ret	9		8	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	13	0
31	Roberto Guerrero	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	8	Ret	Ret	NC	DNS	0
32	Derek Warwick	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ			Ret	Ret	15	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
33	Rupert Keegan												DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12	0
34	Geoff Lees								Ret			12						0
—	Teo Fabi	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC	Ret	DNPQ			DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	0
—	Riccardo Paletti	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret									0
—	Tommy Byrne												DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
—	Jan Lammers					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	DNQ						0
—	Emilio de Villota					DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ								0
—	Roberto Moreno									DNQ								0
Pos	Driver	SAF	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MON	USE	CAN	DUT	GBR	FRA	GER	AUT	SWI	ITA	VEG	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Keke Rosberg	6	Finland	44	1	6	1
2	Didier Pironi	28	France	39	2	6	2
3	John Watson	7	Britain	39	2	5
4	Alain Prost	15	France	34	2	4	5
5	Niki Lauda	8	Austria	30	2	3
6	René Arnoux	16	France	28	2	4	5
7	Patrick Tambay	27	France	25	1	3
8	Michele Alboreto	3	Italy	25	1	2
9	Elio de Angelis	11	Italy	23	1	1
10	Riccardo Patrese	2	Italy	21	1	3
11	Nelson Piquet	1	Brazil	20	1	2	1
12	Eddie Cheever	25	USA	15		3
13	Derek Daly	5	Ireland	8
14	Nigel Mansell	12	Britain	7		1
15	Gilles Villeneuve	27	Canada	6		1
16	Carlos Reutemann	5	Argentina	6		1
17	Andrea de Cesaris	22	Italy	5		1	1
18	Jacques Laffite	26	France	5		1
19	Mario Andretti	28	USA	4		1	1
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	31	France	3
21	Marc Surer	29	Switzerland	3
22	Bruno Giacomelli	23	Italy	2
23	Eliseo Salazar	10	Chile	2
24	Manfred Winkelhock	9	Germany	2
25	Mauro Baldi	30	Italy	2
26	Chico Serra	20	Brazil	1
27	Brian Henton	4	Britain	0
28	Jochen Mass	17	Germany	0
29	Slim Borgudd	4	Sweden	0
30	Raul Boesel	18	Brazil	0
31	Roberto Guerrero	14	Colombia	0
32	Derek Warwick	35	Britain	0
33	Rupert Keegan	17	USA	0
34	Geoff Lees	12	Britain	0
—	Teo Fabi	36	Italy	0
—	Riccardo Paletti	32	Italy	0
—	Tommy Byrne	33	Ireland	0
—	Jan Lammers	33	Netherlands	0
—	Emilio de Villota	19	Spain	0
—	Roberto Moreno	12	Brazil	0