1982 F1 World Championship Season

1981 F1 World Championship

1983 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Keke Rosberg (1st title, 20th different world champion, 1st Finnish champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (7th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Alain Prost (2) John Watson (2) Didier Pironi (2) Niki Lauda (2) Rene Arnoux (2) Riccardo Patrese (1) Nelson Piquet (1) Patrick Tambay (1) Elio de Angelis (1) Keke Rosberg (1) Michele Alboreto (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (4) Renault (4) Ferrari (3) Brabham (2) Lotus (1) Williams (1) Tyrrell (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Riccardo Patrese Patrick Tambay Elio de Angelis Keke Rosberg Michele Alboreto
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1982 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	South Africa	Kyalami	23 January	1982 South African Grand Prix
2	Brazil	Jacarepagua	21 March	1982 Brazilian Grand Prix
3	USA West	Long Beach	4 April	1982 United States Grand Prix West
4	San Marino	Imola	25 April	1982 San Marino Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Zolder	9 May	1982 Belgian Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	23 May	1982 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Detroit	Detroit	6 June	1982 Detroit Grand Prix
8	Canada	Montreal	13 June	1982 Canadian Grand Prix
9	Netherlands	Zandvoort	3 July	1982 Dutch Grand Prix
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	18 July	1982 British Grand Prix
11	France	Paul Ricard	25 July	1982 French Grand Prix
12	Germany	Hockenheim	8 August	1982 German Grand Prix
13	Austria	Osterreichring	15 August	1982 Austrian Grand Prix
14	Switzerland	Dijon-Prenois	29 August	1982 Swiss Grand Prix
15	Italy	Monza	12 September	1982 Italian Grand Prix
16	Caesars Palace DT CT	Las Vegas	25 September	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Alain Prost	Renault	5	14.946s
2	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	Renault	1	2.990s
3	USA West	Long Beach	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	14.660s
4	San Marino	Imola	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	4	0.366s
5	Belgium	Zolder	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	10	7.268s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	2	1 lap
7	Detroit	Detroit	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	17	15.726s
8	Canada	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	4	13.799s
9	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	4	21.649s
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	5	25.726s
11	France	Paul Ricard	Rene Arnoux	Renault	1	17.308s
12	Germany	Hockenheim	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	5	16.379s
13	Austria	Osterreichring	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	7	0.050s
14	Switzerland	Dijon-Prenois	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	8	4.442s
15	Italy	Monza	Rene Arnoux	Renault	6	14.064s
16	Caesars Palace	Las Vegas	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	3	27.292s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Rene Arnoux	Renault	3	0.274s
2	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	Renault	1	0.365s
3	USA West	Long Beach	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	DNF	0.120s
4	San Marino	Imola	Rene Arnoux	Renault	DNF	0.484s
5	Belgium	Zolder	Alain Prost	Renault	DNF	0.029s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Rene Arnoux	Renault	DNF	0.510s
7	Detroit	Detroit	Alain Prost	Renault	NC	0.335s
8	Canada	Montreal	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	9	0.386s
9	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Rene Arnoux	Renault	DNF	0.427s
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.087s
11	France	Paul Ricard	Rene Arnoux	Renault	1	0.282s
12	Germany	Hockenheim	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	DNS	0.943s
13	Austria	Osterreichring	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	DNF	0.359s
14	Switzerland	Dijon-Prenois	Alain Prost	Renault	2	0.360s
15	Italy	Monza	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	3	0.035s
16	Caesars Palace	Las Vegas	Alain Prost	Renault	4	0.430s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	South Africa	Kyalami	Alain Prost	Renault
2	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	Renault
3	USA West	Long Beach	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
4	San Marino	Imola	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
5	Belgium	Zolder	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford Cosworth
7	Detroit	Detroit	Alain Prost	Renault
8	Canada	Montreal	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
9	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11	France	Paul Ricard	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
12	Germany	Hockenheim	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
13	Austria	Osterreichring	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
14	Switzerland	Dijon-Prenois	Alain Prost	Renault
15	Italy	Monza	Rene Arnoux	Renault
16	Caesars Palace	Las Vegas	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth

1982 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Keke Rosberg	Williams	44
2	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	39	-5
=	John Watson	McLaren	39	-5
4	Alain Prost	Renault	34	-10
5	Niki Lauda	McLaren	30	-14
6	Rene Arnoux	Renault	28	-16
7	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	25	-19
=	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	25	-19
9	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	23	-21
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	21	-23
11	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	20	-24
12	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	15	-29
13	Derek Daly	Theodore Williams	8	-36
14	Nigel Mansell	Lotus	7	-37
15	Carlos Reutemann	Williams	6	-38
=	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	6	-38
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	5	-39
=	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	5	-39
19	Mario Andretti	Williams Ferrari	4	-40
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	3	-41
=	Marc Surer	Arrows	3	-41
22	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	2	-42
=	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	2	-42
=	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	2	-42
=	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	2	-42
26	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	1	-43

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	74
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	69	-5
3	Renault	62	-12
4	Williams-Ford Cosworth	58	-16
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	30	-44
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	25	-49
7	Brabham-BMW	22	-52
8	Ligier-Matra	20	-54
9	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	19	-55
10	Alfa Romeo	7	-67
11	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	5	-69
12	ATS-Ford Cosworth	4	-70
13	Osella-Ford Cosworth	3	-71
14	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	1	-73

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ZAF	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MCO	DET	CAN	NLD	GBR	FRA	DEU	AUT	CHE	ITA	CPL	Avg.	Best
1	Alain Prost	5	1	4	2	1	4	1	3	2	8	2	2	3	1	5	1	2.81	1
2	Rene Arnoux	1	4	3	1	2	1	15	2	1	6	1	3	5	2	6	2	3.44	1
3	Didier Pironi	6	8	9	4	6	5	4	1	4	4	3	1					4.58	1
4	Gilles Villeneuve	3	2	7	3	8												4.60	2
5	Keke Rosberg	7	3	8		3	6	3	7	7	1	10	10	6	8	7	6	6.13	1
6	Patrick Tambay									6	13	5	5	4	10	3	8	6.75	3
7	Riccardo Patrese	4	9	18		11	2	14	8	10	2	4	6	2	3	4	5	6.80	2
8	Carlos Reutemann	8	6															7.00	6
9	Nelson Piquet	2	7	6		10	13	28	4	3	3	6	4	1	6	2	12	7.13	1
10	Mario Andretti			14												1	7	7.33	1
11	Niki Lauda	13	5	2		4	12	10	11	5	5	9	8	10	4	10	13	8.07	2
12	Andrea de Cesaris	16	10	1	7	7	7	2	9	9	11	7	9	11	5	9	18	8.63	1
13	Michele Alboreto	10	13	12	5	5	9	16	15	14	9	15	7	8	12	11	3	10.25	3
14	Bruno Giacomelli	19	16	5	6	17	3	6	5	8	14	8	12	13	9	8	16	10.31	3
15	John Watson	9	12	11		12	10	17	6	11	12	12	11	18	11	12	9	11.53	6
16	Elio de Angelis	15	11	16		13	15	8	10	15	7	13	14	7	15	17	21	13.13	7
17	Derek Daly	24	20	22		15	8	12	13	12	10	11	20	9	7	13	14	14.00	7
18	Nigel Mansell	18	14	17		9	11	7	14		23		19	12	26	23	22	16.54	7
19	Eddie Cheever	17	26	13		16	16	9	12	29	24	19	13	22	16	14	4	16.67	4
20	Jacques Laffite	11	24	15		19	18	13	19	21	20	16	16	14	13	21	11	16.73	11
21	Derek Warwick	14	30	31	8	21	24			13	16	14	15	15	21	16	10	17.71	8
22	Manfred Winkelhock	20	15	25	12	14	14	5	27	18	27	18	17	25	20	28	23	19.25	5
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	26	23	10	9	18	25	22	18	23	18	17	21	28	17	15	20	19.38	9
24	Marc Surer					24	19	19	16	17	22	20	27	21	14	19	17	19.58	14
25	Brian Henton	29	29	20	11	22	17	20	26	20	17	23	18	19	18	20	19	20.50	11
26	Roberto Guerrero		28	19		29	26	11	20	27	19	28	22	16	19	18	15	21.21	11
27	Slim Borgudd	23	21	24														22.67	21
28	Eliseo Salazar	12	18	26	14	20	20	25	24	25	29	22	23	29	25	25	29	22.88	12
29	Teo Fabi		27	27	10	23	27			28	15	21	30	17	23	22	28	22.92	10
30	Jochen Mass	22	22	21		27	23	18	22	24	25	26						23.00	18
31	Mauro Baldi	27	19	30		28	21	24	17	16	26	25	24	23	29	24	24	23.80	16
32	Geoff Lees								25			24						24.50	24
33	Raul Boesel	21	17	23		26	29	21	21	22	30	30	25	27	24	29	25	24.67	17
34	Rupert Keegan												29	24	22	27	26	25.60	22
35	Riccardo Paletti	28	31	28	13	31	28	23	23									25.62	13
36	Chico Serra	25	25	29		25	30	26	29	19	21	29	26	20	27	26	30	25.80	19
37	Jan Lammers					30	22			26	28	27						26.60	22
38	Tommy Byrne												28	26	28	30	27	27.80	26
39	Emilio de Villota					32	31	27	28	31								29.80	27
40	Roberto Moreno									30								30.00	30

Race Results Overview

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

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1982 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1982 F1 World Championship Season Statistics