1982 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	33rd World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Keke Rosberg (only title, 20th different world champion, 1st Finnish champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (7th title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Nelson Piquet
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Williams
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
Other seasons:

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	04 April	1982 United States Grand Prix West
4	San Marino	Imola	25 April	1982 San Marino Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Zolder	09 May	1982 Belgian Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	23 May	1982 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Detroit	Detroit	06 June	1982 Detroit Grand Prix
8	Canada	Montreal	13 June	1982 Canadian Grand Prix
9	Netherlands	Zandvoort	03 July	1982 Dutch Grand Prix
10	Britain	Brands Hatch	18 July	1982 British Grand Prix
11	France	Le Castellet	25 July	1982 French Grand Prix
12	Germany	Hockenheim	08 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

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Alfa Romeo	Andrea de Cesaris	All
Alfa Romeo	Bruno Giacomelli	All
Arrows	Mauro Baldi	1-3, 5-16
	Brian Henton	1-3
	Marc Surer	5-16
ATS	Eliseo Salazar	All
ATS	Manfred Winkelhock	All
Brabham	Riccardo Patrese	1-3, 5-16
Brabham	Nelson Piquet	1-3, 5-16
Ensign	Roberto Guerrero	1-3, 5-16
Ferrari	Mario Andretti	15-16
	Didier Pironi	1-12
	Patrick Tambay	9-16
	Gilles Villeneuve	1-5
Fittipaldi	Chico Serra	1-3, 5-16
Ligier	Eddie Cheever	1-3, 5-16
Ligier	Jacques Laffite	1-3, 5-16
Lotus	Elio de Angelis	1-3, 5-16
	Geoff Lees	11
	Nigel Mansell	1-3, 5-8, 10, 12-16
	Roberto Moreno	9
March	Raul Boesel	1-3, 5-16
	Emilio de Villota	5-9
	Rupert Keegan	12-16
	Jochen Mass	1-3, 5-11
McLaren	Niki Lauda	1-3, 5-16
McLaren	John Watson	1-3, 5-16
Osella	Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
Osella	Riccardo Paletti	1-8
Renault	Rene Arnoux	All
Renault	Alain Prost	All
Theodore	Tommy Byrne	12-16
	Derek Daly	1-3
	Jan Lammers	5-7, 9-11
	Geoff Lees	8
Toleman	Teo Fabi	1-6, 9-16
Toleman	Derek Warwick	1-6, 9-16
Tyrrell	Michele Alboreto	All
	Slim Borgudd	1-3
	Brian Henton	4-16
Williams	Mario Andretti	3
	Derek Daly	5-16
	Carlos Reutemann	1-2
	Keke Rosberg	1-3, 5-16

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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

Qualifying results

See: 1982 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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
No.	Driver	ZAF	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MCO	DET	CAN	NLD	GBR	FRA	DEU	AUT	CHE	ITA	CPL	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1982. Reigning world champion Nelson Piquet, who finished 11th, is also shown.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Every race counted towards the championship.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ZAF	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MCO	DET	CAN	NLD	GBR	FRA	DEU	AUT	CHE	ITA	CPL	Points
1	Ferrari	18	6	DSQ	1	DNS	2^R	3	9	1	2	3	1	4	DNS	2	R	74
1	Ferrari		Ferrari	R	R	R	2	DNS				8	3	4	DNS			74	3	DNS
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	4	2	1		1	R	1	3	4	1	8	R	5	3	4	2	69
2	McLaren-Ford Cosworth		McLaren-Ford Cosworth	6	R	6		DSQ	R	R	R	9	R	R	DNS	R	13	69	R	R
3	Renault	1	1	R	R	R	7^R	10	R	R	6	1	2	8^R	2	1	4	62
3	Renault		Renault	3	R	R	R	R	R	NC	R	R	R	2	R	R	16^R	62	R	R
4	Williams-Ford Cosworth	2	R	2		2	6^R	4	7^R	3	5	5	3	2	1	8	5	58
4	Williams-Ford Cosworth		Williams-Ford Cosworth	5	DSQ	R		R	R	5	R	5	R	7	R	R	9	58	R	6
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	8	3	5		4	4	R	4	R	4	12	9	1	6	7	R	30
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth		Lotus-Ford Cosworth	R	R	7		R	5	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	8	30	R	R
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	7	4	4	3	R	8	9	NC	7	8	6	4	R	7	5	1	25
6	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth		Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	16	7	10	R	R	10^R	R	R	R	NC	10	7	R	11	25	R	8
7	Brabham-BMW	R				5	R	DNQ	1	2	R	R	R	R	4	R	R	22
7	Brabham-BMW		Brabham-BMW	R				R				15	R	R	R	R	5	22	R	R
8	Ligier-Matra	R	R	R		3	R	2	10^R	DNQ	R	14	R	3	R	6	3	20
8	Ligier-Matra		Ligier-Matra	R	R	R		9	R	6	R	R	R	16	R	R	R	20	R	R
9	Brabham-Ford Cosworth		R	3			1	R	2									19
9	Brabham-Ford Cosworth		Brabham-Ford Cosworth		DSQ	R												19
10	Alfa Romeo	11	R	R	R	R	3^R	R	6^R	11	7	9	5	R	10	10	9	7
10	Alfa Romeo		Alfa Romeo	13	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	12	7	R	10
11	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	DNQ	10	R		7	9	8	5	6	9	13	6	6	15	12	7	5
11	Arrows-Ford Cosworth		Arrows-Ford Cosworth	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		NC	DNQ	R	8	10	R	R	R	R	DNQ	5	R	11
12	ATS-Ford Cosworth	9	5	R	5	R	R	R	R	12	DNQ	11	R	R	14	9	NC	4
12	ATS-Ford Cosworth		ATS-Ford Cosworth	10	R	R	DSQ	R	R	R	DNQ	13	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	R	4	DNQ	DNQ
13	Osella-Ford Cosworth	R	9	R	4	R	DNQ	R	R	14	R	R	R	DNQ	R	R	DNS	3
13	Osella-Ford Cosworth		Osella-Ford Cosworth	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNS	R							3
14	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	17	R	DNQ		6	DNPQ	11	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	11	7	DNQ	11	DNQ	1
15	March-Ford Cosworth	12	8	8		8	DNQ	7	11	R	10	R	R	R	R	DNQ	12
			March-Ford Cosworth	March-Ford Cosworth	15	R	9		R	DNPQ	R	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		R	DNQ	13
			March-Ford Cosworth	March-Ford Cosworth					DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
16	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	WD	DNQ	R		DNQ	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	8	R	R	NC	DNS
17	Toleman-Hart	R	DNQ	DNQ	NC	R	DNQ			R	R	15	10	R	R	R	R
17	Toleman-Hart		Toleman-Hart	WD	DNQ	DNPQ	DNS	R	DNPQ			DNQ	R	R	DNQ	R	R		R	DNQ
18	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	14	R	R		DNQ	DNQ	WD	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	R
No.	Constructor	ZAF	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MCO	DET	CAN	NLD	GBR	FRA	DEU	AUT	CHE	ITA	CPL	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1982.

Season statistics

See: 1982 F1 World Championship Season Statistics