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1982 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJacarepagua, 63 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 359th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Jacarepagua
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
DQ (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth631hr 43m 56.760s 
DQ (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth631hr 44m 05.737s 
1 (FRA) Alain ProstRenault631hr 44m 33.134s9
2+10(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth63+2.990s6
3+11(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth63+36.859s4
4+9(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+50.761s3
5+10(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap2
6+2(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari62+1 lap1
7+14(SWE) Slim BorguddTyrrell-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps 
8+14(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps 
9+14(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth60+3 laps 
10+9(ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth57+6 laps 
R (CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari29DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault21DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra19DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo16DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra15DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo14DNF 
R (IRL) Derek DalyTheodore-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth11DNF 

Notes

  • Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg were disqualified post-race after their cars were found to be underweight.
  • Gilles Villeneuve ended lap 29 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:28.808

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
2(CAN) Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
3(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
4(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
5(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(ARG) Carlos ReutemannWilliams-Ford Cosworth
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
11(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
15(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth
16(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
17(BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth
18(CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth
20(IRL) Derek DalyTheodore-Ford Cosworth
21(SWE) Slim BorguddTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth
24(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
25(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
26(USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructorReason
(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-HartDid not qualify
(COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(GBR) Brian HentonArrows-Ford CosworthDid not qualify
(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-HartDid not qualify
(ITA) Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford CosworthDid not pre-qualify

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost18
2(GBR) John Watson7
3(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
4(FRA) Rene Arnoux4
=(GBR) Nigel Mansell4
6(AUT) Niki Lauda3
=(ITA) Michele Alboreto3
8(FIN) Keke Rosberg2
=(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock2
10(FRA) Didier Pironi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault22
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth10
3Williams-Ford Cosworth8
4Lotus-Ford Cosworth4
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
6ATS-Ford Cosworth2
7Ferrari1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Mauro Baldi
Last start
Carlos Reutemann (last Argentine driver to start a race until 1988)
Milestone race start
50th for Rene Arnoux (48th driver to start 50 races, 9th French driver)
Wins
5th for Alain Prost
9th for Renault
Podiums
13th for John Watson
8th for Alain Prost
2nd for Nigel Mansell
136th for Lotus
80th for McLaren (4th constructor to score 80 podiums)
18th for Renault
Poles
3rd for Alain Prost
19th for Renault
Fastest laps
3rd for Alain Prost
10th for Renault (12th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
Front row starts
8th and last for Gilles Villeneuve (last Canadian front row starter until 1996)
6th for Alain Prost
Points finishes
1st for Michele Alboreto (209th different point scorer, 30th Italian driver)
1st and only for Manfred Winkelhock (210th different point scorer, 9th German driver)
Pole & win
2nd for Alain Prost
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Alain Prost
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Alain Prost (27th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 2nd French driver; first French driver to complete a hat-trick since 1979)