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Home / Seasons / 1982 F1 World Championship Season / 1982 British Grand Prix

1982 British Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 July 1982
Winner
  • Niki Lauda
  • McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position
  • Keke Rosberg
  • Williams-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • Brian Henton
  • Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitBrands Hatch, 76 laps
Round10 of 16
Race numbers

The 1982 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 367th World Championship race
  • 33rd World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Brands Hatch
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth761hr 35m 33.812s9
2+2(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari76+25.726s6
3+10(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari76+38.436s4
4+3(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth76+41.242s3
5+5(IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth76+41.430s2
6+2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault76+41.636s1
7+7(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo75+1 lap 
8+9(GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+1 lap 
9+17(ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth74+2 laps 
10+15(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth73+3 laps 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo66DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra60DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
NC (ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44+32 laps 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra41DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart40DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW9DNF 
R (COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart0DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault0DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW0DNF 

Notes

  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 9 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:09.540

PosDriverConstructor
1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
4(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari
5(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
7(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
8(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10(IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
12(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari
14(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
15(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart
16(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
17(GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth
19(COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
21(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
22(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth
24(USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra
25(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth

Notes

  • Keke Rosberg started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth
(NLD) Jan LammersTheodore-Ford Cosworth
(CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Didier Pironi35
2(GBR) John Watson30
3(AUT) Niki Lauda24
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg21
5(FRA) Alain Prost19
6(ITA) Riccardo Patrese19
7(BRA) Nelson Piquet17
8(ITA) Elio de Angelis13
9(USA) Eddie Cheever10
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto10
11(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
12(IRL) Derek Daly7
13(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve6
15(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris5
16(FRA) Rene Arnoux4
=(FRA) Patrick Tambay4
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier3
19(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock2
=(CHL) Eliseo Salazar2
=(CHE) Marc Surer2
22(BRA) Chico Serra1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth54
2Ferrari45
3Williams-Ford Cosworth34
4Renault23
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth20
6Brabham-Ford Cosworth19
7Brabham-BMW17
8Ligier-Matra11
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
10Alfa Romeo5
11ATS-Ford Cosworth4
12Osella-Ford Cosworth3
13Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
14Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Fittipaldi (12th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
19th for Niki Lauda (5th driver to win the British Grand Prix for McLaren)
29th for McLaren
Podiums
41st for Niki Lauda
12th for Didier Pironi
1st for Patrick Tambay (143rd different podium finisher, 16th French driver)
266th & 267th for Ferrari
85th for McLaren
Poles
1st for Keke Rosberg (63rd different polesitter, 1st Finnish driver)
9th for Williams
Fastest laps
1st and only for Brian Henton (75th different fastest lap setter, 15th British driver)
18th for Tyrrell (first since 1977)
Front row starts
3rd for Riccardo Patrese
1st for Keke Rosberg (103rd different front row starter, 1st Finnish driver)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch circuit
  • 1982 World Championship season

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