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

1982 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 June 1982
Winner
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Brabham-BMW
Pole position
  • Didier Pironi
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Didier Pironi
  • Ferrari
CircuitMontreal, 70 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 365th World Championship race
  • 15th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Montreal
More 1982 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW701hr 46m 39.577s9
2+6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth70+13.799s6
3+3(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth70+1m 01.836s4
4+6(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap3
5+11(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap2
6+3(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo68DNF1
7+6(IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth68DNF 
8+9(ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
9-8(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari67+3 laps 
10+2(USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra66DNF 
11+11(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth66+4 laps 
NC (GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59+11 laps 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstRenault30DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault28DNF 
R (CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra8DNF 
R (COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (GBR) Geoff LeesTheodore-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 68 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Derek Daly ended lap 68 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Eddie Cheever ended lap 66 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:27.509

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth
(ESP) Emilio de VillotaMarch-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) John Watson30
2(FRA) Didier Pironi20
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese19
4(FRA) Alain Prost18
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg17
6(AUT) Niki Lauda12
7(BRA) Nelson Piquet11
8(USA) Eddie Cheever10
9(ITA) Michele Alboreto10
10(ITA) Elio de Angelis10
11(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
12(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve6
14(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris5
15(FRA) Rene Arnoux4
16(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier3
17(IRL) Derek Daly3
18(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock2
=(CHL) Eliseo Salazar2
=(CHE) Marc Surer2
21(BRA) Chico Serra1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth42
2Ferrari26
3Williams-Ford Cosworth26
4Renault22
5Brabham-Ford Cosworth19
6Lotus-Ford Cosworth17
7Brabham-BMW11
8Ligier-Matra11
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
10Alfa Romeo5
11ATS-Ford Cosworth4
12Osella-Ford Cosworth3
13Arrows-Ford Cosworth2
14Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Riccardo Paletti
Milestone race start
100th for Ligier (11th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
7th for Nelson Piquet
28th for Brabham
Race 1-2
8th and last for Brabham
Podiums
16th for John Watson
14th for Nelson Piquet
7th for Riccardo Patrese
102nd & 103rd for Brabham
84th for McLaren
Poles
3rd for Didier Pironi (first since 1980; first for Ferrari)
91st for Ferrari
Fastest laps
5th and last for Didier Pironi
93rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
21st for Rene Arnoux
5th and last for Didier Pironi (first since 1980; only front row start for Ferrari)

See also

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Montreal circuit
  • 1982 World Championship season

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