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

1982 Detroit Grand Prix

364th World Championship race, 1st World Championship Detroit Grand Prix, 1st World Championship race at Detroit

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1983 Detroit Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 6 June 1982
Winner:United Kingdom flag John Watson
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:France flag Alain Prost
France flag Renault
Fastest lap:France flag Alain Prost
France flag Renault
Circuit:Detroit, 62 laps
Round:7 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+16United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth621hr 58m 41.043s9
2+7USA flag Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra62+15.726s6
3+1France flag Didier PironiFerrari62+28.077s4
4-1Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth62+1m 11.976s3
5+7Ireland flag Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth62+1m 23.757s2
6+7France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra61+1 lap1
7+11Germany flag Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
8+11Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
9+11United Kingdom flag Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+2 laps 
10+5France flag Rene ArnouxRenault59+3 laps 
11+15Brazil flag Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth59+3 laps 
NC France flag Alain ProstRenault54+8 laps 
R United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo30DNF 
R Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Chile flag Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo2DNF 
R France flag Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R Brazil flag Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Italy flag Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford Cosworth   
  Netherlands flag Jan LammersTheodore-Ford Cosworth   
  • Riccardo Paletti did not start after crashing his car during the warm-up session.
  • Jan Lammers withdrew from the grand prix due to an injury sustained in practice.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1France flag Alain ProstRenault1:48.537
2Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:48.872
3Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:49.264
4France flag Didier PironiFerrari1:49.903
5Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1:50.066
6Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:50.252
7United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:50.294
8Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:50.443
9USA flag Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra1:50.520
10Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:51.026
11Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:51.039
12Ireland flag Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:51.227
13France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:51.270
14Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:51.508
15France flag Rene ArnouxRenault1:51.514
16Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:51.618
17United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:51.868
18Germany flag Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth1:52.271
19Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:52.316
20United Kingdom flag Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:52.867
21Brazil flag Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth1:52.870
22   
23   
24Italy flag Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:54.332
25Chile flag Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth1:55.633
26Brazil flag Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:55.848
Started from the pit lane
 France flag Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth1:52.988

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1France flag Alain ProstRenault1:48.537 
2Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:48.8720.335
3Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:49.2640.727
4France flag Didier PironiFerrari1:49.9031.366
5Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1:50.0661.529
6Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:50.2521.715
7United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:50.2941.757
8Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:50.4431.906
9USA flag Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra1:50.5201.983
10Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:51.0262.489
11Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:51.0392.502
12Ireland flag Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:51.2272.690
13France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:51.2702.733
14Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:51.5082.971
15France flag Rene ArnouxRenault1:51.5142.977
16Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:51.6183.081
17United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:51.8683.331
18Germany flag Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth1:52.2713.734
19Switzerland flag Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth1:52.3163.779
20United Kingdom flag Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:52.8674.330
21Brazil flag Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth1:52.8704.333
22France flag Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth1:52.9884.451
23Italy flag Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:54.0845.547
24Italy flag Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:54.3325.795
25Chile flag Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth1:55.6337.096
26Brazil flag Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:55.8487.311
Did not qualify
27Spain flag Emilio de VillotaMarch-Ford Cosworth1:56.5898.052
28Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:57.7799.242

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag John Watson26
2France flag Didier Pironi20
3France flag Alain Prost18
4Finland flag Keke Rosberg17
5Italy flag Riccardo Patrese13
6Austria flag Niki Lauda12
7USA flag Eddie Cheever10
8Italy flag Michele Alboreto10
9United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell7
10Italy flag Elio de Angelis7
11Argentina flag Carlos Reutemann6
=Canada flag Gilles Villeneuve6
13France flag Rene Arnoux4
=Italy flag Andrea de Cesaris4
15France flag Jean-Pierre Jarier3
16Ireland flag Derek Daly3
17Germany flag Manfred Winkelhock2
=Chile flag Eliseo Salazar2
=Brazil flag Nelson Piquet2
20Brazil flag Chico Serra1
=France flag Jacques Laffite1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth38
2Italy flag Ferrari26
3United Kingdom flag Williams-Ford Cosworth26
4France flag Renault22
5United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth14
6United Kingdom flag Brabham-Ford Cosworth13
7France flag Ligier-Matra11
8United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
9Italy flag Alfa Romeo4
10Germany flag ATS-Ford Cosworth4
11Italy flag Osella-Ford Cosworth3
12United Kingdom flag Brabham-BMW2
13Brazil flag Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & Milestones

Wins
Driver: 4th for John Watson
Constructor: 28th for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 15th for John Watson, 10th Didier Pironi, 2nd for Eddie Cheever
Constructor: 264th for Ferrari, 83rd for McLaren, 34th for Ligier
Poles
Driver: 5th for Alain Prost
Constructor: 23rd for Renault
Fastest laps
Driver: 4th for Alain Prost
Constructor: 11th for Renault
Front row starts
Driver: 9th for Alain Prost, 2nd and last for Andrea de Cesaris

See also

  • Detroit Grand Prix
  • Detroit Circuit
  • 1982 World Championship season

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