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1982 Detroit Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDetroit, 62 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1982 Detroit Grand Prix was the:

  • 364th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Detroit Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Detroit
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+16(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth621hr 58m 41.043s9
2+7(USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra62+15.726s6
3+1(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari62+28.077s4
4-1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth62+1m 11.976s3
5+7(IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth62+1m 23.757s2
6+7(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra61+1 lap1
7+11(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
8+11(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth61+1 lap 
9+11(GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+2 laps 
10+5(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault59+3 laps 
11+15(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth59+3 laps 
NC (FRA) Alain ProstRenault54+8 laps 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo30DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo2DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford Cosworth   
  (NLD) Jan LammersTheodore-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • 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

Pole time: 1:48.537

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Emilio de VillotaMarch-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) John Watson26
2(FRA) Didier Pironi20
3(FRA) Alain Prost18
4(FIN) Keke Rosberg17
5(ITA) Riccardo Patrese13
6(AUT) Niki Lauda12
7(USA) Eddie Cheever10
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto10
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
10(ITA) Elio de Angelis7
11(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve6
13(FRA) Rene Arnoux4
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
15(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier3
16(IRL) Derek Daly3
17(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock2
=(CHL) Eliseo Salazar2
=(BRA) Nelson Piquet2
20(BRA) Chico Serra1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1

Constructor

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

Stats & milestones

Wins
4th for John Watson
28th for McLaren
Podiums
15th for John Watson
10th for Didier Pironi (37th driver to score ten podiums, 5th French driver)
2nd for Eddie Cheever
264th for Ferrari
83rd for McLaren
34th for Ligier
Poles
5th for Alain Prost
23rd for Renault
Fastest laps
4th for Alain Prost
11th for Renault
Front row starts
9th for Alain Prost
2nd and last for Andrea de Cesaris