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

1982 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 August 1982
Winner
  • Patrick Tambay
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Didier Pironi
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Brabham-BMW
CircuitHockenheim, 45 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1982 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 369th World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari451hr 27m 25.178s9
2+1(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault45+16.379s6
3+6(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap4
4+3(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap3
5+6(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo44+1 lap2
6+20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap1
7+10(GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
8+13(COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth44+1 lap 
9+9(GBR) Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth43+2 laps 
10+4(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart43+2 laps 
11+14(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth43+2 laps 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra36DNF 
R (IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW18DNF 
R (CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstRenault14DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW13DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo9DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra8DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Didier PironiFerrari   
  (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 18 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:47.947

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(IRL) Tommy ByrneTheodore-Ford Cosworth
(GBR) Rupert KeeganMarch-Ford Cosworth
(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Didier Pironi39
2(GBR) John Watson30
3(FIN) Keke Rosberg27
4(FRA) Alain Prost25
5(AUT) Niki Lauda24
6(ITA) Riccardo Patrese19
=(FRA) Rene Arnoux19
8(BRA) Nelson Piquet17
9(FRA) Patrick Tambay16
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto14
11(ITA) Elio de Angelis13
12(USA) Eddie Cheever10
13(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
14(IRL) Derek Daly7
15(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve6
17(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris5
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier3
19(CHE) Marc Surer3
20(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock2
=(CHL) Eliseo Salazar2
=(ITA) Bruno Giacomelli2
23(BRA) Chico Serra1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari61
2McLaren-Ford Cosworth54
3Renault44
4Williams-Ford Cosworth40
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth20
6Brabham-Ford Cosworth19
7Brabham-BMW17
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
9Ligier-Matra11
10Alfa Romeo7
11ATS-Ford Cosworth4
12Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
13Osella-Ford Cosworth3
14Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
1st for Patrick Tambay (70th different winner, 10th French driver)
84th for Ferrari
Podiums
10th for Rene Arnoux (38th driver to score ten podiums, 6th French driver)
5th for Keke Rosberg
2nd for Patrick Tambay
269th for Ferrari
48th for Williams
21st for Renault
Poles
4th and last for Didier Pironi
92nd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
4th for Nelson Piquet
32nd for Brabham
Front row starts
12th for Alain Prost

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1982 World Championship season

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