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Home / Seasons / 1982 F1 World Championship Season / 1982 United States Grand Prix West

1982 United States West Grand Prix

360th World Championship race, 7th World Championship United States West Grand Prix, 7th World Championship race at Long Beach

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1981 United States Grand Prix West

1983 United States Grand Prix West

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Fact File

Date:Sunday, 4 April 1982
Winner:Austria flag Niki Lauda
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Pole position:Italy flag Andrea de Cesaris
Italy flag Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap:Austria flag Niki Lauda
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:Long Beach, 75 laps
Round:3 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth751hr 58m 25.318s9
2+6Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth75+14.660s6
DQ Canada flag Gilles VilleneuveFerrari75+1m 04.288s 
3+15Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth75+1m 19.143s4
4+8Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+1m 20.947s3
5+11Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap2
6+5United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap1
7+10United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
8+13Germany flag Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth73+2 laps 
9+14Brazil flag Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth70+5 laps 
10+14Sweden flag Slim BorguddTyrrell-Ford Cosworth68+7 laps 
R USA flag Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra59DNF 
R Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo33DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Brian HentonArrows-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra26DNF 
R France flag Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R Ireland flag Derek DalyTheodore-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R USA flag Mario AndrettiWilliams-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R France flag Alain ProstRenault10DNF 
R France flag Didier PironiFerrari6DNF 
R France flag Rene ArnouxRenault5DNF 
R Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo5DNF 
R Chile flag Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1DNF 
  • Gilles Villeneuve was disqualified post-race for the use of an illegal rear wing during the race.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:27.316
2Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:27.436
3France flag Rene ArnouxRenault1:27.763
4France flag Alain ProstRenault1:27.979
5Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:28.087
6Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:28.276
7Canada flag Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:28.476
8Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:28.576
9France flag Didier PironiFerrari1:28.680
10France flag Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth1:28.708
11United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:28.885
12Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.027
13USA flag Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra1:29.336
14USA flag Mario AndrettiWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:29.468
15France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:29.587
16Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:29.694
17United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:29.758
18Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:29.948
19Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:30.186
20United Kingdom flag Brian HentonArrows-Ford Cosworth1:30.474
21Germany flag Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth1:30.476
22Ireland flag Derek DalyTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:30.919
23Brazil flag Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth1:30.977
24Sweden flag Slim BorguddTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:31.033
25Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1:31.593
26Chile flag Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth1:31.825

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Italy flag Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:27.316 
2Austria flag Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:27.4360.120
3France flag Rene ArnouxRenault1:27.7630.447
4France flag Alain ProstRenault1:27.9790.663
5Italy flag Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:28.0870.771
6Brazil flag Nelson PiquetBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:28.2760.960
7Canada flag Gilles VilleneuveFerrari1:28.4761.160
8Finland flag Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:28.5761.260
9France flag Didier PironiFerrari1:28.6801.364
10France flag Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth1:28.7081.392
11United Kingdom flag John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:28.8851.569
12Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.0271.711
13USA flag Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra1:29.3362.020
14USA flag Mario AndrettiWilliams-Ford Cosworth1:29.4682.152
15France flag Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:29.5872.271
16Italy flag Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth1:29.6942.378
17United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellLotus-Ford Cosworth1:29.7582.442
18Italy flag Riccardo PatreseBrabham-Ford Cosworth1:29.9482.632
19Colombia flag Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth1:30.1862.870
20United Kingdom flag Brian HentonArrows-Ford Cosworth1:30.4743.158
21Germany flag Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth1:30.4763.160
22Ireland flag Derek DalyTheodore-Ford Cosworth1:30.9193.603
23Brazil flag Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth1:30.9773.661
24Sweden flag Slim BorguddTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:31.0333.717
25Germany flag Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth1:31.5934.277
26Chile flag Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth1:31.8254.509
Did not qualify
27Italy flag Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:31.9884.672
28Italy flag Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford Cosworth1:32.1464.830
29Brazil flag Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1:32.4965.180
30Italy flag Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:33.7016.385
Did not pre-qualify
31United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:37.2649.948

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost18
2Austria flag Niki Lauda12
3Finland flag Keke Rosberg8
4United Kingdom flag John Watson8
5Argentina flag Carlos Reutemann6
6Italy flag Michele Alboreto6
7France flag Rene Arnoux4
=United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell4
=Italy flag Riccardo Patrese4
10Germany flag Manfred Winkelhock2
=Italy flag Elio de Angelis2
12France flag Didier Pironi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1France flag Renault22
2United Kingdom flag McLaren-Ford Cosworth20
3United Kingdom flag Williams-Ford Cosworth14
4United Kingdom flag Lotus-Ford Cosworth6
5United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth6
6United Kingdom flag Brabham-Ford Cosworth4
7Germany flag ATS-Ford Cosworth2
8Italy flag Ferrari1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Roberto Guerrero
Last start
Driver: Slim Borgudd
Wins
Driver: 18th for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 26th for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 40th for Niki Lauda, 5th for Riccardo Patrese, 2nd for Keke Rosberg
Constructor: 100th for Brabham, 81st for McLaren, 45th for Williams
Poles
Driver: 1st and only for Andrea de Cesaris (62nd different polesitter, 8th Italian driver)
Constructor: 12th for Alfa Romeo
Fastest laps
Driver: 17th for Niki Lauda
Constructor: 17th for McLaren
Front row starts
Driver: 31st and last for Niki Lauda, 1st for Andrea de Cesaris (102nd different front row starter, 15th Italian driver)
Win & fastest lap
Driver: 9th for Niki Lauda

See also

  • United States West Grand Prix
  • Long Beach Circuit
  • 1982 World Championship season

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