F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ZAF | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | CAN | NLD | GBR | FRA | DEU | AUT | CHE | ITA | CPL | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg (Williams) | 5 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | R | 4 | R | 3 | R | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 44 | |
| 2 | (FRA) Didier Pironi (Ferrari) | 18 | 6 | R | 1 | DNS | 2R | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | DNS | 39 | ||||
| = | (GBR) John Watson (McLaren) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | R | 1 | 3 | 9 | R | R | R | R | 13 | 4 | 2 | 39 | |
| 4 | (FRA) Alain Prost (Renault) | 1 | 1 | R | R | R | 7R | NC | R | R | 6 | 2 | R | 8R | 2 | R | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | (AUT) Niki Lauda (McLaren) | 4 | R | 1 | DSQ | R | R | R | 4 | 1 | 8 | DNS | 5 | 3 | R | R | 30 | |
| 6 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Renault) | 3 | R | R | R | R | R | 10 | R | R | R | 1 | 2 | R | 16R | 1 | R | 28 |
| 7 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Ferrari) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | DNS | 2 | DNS | 25 | ||||||||
| = | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | R | 10R | R | R | 7 | NC | 6 | 4 | R | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Lotus) | 8 | R | 5 | 4 | 5 | R | 4 | R | 4 | R | R | 1 | 6 | R | R | 23 | |
| 10 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) | R | R | 3 | R | 1 | R | 2 | 15 | R | R | R | R | 5 | R | R | 21 | |
| 11 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Brabham) | R | DSQ | R | 5 | R | DNQ | 1 | 2 | R | R | R | R | 4 | R | R | 20 | |
| 12 | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Ligier) | R | R | R | 3 | R | 2 | 10R | DNQ | R | 16 | R | R | R | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 13 | (IRL) Derek Daly (Theodore, Williams) | 14 | R | R | R | 6R | 5 | 7R | 5 | 5 | 7 | R | R | 9 | R | 6 | 8 | |
| 14 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Lotus) | R | 3 | 7 | R | 4 | R | R | R | 9 | R | 8 | 7 | R | 7 | |||
| 15 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Williams) | 2 | R | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| = | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | R | R | DSQ | 2 | DNS | 6 | |||||||||||
| 17 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Alfa Romeo) | 13 | R | R | R | R | 3R | R | 6R | R | R | R | R | R | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| = | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier) | R | R | R | 9 | R | 6 | R | R | R | 14 | R | 3 | R | R | R | 5 | |
| 19 | (USA) Mario Andretti (Williams, Ferrari) | R | 3 | R | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 20 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Osella) | R | 9 | R | 4 | R | DNQ | R | R | 14 | R | R | R | DNQ | R | R | DNS | 3 |
| = | (CHE) Marc Surer (Arrows) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | R | 13 | 6 | R | 15 | R | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 22 | (DEU) Manfred Winkelhock (ATS) | 10 | 5 | R | DSQ | R | R | R | DNQ | 12 | DNQ | 11 | R | R | R | DNQ | NC | 2 |
| = | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar (ATS) | 9 | R | R | 5 | R | R | R | R | 13 | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | 14 | 9 | DNQ | 2 |
| = | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli (Alfa Romeo) | 11 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | R | 12 | R | 10 | 2 |
| = | (ITA) Mauro Baldi (Arrows) | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | NC | DNQ | R | 8 | 6 | 9 | R | R | 6 | DNQ | 12 | 11 | 2 | |
| 26 | (BRA) Chico Serra (Fittipaldi) | 17 | R | DNQ | 6 | DNPQ | 11 | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | 11 | 7 | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | 1 | |
| (GBR) Brian Henton (Arrows, Tyrrell) | DNQ | DNQ | R | R | R | 8 | 9 | NC | R | 8 | 10 | 7 | R | 11 | R | 8 | ||
| (DEU) Jochen Mass (March) | 12 | 8 | 8 | R | DNQ | 7 | 11 | R | 10 | R | ||||||||
| (SWE) Slim Borgudd (Tyrrell) | 16 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| (BRA) Raul Boesel (March) | 15 | R | 9 | 8 | DNPQ | R | R | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | 13 | |||
| (COL) Roberto Guerrero (Ensign) | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | 8 | R | R | NC | DNS | ||||
| (GBR) Derek Warwick (Toleman) | R | DNQ | DNPQ | DNS | R | DNQ | R | R | 15 | 10 | R | R | R | R | ||||
| (GBR) Rupert Keegan (March) | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | 12 | |||||||||||||
| (GBR) Geoff Lees (Theodore, Lotus) | R | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Teo Fabi (Toleman) | DNQ | DNQ | NC | R | DNPQ | DNQ | R | R | DNQ | R | R | R | DNQ | |||||
| (ITA) Riccardo Paletti (Osella) | DNQ | DNPQ | DNQ | R | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNS | R | ||||||||||
| (IRL) Tommy Byrne (Theodore) | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | |||||||||||||
| (NLD) Jan Lammers (Theodore) | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| (ESP) Emilio de Villota (March) | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | |||||||||||||
| (BRA) Roberto Moreno (Lotus) | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | ZAF | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | CAN | NLD | GBR | FRA | DEU | AUT | CHE | ITA | CPL | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNPQ: Did not pre-qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1982. Reigning world champion Nelson Piquet, who finished 11th, is also shown.
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