F1 pole positions
Polesitters
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Driver | Constructor | Race | Pole margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | Kyalami | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | 3 | 0.274s |
| 2 | Brazil | Jacarepagua | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | 0.365s |
| 3 | USA West | Long Beach | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | DNF | 0.120s |
| 4 | San Marino | Imola | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | DNF | 0.484s |
| 5 | Belgium | Zolder | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | DNF | 0.029s |
| 6 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | DNF | 0.510s |
| 7 | Detroit | Detroit | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | NC | 0.335s |
| 8 | Canada | Montreal | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 9 | 0.386s |
| 9 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | DNF | 0.427s |
| 10 | Britain | Brands Hatch | (FIN) Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford Cosworth | DNF | 0.087s |
| 11 | France | Le Castellet | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Renault | 1 | 0.282s |
| 12 | Germany | Hockenheim | (FRA) Didier Pironi | Ferrari | DNS | 0.943s |
| 13 | Austria | Osterreichring | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | DNF | 0.359s |
| 14 | Switzerland | Dijon-Prenois | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 2 | 0.360s |
| 15 | Italy | Monza | (USA) Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 3 | 0.035s |
| 16 | Caesars Palace | Las Vegas | (FRA) Alain Prost | Renault | 4 | 0.430s |
- First pole position (drivers)
- Andrea de Cesaris
- Keke Rosberg (first Finnish polesitter)
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Mario Andretti
- Andrea de Cesaris
- Didier Pironi
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 1982
- Last pole position (constructors)
- Alfa Romeo
- First pole position since…
- 1978 for Mario Andretti
- 1980 for Didier Pironi and Alfa Romeo
- First pole position by a…
- American driver since 1978