1982 French Grand Prix
Race 11 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 25 July 1982
Official name 68ème Grand Prix de France
Location Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Var, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.809 km (3.610 miles)
Distance 54 laps, 313.686 km (194.915 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:34.406
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW
Time 1:40.075 on lap 4
Podium
First
Renault
Second
Renault
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1982 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 25 July 1982. It was the eleventh race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.

The 54-lap race was won from pole position by René Arnoux, driving a Renault. The turbocharged Renaults, Ferraris and Brabham-BMWs took up the first six grid positions, and Arnoux led home a French 1–2–3–4, with teammate Alain Prost second and the Ferraris of Didier Pironi and Patrick Tambay third and fourth respectively. However, Arnoux achieved his win in sour circumstances: he violated a pre-race agreement that if he and Prost were running first and second respectively, he would let Prost past to aid his Drivers' Championship hopes. Arnoux would leave Renault at the end of the year.

The top six was completed by Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Ford and Michele Alboreto in the Tyrrell-Ford. Pironi's third place enabled him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to nine points, though this would turn out to be his last finish before his career-ending accident at the next race in Germany.

The eleventh lap of this race saw a big accident when Jochen Mass's March and Mauro Baldi's Arrows collided at Signes. Mass's car went through the catch fencing into the tyre walls, then catapulted into a spectator area and caught fire. Mass escaped with burns on his hands, while several spectators were injured. The West German driver retired from Formula One immediately after this race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:36.548 1:34.406 —
2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:35.802 1:34.688 +0.282
3 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:36.477 1:35.790 +1.384
4 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:38.541 1:35.811 +1.405
5 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:38.745 1:35.905 +1.499
6 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:37.162 1:36.359 +1.953
7 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:38.996 1:37.573 +3.167
8 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:38.997 1:37.705 +3.299
9 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:37.778 1:38.034 +3.372
10 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:37.780 1:38.865 +3.374
11 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:38.767 1:39.641 +4.361
12 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:38.944 1:39.150 +4.538
13 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:40.569 1:39.118 +4.712
14 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:41.266 1:39.306 +4.900
15 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:39.823 1:39.330 +4.924
16 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:40.326 1:39.605 +5.199
17 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:40.370 1:39.909 +5.503
18 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:39.917 1:39.942 +5.511
19 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:41.518 1:40.187 +5.781
20 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:42.603 1:40.335 +5.929
21 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart no time 1:40.421 +6.015
22 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:42.822 1:40.673 +6.267
23 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.109 1:40.852 +6.446
24 12 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Lotus-Ford 1:45.647 1:40.974 +6.568
25 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:42.162 1:40.997 +6.591
26 17 Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford 1:41.973 1:41.579 +7.173
27 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford 1:41.924 1:41.714 +7.308
28 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:42.270 1:42.532 +7.864
29 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:43.562 1:42.414 +8.008
30 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:43.515 1:43.099 +8.693

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 16 France René Arnoux Renault M 54 1:33:33.217 1 9
2 15 France Alain Prost Renault M 54 + 17.308 2 6
3 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari G 54 + 42.128 3 4
4 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 54 + 1:16.241 5 3
5 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 54 + 1:30.994 10 2
6 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 54 + 1:32.339 15 1
7 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 11  
8 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 53 + 1 Lap 9  
9 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 53 + 1 Lap 8  
10 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 23  
11 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 52 + 2 Laps 18  
12 12 United Kingdom Geoff Lees Lotus-Ford G 52 + 2 Laps 24  
13 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 52 + 2 Laps 20  
14 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 51 + 3 Laps 16  
15 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 50 + 4 Laps 14  
16 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 49 + 5 Laps 19  
Ret 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 25 Spun Off 7  
Ret 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 23 Engine 6  
Ret 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 17 Fuel System 13  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford M 13 Electrical 12  
Ret 17 West Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford A 10 Collision 26  
Ret 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 10 Collision 25  
Ret 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 8 Engine 4  
Ret 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 2 Spun Off 22  
Ret 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 0 Halfshaft 17  
Ret 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P 0 Electrical 21  
DNQ 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford G    
DNQ 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M    
DNQ 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P    
DNQ 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford A        
Source:[1][2]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ↑ "1982 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "1982 French Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 25 July 1982. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 "France 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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