1982 Monaco Grand Prix

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1982 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 23 May 1982
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.312 km (2.057 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 251.712 km (156.406 miles)
Weather Dry, then Wet
Pole position
Driver Renault
Time 1:23.281
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford
Time 1:26.354 on lap 69
Podium
First Brabham-Ford
Second Ferrari
Third Alfa Romeo
Lap leaders

The 1982 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 23 May 1982. It was the sixth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.[1] This was the first race following the death of Gilles Villeneuve at the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks previously. Consequently, Ferrari entered only one car, for Didier Pironi.

René Arnoux took pole position in his Renault and led until he spun off at the Swimming Pool on lap 15. Team-mate Alain Prost took over the lead and held it until the closing stages, when rain started to fall. On lap 74, three from the end, Prost pushed too hard and crashed into the Armco barriers coming out of the Chicane du Port (also known as the Dog Leg), handing the lead to Riccardo Patrese in the Brabham. Then, on lap 75, Patrese spun on oil at the Loews hairpin and stalled.

Pironi now led, but his battery was not charged properly before the race and the engine started misfiring on the last lap and finally stopped in the tunnel on the final lap. Andrea de Cesaris then ran out of fuel before he could pass Pironi, and Derek Daly, the next leader, had already lost the wings from his Williams after an accident and had also damaged his gearbox, which seized up before he could start the final lap. Patrese, who had managed to restart his car by rolling downhill and bump-starting, came through to take his first Formula One victory, with Pironi, de Cesaris and Daly classified second, third and sixth respectively.

BBC commentator and 1976 world champion James Hunt commented, "Well, we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past, and we don't seem to be getting one!"[2]

Classification[edit]

Pre-qualifying[edit]

A pre-qualifying session was held because of limits on the number of cars allowed on the Monaco track at once.[3]

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:29.479
2 17 West Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford 1:29.901 +0.422
3 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:30.352 +0.873
4 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:30.407 +0.928
5 32 Italy Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford 1:31.059 +1.580
6 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:31.212 +1.733
7 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:31.471 +1.992
8 19 Spain Emilio de Villota March-Ford 1:52.401 +22.922

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:24.543 1:23.281
2 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford 1:24.929 1:23.791 +0.510
3 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:26.083 1:23.939 +0.658
4 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:25.766 1:24.439 +1.158
5 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:27.360 1:24.585 +1.304
6 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:25.125 1:24.649 +1.368
7 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:24.928 1:25.235 +1.647
8 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:25.505 1:25.390 +2.109
9 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.840 1:25.449 +2.168
10 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:27.317 1:25.583 +2.302
11 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:26.202 1:25.642 +2.361
12 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:25.838 1:26.019 +2.557
13 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:26.075 1:26.120 +2.794
14 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:27.952 1:26.260 +2.979
15 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:27.568 1:26.456 +3.175
16 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:28.058 1:26.463 +3.182
17 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.971 1:26.690 +3.409
18 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:28.353 1:27.007 +3.726
19 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:28.380 1:27.019 +3.738
20 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:29.574 1:27.022 +3.741
21 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:29.306 1:27.208 +3.927
22 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford no time 1:27.523 +4.242
23 17 West Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford 1:29.452 1:27.885 +4.604
24 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:31.233 1:28.075 +4.794
25 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:29.057 1:28.264 +4.983
26 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:32.183 1:28.635 +5.354
Source: [4]

*Positions in red denote entrants that failed to qualify.

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford G 76 1:54:11.259 2 9
2 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari G 75 Out of Fuel 5 6
3 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 75 Out of Fuel 7 4
4 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 75 + 1 Lap 11 3
5 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 75 + 1 Lap 15 2
6 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 74 Accident 8 1
7 15 France Alain Prost Renault M 73 Accident 4  
8 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 72 + 4 Laps 17  
9 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 70 + 6 Laps 19  
10 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 69 Suspension 9  
Ret 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 64 Collision 6  
Ret 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 56 Engine 12  
Ret 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 49 Turbo 13  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford M 35 Electrical 10  
Ret 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 31 Differential 14  
Ret 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 29 Handling 18  
Ret 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 27 Oil Leak 16  
Ret 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 22 Mechanical 20  
Ret 16 France René Arnoux Renault M 14 Spun Off 1  
Ret 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 4 Halfshaft 3  
DNQ 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P    
DNQ 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford G    
DNQ 17 West Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford A    
DNQ 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P    
DNQ 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P    
DNQ 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford A    
DNPQ 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P    
DNPQ 32 Italy Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford P    
DNPQ 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford A    
DNPQ 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P    
DNPQ 19 Spain Emilio de Villota March-Ford A        
Source:[5][6]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1982 Monaco Grand Prix Entry list".
  2. ^ "Murray's Memories: Monaco Grand Prix 1982 - 'Craziest race ever'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ^ Jenkinson, Denis (July 1982). "1982 Monaco Grand Prix race report". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "05/23/1982 race: Grand Prix of Monaco (F1) qualifying results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  5. ^ "1982 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ "1982 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 23 May 1982. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Monaco 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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