1982 US Grand Prix East

 1982 US Grand Prix East

Racing data
7th of 16 races in the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	I Detroit Grand Prix
Date:	June 6, 1982
Place:	Detroit
Course:	Detroit Street Circuit
Length:	258.416 km in 62 laps of 4.168 km
Planned:	291.76 km in 70 laps of 4.168 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 48.537 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 50.438 min
Podium
First:	John Watson	McLaren
Second:	Eddie Cheever	Ligier
Third:	Didier Pironi	Ferrari

The 1982 USA East Grand Prix took place in Detroit on June 6th and was the seventh race of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After a one-year break, another Grand Prix of the USA East took place in 1982 . However, the race was no longer held in Watkins Glen , but for the first time on a street circuit in Detroit . It was therefore also called the Detroit Grand Prix .

Two weeks after Riccardo Patreses maiden victory in Monaco and four weeks after the fatal accident of Gilles Villeneuve in Belgium , Scuderia Ferrari had signed the French Patrick Tambay as his successor. However, he was only to occupy this position at the race after next in the Netherlands , so Ferrari continued to compete in the Grand Prix of the USA East and in Canada with only one vehicle for Didier Pironi .

The Toleman team decided not to take part in the race weekend. Thus, despite the relatively narrow street circuit, no pre-qualification was necessary.

training

Jan Lammers was injured in an accident during free practice and was unable to take part in the rest of the weekend.

In good weather conditions on Saturday morning, Alain Prost drove the fastest lap in the first qualifying session. Andrea de Cesaris took second place in front of Keke Rosberg and Didier Pironi . The fifth fastest time was Manfred Winkelhock on ATS ahead of Bruno Giacomelli and the two Lotus pilots Nigel Mansell and Elio de Angelis . The reigning world champion Nelson Piquet only had the worst time due to technical problems on his Brabham BT50 and was hoping for an improvement during the second qualifying session in the afternoon. However, as it began to rain, no time improvements were possible and only a few pilots took to the track. For Piquet this meant that he was one of the two pilots, alongside Emilio de Villota , who failed to qualify for the race.

run

At the start, Prost was able to defend himself against Rosberg and turn into the first corner as the leader. Andrea de Cesaris initially defended his second place, but retired in the third round after contact with the boundary wall. Winkelhock had already done something similar one lap before. Prost was leading ahead of Rosberg, Pironi, Mansell and Giacomelli when the race was interrupted on the seventh lap due to a collision between Roberto Guerrero and Elio de Angelis. This demolition was necessary because there were numerous debris on the route, especially since Riccardo Patrese had crashed into the boundary while trying to avoid the two collided.

At the restart, Prost again defended his top position against Rosberg. However, when he began to have increasing problems with the fuel supply, the Finn was able to catch up and finally take the lead on lap 23. In the meantime, John Watson fought his way up from 17th on the grid to second in an impressive manner. By the 37th lap he caught up with Rosberg and took the lead. His team-mate Niki Lauda meanwhile managed to get past Eddie Cheever and Didier Pironi into third place. When trying to overtake Rosberg, he first collided with it and then with the wall. He dropped out. Rosberg was able to continue the race in third place behind Cheever, who had benefited from the collision. Jacques Laffite was able to take third place shortly afterwards, but fell back behind Didier Pironi, Keke Rosberg and Derek Daly by the end of the race .

Shortly before reaching the maximum duration of two hours, the race was stopped after 62 of the originally planned 70 laps.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Parmalat Racing Team	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT50	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT49D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Team Tyrrell	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 011		G
	4th	Brian Henton
TAG Williams team	5	Derek Daly	Williams FW08		G
	6th	Keke Rosberg
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1B		M.
	8th	Niki Lauda
Team ATS	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS D5		G
	10	Eliseo Salazar
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 91		G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign N181		P
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30B	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	17th	Jochen Mass	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	A.
	18th	Raul Boesel
LBT Team March	19th	Emilio de Villota			A.
Fittipaldi Automotive	20th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi F8D		P
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo 182	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	25th	Eddie Cheever	Ligier JS17B	Matra MS81 3.0 V12	M.
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari 126C2	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	G
Arrows Racing Team	29	Marc Surer	Arrows A4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	30th	Mauro Baldi
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella FA1C		P
	32	Riccardo Paletti
Theodore Racing Team	33	Jan Lammers	Theodore TY02		G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 48.537	138.246 km / h	2: 14.616	111.464 km / h	01
02	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 48.872	137.821 km / h	2: 10.770	114.742 km / h	02
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 49.264	137.326 km / h	2: 12.559	113.193 km / h	03
04th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 49.903	136.528 km / h	2: 13.665	112.257 km / h	04th
05	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	1: 50.066	136.325 km / h	2: 11.260	114.314 km / h	05
06th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 50.252	136.095 km / h	no time	-	06th
07th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 50.294	136.044 km / h	2: 20.888	106.502 km / h	07th
08th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 50.443	135.860 km / h	2: 12.481	113.260 km / h	08th
09	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1: 50.520	135.765 km / h	2: 11.745	113.893 km / h	09
10	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 51.026	135.147 km / h	2: 09.121	116.207 km / h	10
11	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	1: 51.039	135.131 km / h	no time	-	11
12	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	1: 51.227	134.902 km / h	2: 11.554	114.058 km / h	12
13	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 51.270	134.850 km / h	no time	-	13
14th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	1: 51.508	134.563 km / h	no time	-	14th
15th	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 51.514	134.555 km / h	no time	-	15th
16	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 51.618	134.430 km / h	2: 11.678	113.951 km / h	16
17th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 51.868	134.130 km / h	2: 11.384	114.206 km / h	17th
18th	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	1: 52.271	133.648 km / h	2: 13.486	112.407 km / h	18th
19th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 52.316	133.595 km / h	2: 12.033	113.644 km / h	19th
20th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 52.867	132.942 km / h	2: 22.663	105.177 km / h	20th
21st	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1: 52.870	132.939 km / h	2: 14.385	111.655 km / h	21st
22nd	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 52.988	132.800 km / h	2: 13.648	112.271 km / h	22nd
23	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	1: 54.084	131.524 km / h	2: 24.878	103.569 km / h	23
24	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	1: 54.332	131.239 km / h	2: 14.746	111.356 km / h	24
25th	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	1: 55.633	129.762 km / h	2: 16.139	110.217 km / h	25th
26th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 55.848	129.521 km / h	2: 24.739	103.668 km / h	26th
DNQ	Emilio de Villota	March-Ford	1: 56.589	128.698 km / h	no time	-	-
DNQ	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 57.779	127.398 km / h	no time	-	-
DNQ	Jan Lammers	Theodore Ford	no time	-	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	62	0	1: 58: 41.043	17th	1: 51.250
02	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	62	0	+ 15.726	09	1: 52.053
03	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	62	0	+ 28.077	04th	1: 52.864
04th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	62	0	+1: 11.976	03	1: 53.198
05	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	62	0	+1: 23.757	12	1: 53.258
06th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	61	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 53.274
07th	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	61	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 55.250
08th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	61	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 55.284
09	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	60	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 54.516
10	René Arnoux	Renault	59	1	+ 3 rounds	15th	1: 52.044
11	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	59	0	+ 3 rounds	26th	1: 56.652
-	Alain Prost	Renault	54	1	NC	01	1: 50.438	Unrated
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	44	0	DNF	07th	1: 54.242	Engine failure
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	40	0	DNF	10	1: 51.888	collision
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	40	1	DNF	16	1: 53.634	accident
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	30th	0	DNF	06th	1: 52.822	collision
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	18th	0	DNF	08th	1: 55.025	Gearbox damage
-	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	14th	0	DNF	25th	1: 55.628	accident
-	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	06th	0	DNF	11	1: 56.942	collision
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	06th	0	DNF	14th	1: 56.158	accident
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	03	0	DNF	22nd	2: 07.040	Handling problems
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	02	0	DNF	02	1: 59.087	broken semi-axis
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	01	0	DNF	05	2: 09.035	accident
-	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	00	0	DNF	21st	-	collision
-	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	00	0	DNF	24	-	collision
-	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	00	0	DNS	23	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  John Watson McLaren 26th 02  Didier Pironi Ferrari 20th 03  Alain Prost Renault 18th 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 17th 05  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 13 06th  Niki Lauda McLaren 12 07th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 10 08th  Eddie Cheever Ligier 10 09  Nigel Mansell lotus 7th 10  Elio de Angelis lotus 7th 11  Carlos Reutemann Williams 6th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6th 13  René Arnoux Renault 4th 14th  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 4th 15th  Derek Daly Williams 3 16  Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 3 17th  Eliseo Salazar ATS 2 18th  Manfred Winkelhock ATS 2 19th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 20th  Chico Serra Fittipaldi 1 21st  Jacques Laffite Ligier 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 38 02  Williams 26th 03  Ferrari 26th 04th  Renault 22nd 05  Brabham 15th 06th  lotus 14th

Item constructor Points 07th  Ligier 11 08th  Tyrrell 10 09  ATS 4th 10  Alfa Romeo 4th 11  Osella 3 12  Fittipaldi 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 1, 2012)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website