1982 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 16 races in the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XI Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	March 21, 1982
Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Course:	Jacarepaguá
Length:	316.953 km in 63 laps of 5.031 km
Weather:	hot
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 28.808 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 37.016 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	John Watson	McLaren
Third:	Nigel Mansell	lotus

The 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in Rio de Janeiro on March 21, and was the second race of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Since the Argentine Grand Prix was canceled due to financial problems, there was a break of around two months between the season opener in South Africa and the second round of the World Cup in Brazil. This interruption was used by many teams to complete the new cars for the 1982 season after they had contested the first race of the season with the previous year's cars. So did Lotus first time the new Type 91 at the start, Alfa Romeo presented the new 182 , Ensign the N181 and Theodore the TY02 .

In contrast, Team Brabham , which was one of the few teams to have already fielded a new vehicle in South Africa, returned to the previous year's BT49 , which was equipped with a conventional naturally aspirated Ford Cosworth engine instead of the BMW turbo engine.

As of this weekend, Ensign driver Roberto Guerrero added 31 participants to the entry list.

training

Alain Prost secured pole position from Gilles Villeneuve and Keke Rosberg . René Arnoux followed in front of Niki Lauda and Carlos Reutemann .

Riccardo Paletti was excluded from the two regular qualification trainings due to a failed pre-qualification, as only 30 pilots were allowed to participate.

run

Villeneuve took the lead ahead of Prost, Arnoux and Rosberg. Behind it followed Riccardo Patrese ahead of Didier Pironi and Nelson Piquet . On the third lap he overtook Rosberg, followed by Piquet, while Pironi fell back to 16th place.

In the sixth lap, Prost also fell behind Patrese and Piquet. On lap nine, Piquet first overtook Patrese and on lap 17 he took second place from Arnoux.

While Villeneuve was still in the lead, Piquet and Rosberg dueled for second place, followed by Patrese, Prost and Watson. This changed on lap 30, when Villeneuve spun out and had to let Piquet take the lead. Shortly afterwards, Patrese also had a lathe. He gave up the race shortly after in the pits due to nausea. This had previously been the cause of his lack of concentration and the resulting spin.

Piquet crossed the finish line first, ahead of Rosberg, Prost and Watson as well as Nigel Mansell and Michele Alboreto .

Due to protests by the FISA- related teams Renault and Ferrari , Piquet and Rosberg were disqualified after the race. Their teams had attached water tanks to the vehicles in order to bring the vehicles to the minimum weight of 580 kilograms, which has been prescribed since this season. Allegedly, the water was used to cool the brakes. The tanks were not filled until after the race, before the cars were weighed in the parc fermé . So they had been too light during the race.

Prost was thus declared the winner. Manfred Winkelhock and Didier Pironi moved up into the points. Prost was also awarded the officially fastest race lap, although both Piquet and Rosberg had completed faster laps.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Parmalat Racing Team	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham BT49D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	2	Riccardo Patrese
Team Tyrrell	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 011		G
	4th	Slim Borgudd
TAG Williams team	5	Carlos Reutemann	Williams FW07C		G
	6th	Keke Rosberg
Marlboro McLaren International	7th	John Watson	McLaren MP4 / 1B		M.
	8th	Niki Lauda
Team ATS	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS D5		A.
	10	Eliseo Salazar
John Player Team Lotus	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus 91		G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Ensign Racing	14th	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign N181		A.
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	P
	18th	Raul Boesel
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	27	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari 126C2	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Didier Pironi
Arrows Racing Team	29	Brian Henton	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	Derek Daly	Theodore TY02		A.
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman TG181C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Teo Fabi

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 28.808	203.941 km / h	1: 29.120	203.227 km / h	01
02	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 30.418	200.310 km / h	1: 29.173	203.106 km / h	02
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 29.910	201.441 km / h	1: 29.358	202.686 km / h	03
04th	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 30.121	200.970 km / h	1: 30.492	200.146 km / h	04th
05	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 30.715	199.654 km / h	1: 30.152	200.901 km / h	05
06th	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 30.944	199.151 km / h	1: 30.183	200.832 km / h	06th
07th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	1: 30.281	200.614 km / h	1: 30.413	200.321 km / h	07th
08th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 30.655	199.786 km / h	1: 30.905	199.237 km / h	08th
09	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	1: 31.053	198.913 km / h	1: 30.967	199.101 km / h	09
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 33.255	194.216 km / h	1: 31.229	198.529 km / h	10
11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 31.790	197.316 km / h	1: 32.093	196.666 km / h	11
12	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 31.906	197.067 km / h	1: 32.151	196.543 km / h	12
13	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 32.886	194.987 km / h	1: 31.991	196.884 km / h	13
14th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 32.228	196.379 km / h	1: 33.007	194.734 km / h	14th
15th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	1: 32.524	195.750 km / h	no time	-	15th
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 32.769	195.233 km / h	1: 33.538	193.628 km / h	16
17th	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1: 35.986	188.690 km / h	1: 34.050	192.574 km / h	17th
18th	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	1: 34.740	191.172 km / h	1: 34.262	192.141 km / h	18th
19th	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	1: 35.325	189.998 km / h	1: 34.380	191.901 km / h	19th
20th	Derek Daly	Theodore Ford	1: 34.413	191.834 km / h	1: 34.676	191.301 km / h	20th
21st	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 35.020	190.608 km / h	1: 35.127	190.394 km / h	21st
22nd	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	1: 35.039	190.570 km / h	1: 35.248	190.152 km / h	22nd
23	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 36.218	188.235 km / h	1: 35.081	190.486 km / h	23
24	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 35.874	188.910 km / h	1: 35.084	190.480 km / h	24
25th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 35.246	190.156 km / h	1: 36.101	188.464 km / h	25th
26th	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1: 35.612	189.428 km / h	1: 35.288	190.072 km / h	26th
DNQ	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 36.312	188.051 km / h	1: 35.326	189.996 km / h	-
DNQ	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	1: 41.028	179.273 km / h	1: 35.730	189.195 km / h	-
DNQ	Brian Henton	Arrows Ford	1: 35.834	188.989 km / h	1: 35.748	189.159 km / h	-
DNQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 37.223	186.289 km / h	1: 36.014	188.635 km / h	-
DNQ	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	no time	-	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	63	0	DSQ	07th	(1: 36,582)	disqualified
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	63	0	DSQ	03	(1: 36.984)	disqualified
03 (1)	Alain Prost	Renault	63	0	1: 44: 33,134	01	1: 37.016
04 (2)	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	63	0	+ 2.990	12	1: 37.451
05 (3)	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	63	0	+ 36.859	14th	1: 38.136
06 (4)	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	63	0	+ 50.761	13	1: 38.027
07 (5)	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	62	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 38.958
08 (6)	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	62	1	DNF	08th	1: 37.120
09 (7)	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell-Ford	61	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 40.075
10 (8)	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	61	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 40.090
11 (9)	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	60	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 41.838
12 (10)	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	57	1	+ 6 rounds	19th	1: 41.313
-	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	37	0	DNF	18th	1: 39.733	Engine failure
-	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	36	0	DNF	25th	1: 42.030	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	34	0	DNF	09	1: 37.742	task
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	29	0	DNF	02	1: 38.514	accident
-	René Arnoux	Renault	21st	0	DNF	04th	1: 38.612	Collision damage
-	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	21st	0	DNF	06th	1: 38.108	Collision damage
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	21st	0	DNF	05	1: 37.364	Collision damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	21st	0	DNF	11	1: 38.046	collision
-	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	19th	0	DNF	26th	1: 40.889	Engine failure
-	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	16	0	DNF	16	1: 37.726	Engine failure
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	15th	1	DNF	24	1: 40.521	Suspension damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	14th	1	DNF	10	1: 38.472	accident
-	Derek Daly	Theodore Ford	12	0	DNF	20th	1: 42.383	Lathe operator
-	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	11	0	DNF	17th	1: 42.360	accident

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  Alain Prost Renault 18th 02  John Watson McLaren 7th 03  Carlos Reutemann Williams 6th 04th  René Arnoux Renault 4th 05  Nigel Mansell lotus 4th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  Niki Lauda McLaren 3 07th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 3 08th  Manfred Winkelhock ATS 2 09  Keke Rosberg Williams 2 10  Didier Pironi Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 22nd 02  McLaren 10 03  Williams 8th 04th  lotus 4th

Item constructor Points 05  Tyrrell 3 06th  ATS 2 07th  Ferrari 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2012)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 1, 2012)
3. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 229
4. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website