Grand Prix of Germany 1982

 Grand Prix of Germany 1982

Racing data
12th of 16 races in the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLIV Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	August 8, 1982
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	305.865 km in 45 laps of 6.797 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 95,000
Pole position
Driver:	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Time:	1: 47.947 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
Time:	1: 54.035 min
Podium
First:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Second:	René Arnoux	Renault
Third:	Keke Rosberg	Williams

The 1982 German Grand Prix took place on August 8th in Hockenheim and was the twelfth race of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

To reduce the previously very high cornering speeds in the east curve , where Patrick Depailler had a fatal accident during test drives during the 1980 season , a brake chicane was installed at the beginning of this long curve. Another chicane, which had already existed in the area of ​​the first straight through the forest, was also redesigned so that the official route length was given as 6.797 kilometers from now on.

While Nigel Mansell took his place at Lotus again after the injury had finally recovered , Jochen Mass had to hand over his cockpit to Rupert Keegan after the first free practice session because he suffered from his injuries, which he had suffered two weeks earlier in the course of an accident during the French Grand Prix had prevented them from driving too much. He never competed in a Formula 1 race again.

When Theodore Racing was decided Jan Lammers by the emerging 3 Formula pilots Tommy Byrne to replace. Lammers then left Formula 1 and only returned to the 1992 Japanese Grand Prix around 10 years later . It thus holds the record for the longest period of time between two Grand Prix participations by a driver.

training

The first of the two qualifying sessions took place on Friday in dry conditions. Didier Pironi completed the fastest lap.

It was already raining during free practice on Saturday morning. Pironi drove a cloud of spray on, in which he merely the Williams FW08 of Derek Daly guessed. Behind this, however, Alain Prost in the Renault RE30B followed, not visible to Pironi . Pironi hit the stern. When the wheels of the two vehicles touched, the Ferrari 126C2 took off and flew over the Renault. After landing, the car rolled over several times and finally crashed into the boundary. Pironi was seriously injured. At the scene of the accident, Formula 1 doctor Sid Watkins initially considered a leg amputation, which ultimately did not occur. The injured was transported by helicopter to Heidelberg University Hospital . Pironi, who led the world championship standings at the time of the accident, was almost completely cured through several operations, but never returned to Formula 1. For Scuderia Ferrari this was already the second serious loss this year after the death of Gilles Villeneuve in training for the Belgian Grand Prix , which was also caused by a rear-end collision.

Prost had survived the accident unharmed, but because of the impressions he developed an aversion to racing in wet track conditions, which accompanied him throughout the rest of his career.

As it continued to rain during the second qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, none of the drivers was able to improve the lap time they achieved on Friday. 11 of the 29 pilots gave up another attempt at all. The other drivers achieved lap times of more than two minutes with average speeds below 200 km / h. Since the Ferrari team had not canceled his hospitalized driver Pironi from the race, he was the official pole setter and the first place on the grid remained empty. Alain Prost and René Arnoux had qualified for second and third place on the grid, ahead of reigning world champion Nelson Piquet and second Ferrari driver Patrick Tambay . Behind Riccardo Patrese , Michele Alboreto was the first of those drivers who did not have a turbo engine.

Niki Lauda was injured during practice and then decided not to take part in the race.

run

As suggested by most observers, it only took Nelson Piquet two laps to overtake Arnoux and Prost and take the lead. The reason for this was the strategy practiced by the Brabham team for two races , which included a pit stop halfway through the race from the start, which made the cars comparatively light at the beginning of the race due to the half-filled tank. In addition, softer tires could be used, which should be changed during the pit stop.

On lap 14, Prost had to retire due to a problem with the fuel injection. One lap earlier, Patrese was eliminated due to engine failure. In the meantime, Tambay had moved up to second place.

Piquet, leading by a clear margin, collided with Eliseo Salazar on lap 19 in the course of a lapping maneuver . Both pilots were eliminated. In front of the television cameras running, Piquet lost his temper and briefly beat Salazar before two marshals came along and defused the situation. Due to Piquet's failure, Tambay took the lead from Arnoux, John Watson , Keke Rosberg and Michele Alboreto. Jacques Laffite overtook both Alboreto and Rosberg by lap 27, but shortly afterwards damaged his car due to a driving error, which negatively affected its handling. As a result, Laffite initially fell behind and finally gave up on lap 36. One lap later, Watson also had to end the race early due to a damaged suspension.

Patrick Tambay won a Grand Prix for the first time. René Arnoux came in second ahead of Keke Rosberg, Michele Alboreto, Bruno Giacomelli and Marc Surer .

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
Team Tyrrell	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell 011	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	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	17 1	Rupert Keegan	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	A.
		Jochen Mass
	18th	Raul Boesel
Fittipaldi Automotive	20th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi F9		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 JS19	Matra MS81 3.0 V12	M.
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari 126C2	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Didier Pironi
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
Theodore Racing Team	33	Tommy Byrne	Theodore TY02		G
Toleman Group Motorsport	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman TG181C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Teo Fabi

¹ Rubert Keegan replaced Jochen Mass at the wheel of the March 821 with starting number 17 after the first free practice.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 47.947	226.678 km / h	no time	-	DNS
02	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 48.890	224.715 km / h	2: 07.540	191.855 km / h	02
03	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 49.256	223.962 km / h	2: 11.164	186.554 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 49.415	223.637 km / h	2: 03.434	198.237 km / h	04th
05	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 49.570	223.320 km / h	2: 04.090	197.189 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 49.760	222.934 km / h	no time	-	06th
07th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 52.625	217.263 km / h	no time	-	07th
08th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 52.683	217.151 km / h	no time	-	DNS
09	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 52.786	216.952 km / h	2: 08.873	189.871 km / h	08th
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 52.892	216.749 km / h	2: 05.368	195.179 km / h	09
11	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 53.073	216.402 km / h	2: 07.821	191.433 km / h	10
12	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 53.887	214.855 km / h	2: 12.880	184.145 km / h	11
13	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1: 54.211	214.246 km / h	no time	-	12
14th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 54.476	213.750 km / h	no time	-	13
15th	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 54.594	213.530 km / h	no time	-	14th
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 54.982	212.809 km / h	no time	-	15th
17th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	1: 55.223	212.364 km / h	2: 11.564	185.987 km / h	16
18th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 55.474	211.902 km / h	2: 11.280	186.389 km / h	17th
19th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 55.866	211.185 km / h	no time	-	18th
20th	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	1: 55.876	211.167 km / h	2: 07.514	191.894 km / h	19th
21st	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 56.250	210.488 km / h	2: 11.607	185.926 km / h	20th
22nd	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	1: 56.489	210.056 km / h	2: 14.398	182.065 km / h	21st
23	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	1: 56.537	209.969 km / h	2: 11.823	185.622 km / h	22nd
24	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	1: 56.680	209.712 km / h	2: 12.107	185.223 km / h	23
25th	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1: 57.245	208.701 km / h	2: 13.758	182.936 km / h	24
26th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 57.337	208.538 km / h	no time	-	25th
27	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 57.402	208.422 km / h	2: 10.226	187.898 km / h	26th
DNQ	Tommy Byrne	Theodore Ford	1: 59.007	205.611 km / h	2: 13.032	183.935 km / h	-
DNQ	Rupert Keegan	March-Ford	1: 59.951	203.993 km / h	no time	-	-
DNQ	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	no time	-	no time	-	-
DNS	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	no time	-	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	45	0	1: 27: 25,178	05	1: 54.805
02	René Arnoux	Renault	45	0	+ 16.379	03	1: 55.825
03	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 57.882
04th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 58.190
05	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	44	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 58.193
06th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	26th	1: 59.025
07th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 58.848
08th	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	21st	2: 00.167
09	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	43	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 58.447
10	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	43	1	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 57.794
11	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	43	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	2: 01.238
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	36	0	DNF	10	1: 57,000	Suspension damage
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	36	0	DNF	15th	1: 57.454	task
-	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	25th	0	DNF	19th	1: 57.927	Engine failure
-	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	24	2: 01.692	Tire damage
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	21st	1	DNF	13	1: 58.246	Handling problems
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	18th	0	DNF	04th	1: 54.035	collision
-	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	17th	0	DNF	22nd	2: 00.040	collision
-	Alain Prost	Renault	14th	1	DNF	02	1: 56.312	defective injection pump
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	13	0	DNF	06th	1: 56.460	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	09	0	DNF	08th	1: 57.383	Gearbox damage
-	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	08th	3	DNF	12	2: 00.033	Handling problems
-	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	06th	3	DNF	23	2: 15.546	Misfires
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	03	0	DNF	20th	2: 01.238	defective steering
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	03	0	DNF	16	2: 03.646	Clutch damage

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  Didier Pironi Ferrari 39 02  John Watson McLaren 30th 03  Keke Rosberg Williams 27 04th  Alain Prost Renault 25th 05  Niki Lauda McLaren 24 06th  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 19th 07th  René Arnoux Renault 19th 08th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 17th 09  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 16 10  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 14th 11  Elio de Angelis lotus 13 12  Eddie Cheever Ligier 10 13  Nigel Mansell lotus 7th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Derek Daly Williams 7th 15th  Carlos Reutemann Williams 6th 16  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6th 17th  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 5 18th  Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 3 19th  Marc Surer Arrows 3 20th  Manfred Winkelhock ATS 2 21st  Eliseo Salazar ATS 2 22nd  Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 2 23  Chico Serra Fittipaldi 1 24  Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 25th  Mauro Baldi Arrows 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 61 02  McLaren 54 03  Renault 44 04th  Williams 40 05  Brabham 36 06th  lotus 20th 07th  Tyrrell 14th

Item constructor Points 08th  Ligier 11 09  Alfa Romeo 7th 10  ATS 4th 11  Arrows 4th 12  Osella 3 13  Fittipaldi 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 15, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 15, 2012)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website