Great Britain Grand Prix 1982

 Great Britain Grand Prix 1982

Racing data
10th of 16 races in the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXXV British Grand Prix
Date:	July 18, 1982
Place:	Fawkham
Course:	Brands Hatch Circuit
Length:	319.732 km in 76 laps of 4.207 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Keke Rosberg	Williams
Time:	1: 09.540 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Brian Henton	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 13.028 min
Podium
First:	Niki Lauda	McLaren
Second:	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Third:	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari

The 1982 British Grand Prix took place on July 18 at the Brands Hatch Circuit and was the tenth race of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The March team gave up the use of a third works car, which ended Emilio de Villota's Formula 1 career . After recovering from injury, Nigel Mansell returned to the Lotus cockpit instead of test driver Roberto Moreno , who had represented him at the Dutch Grand Prix two weeks earlier .

At this point in time, John Watson was leading the championship standings one point ahead of Didier Pironi .

training

With Keke Rosberg , a driver who was not equipped with a turbo engine qualified for the first place on the grid for the second time this season. For the Finn this was also the first pole position of his Grand Prix career. With the Brabham drivers Riccardo Patrese and Nelson Piquet and Ferrari driver Didier Pironi, three turbo-powered vehicles followed ahead of Niki Lauda and René Arnoux .

With the exception of Eddie Cheever , all the pilots achieved their respective best times in both qualifying sessions with average speeds of more than 200 km / h.

run

In the run-up to the race, the preparations of the Brabham team were watched with excitement. A refueling facility was provided and apparently the plan was to start the race with the tank only half full and soft tires. This approach required a planned pit stop including refueling about halfway through the race, which was completely unusual at the time, but developed into the standard in Formula 1 over the course of the following years.

When the field started for the pre-start lap, Pole-Setter Rosberg's car stopped so that Patrese held pole position at the actual start of the race. However, this also did not move, so that Piquet took the lead and Pironi could only just avoid Brabham standing in front of him. Arnoux did not succeed and he crashed into the rear of the stationary car. As a result, John Watson had to move to the grass next to the track. Teo Fabi collided with a torn off bike and was eliminated.

Rosberg, who had to start the race from last place, already overtook eight opponents on the first lap. During the following laps he moved up to sixth place. Meanwhile, Piquet was leading Lauda and Pironi.

In the third lap there was a collision between Chico Serra and Jean-Pierre Jarier , with the Brazilian overturning. Trying to avoid the two casualties, Watson spun out.

When Piquet retired on lap ten due to a fuel problem, Lauda took the lead ahead of Pironi as well as Derek Daly and Derek Warwick , who overtook Elio de Angelis on lap twelve . With overtaking maneuvers against Daly on lap 18 and against Pironi on lap 25, Warwick even achieved second place before retiring on lap 41 due to a technical defect. As a result, Pironi again took second place behind Lauda.

Due to technical difficulties, de Angelis lost third place on the last lap to Patrick Tambay and was fourth ahead of Derek Daly and Alain Prost .

Brian Henton completed the fastest race lap of a Grand Prix for the first and only time.

As both Brabham drivers were eliminated after only a few laps, the team's new pit stop strategy was not yet applied in this race.

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	17th	Jochen Mass	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	A.
	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	Ligier JS19
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	Jan Lammers	Theodore TY02		G
Toleman Group 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	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 09.540	217.791 km / h	1: 10.663	214.330 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 10.980	213.373 km / h	1: 09.627	217.519 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 10.418	215.076 km / h	1: 10.060	216.175 km / h	03
04th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 10.066	216.156 km / h	1: 10.386	215.173 km / h	04th
05	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.303	212.406 km / h	1: 10.638	214.406 km / h	05
06th	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 12.371	209.272 km / h	1: 10.641	214.397 km / h	06th
07th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 10.650	214.369 km / h	1: 10.735	214.112 km / h	07th
08th	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 11.333	212.317 km / h	1: 10.728	214.133 km / h	08th
09	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 11.904	210.631 km / h	1: 10.892	213.638 km / h	09
10	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	1: 10.980	213.373 km / h	1: 11.197	212.722 km / h	10
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 11.347	212.275 km / h	1: 12.309	209.451 km / h	11
12	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 11.556	211.655 km / h	1: 11.418	212.064 km / h	12
13	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 11.750	211.083 km / h	1: 11.430	212.029 km / h	13
14th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 11.502	211.815 km / h	1: 15.549	200.469 km / h	14th
15th	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 12.979	207.528 km / h	1: 11.728	211.148 km / h	15th
16	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 12.236	209.663 km / h	1: 11.761	211.051 km / h	16
17th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 12,952	207.605 km / h	1: 12.080	210.117 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 13.109	207.159 km / h	1: 12.436	209.084 km / h	18th
19th	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	1: 14.877	202.268 km / h	1: 12.668	208.416 km / h	19th
20th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 13.402	206.332 km / h	1: 12.695	208.339 km / h	20th
21st	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 13.255	206.746 km / h	1: 13.096	207.196 km / h	21st
22nd	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 13.181	206.955 km / h	1: 13.701	205.495 km / h	22nd
23	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 13.545	205.931 km / h	1: 13.212	206.868 km / h	23
24	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1: 15.977	199.339 km / h	1: 13.301	206.617 km / h	24
25th	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	1: 14.657	202.864 km / h	1: 13.622	205.716 km / h	25th
26th	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	1: 15.246	201.276 km / h	1: 13.721	205.439 km / h	26th
DNQ	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	1: 13.741	205.384 km / h	1: 15.548	200.471 km / h	-
DNQ	Jan Lammers	Theodore Ford	1: 13.815	205.178 km / h	1: 14.303	203.830 km / h	-
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	1: 15.330	201.051 km / h	1: 13.866	205.036 km / h	-
DNQ	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1: 15.724	200.005 km / h	1: 13.968	204.753 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	76	0	1: 35: 33.812	05	1: 13.639
02	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	76	0	+ 25.726	04th	1: 14.134
03	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	76	0	+ 38.436	13	1: 14.190
04th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	76	0	+ 41.242	07th	1: 14.198
05	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	76	1	+ 41.430	10	1: 13.179
06th	Alain Prost	Renault	76	0	+ 41.636	08th	1: 13.264
07th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	75	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 14.817
08th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	75	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 13.028
09	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	74	0	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 15.826
10	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	73	1	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 16.287
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	66	0	DNF	11	1: 15.138	Electrical damage
-	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	60	0	DNF	24	1: 14.977	Engine failure
-	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	59	1	DNF	22nd	1: 15.702	Engine failure
-	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	50	3	DNF	01	1: 14.222	defective fuel pump
-	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	44	4th	DNF	09	1: 14.787	task
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	42	0	DNF	20th	1: 14.904	Gearbox damage
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	41	0	DNF	16	1: 14.063	broken drive shaft
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	30th	1	DNF	23	1: 16.163	task
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	09	0	DNF	03	1: 13.688	defective fuel supply
-	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 23.148	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	02	0	DNF	18th	1: 22.025	collision
-	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	02	0	DNF	21st	1: 21.241	collision
-	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	02	0	DNF	12	1: 21.712	collision
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	00	0	DNF	02	-	collision
-	René Arnoux	Renault	00	0	DNF	06th	-	collision
-	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	00	0	DNF	15th	-	collision

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 35 02  John Watson McLaren 30th 03  Niki Lauda McLaren 24 04th  Keke Rosberg Williams 21st 05  Alain Prost Renault 19th 06th  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 19th 07th  Nelson Piquet Brabham 17th 08th  Elio de Angelis lotus 13 09  Eddie Cheever Ligier 10 10  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 10 11  Nigel Mansell lotus 7th 12  Derek Daly Williams 7th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6th 14th  Carlos Reutemann Williams 6th 15th  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 5 16  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 4th 17th  René Arnoux Renault 4th 18th  Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 3 19th  Manfred Winkelhock ATS 2 20th  Eliseo Salazar ATS 2 21st  Marc Surer Arrows 2 22nd  Chico Serra Fittipaldi 1 23  Jacques Laffite Ligier 1 24  Mauro Baldi Arrows 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 54 02  Ferrari 45 03  Brabham 36 04th  Williams 34 05  Renault 23 06th  lotus 20th 07th  Ligier 11

Item constructor Points 08th  Tyrrell 10 09  Alfa Romeo 5 10  ATS 4th 11  Osella 3 12  Arrows 3 13  Fittipaldi 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from March 3, 2006 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)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 15, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website