1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix

 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	II Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Date:	September 25, 1982
Place:	Las Vegas
Course:	Caesars Palace Grand Prix Circuit
Length:	273.75 km in 75 laps of 3.65 km
Weather:	hot
Spectator:	~ 35,000
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 16.356 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell
Time:	1: 19.639 min
Podium
First:	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell
Second:	John Watson	McLaren
Third:	Eddie Cheever	Ligier

The 1982 Grand Prix of Las Vegas took place on September 25th as the 16th and final race of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship in Las Vegas .

Reports

background

Although he only had one win in his Formula 1 career up to that point, Keke Rosberg was the clear favorite in the season finale, which, as in the previous year, was held on a temporary course in the Caesars Palace car park . His only remaining competitor was John Watson , as Didier Pironi, who was second in the World Cup, could not compete due to an injury. Watson had also achieved two victories in the 1982 season and, in order to become world champion, would have had to win the final run and also hope that Rosberg did not score any points.

training

Alain Prost achieved the tenth Renault pole of the year ahead of his team-mate René Arnoux . The second row consisted of the Tyrrell by Michele Alboreto and the Ligier by Eddie Cheever . Riccardo Patrese and Keke Rosberg were the third row ahead of the two Ferrari pilots Mario Andretti and Patrick Tambay .

As a result of a serious training accident, Jean-Pierre Jarier was canceled from the rest of the race weekend. Tommy Byrne moved up to the starting grid.

run

Patrick Tambay decided again not to participate in the race due to health problems. Since no replacement unit was available after an engine failure during training, Roberto Guerrero had to cancel the start, so that only 24 instead of 26 vehicles entered the race.

The two Renault drivers retained their positions, although Prost was initially able to assert himself against Arnoux. However, this overtook him on the second lap and then kept the lead until Prost regained the top spot on the 15th lap. Shortly thereafter, Arnoux retired due to an engine failure. From then on, Prost was followed by Alboreto, ahead of Watson, Cheever, Andretti and Rosberg.

Since Prost was hampered by strong vibrations, Alboreto managed to take the lead on the 52nd lap. Shortly thereafter, Watson came in second, which was not enough for him to win the title, especially since Rosberg was also fifth in the points. Since Prost was steadily slowing down during the last few laps, Cheever came in third.

Michele Alboreto won a Grand Prix for the first time. Keke Rosberg, who had also celebrated his first Grand Prix victory two races earlier at the Swiss Grand Prix, was established as world champion in 1982, as was Ferrari in the constructors' championship. It was only for the second time after Mike Hawthorn in 1958 that a driver became world champion with just one win of the season.

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	Rupert Keegan	March 821	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	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	Mario Andretti
Arrows Racing Team	29	Marc Surer	Arrows A5	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	P
	30th	Mauro Baldi	Arrows A4
Osella Squadra Corse	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella FA1D		P
Theodore Racing Team	33	Tommy Byrne	Theodore TY02		G
Toleman Group Motorsport	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman TG183	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman TG181C

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 18.922	166.493 km / h	1: 16.356	172.089 km / h	01
02	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 17.868	168.747 km / h	1: 16.786	171.125 km / h	02
03	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 18.756	166.844 km / h	1: 17.646	169.230 km / h	03
04th	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1: 18.842	166.662 km / h	1: 17.683	169.149 km / h	04th
05	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 20.386	163.461 km / h	1: 17.772	168.955 km / h	05
06th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 19.162	165.989 km / h	1: 17.886	168.708 km / h	06th
07th	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	1: 19.246	165.813 km / h	1: 17.921	168.632 km / h	07th
08th	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1: 21.067	162.088 km / h	1: 17.958	168.552 km / h	08th
09	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.320	165.658 km / h	1: 17.986	168.492 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 20.181	163.879 km / h	1: 18.012	168.436 km / h	10
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 19.635	165.003 km / h	1: 18.056	168.341 km / h	11
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 19.210	165.888 km / h	1: 18.275	167.870 km / h	12
13	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 19.171	165.970 km / h	1: 18.333	167.745 km / h	13
14th	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	1: 19.808	164.645 km / h	1: 18.418	167.564 km / h	14th
15th	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	1: 20.516	163.197 km / h	1: 18.496	167.397 km / h	15th
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 20.065	164.117 km / h	1: 18.622	167.129 km / h	16
17th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	1: 19.764	164.736 km / h	1: 18.734	166.891 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 19.728	164.810 km / h	1: 18.761	166.834 km / h	18th
19th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 21.038	162.146 km / h	1: 18.765	166.825 km / h	19th
20th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 19.222	165.863 km / h	no time	-	DNS
21st	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 19.564	165.150 km / h	1: 19.302	165.696 km / h	20th
22nd	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 20.986	162.250 km / h	1: 19.439	165.410 km / h	21st
23	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	1: 21.563	161.102 km / h	1: 19.767	164.730 km / h	22nd
24	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	1: 20.271	163.695 km / h	1: 20.824	162.575 km / h	23
25th	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1: 20.766	162.692 km / h	1: 21.215	161.793 km / h	24
26th	Rupert Keegan	March-Ford	1: 26.048	152.705 km / h	1: 21.180	161.863 km / h	25th
27	Tommy Byrne	Theodore Ford	1: 24.208	156.042 km / h	1: 21.555	161.118 km / h	26th
DNQ	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1: 22.324	159.613 km / h	1: 21.569	161.091 km / h	-
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	1: 23.148	158.031 km / h	1: 21.583	161.063 km / h	-
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 23,100	158.123 km / h	1: 22.387	159.491 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	75	0	1: 41: 56.888	03	1: 19.639
02	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	75	0	+ 27.292	09	1: 20.362
03	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	75	0	+ 56,450	04th	1: 20.451
04th	Alain Prost	Renault	75	0	+1: 08.648	01	1: 19.924
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	75	0	+1: 11.375	06th	1: 20.878
06th	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 21.334
07th	Marc Surer	Arrows Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 21.147
08th	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	74	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 20.874
09	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	73	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 21.693
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	73	0	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 22.234
11	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	73	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 22.126
12	Rupert Keegan	March-Ford	73	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 23.050
13	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	69	0	+ 6 rounds	24	1: 24.778
-	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	62	2	NC	22nd	1: 23.833	Unrated
-	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	53	0	DNF	13	1: 20.462	Oil pressure loss
-	Tommy Byrne	Theodore Ford	39	0	DNF	26th	1: 24.610	accident
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	32	2	DNF	10	1: 22.905	Misfires
-	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	28	0	DNF	20th	1: 22.309	Engine failure
-	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	26th	0	DNF	07th	1: 22.444	Suspension damage
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	26th	0	DNF	12	1: 22.498	defective spark plug
-	René Arnoux	Renault	20th	0	DNF	02	1: 21.543	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	17th	0	DNF	05	1: 23.180	Gearbox damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	09	0	DNF	21st	1: 25.549	collision
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	05	1	DNF	11	1: 24.993	Electrical damage
-	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	-	0	DNS	08th	-	not started
-	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	-	0	DNS	15th	-	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  Keke Rosberg Williams 44 02  Didier Pironi Ferrari 39 03  John Watson McLaren 39 04th  Alain Prost Renault 34 05  Niki Lauda McLaren 30th 06th  René Arnoux Renault 28 07th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 25th 08th  Patrick Tambay Ferrari 25th 09  Elio de Angelis lotus 23 10  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 21st 11  Nelson Piquet Brabham 20th 12  Eddie Cheever Ligier 15th 13  Derek Daly Williams 8th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Nigel Mansell lotus 7th 15th  Carlos Reutemann Williams 6th 16  Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 6th 17th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 5 18th  Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 5 19th  Mario Andretti Ferrari 4th 20th  Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 3 21st  Marc Surer Arrows 3 22nd  Eliseo Salazar ATS 2 23  Manfred Winkelhock ATS 2 24  Mauro Baldi Arrows 2 25th  Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 2 26th  Chico Serra Fittipaldi 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 74 02  McLaren 69 03  Renault 62 04th  Williams 58 05  Brabham 41 06th  lotus 30th 07th  Tyrrell 25th

Item constructor Points 08th  Ligier 20th 09  Alfa Romeo 7th 10  Arrows 5 11  ATS 4th 12  Osella 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 December 2, 2012)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on December 2, 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 December 2, 2012)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website