1982 South African Grand Prix

 1982 South African Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 16 races in the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XVI Grand Prix of South Africa
Date:	January 23, 1982
Place:	Midrand
Course:	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Length:	316.008 km in 77 laps of 4.104 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 80,000
Pole position
Driver:	René Arnoux	Renault
Time:	1: 06.351 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Renault
Time:	1: 08.278 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Renault
Second:	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
Third:	René Arnoux	Renault

The 1982 South African Grand Prix took place on January 23rd at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and was the first race of the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

During the comparatively short winter break, a few driver changes had taken place. In addition to the reigning world champion Nelson Piquet , Riccardo Patrese started for Brabham from then on. The new Brabham BT50 with a four-cylinder turbo engine from BMW was used right at the start of the season . Brabham started as the fourth team after Renault , Ferrari and Toleman into the turbo age, to which the future in Formula 1 seemed to belong.

Father's place at Arrows was originally to be given to Marc Surer . Since he was injured during test drives in Kyalami in the run-up to the season, Brian Henton was hired. The Italian debutant Mauro Baldi joined the team as a replacement for Siegfried Stohr , who had ended his racing career . With Riccardo Paletti and Teo Fabi there were also two other newcomers from Italy. Paletti became Jean-Pierre Jarier's new team-mate at Osella and Fabi took Brian Henton's former place at Toleman alongside Derek Warwick .

After Alan Jones resigned , second place at Williams was awarded to Keke Rosberg alongside Carlos Reutemann . The cockpit of the previous year was not filled again. Instead, the financially troubled Fittipaldi team started with only one vehicle, which was still driven by Chico Serra .

Niki Lauda , who returned to Formula 1 after two years of abstinence, became John Watson's teammate at McLaren . He pushed there Andrea de Cesaris , who then to Alfa Romeo moved to where Mario Andretti to replace the initially wanted to focus on race in its US homeland again.

Eddie Cheever moved from Tyrrell to Ligier , where he replaced Patrick Tambay . Slim Borgudd then took Cheevers place at Tyrrell and was replaced at ATS by Manfred Winkelhock . The team also used a second car, which was driven by Eliseo Salazar . Whose former team Ensign planned the engagement of the Colombian newcomer Roberto Guerrero . However, as this did not happen in time, the team decided not to take part in the first race.

At the beginning of the season, March presented itself with the new main sponsor Rothmans , the pilots Jochen Mass and Raul Boesel as well as the new type 821 and the change to the tire supplier Pirelli .

Ferrari, Renault and Lotus each retained the driver pairings with which they had completed the 1981 season . Most of the teams started the new season with last year's models.

The 1982 South African Grand Prix is ​​still the last race to be held in January.

training

The drivers were dissatisfied with a contract they had to sign in order to receive the super license newly created by FISA . This regulated the relationship between the drivers and their team bosses. Led by returnees Niki Lauda, ​​the drivers went on strike in the first free training sessions and the first of the two planned qualification training sessions. Instead, they retired to a nearby hotel and discussed a compromise proposal that was eventually accepted by FISA so that the second qualifying and race could take place.

René Arnoux qualified for pole position from Nelson Piquet and Gilles Villeneuve . Riccardo Patrese followed in fourth place, ahead of Alain Prost and Didier Pironi . As the best driver without a turbo engine, Keke Rosberg achieved seventh place on the grid next to his team-mate Carlos Reutemann.

Since, in contrast to the previous year, when the starting field was mostly limited to 24 vehicles, this season mostly 26 starters were admitted, only four of the 30 pilots who had traveled failed to qualify.

run

While Arnoux took the lead, Prost was able to take second place on the first lap ahead of the two Ferraris from Villeneuve and Pironi. Behind it followed Rosberg in front of Patrese. After a bad start, Piquet initially fell back to 13th place and retired on the fourth lap due to a brake defect.

By the sixth lap, Rosberg was pushed to seventh place by Patrese and Reutemann, but was already back in the points in the following lap due to Villeneuves' technical failure.

In the 14th lap, Prost took advantage of the fact that Arnoux was stopped by opponents to be lapped and took the lead. As Patrese retired on the 18th lap due to an engine failure and Pironi headed for the pits a little later to have his tires changed, the McLaren drivers Lauda and Watson made it into the points.

At the end of the 41st lap, Prost also had his tires changed in the pits and fell back to eighth place. Meanwhile, Pironi had fought his way back to third place. A little later, Prost managed to catch up even more impressively than his compatriot, which brought him back to the top by the 68th lap.

While Pironi fell back to last position, Reutemann overtook Arnoux six laps before the end of the race and came in second. Lauda, ​​who had overtaken Rosberg and Watson around ten laps before the end, was fourth in front of these two.

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	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 87B		G
	12	Nigel Mansell
Equipe Renault Elf	15th	Alain Prost	Renault RE30B	Renault EF1 1.5 V6 t	M.
	16	René Arnoux
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 179D	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	M.
	23	Bruno Giacomelli
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	25th	Eddie Cheever	Ligier JS17	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 TY01		A.
Candy Toleman Motorsport	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman TG181C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	P
	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman TG181B

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	René Arnoux	Renault	1: 06.351	222.670 km / h	01
02	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1: 06.625	221.755 km / h	02
03	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	1: 07.106	220.165 km / h	03
04th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 07.398	219.211 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	Renault	1: 08.133	216.846 km / h	05
06th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1: 08.360	216.126 km / h	06th
07th	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1: 08.892	214.457 km / h	07th
08th	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	1: 09.306	213.176 km / h	08th
09	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1: 09.736	211.862 km / h	09
10	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 10.037	210.951 km / h	10
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1: 10.241	210.339 km / h	11
12	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	1: 10.624	209.198 km / h	12
13	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1: 10.681	209.029 km / h	13
14th	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1: 10.685	209.017 km / h	14th
15th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	1: 10.685	209.017 km / h	15th
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1: 10.952	208.231 km / h	16
17th	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1: 11.005	208.075 km / h	17th
18th	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	1: 11.227	207.427 km / h	18th
19th	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1: 11.285	207.258 km / h	19th
20th	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	1: 11.808	205.749 km / h	20th
21st	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1: 12.077	204.981 km / h	21st
22nd	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	1: 12,100	204.915 km / h	22nd
23	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 12.366	204.162 km / h	23
24	Derek Daly	Theodore Ford	1: 13.418	201.237 km / h	24
25th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1: 13.467	201.103 km / h	25th
26th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1: 13.834	200.103 km / h	26th
DNQ	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Ford	1: 13.976	199.719 km / h	-
DNQ	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	1: 15.504	195.677 km / h	-
DNQ	Brian Henton	Arrows Ford	1: 16.653	192.744 km / h	-
DNQ	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	no time	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Renault	77	1	1: 32: 08,401	05	1: 08.278
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford	77	0	+ 14,946	08th	1: 10.526
03	René Arnoux	Renault	77	0	+ 27,900	01	1: 09.763
04th	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	77	0	+ 32.113	13	1: 10.577
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	77	0	+ 46.139	07th	1: 11.133
06th	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	77	0	+ 50.993	09	1: 11.351
07th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	76	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 11.892
08th	Elio de Angelis	Lotus Ford	76	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 11.785
09	Eliseo Salazar	ATS Ford	75	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 13.080
10	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS Ford	75	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 13.074
11	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	74	0	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 13.593
12	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	74	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 13.657
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	73	0	+ 4 rounds	16	1: 10.164
14th	Derek Daly	Theodore Ford	73	0	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 14.691
15th	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	72	0	+ 5 rounds	21st	1: 14.380
16	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell-Ford	72	1	+ 5 rounds	23	1: 13.118
17th	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	72	0	+ 5 rounds	25th	1: 12.970
18th	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	71	3	+ 6 rounds	06th	1: 10.246
-	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	54	1	DNF	11	1: 10.631	defective fuel supply
-	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	44	0	DNF	14th	1: 14.120	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	18th	0	DNF	04th	1: 10.666	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	11	0	DNF	17th	1: 13.141	defective fuel supply
-	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	06th	0	DNF	03	1: 10.655	Turbocharger damage
-	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	03	0	DNF	02	1: 11.412	accident
-	Nigel Mansell	Lotus Ford	00	0	DNF	18th	-	Electrical damage
-	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	00	0	DNF	26th	-	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 9 02  Carlos Reutemann Williams 6th 03  René Arnoux Renault 4th

Item driver constructor Points 04th  Niki Lauda McLaren 3 05  Keke Rosberg Williams 2 06th  John Watson McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Renault 13 02  Williams 8th 03  McLaren 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Background" (accessed on November 1, 2012)
2. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Publisher: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , pp. 228-229
3. ^ "Training" ( Memento from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2012)
4. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 1, 2012)
5. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from March 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2012)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website