1982 Austrian Grand Prix

The 1982 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 15 August 1982. It was the thirteenth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.

1982 Austrian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
The Österreichring (last modified in 1977)
The Österreichring (last modified in 1977)
Race details
Date 15 August 1982
Official name XX Holiday Großer Preis von Österreich
Location Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.942 km (3.692 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 314.926 km (195.686 miles)
Weather Sunny, hot
Pole position
Driver Brabham-BMW
Time 1:27.612
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Time 1:33.699 on lap 5
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Williams-Ford
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders

The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver Elio de Angelis, driving a Lotus-Ford. De Angelis held off Finland's Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Ford to win by just 0.05 seconds, or less than half a car length, claiming the first victory for Lotus since the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix and the last in the lifetime of team founder Colin Chapman, who died at the end of 1982. Frenchman Jacques Laffite finished third in a Ligier-Matra, one lap behind.

Report

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A chicane had been added at the entrance to the pits earlier in the year. Nelson Piquet's Brabham led into the first corner from pole position, while Renault's Alain Prost passed Piquet's team-mate Riccardo Patrese for second. Further back, there was a collision which eliminated the two Alfa Romeos of Andrea de Cesaris and Bruno Giacomelli, as well as the Williams of Derek Daly. Prost's advantage over Patrese lasted only a few corners before the Italian re-passed him. On lap 2, Patrick Tambay punctured the right rear tyre on his Ferrari, Michele Alboreto crashed his Tyrrell at the Bosch Kurve, Patrese took the lead from Piquet and the two Brabhams immediately began to pull away on their half-full tanks.

Shortly before half distance, Piquet made the first planned mid-race fuel and tyre pit stop in modern F1 history. He rejoined in fourth place, behind Prost and Elio de Angelis, and just ahead of Keke Rosberg. Shortly afterwards, Patrese made his stop, having built up a sufficient lead to rejoin the race still in first place. However, the Italian suffered an engine failure three laps later, leaving Prost to inherit a comfortable lead from de Angelis.

Piquet was back up to third but was now in trouble, unable to make any inroads into the leaders and struggling to stay ahead of Rosberg. On lap 32, the Brazilian retired with an electrical failure. Free of the Brabham, Rosberg began closing in on de Angelis, who at this point was ten seconds ahead.

Prost was leading by half a minute when on lap 49, five from the end, his Renault suffered a mechanical failure. This left de Angelis and Rosberg – neither of whom had won a Grand Prix before – battling for the lead. At the start of the last lap de Angelis was 1.6 seconds ahead. Rosberg closed rapidly on the final tour and was right on the Lotus's gearbox heading into the final corner, the Rindt Kurve. De Angelis calmly defended the inside line, but slid wide on the exit of the corner. Rosberg dived inside on the home straight, only to come up short by 0.050 seconds, or less than half a car length.

De Angelis joyfully celebrated his maiden win, while Rosberg had nonetheless boosted his Driver's Championship chances, moving into second place ahead of John Watson, who had suffered an engine failure. Ligier's Jacques Laffite completed the podium, coming home a lap down, while Patrick Tambay was fourth in the sole Ferrari, having recovered from a puncture early in the race. Watson's McLaren team-mate Niki Lauda was fifth, with Mauro Baldi taking the final point in his Arrows.

This was the 150th World Championship race victory for the Cosworth DFV engine. However, it was also to be the last hailed by Colin Chapman's famous act of throwing his cloth cap into the air after a Lotus victory, as Chapman would die four months later.[1] It was also the last win by a Chapman-built Lotus, and the team's last win until the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 1   Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:27.612 1:28.398
2 2   Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:27.971 1:28.296 +0.359
3 15   Alain Prost Renault 1:29.867 1:28.864 +1.252
4 27   Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:29.522 1:29.856 +1.910
5 16   René Arnoux Renault no time 1:30.261 +2.649
6 6   Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:31.108 1:30.300 +2.688
7 11   Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:32.686 1:31.626 +4.014
8 3   Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:31.814 1:34.534 +4.202
9 5   Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:34.114 1:32.062 +4.450
10 8   Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:33.005 1:32.131 +4.519
11 22   Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:33.353 1:32.308 +4.696
12 12   Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:34.070 1:32.881 +5.269
13 23   Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:34.431 1:32.950 +5.338
14 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:34.530 1:32.957 +5.345
15 35   Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:33.878 1:33.208 +5.596
16 14   Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:34.796 1:33.555 +5.943
17 36   Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:34.690 1:33.971 +6.359
18 7   John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:34.668 1:34.164 +6.554
19 4   Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.184 1:36.228 +6.572
20 20   Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:35.724 1:34.187 +6.575
21 29   Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:34.422 1:34.579 +6.810
22 25   Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:34.620 1:34.815 +7.008
23 30   Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:35.653 1:34.715 +7.103
24 17   Rupert Keegan March-Ford 1:36.274 1:34.770 +7.158
25 9   Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:35.666 1:34.984 +7.372
26 33   Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford 1:35.318 1:34.985 +7.373
27 18   Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:35.149 1:35.654 +7.537
28 31   Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:35.622 1:35.206 +7.594
29 10   Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:35.581 1:35.271 +7.659
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Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11   Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 53 1:25:02.212 7 9
2 6   Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 53 + 0.050 6 6
3 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 52 + 1 Lap 14 4
4 27   Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 52 + 1 Lap 4 3
5 8   Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 52 + 1 Lap 10 2
6 30   Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 52 + 1 Lap 23 1
7 20   Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P 51 + 2 Laps 20  
8 15   Alain Prost Renault M 48 Injection 3  
Ret 7   John Watson McLaren-Ford M 44 Engine 18  
Ret 4   Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 32 Engine 19  
Ret 1   Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 31 Electrical 1  
Ret 33   Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford G 28 Spun off 26  
Ret 29   Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 28 Engine 21  
Ret 2   Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 27 Engine 2  
Ret 25   Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 22 Engine 22  
Ret 12   Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 17 Engine 12  
Ret 16   René Arnoux Renault M 16 Injection 5  
Ret 9   Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 15 Spun off 25  
Ret 35   Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 7 Suspension 15  
Ret 36   Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P 7 Transmission 17  
Ret 14   Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 6 Spun off 16  
Ret 3   Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 1 Spun off 8  
Ret 17   Rupert Keegan March-Ford A 1 Steering 24  
Ret 5   Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 0 Collision 9  
Ret 22   Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 0 Collision 11  
Ret 23   Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 0 Collision 13  
DNQ 18   Raul Boesel March-Ford A        
DNQ 31   Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P        
DNQ 10   Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M        
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "100 Greatest Grands Prix: 95 – 1982 Austrian GP". Motor Sport. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ^ "1982 Austrian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ "1982 Austrian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 15 August 1982. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Austria 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.


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