1982 Austrian Grand Prix

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1982 Austrian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Osterreichring 1977-1987.svg
The Österreichring (last modified in 1977)
Race details
Date15 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 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Time 1:33.699 on lap 5
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Williams-Ford
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders
  • 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.

Contents

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

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

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:27.6121:28.398
22 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:27.9711:28.296+0.359
315 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Renault 1:29.8671:28.864+1.252
427 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:29.5221:29.856+1.910
516 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Renault no time1:30.261+2.649
66 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:31.1081:30.300+2.688
711 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:32.6861:31.626+4.014
83 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:31.8141:34.534+4.202
95 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:34.1141:32.062+4.450
108 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:33.0051:32.131+4.519
1122 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:33.3531:32.308+4.696
1212 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:34.0701:32.881+5.269
1323 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:34.4311:32.950+5.338
1426 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:34.5301:32.957+5.345
1535 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:33.8781:33.208+5.596
1614 Flag of Colombia.svg Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:34.7961:33.555+5.943
1736 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:34.6901:33.971+6.359
187 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:34.6681:34.164+6.554
194 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.1841:36.228+6.572
2020 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:35.7241:34.187+6.575
2129 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:34.4221:34.579+6.810
2225 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:34.6201:34.815+7.008
2330 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:35.6531:34.715+7.103
2417 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan March-Ford 1:36.2741:34.770+7.158
259 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:35.6661:34.984+7.372
2633 Flag of Ireland.svg Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford 1:35.3181:34.985+7.373
2718 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:35.1491:35.654+7.537
2831 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:35.6221:35.206+7.594
2910 Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:35.5811:35.271+7.659
Source: [2]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Flag of Italy.svg Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 531:25:02.21279
26 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 53+ 0.05066
326 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 52+ 1 Lap144
427 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 52+ 1 Lap43
58 Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 52+ 1 Lap102
630 Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 52+ 1 Lap231
720 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P 51+ 2 Laps20 
815 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Renault M 48Injection3 
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson McLaren-Ford M 44Engine18 
Ret4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 32Engine19 
Ret1 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 31Electrical1 
Ret33 Flag of Ireland.svg Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford G 28Spun off26 
Ret29 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 28Engine21 
Ret2 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 27Engine2 
Ret25 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 22Engine22 
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 17Engine12 
Ret16 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Renault M 16Injection5 
Ret9 Flag of Germany.svg Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 15Spun off25 
Ret35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 7Suspension15 
Ret36 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P 7Transmission17 
Ret14 Flag of Colombia.svg Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 6Spun off16 
Ret3 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 1Spun off8 
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Keegan March-Ford A 1Steering24 
Ret5 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 0Collision9 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 0Collision11 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 0Collision13 
DNQ18 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Raul Boesel March-Ford A     
DNQ31 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P     
DNQ10 Flag of Chile.svg Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M     
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

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