1982 Monaco Grand Prix

1982 Monaco Grand Prix
1982 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	23 May 1982
Location	Circuit de Monaco
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.312 km (2.057 miles)
Distance	76 laps, 251.712 km (156.406 miles)
Weather	Dry, then Wet
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux;
Time	1:23.281
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese
Time	1:26.354 on lap 69
Podium
First	Riccardo Patrese;
Second	Didier Pironi;
Third	Andrea de Cesaris;
	Lap leaders ;

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

The 1982 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 23 May 1982. It was the sixth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.^[1] This was the first race meeting following the death of Gilles Villeneuve at the Belgian Grand Prix qualifying two weeks previously. Consequently, Ferrari entered only one car, for Didier Pironi.

René Arnoux took pole position in his Renault and led until he spun off at the Swimming Pool on lap 15. Team-mate Alain Prost took over the lead and held it until the closing stages, when rain started to fall. On lap 74, three from the end, Prost pushed too hard and crashed into the Armco barriers coming out of the Chicane du Port (also known as the Dog Leg), handing the lead to Riccardo Patrese in the Brabham. Then, on lap 75, Patrese spun on oil at the Loews hairpin and stalled.

Pironi now led, but his battery was not charged properly before the race and the engine started misfiring on the last lap and finally stopped in the tunnel on the final lap. Andrea de Cesaris then ran out of fuel before he could pass Pironi, and Derek Daly, the next leader, had already lost the wings from his Williams after an accident and had also damaged his gearbox, which seized up before he could start the final lap. Patrese, who had managed to restart his car by rolling downhill and bump-starting, came through to take his first Formula One victory, with Pironi, de Cesaris and Daly classified second, third and sixth respectively.

BBC commentator and 1976 world champion James Hunt commented, "Well, we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past, and we don't seem to be getting one!"^[2]

Classification

Pre-qualifying

A pre-qualifying session was held because of limits on the number of cars allowed on the Monaco track at once.^[3]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1:29.479	—
2	17	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	1:29.901	+0.422
3	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:30.352	+0.873
4	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1:30.407	+0.928
5	32	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	1:31.059	+1.580
6	18	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	1:31.212	+1.733
7	20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	1:31.471	+1.992
8	19	Emilio de Villota	March-Ford	1:52.401	+22.922

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	16	René Arnoux	Renault	1:24.543	1:23.281	—
2	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	1:24.929	1:23.791	+0.510
3	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:26.083	1:23.939	+0.658
4	15	Alain Prost	Renault	1:25.766	1:24.439	+1.158
5	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1:27.360	1:24.585	+1.304
6	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	1:25.125	1:24.649	+1.368
7	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:24.928	1:25.235	+1.647
8	5	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	1:25.505	1:25.390	+2.109
9	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	1:25.840	1:25.449	+2.168
10	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	1:27.317	1:25.583	+2.302
11	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1:26.202	1:25.642	+2.361
12	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	1:25.838	1:26.019	+2.557
13	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:26.075	1:26.120	+2.794
14	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford	1:27.952	1:26.260	+2.979
15	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	1:27.568	1:26.456	+3.175
16	25	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1:28.058	1:26.463	+3.182
17	4	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	1:28.971	1:26.690	+3.409
18	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:28.353	1:27.007	+3.726
19	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	1:28.380	1:27.019	+3.738
20	10	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford	1:29.574	1:27.022	+3.741
21	30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford	1:29.306	1:27.208	+3.927
22	33	Jan Lammers	Theodore-Ford	no time	1:27.523	+4.242
23	17	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	1:29.452	1:27.885	+4.604
24	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:31.233	1:28.075	+4.794
25	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	1:29.057	1:28.264	+4.983
26	14	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	1:32.183	1:28.635	+5.354
Source: ^[4]

*Positions in red denote entrants that failed to qualify.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	G	76	1:54:11.259	2	9
2	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	G	75	Electrics	5	6
3	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	M	75	Out of Fuel	7	4
4	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	G	75	+ 1 Lap	11	3
5	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	G	75	+ 1 Lap	15	2
6	5	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	G	74	Gearbox damage	8	1
7	15	Alain Prost	Renault	M	73	Accident	4
8	4	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	G	72	+ 4 Laps	17
9	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	P	70	+ 6 Laps	19
10	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	G	69	Suspension	9
Ret	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	G	64	Collision	6
Ret	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	M	56	Engine	12
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	G	49	Turbo	13
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	M	35	Electrical	10
Ret	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford	M	31	Differential	14
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	M	29	Handling	18
Ret	25	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	M	27	Oil Leak	16
Ret	10	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford	M	22	Mechanical	20
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	M	14	Spun Off	1
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	M	4	Halfshaft	3
DNQ	30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford	P
DNQ	33	Jan Lammers	Theodore-Ford	G
DNQ	17	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	A
DNQ	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	P
DNQ	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	P
DNQ	14	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	A
DNPQ	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	P
DNPQ	32	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	P
DNPQ	18	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	A
DNPQ	20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	P
DNPQ	19	Emilio de Villota	March-Ford	A
Source:^[5]^[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	18
2	John Watson	17
3	Didier Pironi	16
4	Keke Rosberg	14
5	Riccardo Patrese	13
Source: ^[7]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Ford	29
2	Renault	22
3	Ferrari	22
4	Williams-Ford	21
5	Lotus-Ford	14
Source: ^[7]

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

References

^ "1982 Monaco Grand Prix Entry list".
^ "Murray's Memories: Monaco Grand Prix 1982 - 'Craziest race ever'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
^ Jenkinson, Denis (July 1982). "1982 Monaco Grand Prix race report". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "05/23/1982 race: Grand Prix of Monaco (F1) qualifying results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
^ "1982 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "1982 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 23 May 1982. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Monaco 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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