# 1982 Austrian Grand Prix

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1982 Austrian Grand Prix Race 13 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship 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 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Time 1:27.612 Fastest lap Driver Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Time 1:33.699 on lap 5 Podium First Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Second Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Third Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Lap leaders

Motor car race

The **1982 Austrian Grand Prix** was a [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) motor race held at [Österreichring](/source/%C3%96sterreichring) on 15 August 1982. It was the thirteenth race of the [1982 Formula One World Championship](/source/1982_Formula_One_World_Championship).

The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver [Elio de Angelis](/source/Elio_de_Angelis), driving a [Lotus](/source/Lotus_91)-[Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company). De Angelis held off Finland's [Keke Rosberg](/source/Keke_Rosberg) in the [Williams](/source/Williams_FW08)-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](/source/1978_Dutch_Grand_Prix) and the last in the lifetime of team founder [Colin Chapman](/source/Colin_Chapman), who died at the end of 1982. Frenchman [Jacques Laffite](/source/Jacques_Laffite) finished third in a [Ligier](/source/Ligier_JS19)-[Matra](/source/Equipe_Matra_Sports), one lap behind.

## Report

A [chicane](/source/Chicane) had been added at the entrance to the pits earlier in the year. [Nelson Piquet](/source/Nelson_Piquet)'s [Brabham](/source/Brabham) led into the first corner from pole position, while [Renault](/source/Renault_in_Formula_One)'s [Alain Prost](/source/Alain_Prost) passed Piquet's team-mate [Riccardo Patrese](/source/Riccardo_Patrese) for second. Further back, there was a collision which eliminated the two [Alfa Romeos](/source/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One) of [Andrea de Cesaris](/source/Andrea_de_Cesaris) and [Bruno Giacomelli](/source/Bruno_Giacomelli), as well as the Williams of [Derek Daly](/source/Derek_Daly). Prost's advantage over Patrese lasted only a few corners before the Italian re-passed him. On lap 2, [Patrick Tambay](/source/Patrick_Tambay) punctured the right rear tyre on his Ferrari, [Michele Alboreto](/source/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](/source/Elio_de_Angelis), and just ahead of [Keke Rosberg](/source/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](/source/John_Watson_(racing_driver)), who had suffered an engine failure. [Ligier](/source/Equipe_Ligier)'s [Jacques Laffite](/source/Jacques_Laffite) completed the podium, coming home a lap down, while [Patrick Tambay](/source/Patrick_Tambay) was fourth in the sole [Ferrari](/source/Scuderia_Ferrari), having recovered from a puncture early in the race. Watson's [McLaren](/source/McLaren) team-mate [Niki Lauda](/source/Niki_Lauda) was fifth, with [Mauro Baldi](/source/Mauro_Baldi) taking the final point in his [Arrows](/source/Arrows_Grand_Prix_International).

This was the 150th World Championship race victory for the [Cosworth DFV](/source/Cosworth_DFV) engine. However, it was also to be the last hailed by [Colin Chapman](/source/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](/source/1985_Portuguese_Grand_Prix).

## Classification

### Qualifying

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 Source:[2]

### Race

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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Didier Pironi 39 2 Keke Rosberg 33 3 John Watson 30 4 Niki Lauda 26 5 Alain Prost 25 Source:[4] Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 64 2 McLaren-Ford 56 3 Williams-Ford 46 4 Renault 44 5 Lotus-Ford 29 Source:[4]

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["100 Greatest Grands Prix: 95 – 1982 Austrian GP"](http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/history/f1/95-1982-austrian-gp). *[Motor Sport](/source/Motor_Sport_(magazine))*. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Source_2-0)** ["1982 Austrian Grand Prix"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031245/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/354/). formula1.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/354/) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1982 Austrian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive"](https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-austrian-grand-prix/). *GPArchive.com*. 15 August 1982. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-champ_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-champ_4-1) ["Austria 1982 - Championship • STATS F1"](https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/autriche/championnat.aspx). *www.statsf1.com*. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

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