# 1982 British Grand Prix

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1982 British Grand Prix Race 10 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship Race details Date 18 July 1982 Official name XXXV Marlboro British Grand Prix Location Brands Hatch, Kent, Great Britain Course Permanent racing facility Course length 4.207 km (2.614 miles) Distance 76 laps, 319.719 km (198.664 miles) Pole position Driver Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Time 1:09.540[1] Fastest lap Driver Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford Time 1:13.028[2] on lap 63 Podium First Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Second Didier Pironi Ferrari Third Patrick Tambay Ferrari Lap leaders

Motor car race

The **1982 British Grand Prix** (formally the **XXXV Marlboro British Grand Prix**) was a [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) [motor race](/source/Motor_race) held at [Brands Hatch](/source/Brands_Hatch) on 18 July 1982. It was the tenth race of the [1982 Formula One World Championship](/source/1982_Formula_One_World_Championship).[3]

The 76-lap race was won by [Niki Lauda](/source/Niki_Lauda), driving a [McLaren](/source/McLaren_MP4%2F1)-[Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company), after he started from fifth position. [Didier Pironi](/source/Didier_Pironi) finished second in a [Ferrari](/source/Ferrari_126C), while teammate [Patrick Tambay](/source/Patrick_Tambay) achieved his first podium finish by coming third. [Derek Warwick](/source/Derek_Warwick) stunned and delighted the British fans by taking his [Toleman](/source/Toleman), a team who frequently failed to qualify for Grand Prix races during 1981 and 1982, through the field into second place before being forced to retire; he subsequently revealed that to impress its lead sponsor, Toleman had sent him out on a half-tank of fuel so that he could outpace his fully loaded competitors before running out of fuel.[4] Pironi took over the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Lauda's teammate, [John Watson](/source/John_Watson_(racing_driver)), who spun off on the third lap.

## Classification

[Niki Lauda](/source/Niki_Lauda) won the race for [McLaren](/source/McLaren).

The 1982 British Grand Prix special trophy

### Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Q1 Q2 Gap 1 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 1:09.540 1:10.663 — 2 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 1:10.980 1:09.627 +0.087 3 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 1:10.418 1:10.060 +0.520 4 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari G 1:10.066 1:10.386 +0.526 5 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 1:11.303 1:10.638 +1.098 6 16 René Arnoux Renault M 1:12.371 1:10.641 +1.101 7 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 1:10.650 1:10.735 +1.110 8 15 Alain Prost Renault M 1:11.333 1:10.728 +1.188 9 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 1:11.904 1:10.892 +1.352 10 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 1:10.980 1:11.197 +1.440 11 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 1:11.347 1:12.309 +1.807 12 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford M 1:11.556 1:11.418 +1.878 13 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 1:11.750 1:11.430 +1.890 14 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 1:11.502 1:15.549 +1.962 15 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P 1:12.979 1:11.728 +2.188 16 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 1:12.236 1:11.761 +2.221 17 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 1:12.952 1:12.080 +2.540 18 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 1:13.109 1:12.436 +2.896 19 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 1:14.877 1:12.668 +3.128 20 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 1:13.402 1:12.695 +3.155 21 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P 1:13.255 1:13.096 +3.556 22 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 1:13.181 1:13.701 +3.641 23 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 1:13.545 1:13.212 +3.672 24 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 1:15.977 1:13.301 +3.761 25 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford A 1:14.657 1:13.622 +4.082 26 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 1:15.246 1:13.721 +4.181 27 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 1:13.741 1:15.548 +4.201 28 33 Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford G 1:13.815 1:14.303 +4.275 29 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 1:15.330 1:13.866 +4.326 30 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford A 1:15.724 1:13.968 +4.428

### Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 76 1:35:33.812 5 9 2 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari G 76 + 25.726 4 6 3 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 76 + 38.436 13 4 4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 76 + 41.242 7 3 5 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 76 + 41.430 10 2 6 15 Alain Prost Renault M 76 + 41.636 8 1 7 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 75 + 1 Lap 14 8 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 75 + 1 Lap 17 9 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 74 + 2 Laps 26 10 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford A 73 + 3 Laps 25 Ret 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 66 Electrical 11 Ret 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 60 Engine 24 Ret 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 59 Engine 22 Ret 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 50 Fuel System 1 Ret 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 44 Engine 9 Ret 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 41 Gearbox 20 Ret 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 40 Halfshaft 16 Ret 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 29 Driver Injury 23 Ret 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 9 Fuel System 3 Ret 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 3 Engine 19 Ret 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 2 Collision 18 Ret 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P 2 Collision 21 Ret 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford M 2 Spun Off 12 Ret 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 0 Collision 2 Ret 16 René Arnoux Renault M 0 Collision 6 Ret 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P 0 Collision 15 DNQ 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M DNQ 33 Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford G DNQ 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M DNQ 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford A Source:[5][6]

## Notes

- This was the 1st pole position for a [Finnish](/source/Finland) driver.

- This was the 25th Grand Prix win for an [Austrian](/source/Austria) driver.

- This was the 100th Grand Prix start for Brazilian constructor [Fittipaldi](/source/Fittipaldi_Automotive). In those 100 races, Fittipaldi achieved 3 podium finishes.

- This race marked the 5th [British Grand Prix](/source/British_Grand_Prix) win for [McLaren](/source/McLaren).

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Didier Pironi 35 2 John Watson 30 3 Niki Lauda 24 4 Keke Rosberg 21 5 Alain Prost 19 Source:[7] Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 54 2 Ferrari 45 3 Williams-Ford 34 4 Renault 23 5 Lotus-Ford 20 Source:[7]

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LangVol4P115_1-0)** Lang, Mike (1992). *Grand Prix! Vol 4*. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 115. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85429-733-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85429-733-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LangVol4P118_2-0)** Lang, Mike (1992). *Grand Prix! Vol 4*. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 118. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85429-733-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85429-733-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1982 British Grand Prix Entry list"](https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Brands_Hatch-1982-07-18e.jpg).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_4-0)** Taylor, Simon (7 July 2014). ["Lunch With... Derek Warwick"](https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-2010/76/lunch-with-derek-warwick/). *Motor Sport Magazine*. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["1982 British Grand Prix"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031431/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/351/). formula1.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/351/) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["1982 British Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive"](https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-british-grand-prix/). *GPArchive.com*. 18 July 1982. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-champ_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-champ_7-1) ["Britain 1982 - Championship • STATS F1"](https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx). *www.statsf1.com*. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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