{{Infobox Grand Prix race report |Type = F1 |Country = Canada |Grand Prix = Canadian |Date = 13 June |Year = 1982 |Image = Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (78-86).svg |Caption = Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |Race_No = 8 |Season_No = 16 |Official name = XXI [[Canadian Grand Prix|Grand Prix du Canada]] |Location = [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]]<br>[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada |Course = Temporary street circuit |Course_mi = 2.740 |Course_km = 4.410 |Distance_laps = 70 |Distance_mi = 191.817 |Distance_km = 308.700 |Weather = Overcast and chilly<br />{{convert|17|°C|°F}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYUL/1982/6/13/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA |title=Weather History for CYUL - June, 1982 - Sunday, June 13, 1982 |publisher=Weather Underground |access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> |Pole_Driver = [[Didier Pironi]] |Pole_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |Pole_Time = 1:27.509 |Pole_Country = FRA |Fast_Driver = [[Didier Pironi]] |Fast_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |Fast_Time = 1:28.323 |Fast_Lap = 66 |Fast_Country = FRA |First_Driver = [[Nelson Piquet]] |First_Team = [[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] |First_Country = BRA |first_flag_suffix = 1968 |Second_Driver = [[Riccardo Patrese]] |Second_Team = [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |Second_Country= ITA |Third_Driver = [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] |Third_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |Third_Country = GBR |Lapchart = {{F1Laps1982|CAN}} }}
The '''1982 Canadian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] on 13 June 1982. It was the eighth race of the [[1982 Formula One World Championship]]. This was the first Canadian Grand Prix to be held in June, the organisers having moved the race from the autumn to allow for warmer weather;<ref>{{cite web|last=Roebuck |first=Nigel |title=Grand Prix Gold: 1982 Canadian GP |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/feature/4713/grand-prix-gold-1982-canadian-gp |publisher=[[Autosport]] |access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> it has been held in June ever since.
The 70-lap race was won by [[Nelson Piquet]], driving a [[Brabham BT50|Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]. It was the first Formula One victory for a BMW-engined car, but the only victory of the season for defending Drivers' Champion Piquet. Team-mate [[Riccardo Patrese]] finished second in an older [[Brabham BT49|Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], with [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] third in a [[McLaren MP4/1|McLaren]]-Ford.
==Death of Riccardo Paletti==
The race was marred by the death of Italian driver [[Riccardo Paletti]], in only his second F1 race start. At the start, the lights took an unusually long time to turn to green. During this time, [[Didier Pironi]], who had the pole position, stalled the engine of his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Pironi lifted his hand to signal the problem just as the lights switched to green, which was too late to abort the start. The other cars swerved across the track, trying to squeeze past Pironi's stationary car.<ref>{{cite web|title=Riccardo Paletti|url=http://www.racer.com/riccardo-paletti/article/245239/|publisher=Racer.com|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> [[Raul Boesel]] just clipped the back left of the Ferrari, spinning his [[March Engineering|March]] into the path of [[Eliseo Salazar]] and [[Jochen Mass]]. Salazar, Boesel and Mass suffered minor impacts but it looked as if everyone had passed the Ferrari without serious consequences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Riccardo Paletti Profile|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-palric.html|publisher=grandprix.com}}</ref> However, Paletti could not react in time and slammed into the rear of the stranded Ferrari at {{convert|180|km/h|abbr=on}}, catapulting it into the path of [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]]. The Osella's nose was crushed in severely.
Due to the force of the severe impact, Paletti sustained heavy chest injuries and was lying unconscious in his car, wedged against the steering wheel. Didier Pironi and [[Sid Watkins]], the [[FIA]]'s head doctor, were on the scene to stabilise and assist Paletti. As Watkins climbed over the wreckage of the Osella, the petrol from the fuel tank ignited, enveloping the car in a wall of fire. When the fire was finally put out, the injured Paletti was without a pulse. It took the rescue workers 25 minutes to cut him out safely from his wrecked car, as the sparks caused by the cutting equipment threatened to re-ignite the petrol on the track. He was flown by a medical helicopter to the [[Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal|Royal Victoria Hospital]], where he died soon after arriving. His mother was watching from the stands, as they were to celebrate his 24th birthday later that week. Paletti suffered a torn aorta as well as fractures to both legs.<ref name="UPI">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Paletti Died Within Minutes of Crash |work=Syracuse Post-Standard |agency=UPI |date=15 June 1982}}</ref> According to track doctor Jacques Bouchard his pupils were already dilated (indicating brain death) when medical personnel arrived and that the extended extraction time made no difference to his chances of survival.<ref name="UPI" /> Paletti was the last driver to lose his life in a Formula One car until [[Elio de Angelis]] was killed while testing for Brabham at the [[Circuit Paul Ricard]] in France in 1986, and was the last fatality at a Formula One race weekend until [[Roland Ratzenberger]] at the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]].
== Classification ==
=== Qualifying === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" !Pos !No !Driver !Constructor !Q1 !Q2 !Gap |- !1 |28 |{{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Pironi]] |[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |1:31.332 |'''1:27.509''' | align="center" |— |- !2 |16 |{{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]] |[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] |1:31.494 |'''1:27.895''' | +0.386 |- !3 |15 |{{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]] |[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] |1:32.258 |'''1:28.563''' | +1.054 |- !4 |1 |{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]] |[[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] |1:32.105 |'''1:28.663''' | +1.154 |- !5 |23 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]] |[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] |1:33.136 |'''1:28.740''' | +1.231 |- !6 |7 |{{flagicon|UK}} [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] |[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:35.027 |'''1:28.822''' | +1.313 |- !7 |6 |{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Keke Rosberg]] |[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:30.963 |'''1:28.874''' | +1.365 |- !8 |2 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Patrese]] |[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:31.343 |'''1:28.999''' | +1.490 |- !9 |22 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea de Cesaris]] |[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] |1:30.286 |'''1:29.183''' | +1.674 |- !10 |11 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Elio de Angelis]] |[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:33.242 |'''1:29.228''' | +1.719 |- !11 |8 |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Niki Lauda]] |[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:32.246 |'''1:29.544''' | +2.035 |- !12 |25 |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]] |[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] |1:32.969 |'''1:29.590''' | +2.081 |- !13 |5 |{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Derek Daly]] |[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:31.757 |'''1:29.883''' | +2.374 |- !14 |12 |{{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]] |[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:33.023 |'''1:30.048''' | +2.539 |- !15 |3 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Michele Alboreto]] |[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:32.792 |'''1:30.146''' | +2.637 |- !16 |29 |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marc Surer]] |[[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:36.428 |'''1:30.518''' | +3.090 |- !17 |30 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mauro Baldi]] |[[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:38.956 |'''1:30.599''' | +3.009 |- !18 |31 |{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]] |[[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:41.588 |'''1:30.717''' | +3.208 |- !19 |26 |{{flagicon|France}} [[Jacques Laffite]] |[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] |1:33.664 |'''1:30.946''' | +3.437 |- !20 |14 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Roberto Guerrero]] |[[Ensign Racing|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:36.524 |'''1:31.235''' | +3.726 |- !21 |18 |{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Raul Boesel]] |[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:35.573 |'''1:31.759''' | +4.250 |- !22 |17 |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jochen Mass]] |[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:33.756 |'''1:31.861''' | +4.352 |- !23 |32 |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Paletti]] |[[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:41.020 |'''1:31.901''' | +4.392 |- !24 |10 |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eliseo Salazar]] |[[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:39.542 |'''1:32.203''' | +4.694 |- !25 |33 |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]] |[[Theodore Racing|Theodore]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:36.359 |'''1:32.205''' | +4.696 |- !26 |4 |{{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Henton]] |[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:39.211 |'''1:32.325''' | +4.816 |- !27 |9 |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Manfred Winkelhock]] |[[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |no time |'''1:32.359''' | +4.850 |- !28 |19 |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Emilio de Villota]] |[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |1:37.409 |'''1:34.045''' | +6.536 |- !29 |20 |{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Chico Serra]] |[[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] |'''1:37.678''' |1:42.730 | +10.169 |}
=== Race === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Tyre !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points |- ! 1 | 1 | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} '''[[Nelson Piquet]]''' | '''[[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]''' | {{Goodyear}} | 70 | 1:46:39.577 | 4 | '''9''' |- ! 2 | 2 | {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Riccardo Patrese]]''' | '''[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | {{Goodyear}} | 70 | + 13.799 | 8 | '''6''' |- ! 3 | 7 | {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]''' | '''[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | {{Michelin}} | 70 | + 1:01.836 | 6 | '''4''' |- ! 4 | 11 | {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Elio de Angelis]]''' | '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | {{Goodyear}} | 69 | + 1 Lap | 10 | '''3''' |- ! 5 | 29 | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[Marc Surer]]''' | '''[[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | {{Pirelli}} | 69 | + 1 Lap | 16 | '''2''' |- ! 6 | 22 | {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Andrea de Cesaris]]''' | '''[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]''' | {{Michelin}} | 68 | Out of Fuel | 9 | '''1''' |- ! 7 | 5 | {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Derek Daly]] | [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Goodyear}} | 68 | Out of Fuel | 13 | |- ! 8 | 30 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mauro Baldi]] | [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Pirelli}} | 68 | + 2 Laps | 17 | |- ! 9 | 28 | {{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Pironi]] | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | {{Goodyear}} | 67 | + 3 Laps | 1 | |- ! 10 | 25 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]] | [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] | {{Michelin}} | 66 | Out of Fuel | 12 | |- ! 11 | 17 | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]] | [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Avon}} | 66 | + 4 Laps | 22 | |- ! {{abbr|NC|Not classified}} | 4 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Henton]] | [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Goodyear}} | 59 | + 11 Laps | 26 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 6 | {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Keke Rosberg]] | [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Goodyear}} | 52 | Gearbox | 7 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 18 | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Raul Boesel]] | [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Avon}} | 47 | Engine | 21 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 3 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Michele Alboreto]] | [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Goodyear}} | 41 | Engine | 15 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 15 | {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]] | [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] | {{Michelin}} | 30 | Engine | 3 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 16 | {{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]] | [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] | {{Michelin}} | 28 | Spun Off | 2 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 10 | {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eliseo Salazar]] | [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Michelin}} | 20 | Engine | 24 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 8 | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]] | [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Michelin}} | 17 | Clutch | 11 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 26 | {{flagicon|France}} [[Jacques Laffite]] | [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]] | {{Michelin}} | 8 | Fuel System | 19 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 14 | {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Roberto Guerrero]] | [[Ensign Racing|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Michelin}} | 2 | Clutch | 20 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 23 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]] | [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] | {{Michelin}} | 1 | Collision | 5 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 12 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]] | [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Goodyear}} | 1 | Collision | 14 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 31 | {{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]] | [[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Pirelli}} | 0 | Withdrew after teammate's fatal collision | 18 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 32 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Paletti]] | [[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Pirelli}} | 0 | Fatal collision on first start | 23 | |- ! {{abbr|Ret|Retired}} | 33 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]] | [[Theodore Racing|Theodore]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Goodyear}} | 0 | Collision on first start | 25 | |- ! {{abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} | 9 | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manfred Winkelhock]] | [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Michelin}} | | | | |- ! {{abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} | 19 | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Emilio de Villota]] | [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Avon}} | | | | |- ! {{abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}} | 20 | {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Chico Serra]] | [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | {{Pirelli}} | | | | |- !colspan="9"|{{center|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/349/ |title=1982 Canadian Grand Prix |publisher=formula1.com |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104030827/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/349/ |archive-date=4 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-canadian-grand-prix/|title=1982 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive|website=GPArchive.com|date=13 June 1982 |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>}} |}
==Notes==
* This was the 1st Grand Prix win and podium finish for a [[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]-powered car.
==Championship standings after the race== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Drivers' Championship standings {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Pos ! Driver ! Points |- | 1 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] | align="right"| 30 |- | 2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Pironi]] | align="right"| 20 |- | 3 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]] | align="right"| 19 |- | 4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]] | align="right"| 18 |- | 5 | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Keke Rosberg]] | align="right"| 17 |- !colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/canada/championnat.aspx|title=Canada 1982 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref> |} {{col-2}} ;Constructors' Championship standings {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Pos ! Constructor ! Points |- | 1 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="right"| 42 |- | 2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | align="right"| 26 |- | 3 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="right"| 26 |- | 4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] | align="right"| 22 |- | 5 | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="right"| 19 |- !colspan=4|Source:<ref name="champ"/> |} {{col-end}}
*{{small|'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.}}
==References== {{reflist | 30em}}
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