# 1982 Canadian Grand Prix

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1982 Canadian Grand Prix Race 8 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Race details Date 13 June 1982 Official name XXI Grand Prix du Canada Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada Course Temporary street circuit Course length 4.410 km (2.740 miles) Distance 70 laps, 308.700 km (191.817 miles) Weather Overcast and chilly 17 °C (63 °F)[1] Pole position Driver Didier Pironi Ferrari Time 1:27.509 Fastest lap Driver Didier Pironi Ferrari Time 1:28.323 on lap 66 Podium First Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Second Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford Third John Watson McLaren-Ford Lap leaders

Motor car race

The **1982 Canadian Grand Prix** was a [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) motor race held at [Circuit Gilles Villeneuve](/source/Circuit_Gilles_Villeneuve) on 13 June 1982. It was the eighth race of the [1982 Formula One World Championship](/source/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;[2] it has been held in June ever since.

The 70-lap race was won by [Nelson Piquet](/source/Nelson_Piquet), driving a [Brabham](/source/Brabham_BT50)-[BMW](/source/BMW_in_Formula_One). 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](/source/Riccardo_Patrese) finished second in an older [Brabham](/source/Brabham_BT49)-[Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company), with [John Watson](/source/John_Watson_(racing_driver)) third in a [McLaren](/source/McLaren_MP4%2F1)-Ford.

## Death of Riccardo Paletti

The race was marred by the death of Italian driver [Riccardo Paletti](/source/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](/source/Didier_Pironi), who had the pole position, stalled the engine of his [Ferrari](/source/Scuderia_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.[3] [Raul Boesel](/source/Raul_Boesel) just clipped the back left of the Ferrari, spinning his [March](/source/March_Engineering) into the path of [Eliseo Salazar](/source/Eliseo_Salazar) and [Jochen Mass](/source/Jochen_Mass). Salazar, Boesel and Mass suffered minor impacts but it looked as if everyone had passed the Ferrari without serious consequences.[4] However, Paletti could not react in time and slammed into the rear of the stranded Ferrari at 180 km/h (110 mph), catapulting it into the path of [Geoff Lees](/source/Geoff_Lees_(racing_driver)). 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](/source/Sid_Watkins), the [FIA](/source/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](/source/Royal_Victoria_Hospital%2C_Montreal), 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.[5] 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.[5] Paletti was the last driver to lose his life in a Formula One car until [Elio de Angelis](/source/Elio_de_Angelis) was killed while testing for Brabham at the [Circuit Paul Ricard](/source/Circuit_Paul_Ricard) in France in 1986, and was the last fatality at a Formula One race weekend until [Roland Ratzenberger](/source/Roland_Ratzenberger) at the [1994 San Marino Grand Prix](/source/1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix).

## Classification

### Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:31.332 1:27.509 — 2 16 René Arnoux Renault 1:31.494 1:27.895 +0.386 3 15 Alain Prost Renault 1:32.258 1:28.563 +1.054 4 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:32.105 1:28.663 +1.154 5 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:33.136 1:28.740 +1.231 6 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:35.027 1:28.822 +1.313 7 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:30.963 1:28.874 +1.365 8 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford 1:31.343 1:28.999 +1.490 9 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:30.286 1:29.183 +1.674 10 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:33.242 1:29.228 +1.719 11 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:32.246 1:29.544 +2.035 12 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:32.969 1:29.590 +2.081 13 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:31.757 1:29.883 +2.374 14 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:33.023 1:30.048 +2.539 15 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:32.792 1:30.146 +2.637 16 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:36.428 1:30.518 +3.090 17 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:38.956 1:30.599 +3.009 18 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:41.588 1:30.717 +3.208 19 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:33.664 1:30.946 +3.437 20 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:36.524 1:31.235 +3.726 21 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:35.573 1:31.759 +4.250 22 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford 1:33.756 1:31.861 +4.352 23 32 Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford 1:41.020 1:31.901 +4.392 24 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:39.542 1:32.203 +4.694 25 33 Geoff Lees Theodore-Ford 1:36.359 1:32.205 +4.696 26 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:39.211 1:32.325 +4.816 27 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford no time 1:32.359 +4.850 28 19 Emilio de Villota March-Ford 1:37.409 1:34.045 +6.536 29 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:37.678 1:42.730 +10.169

### Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 70 1:46:39.577 4 9 2 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford G 70 + 13.799 8 6 3 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford M 70 + 1:01.836 6 4 4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 69 + 1 Lap 10 3 5 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 69 + 1 Lap 16 2 6 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 68 Out of Fuel 9 1 7 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 68 Out of Fuel 13 8 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 68 + 2 Laps 17 9 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari G 67 + 3 Laps 1 10 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 66 Out of Fuel 12 11 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford A 66 + 4 Laps 22 NC 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 59 + 11 Laps 26 Ret 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 52 Gearbox 7 Ret 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford A 47 Engine 21 Ret 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 41 Engine 15 Ret 15 Alain Prost Renault M 30 Engine 3 Ret 16 René Arnoux Renault M 28 Spun Off 2 Ret 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 20 Engine 24 Ret 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 17 Clutch 11 Ret 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 8 Fuel System 19 Ret 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 2 Clutch 20 Ret 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 1 Collision 5 Ret 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 1 Collision 14 Ret 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 0 Withdrew after teammate's fatal collision 18 Ret 32 Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford P 0 Fatal collision on first start 23 Ret 33 Geoff Lees Theodore-Ford G 0 Collision on first start 25 DNQ 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M DNQ 19 Emilio de Villota March-Ford A DNQ 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P Source:[6][7]

## Notes

- This was the 1st Grand Prix win and podium finish for a [BMW](/source/BMW_in_Formula_One)-powered car.

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 John Watson 30 2 Didier Pironi 20 3 Riccardo Patrese 19 4 Alain Prost 18 5 Keke Rosberg 17 Source:[8] Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 42 2 Ferrari 26 3 Williams-Ford 26 4 Renault 22 5 Brabham-Ford 19 Source:[8]

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Weather History for CYUL - June, 1982 - Sunday, June 13, 1982"](http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYUL/1982/6/13/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA). Weather Underground. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Roebuck, Nigel. ["Grand Prix Gold: 1982 Canadian GP"](https://www.autosport.com/f1/feature/4713/grand-prix-gold-1982-canadian-gp). [Autosport](/source/Autosport). Retrieved 28 October 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Riccardo Paletti"](http://www.racer.com/riccardo-paletti/article/245239/). Racer.com. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Riccardo Paletti Profile"](http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-palric.html). grandprix.com.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-UPI_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-UPI_5-1) "Paletti Died Within Minutes of Crash". *Syracuse Post-Standard*. UPI. 15 June 1982.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["1982 Canadian Grand Prix"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141104030827/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/349/). formula1.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/349/) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["1982 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive"](https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-canadian-grand-prix/). *GPArchive.com*. 13 June 1982. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-champ_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-champ_8-1) ["Canada 1982 - Championship • STATS F1"](https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/canada/championnat.aspx). *www.statsf1.com*. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

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