# 1982 French Grand Prix

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1982 French Grand Prix Race 11 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship Race details Date 25 July 1982 Official name 68ème Grand Prix de France Location Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Var, France Course Permanent racing facility Course length 5.809 km (3.610 miles) Distance 54 laps, 313.686 km (194.915 miles) Weather Dry Pole position Driver René Arnoux Renault Time 1:34.406 Fastest lap Driver Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Time 1:40.075 on lap 4 Podium First René Arnoux Renault Second Alain Prost Renault Third Didier Pironi Ferrari Lap leaders

Motor car race

The **1982 French Grand Prix** was a [Formula One](/source/Formula_One) [motor race](/source/Motor_race) held at [Paul Ricard](/source/Circuit_Paul_Ricard) on 25 July 1982. It was the eleventh race of the [1982 Formula One World Championship](/source/1982_Formula_One_World_Championship).

The 54-lap race was won from [pole position](/source/Pole_position) by [René Arnoux](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Arnoux), driving a [Renault](/source/Renault_RE30). The [turbocharged](/source/Turbocharger) Renaults, [Ferraris](/source/Ferrari_126C) and [Brabham](/source/Brabham_BT50)-[BMWs](/source/BMW_in_Formula_One) took up the first six grid positions, and Arnoux led home a French 1–2–3–4, with teammate [Alain Prost](/source/Alain_Prost) second and the Ferraris of [Didier Pironi](/source/Didier_Pironi) and [Patrick Tambay](/source/Patrick_Tambay) third and fourth, respectively. Arnoux achieved his win in sour circumstances, as he violated a pre-race agreement that if he and Prost were running first and second, respectively, he would let Prost past to aid his Drivers' Championship hopes. Arnoux left Renault at the end of the year.

The top six was completed by [Keke Rosberg](/source/Keke_Rosberg) in the [Williams](/source/Williams_FW08)-[Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company) and [Michele Alboreto](/source/Michele_Alboreto) in the [Tyrrell](/source/Tyrrell_011)-Ford. Pironi's third place enabled him to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to nine points, although this would turn out to be his last finish before his career-ending accident at the next race in [Germany](/source/1982_German_Grand_Prix).

The eleventh lap of this race saw a big accident when [Jochen Mass](/source/Jochen_Mass)'s [March](/source/March_Engineering) and [Mauro Baldi](/source/Mauro_Baldi)'s [Arrows](/source/Arrows_Grand_Prix_International) collided at Signes. Mass's car went through the catch fencing into the tyre walls, then catapulted into a spectator area and caught fire. Mass escaped with burns on his hands, while several spectators were injured. The [West German](/source/West_Germany) driver retired from Formula One immediately after this race.

## Classification

### Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 16 René Arnoux Renault 1:36.548 1:34.406 — 2 15 Alain Prost Renault 1:35.802 1:34.688 +0.282 3 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:36.477 1:35.790 +1.384 4 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:38.541 1:35.811 +1.405 5 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:38.745 1:35.905 +1.499 6 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:37.162 1:36.359 +1.953 7 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:38.996 1:37.573 +3.167 8 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:38.997 1:37.705 +3.299 9 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:37.778 1:38.034 +3.372 10 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:37.780 1:38.865 +3.374 11 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:38.767 1:39.641 +4.361 12 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:38.944 1:39.150 +4.538 13 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:40.569 1:39.118 +4.712 14 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:41.266 1:39.306 +4.900 15 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:39.823 1:39.330 +4.924 16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:40.326 1:39.605 +5.199 17 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:40.370 1:39.909 +5.503 18 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:39.917 1:39.942 +5.511 19 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:41.518 1:40.187 +5.781 20 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:42.603 1:40.335 +5.929 21 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart no time 1:40.421 +6.015 22 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:42.822 1:40.673 +6.267 23 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.109 1:40.852 +6.446 24 12 Geoff Lees Lotus-Ford 1:45.647 1:40.974 +6.568 25 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:42.162 1:40.997 +6.591 26 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford 1:41.973 1:41.579 +7.173 27 33 Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford 1:41.924 1:41.714 +7.308 28 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:42.270 1:42.532 +7.864 29 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:43.562 1:42.414 +8.008 30 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:43.515 1:43.099 +8.693

### Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 René Arnoux Renault M 54 1:33:33.217 1 9 2 15 Alain Prost Renault M 54 + 17.308 2 6 3 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari G 54 + 42.128 3 4 4 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 54 + 1:16.241 5 3 5 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 54 + 1:30.994 10 2 6 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 54 + 1:32.339 15 1 7 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 11 8 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 53 + 1 Lap 9 9 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 53 + 1 Lap 8 10 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 53 + 1 Lap 23 11 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 52 + 2 Laps 18 12 12 Geoff Lees Lotus-Ford G 52 + 2 Laps 24 13 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 52 + 2 Laps 20 14 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 51 + 3 Laps 16 15 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 50 + 4 Laps 14 16 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 49 + 5 Laps 19 Ret 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 25 Spun Off 7 Ret 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 23 Engine 6 Ret 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 17 Fuel System 13 Ret 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford M 13 Electrical 12 Ret 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford A 10 Collision 26 Ret 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 10 Collision 25 Ret 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 8 Engine 4 Ret 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 2 Spun Off 22 Ret 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 0 Halfshaft 17 Ret 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P 0 Electrical 21 DNQ 33 Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford G DNQ 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M DNQ 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P DNQ 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford A Source:[1][2]

## Notes

- This race marked the 25th Grand Prix win for a [French](/source/France) driver.

- This was the 25th pole position and 10th Grand Prix win for [Renault](/source/Renault_in_Formula_One) and a Renault-powered car.

- This was the 1st fastest lap set by a [BMW](/source/BMW_in_Formula_One)-powered car.

- Last race for [Didier Pironi](/source/Didier_Pironi) and [Jochen Mass](/source/Jochen_Mass)

## Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Didier Pironi 39 2 John Watson 30 3 Alain Prost 25 4 Niki Lauda 24 5 Keke Rosberg 23 Source:[3] Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 54 2 Ferrari 52 3 Renault 38 4 Williams-Ford 36 5 Lotus-Ford 20 Source:[3]

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["1982 French Grand Prix"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031436/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/352/). formula1.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/352/) on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["1982 French Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive"](https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-french-grand-prix/). *GPArchive.com*. 25 July 1982. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-champ_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-champ_3-1) ["France 1982 - Championship • STATS F1"](https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/france/championnat.aspx). *www.statsf1.com*. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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