1982 Austrian Grand Prix

F1 Austria Austrian Österreichring 1977-1987.svg The Österreichring (last modified in 1977) 15 August 1982 XX Holiday Großer Preis von Österreich 13 16 Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria Permanent racing facility 3.692 5.942 53 195.686 314.926 Sunny, hot Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:27.612 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:33.699 5 BRA 1968 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford ITA Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford FIN Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra France AUT The 1982 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 15 August 1982. It was the thirteenth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. The 53-lap race was won by Italian driver Elio de Angelis, driving a Lotus-Ford. De Angelis held off Finland's Keke Rosberg in the Williams-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 and the last in the lifetime of team founder Colin Chapman, who died at the end of 1982. Frenchman Jacques Laffite finished third in a Ligier-Matra, one lap behind. Report A chicane had been added at the entrance to the pits earlier in the year. Nelson Piquet's Brabham led into the first corner from pole position, while Renault's Alain Prost passed Piquet's team-mate Riccardo Patrese for second. Further back, there was a collision which eliminated the two Alfa Romeos of Andrea de Cesaris and Bruno Giacomelli, as well as the Williams of Derek Daly. Prost's advantage over Patrese lasted only a few corners before the Italian re-passed him. On lap 2, Patrick Tambay punctured the right rear tyre on his Ferrari, 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, and just ahead of 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, who had suffered an engine failure. Ligier's Jacques Laffite completed the podium, coming home a lap down, while Patrick Tambay was fourth in the sole Ferrari, having recovered from a puncture early in the race. Watson's McLaren team-mate Niki Lauda was fifth, with Mauro Baldi taking the final point in his Arrows. This was the 150th World Championship race victory for the Cosworth DFV engine. However, it was also to be the last hailed by Colin Chapman's famous act of throwing his cloth cap into the air after a Lotus victory, as Chapman would die four months later.http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/history/f1/95-1982-austrian-gp 100 Greatest Grands Prix: 95 – 1982 Austrian GP Motor Sport 21 February 2016 10 October 2017 It was also the last win by a Chapman-built Lotus, and the team's last win until the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW1:27.612 1:28.398 — 2 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW1:27.971 1:28.296 +0.359 3 15 France Alain Prost Renault1:29.867 1:28.864 +1.252 4 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari1:29.522 1:29.856 +1.910 5 16 France René Arnoux Renaultno time 1:30.261 +2.649 6 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford1:31.108 1:30.300 +2.688 7 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford1:32.686 1:31.626 +4.014 8 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford1:31.814 1:34.534 +4.202 9 5 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford1:34.114 1:32.062 +4.450 10 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford1:33.005 1:32.131 +4.519 11 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo1:33.353 1:32.308 +4.696 12 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford1:34.070 1:32.881 +5.269 13 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo1:34.431 1:32.950 +5.338 14 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra1:34.530 1:32.957 +5.345 15 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart1:33.878 1:33.208 +5.596 16 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford1:34.796 1:33.555 +5.943 17 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart1:34.690 1:33.971 +6.359 18 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford1:34.668 1:34.164 +6.554 19 4 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford1:34.184 1:36.228 +6.572 20 20 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford1:35.724 1:34.187 +6.575 21 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford1:34.422 1:34.579 +6.810 22 25 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra1:34.620 1:34.815 +7.008 23 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford1:35.653 1:34.715 +7.103 24 17 UK Rupert Keegan March-Ford1:36.274 1:34.770 +7.158 25 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford1:35.666 1:34.984 +7.372 26 33 Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford1:35.318 1:34.985 +7.373 27 18 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford1:35.149 1:35.654 +7.537 28 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford1:35.622 1:35.206 +7.594 29 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford1:35.581 1:35.271 +7.659Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/354/ 1982 Austrian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031245/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/354/ 4 November 2014 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 53 1:25:02.212 7 9 2 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 53 + 0.050 6 6 3 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Michelin 52 + 1 Lap 14 4 4 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari Goodyear 52 + 1 Lap 4 3 5 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Michelin 52 + 1 Lap 10 2 6 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford Pirelli 52 + 1 Lap 23 1 7 20 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli 51 + 2 Laps 20   8 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 48 Injection 3   Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 44 Engine 18   Ret Retired 4 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 32 Engine 19   Ret Retired 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Goodyear 31 Electrical 1   Ret Retired 33 Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford Goodyear 28 Spun off 26   Ret Retired 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Pirelli 28 Engine 21   Ret Retired 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Goodyear 27 Engine 2   Ret Retired 25 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra Michelin 22 Engine 22   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 17 Engine 12   Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 16 Injection 5   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford Michelin 15 Spun off 25   Ret Retired 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 7 Suspension 15   Ret Retired 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart Pirelli 7 Transmission 17   Ret Retired 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford Michelin 6 Spun off 16   Ret Retired 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 1 Spun off 8   Ret Retired 17 UK Rupert Keegan March-Ford Avon 1 Steering 24   Ret Retired 5 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford Goodyear 0 Collision 9   Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Michelin 0 Collision 11   Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Michelin 0 Collision 13   DNQ Did not qualify 18 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford Avon         DNQ Did not qualify 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Pirelli         DNQ Did not qualify 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford Michelin        Source:https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-austrian-grand-prix/ 1982 Austrian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 15 August 1982 4 November 2021 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Didier Pironi 39 2 FIN Keke Rosberg 33 3 UK John Watson 30 4 AUT Niki Lauda 26 5 FRA Alain Prost 25Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/autriche/championnat.aspx Austria 1982 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 7 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 64 2 UK McLaren-Ford 56 3 UK Williams-Ford 46 4 FRA Renault 44 5 UK Lotus-Ford 29Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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