1982 German Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 1982 F1 West Germany German 8 August 1982 Circuit_Hockenheimring-1982.svg 12 16 XLIV Großer Preis von Deutschland Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany Permanent racing facility 4.227https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1982-german-grand-prix/ 1982 German Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 6.802 45 190.215 306.090 Dry Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:47.947 France Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:54.035 7 Brazil 1968 Patrick Tambay Ferrari France René Arnoux Renault France Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Finland GER The 1982 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 8 August 1982. It was the twelfth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. The race was overshadowed by an accident during qualifying in which Drivers' Championship leader Didier Pironi heavily crashed his Ferrari, sustaining severe leg injuries that ultimately ended his Formula One career. The 45-lap race was won by Pironi's teammate Patrick Tambay, with René Arnoux second in a Renault and Keke Rosberg third in a Williams-Ford. Report Qualifying Hockenheim had been modified from the year before, with the first chicane being made slower and another chicane added to slow cars through the very fast Ostkurve. Didier Pironi set the fastest practice time, but was seriously injured in qualifying for this Grand Prix and never raced in Formula One again. With the track wet thanks to persistent showers, Pironi was on a quick lap when his Ferrari hit the back of Alain Prost's slow moving Renault at high speed, vaulting over the top of it before landing tail-first and cartwheeling to a stop in eerie similarity to Gilles Villeneuve's fatal accident earlier in the season. Pironi survived but suffered severe leg injuries that sidelined him for the rest of the year. He never managed to return to Formula One and died in 1987. Pironi's accident also had a profound effect on Prost who never forgot the sight of the Ferrari flying over his car, the crash firming his views on the danger of driving Formula One cars in the wet, where visibility was virtually zero when following behind another car.March 2022 Thanks to Hockenheim's long straights, the turbocharged cars were overwhelmingly dominant in qualifying. Not only did turbocharged cars take up the first six grid positions, but the utmost proof of this was how Riccardo Patrese, who placed 6th in the turbocharged Brabham-BMW, was 2.9 seconds faster than the fastest non-turbo qualifier, Michele Alboreto in 7th driving a Ford-Cosworth powered Tyrrell. The Toleman pair of Derek Warwick and Teo Fabi could not use the turbocharged Hart engines to their advantage, with Warwick only managing 14th position and Fabi failing to qualify. Race Since Ferrari never withdrew the injured Pironi, pole position was left empty at the start. Nelson Piquet led the race, but collided with Eliseo Salazar while lapping him at the new Ostkurve chicane. Piquet ripped his seatbelt off before his car had stopped moving. After the two cars came to a stop, an irate Piquet quickly climbed out of his Brabham, approached Salazar, and then punched and kicked Salazar in a rage, which continued for some time after the collision. Patrick Tambay, driving the lone Ferrari, won his first Formula One race. Before his accident, Piquet and his Brabham team had planned to make a pit stop for fuel and tyres, which was unconventional strategy at the time. Using soft qualifying tyres and a smaller load of fuel, Piquet sped away to over a 30-second lead. The plan may have been successful if there were no unforeseen problems. Several months later, a mechanic revealed that Piquet's BMW engine was suffering from mechanical issues and would have blown up anyway had he not been taken out by the crash. Piquet then phoned Salazar, both to apologize for his outburst and to convey the gratitude of BMW executives, several of whom personally attended the race and were thus spared the embarrassment of witnessing their engine failing at their home country Grand Prix.https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.5-other-times-a-race-leader-and-a-backmarker-have-collided.2vVSZivILG4iSWQs0aEsuO.html 5 times a backmarker has collided with the race leader after Verstappen and Ocon's Brazilian Grand Prix crash | Formula 1 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1Q2 Gap 1 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:47.947no time — 2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:48.8902:07.540 +0.943 3 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:49.2562:11.164 +1.309 4 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:49.4152:03.434 +1.468 5 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:49.5702:04.090 +1.623 6 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:49.760no time +1.813 7 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:52.625no time +4.678 8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:52.7862:08.873 +4.839 9 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:52.8922:05.368 +4.945 10 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:53.0732:07.821 +5.126 11 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:53.8872:12.280 +5.940 12 25 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:54.211no time +6.264 13 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:54.476no time +6.529 14 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:54.594no time +6.647 15 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:54.982no time +7.035 16 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:55.2232:11.546 +7.276 17 4 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:55.4742:11.280 +7.527 18 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:55.866no time +7.919 19 5 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:55.8762:07.514 +7.929 20 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:56.2502:11.607 +8.303 21 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:56.4892:14.398 +8.542 22 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:56.5372:11.823 +8.590 23 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:56.6802:12.107 +8.733 24 18 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:57.2452:13.758 +9.298 25 20 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:57.337no time +9.390 26 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:57.4022:10.226 +9.455 27 33 Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford 1:59.0072:13.032 +11.060 28 17 UK Rupert Keegan March-Ford 1:59.951no time +12.004 29 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart no timeno time – WD Withdrawn 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:52.683no time +4.736 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari Goodyear 45 1:27:25.178 5 9 2 16 France René Arnoux Renault Goodyear 45 + 16.379 3 6 3 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 44 + 1 Lap 9 4 4 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 44 + 1 Lap 7 3 5 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Goodyear 44 + 1 Lap 11 2 6 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Pirelli 44 + 1 Lap 26 1 7 4 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 44 + 1 Lap 17 8 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford Michelin 44 + 1 Lap 21 9 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 43 + 2 Laps 18 10 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 43 + 2 Laps 14 11 20 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli 43 + 2 Laps 25 Ret Retired 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Goodyear 36 Spun Off 10 Ret Retired 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Goodyear 36 Handling 15 Ret Retired 5 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford Goodyear 25 Engine 19 Ret Retired 18 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford Avon 22 Tyre 24 Ret Retired 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 21 Handling 13 Ret Retired 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Goodyear 18 Collision 4 Ret Retired 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford Michelin 17 Collision 22 Ret Retired 15 France Alain Prost Renault Goodyear 14 Injection 2 Ret Retired 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Goodyear 13 Engine 6 Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Goodyear 9 Gearbox 8 Ret Retired 25 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra Goodyear 8 Fuel System 12 Ret Retired 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford Pirelli 6 Fuel System 23 Ret Retired 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Pirelli 3 Steering 20 Ret Retired 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford Michelin 3 Clutch 16 DNS Did not start 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari Goodyear 0 Practice Accident 1 DNS Did not start 8 AUT Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Goodyear 0 Withdrew DNQ Did not qualify 33 Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford Goodyear DNQ Did not qualify 17 UK Rupert Keegan March-Ford Avon DNQ Did not qualify 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart Pirelli Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/353/ 1982 German Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031441/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/353/ 4 November 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-german-grand-prix/ 1982 German Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 8 August 1982 1 November 2021 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Irish driver Tommy Byrne. This was the 5th Grand Prix start for a Colombian driver. This was the 5th podium finish for a Finnish driver. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Didier Pironi 39 2 UK John Watson 30 3 FIN Keke Rosberg 27 4 FRA Alain Prost 25 5 AUT Niki Lauda 24Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1982 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 61 2 UK McLaren-Ford 54 3 FRA Renault 44 4 UK Williams-Ford 40 5 UK Lotus-Ford 20Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em German Grand Prix 1982 1982 French Grand Prix 1982 Austrian Grand Prix 1981 German Grand Prix 1983 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix German Grand Prix