1982 Pau Grand Prix

France Pau 31 May 1982 Carte circuit de Pau.png XLII Pau Grand Prix Pau, France Temporary Street Circuit 1.720 2.760 73 128.550 206.882 Thierry Boutsen BEL Spirit-Honda 1:11.23 Kenny Acheson Ralt-Honda 1:12.37 GBR Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 March-BMW Thierry Boutsen BEL Spirit-Honda Mike Thackwell NZL March-BMW The 1982 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 31 May 1982 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Johnny Cecotto, driving the March 822. Thierry Boutsen finished second and Mike Thackwell third. After leading much of the race, Corrado Fabi retired leaving Thierry Boutsen and a charging Johnny Cecotto as the two front-runners in the final laps. Eventually, Cecotto passed Boutsen for the lead to take his second win of the 1982 European Formula Two season and take his first Pau Grand Prix win. Classification Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid 1 4 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto March-BMW 73 1hr 31min 00.03sec 7 2 32 BEL Thierry Boutsen Spirit-Honda 73 + 15.90 s 1 3 19 NZL Mike Thackwell March-BMW 73 + 1:18.99 s 6 4 25 DEU Frank Jelinski Maurer-BMW 72 + 1 lap 12 5 1 GBR Kenny Acheson Ralt-Honda 72 + 1 lap 9 6 2 GBR Jonathan Palmer Ralt-Honda 72 + 1 lap 15 7 33 SWE Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda 71 + 2 laps 2 8 8 FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser Maurer-BMW 67 + 6 laps 13 9 7 DEU Stefan Bellof Maurer-BMW 64 + 9 laps 5 Ret 6 ITA Beppe Gabbiani Maurer-BMW 47 Injector 18 Ret 21 ITA Piero Necchi Toleman-Hart 44 Engine 17 Ret 18 ITA Oscar Pedersoli Merzario-BMW 44 Accident 16 Ret 3 ITA Corrado Fabi March-BMW 43 Wheel studs 3 Ret 5 DEU Christian Danner March-BMW 28 Engine 8 Ret 30 USA Cliff Hansen March-BMW 17 Accident 19 Ret 23 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-BMW 14 Engine 4 Ret 17 AUT Jo Gartner Merzario-BMW 11 Engine 14 Ret 10 BEL Thierry Tassin Toleman-Hart 8 Hub 11 Ret 22 ITA Roberto del Castello Toleman-BMW 0 Engine 10 DNQ 16 DEU Harald Brutschin Merzario-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 24 FRA Pascal Fabre AGS-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 12 ITA Alessandro Nannini Minardi-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 9 ITA Carlo Rossi Docking Spitzley-Hart Did not qualify DNQ 11 ITA Paolo Barilla Minardi-BMW Did not qualify DNPQ 26 AUT "Pierre Chauvet" Maurer-BMW Did Not Pre-Qualify DNPQ 28 ITA Guido Daccò Minardi-BMW Did Not Pre-Qualify DNA 20 SWE Stanley Dickens March-BMW Did Not Attend Fastest Lap: Kenny Acheson (Ralt-Honda) - 1:12.37 Sources:http://www.formula2.net/F282_10.htm XLII Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1981 Formula2.net 2001-10-11 2017-02-28http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1539-1982-pau-grand-prix 1982 Pau Grand Prix motorsportmagazine.com 2017-02-28 Pau Grand Prix 1981 Pau Grand Prix 1982 1983 Pau Grand Prix References Category:Pau Grand Prix Category:1982 in French motorsport