1982 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 9 May 1982 5 16 XL Grote Prijs van België Circuit ZolderHeusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium Cold with air temperatures reaching up to 13 C FWeather info for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix https://web.archive.org/web/20150214024259/http://classic.wunderground.com/history/airport/EBLB/1982/5/9/DailyHistory.html 2015-02-14 at Weather Underground Circuit Zolder-1975-1985.svg 2.648 4.262 70 298.340 185.380 Alain Prost Renault 1:15.701 France John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:20.214 67 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford United Kingdom Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Finland Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra United States of America BEL The 1982 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 9 May 1982. It was the fifth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zolder-1982-05-09e.jpg 1982 Belgian Grand Prix Entry list The race was heavily overshadowed by the death of Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, after he crashed his Ferrari heavily during qualifying. The Ferrari team withdrew from the race as a consequence. The 70-lap race was won by John Watson, driving a McLaren-Ford. Keke Rosberg finished second in a Williams-Ford, with Eddie Cheever third in a Ligier-Matra after Watson's teammate Niki Lauda was disqualified when his car was found to be underweight. Qualifying and death of Gilles Villeneuve Gilles Villeneuve was killed in an accident during the final qualifying session. At the time of the crash, his teammate Didier Pironi had set a time 0.1s faster than Villeneuve for sixth place. Contemporary and more recent writers say that he was attempting to improve his time on his final lap. Some suggest that he was specifically aiming to beat Pironi due to bitterness at being passed by him two weeks earlier in the closing stages of the San Marino Grand Prix, when Villeneuve believed Pironi had been ordered to remain behind him.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/18690210 Formula 1's greatest drivers. Number 12: Gilles Villeneuve BBC Sport 4 July 2012 21 August 2012Bamsey (1983) p.50, Lang (1992) pp.96–97, Watkins (1997) p.98 and Fearnley (May 2007) all write that Villeneuve was attempting to beat Pironi. Jenkinson (June 1982) writes only that he "was in the middle of a last desperate bid to improve his grid position." Villeneuve's biographer Gerald Donaldson quotes Ferrari race engineer Mauro Forghieri as saying that the Canadian, although pressing on in his usual fashion, was returning to the pits on his last set of qualifying tyres when the accident occurred.Donaldson (2003) pp.296–298 If so, he would not have set a time on that lap. With eight minutes of the session left, Villeneuve came over the rise after the first chicane and found Jochen Mass in the March travelling much more slowly through Butte, the left-handed bend before the Terlamenbocht corner. Mass saw Villeneuve approaching at high speed and moved to the right to let him through on the racing line. At the same instant Villeneuve also moved right to pass Mass. The Ferrari hit the back of the March and was launched into the air at a speed estimated at 200–225 km/h (120–140 mph). It was airborne for over 100 metres before nosediving into the ground and disintegrating as it somersaulted along the edge of the track. Villeneuve, still strapped to his seat but without his helmet, was thrown a further 50 metres from the wreckage into the catch fencing on the outside edge of Terlamenbocht.Lang (1992) p.97 Several drivers stopped and rushed to the scene. John Watson and Derek Warwick pulled Villeneuve, his face blue, from the catch fencing.Fearnley (May 2007) The first doctor arrived on the scene within 35 seconds to find that Villeneuve was not breathing, although his pulse continued throughout; he was intubated and ventilated before being transferred to the circuit medical centre and then by helicopter to University St Raphael Hospital where a fatal fracture of the neck was diagnosed as well as a cut spinal cord.Watkins (1997) pp.96–98 Villeneuve was kept alive on life support while his wife travelled to the hospital and the doctors consulted with specialists worldwide. He died at 21:12 that evening. The Ferrari team withdrew from the race after the accident and left the circuit. The final eight minutes of the qualifying were run after the crash debris had been removed. No drivers improved their times, leaving the Renaults of Alain Prost and René Arnoux on the front row of the grid.Lang (1992) pp.95 99 Abbreviated race summary John Watson won the race after taking the lead on the penultimate lap from Keke Rosberg, who was struggling on worn tires. Niki Lauda finished third on the road but was disqualified when his car was found to be underweight in post-race scrutineering, and so the final podium place went to Eddie Cheever. The final point also went to Chico Serra, in what would turn out to be not only Serra's lone point in Formula 1, but also the final point the Fittipaldi team would score in Formula 1. Classification Pre-Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap118Brazil 1968 Raul BoeselMarch-Ford1:18.333—231France Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford1:19.999 +1.666335UK Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:20.847 +2.514436Italy Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:21.499 +3.166532Italy Riccardo PalettiOsella-Ford1:21.784 +3.451619Spain Emilio de VillotaMarch-Ford1:22.879 +4.546 Qualifying +PosNo.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap115 France Alain Prost Renault1:15.9621:15.701216 France René Arnoux Renault1:15.9031:15.730 +0.02936 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford1:17.6541:15.847 +0.14648 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford1:17.5771:16:049 +0.34853 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford1:17.3441:16:308 +0.607628 France Didier Pironi Ferrari1:18.7961:16:501 +0.800722 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo1:17.6961:16:575 +0.8748 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari1:17.5071:16:616 +0.915912 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford1:17.6141:16:944 +1.243101 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW1:17.1241:17.535 +1.423112 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW1:18.3661:17.126 +1.425127 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford1:18.6391:17.144 +1.4431311 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford1:18.6551:17.762 +2.061149 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford1:19.4301:17.879 +2.178155 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford1:18.1941:18.591 +2.4931625 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra1:20.1821:18.301 +2.6001723 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo1:18.4251:18.371 +2.6701831 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford1:20.0561:18.403 +2.7021926 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra1:19.4031:18.565 +2.8642010 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford1:20.4401:18.967 +3.2662135 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart1:20.5941:18.985 +3.284224 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford1:20.5181:19.150 +3.4492336 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart1:20.5411:19.300 +3.5992429 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford1:22.5121:19.584 +3.8832520 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford1:21.7751:19.598 +3.8972618 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford1:20.5221:19.621 +3.9202717 FRG Jochen Mass March-Ford1:20.5521:19.777 +4.0762830 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford1:20.8021:19.815 +4.1142914 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford1:20.1161:20.482 +4.4153033 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford1:21.4531:20.584 +4.883Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/getqualify/1982-05/F 05/09/1982 race: Grand Prix of Belgium (F1) qualifying results - Racing-Reference.info www.racing-reference.info 2020-04-24 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 70 1:35:41.995 10 9 2 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 70 + 7.268 3 6 3 25 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra Michelin 69 + 1 Lap 14 4 4 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 68 + 2 Laps 11 3 5 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Goodyear 67 + 3 Laps 8 2 6 20 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford Pirelli 67 + 3 Laps 23 1 7 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Pirelli 66 + 4 Laps 22   8 18 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford Pirelli 66 + 4 Laps 24   9 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Michelin 66 + 4 Laps 17   DSQ Disqualified 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Michelin 70 Underweight 4   Ret Retired 5 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford Goodyear 60 Spun Off 13   Ret Retired 17 FRG Jochen Mass March-Ford Pirelli 60 Engine 25   Ret Retired 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 59 Spun Off 1   Ret Retired 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Goodyear 52 Spun Off 9   Ret Retired 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford Pirelli 51 Throttle 26   Ret Retired 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Pirelli 37 Broken Wing 16   Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Michelin 34 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 4 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 33 Engine 20   Ret Retired 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 29 Engine 5   Ret Retired 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 29 Transmission 19   Ret Retired 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart Pirelli 13 Brakes 21   Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 9 Clutch 7   Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 7 Turbo 2   Ret Retired 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford Michelin 0 Clutch 12   Ret Retired 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Michelin 0 Collision 15   Ret Retired 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford Michelin 0 Collision 18   DNS Did not start 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari Goodyear   Withdrew due to Villeneuve's death   DNS Did not start 27 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Goodyear   Fatal accident during qualifying   DNQ Did not qualify 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford Avon     DNQ Did not qualify 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford Avon     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 32 Italy Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford Pirelli     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 19 Spain Emilio de Villota March-Ford Pirelli        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/346/ 1982 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104031426/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/346/ 4 November 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-belgian-grand-prix/ 1982 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 9 May 1982 23 October 2021 Notes This was the 200th Grand Prix in which a German driver participated. In those 200 races, German drivers won 3 Grands Prix, achieved 20 podium finishes, 1 pole position, and 4 fastest laps. This was the 25th Grand Prix start for Osella and the 5th Grand Prix start for Toleman. This was the 5th Grand Prix start for Hart-powered car. This was the 9th Belgian Grand Prix win for a Ford-powered car, breaking the previous record set by Ferrari at the 1979 Belgian Grand Prix. This the second of only three races that the Ferrari team entered but did not start. The other two were the 1950 French Grand Prix and the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Alain Prost 18 2 UK John Watson 17 3 FIN Keke Rosberg 14 4 AUT Niki Lauda 12 5 FRA Didier Pironi 10Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1982 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK McLaren-Ford 29 2 FRA Renault 22 3 UK Williams-Ford 20 4 ITA Ferrari 16 5 UK Tyrrell-Ford 10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Books Bamsey Ian Automobile Sport 82-83 Haynes Publications Yeovil, Somerset 1983 0-946321-01-9 Donaldson Gerald Gerald Donaldson Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver Virgin Books London 2003 0-7535-0747-1 Lang Mike Grand Prix! Volume 4: 1981 to 1984 Foulis Haynes Yeovil, Somerset 1992 0-85429-733-2 Roebuck Nigel Grand Prix Greats Patrick Stephens Ltd Cambridge 1986 0-85059-792-7 Roebuck Nigel Chasing the Title Haynes Publications Yeovil, Somerset 1999 1-85960-604-0 Watkins Sid Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One Pan Books London 1997 0-330-35139-7 Magazines Fearnley Paul It's war. Absolutely war Motor Sport Haymarket 52–61 May 2007 Belgian Grand Prix 1982 1982 San Marino Grand Prix 1982 Monaco Grand Prix 1981 Belgian Grand Prix 1983 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Category:Circuit Zolder Category:Sports competitions in Limburg (Belgium) Category:May 1982 sports events in Europe