1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

August 2023 August 2013 August 2013 F1 United States Circuit Caesars Palace.png Caesars Palace 2nd Caesars Palace Grand Prix September 25 1982 16 16 Las Vegas Strip Temporary street course 2.268 3.650 75 170.10 273.75 Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 98.8 F C; wind speeds approaching 18.1 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NV/Las%20Vegas/1982-09-25 Weather information for the "1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac November 22, 2013 France Alain Prost Renault 1:16.356 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.639 59 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford UK John Watson McLaren-Ford USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra CPL The 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on September 25, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship, the second F1 race in Las Vegas, and the last F1 race to be held at Caesars Palace. The 75-lap race was won by Michele Alboreto, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. Alboreto scored Tyrrell's first victory since the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix, becoming the eleventh different winning driver of 1982 while Tyrrell became the seventh different winning constructor. John Watson finished second in a McLaren-Ford, with Eddie Cheever third in a Ligier-Matra. Keke Rosberg finished fifth in his Williams-Ford to secure the Drivers' Championship, with Ferrari taking the Constructors' Championship despite neither car finishing in the top six. This was the last F1 race for 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti and for Colin Chapman, the creator and manager of Lotus (who died of a heart attack at his home, later in December). It was also the last race for the Ensign and Fittipaldi teams, the last for March until 1987, and the last for Matra as an engine supplier. This would be last Grand Prix held in Las Vegas for just over 41 years until the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix held on a new circuit utilising the Las Vegas Strip. Background When the 1982 Formula One schedule was first released in October 1981, the Caesars Palace Grand Prix was scheduled for Saturday, October 16, 1982.Formula 1 Dates Set https://www.newspapers.com/article/springfield-leader-and-press-1982-formul/134999224/ Springfield Leader and Press 18 Newspapers.com October 9, 1981 November 11, 2023 In anticipation of the second year in Las Vegas, race organizers attempted to make the weekend even larger by also scheduling a CART Indy car race. The weekend would consist of a Can-Am race on Friday, the Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday, then the track would be converted to an oval for Indy cars on Sunday.CART Announced Schedule Featuring First F1 Doubleheader https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-democrat-1982-cart-las-vegas-f/134998142/ The Press Democrat 44 Newspapers.com November 29, 1981 November 11, 2023 Shortly after CART announced their 1982 schedule confirming the Las Vegas race twin bill, the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) announced the Caesars Palace Grand Prix would be moved to September 25. Jean-Marie Balestre, head of FISA, explained this was done to shorten the one-month wait between the Italian Grand Prix and the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. It was also done so the American television broadcaster, NBC, would not have a conflict with their coverage of the 1982 World Series being held the same weekend. This new date, however, was in conflict with CART's previously scheduled race at Michigan International Speedway. Furthermore, FISA prevented any future F1-IndyCar combination weekends by instituting a rule that banned two open-wheel series with engines over two liters from competing at the same venue on the same weekend.Wrench in CART's Works https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-1981-cart-fisa-las-ve/134998093/ Dan Vierra Sacramento Bee 53 Newspapers.com December 25, 1981 November 11, 2023 In response, CART president John Frasco said, "I don't know all the politics, but it's pretty obvious FISA doesn't want to race with us... I didn't think we were competing against each other because we would be racing on track's different configurations. Caesars Palace thought the doubleheader concept was fascinating, so did Bernie Ecclestone, and so did we. But obviously, other people involved didn't feel that way."Indy Car, Formula 1 Twin Bill at Vegas Wiped Out By FISA https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11434653/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-1982-cart-f1-las-v/134998227/ Robin Miller Robin Miller (journalist) The Indianapolis Star 73 Newspapers.com January 10, 1982 November 11, 2023 Qualifying report For the first time since the World Championship began in 1950, a country hosted three rounds in the same season in 1982. The final race of the year, and the third in the US, would once again decide the Championship. Keke Rosberg of Williams had 42 points, to 33 for McLaren's John Watson, and needed to finish sixth or better to secure the title. Meanwhile, the race was former world champion Mario Andretti's final grand prix. The course's tight turns and short straights allowed the non-turbo cars to be more competitive than usual, with Michele Alboreto's Tyrrell and Eddie Cheever's Talbot Ligier fastest among them. The turbocharged Renaults of Alain Prost and René Arnoux took first and second positions in qualifying, more than eight-tenths clear of Alboreto. The two Championship contenders, Rosberg and Watson, meanwhile, were in sixth and ninth places respectively, separated by the Ferraris of Mario Andretti and Patrick Tambay. Championship permutations Rosberg and Watson both entered this race with a chance of winning the Drivers' Championship. Rosberg (42 points) needed either 6th or higher Watson 2nd or lower Watson (33 points) needed to win the race, with Rosberg 7th or lower. Had this happened, both drivers would have finished with 42 points, and Watson would have been champion by virtue of having three wins to Rosberg's one. The injured Didier Pironi exited championship contention before the race on the grounds of being absent from the event. For the first time since 1964, three teams entered the final race with a chance of winning the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari (74 points) needed either 2nd (or 4th and 5th) or better 4th (or 5th and 6th) or better, with the McLarens 1st and 3rd or lower 5th or better, with the McLarens 1st and 4th or lower 6th or better, with the McLarens 1st and 5th or lower the McLarens scoring fewer than 11 points, with the Renaults 1st and 3rd or lower McLaren-Ford (63 points) needed 1st and either 2nd with the Ferraris scoring fewer than 5 points 3rd with the Ferraris scoring fewer than 3 points 4th with the Ferraris 6th or lower 5th with the Ferraris 7th or lower Renault (59 points) needed 1st and 2nd, with the Ferraris 7th or lower. Had this happened, both teams would have finished with 74 points, with Renault then winning by virtue of having five wins to Ferrari's three. Race report At the green light for the race on Saturday, Prost led from the pole, followed by teammate Arnoux. Cheever, from the fourth spot on the grid, was determined to get around the outside of Alboreto on the first left-hander. They touched wheels, but both continued with Alboreto still in front, Cheever's Ligier sporting a vibrating front wheel and the Tyrrell of Alboreto bearing a tire mark on the right sidepod. For the first ten laps, the Renaults steadily pulled away from Alboreto, with Arnoux now leading Prost. The Tyrrell began to match Arnoux's times, however, and then to close on him, as Prost took back the lead on lap 15. Speculation of a problem with Arnoux's car proved true, as the Renault was faltering, and he retired on lap 21. Watson, meanwhile, had dropped to twelfth in the opening laps, but passed Piquet on lap 12, then Rosberg, Andretti and Cheever on successive laps, eventually reaching third place, with a thirty-second gap to the two leaders. However, when Andretti, hoping to help clinch the Constructors' title for Ferrari, slid off directly in front of Rosberg on lap 27 with a broken rear suspension link, Rosberg took over the fifth place he sought. Among the leaders, Alboreto began inching closer to Prost again, and Watson continued to close on both of them. Niki Lauda's McLaren retired on lap 54, while Alboreto had eliminated the gap to Prost, and gotten by him to take the lead in a Grand Prix for the first time. Prost's tires were picking up rubber and had developed a vibration. In four more laps, Watson had also caught and passed him, but he was having the same problem as Prost, and so could make no progress on Alboreto. Alboreto cruised to a comfortable victory, his first ever and the first for Tyrrell in four years. Alboreto was the 11th different victor that year. Cheever was also able to overtake the ailing Prost for third, nine laps from the end. Less than three seconds behind Prost, and the last car on the lead lap, was Rosberg, who therefore won the world title. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship despite not finishing in the points. This race also was marked the end of the engine's 14-year dominance of Ford Cosworth engine (of normal combustion), since the 1968 with Lotus and Graham Hill, being increasingly superseded by the turbocharged engines of the time. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2Gap 1 15France Alain ProstRenault 1:18.922 1:16.356 2 16France René ArnouxRenault 1:17.868 1:16.786 +0.430 3 3Italy Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford 1:18.756 1:17.646 +1.290 4 25USA Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra 1:18.842 1:17.683 +1.327 5 2Italy Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW 1:20.386 1:17.772 +1.416 6 6Finland Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford 1:19.162 1:17.886 +1.530 7 28USA Mario AndrettiFerrari 1:19.246 1:17.921 +1.565 8 27France Patrick TambayFerrari 1:21.067 1:17.958 +1.602 9 7UK John WatsonMcLaren-Ford 1:19.320 1:17.986 +1.630 10 35UK Derek WarwickToleman-Hart 1:20.181 1:18.012 +1.656 11 26France Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra 1:19.635 1:18.056 +1.700 12 1Brazil 1968 Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW 1:19.210 1:18.275 +1.919 13 8Austria Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford 1:19.171 1:18.333 +1.977 14 5Ireland Derek DalyWilliams-Ford 1:19.808 1:18.418 +2.062 15 14Colombia Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford 1:20.516 1:18.496 +2.140 16 23Italy Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo 1:20.065 1:18.622 +2.266 17 29Switzerland Marc SurerArrows-Ford 1:19.764 1:18.734 +2.378 18 22Italy Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo 1:19.728 1:18.761 +2.405 19 4UK Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford 1:21.038 1:18.765 +2.409 20 31France Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford 1:19.222 no time +2.866 21 11Italy Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford 1:19.564 1:19.302 +2.946 22 12UK Nigel MansellLotus-Ford 1:20.986 1:19.439 +3.083 23 9FRG Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford 1:21.563 1:19.767 +3.411 24 30Italy Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford 1:20.271 1:20.824 +3.915 25 18Brazil 1968 Raul BoeselMarch-Ford 1:20.766 1:21.215 +4.410 26 17UK Rupert KeeganMarch-Ford 1:26.048 1:21.180 +4.824 27 33Ireland Tommy ByrneTheodore-Ford 1:24.208 1:21.555 +5.199 28 36Italy Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:22.3241:21.569 +5.213 29 10Chile Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford1:23.1481:21.583 +5.227 30 20Brazil 1968 Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford1:23.1001:22.387 +6.031Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/356/ 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219222441/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/356/ 19 February 2014 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 75 1:41:56.888 3 9 2 7 UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Michelin 75 + 27.292 9 6 3 25 USA Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra Michelin 75 + 56.450 4 4 4 15 France Alain Prost Renault Michelin 75 + 1:08.648 1 3 5 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Goodyear 75 + 1:11.375 6 2 6 5 Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford Goodyear 74 + 1 Lap 14 1 7 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford Pirelli 74 + 1 Lap 17 8 4 UK Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford Goodyear 74 + 1 Lap 19 9 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo Michelin 73 + 2 Laps 18 10 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo Michelin 73 + 2 Laps 16 11 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford Pirelli 73 + 2 Laps 23 12 17 UK Rupert Keegan March-Ford Michelin 73 + 2 Laps 25 13 18 Brazil 1968 Raul Boesel March-Ford Michelin 69 + 6 Laps 24 NC Not classified 9 FRG Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford Michelin 62 + 13 Laps 22 Ret Retired 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Michelin 53 Engine 13 Ret Retired 33 Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford Goodyear 39 Spun Off 26 Ret Retired 35 UK Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart Pirelli 32 Spark Plugs 10 Ret Retired 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford Goodyear 28 Engine 20 Ret Retired 28 USA Mario Andretti Ferrari Goodyear 26 Suspension 7 Ret Retired 1 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Goodyear 26 Spark Plugs 12 Ret Retired 16 France René Arnoux Renault Michelin 20 Engine 2 Ret Retired 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW Goodyear 17 Clutch 5 Ret Retired 12 UK Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford Goodyear 8 Collision 21 Ret Retired 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Michelin 5 Ignition 11 DNS Did not start 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari Goodyear 0 Driver Unfit 8 DNS Did not start 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford Michelin 0 Engine 15 DNS Did not start 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford Pirelli DNQ Did not qualify 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart Pirelli DNQ Did not qualify 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford Michelin DNQ Did not qualify 20 Brazil 1968 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford PirelliSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/356/ 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219222441/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/356/ 19 February 2014https://gparchive.com/formula-1/1982-las-vegas-grand-prix/ 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive GPArchive.com 25 September 1982 4 November 2021 Notes This was the 50th Grand Prix start for an Irish driver. Final championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Keke Rosberg 44 2 FRA Didier Pironi 39 3 UK John Watson 39 4 FRA Alain Prost 34 5 AUT Niki Lauda 30Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1982/las-vegas/championnat.aspx Las Vegas 1982 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 74 2 UK McLaren-Ford 69 3 FRA Renault 62 4 UK Williams-Ford 58 5 UK Lotus-Ford 30Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Rob Walker (January, 1983). "2nd Las Vegas Grand Prix: King Keke". Road & Track, 96–99. Mike S. Lang (1992). Grand Prix!: Race-by-race account of Formula 1 World Championship motor racing. Volume 4: 1981 to 1984. 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