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1982 German Grand Prix

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1982 German Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 8 August 1982
Official name XLIV Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.802 km (4.227[1] miles)
Distance 45 laps, 306.090 km (190.215 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:47.947
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
Time 1:54.035 on lap 7
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Renault
Third Williams-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1982 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 8 August 1982. It was won by Patrick Tambay for Scuderia Ferrari. René Arnoux finished second in a Renault with Keke Rosberg third for Williams. This was the last race for Didier Pironi as he crashed heavily during qualifying sustaining injuries ending his championship hopes.

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Qualifying

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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.[citation needed]

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

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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.

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.[2]

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:47.947 no time
2 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:48.890 2:07.540 +0.943
3 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:49.256 2:11.164 +1.309
4 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:49.415 2:03.434 +1.468
5 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:49.570 2:04.090 +1.623
6 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:49.760 no time +1.813
7 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:52.625 no time +4.678
8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:52.786 2:08.873 +4.839
9 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:52.892 2:05.368 +4.945
10 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:53.073 2:07.821 +5.126
11 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:53.887 2:12.280 +5.940
12 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:54.211 no time +6.264
13 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:54.476 no time +6.529
14 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:54.594 no time +6.647
15 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:54.982 no time +7.035
16 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:55.223 2:11.546 +7.276
17 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:55.474 2:11.280 +7.527
18 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:55.866 no time +7.919
19 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:55.876 2:07.514 +7.929
20 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:56.250 2:11.607 +8.303
21 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:56.489 2:14.398 +8.542
22 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:56.537 2:11.823 +8.590
23 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:56.680 2:12.107 +8.733
24 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:57.245 2:13.758 +9.298
25 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:57.337 no time +9.390
26 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:57.402 2:10.226 +9.455
27 33 Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford 1:59.007 2:13.032 +11.060
28 17 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan March-Ford 1:59.951 no time +12.004
29 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart no time no time
WD 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:52.683 no time +4.736

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 France Patrick Tambay Ferrari G 45 1:27:25.178 5 9
2 16 France René Arnoux Renault G 45 + 16.379 3 6
3 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 44 + 1 Lap 9 4
4 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 44 + 1 Lap 7 3
5 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo G 44 + 1 Lap 11 2
6 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 44 + 1 Lap 26 1
7 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 44 + 1 Lap 17
8 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 44 + 1 Lap 21
9 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 43 + 2 Laps 18
10 35 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart P 43 + 2 Laps 14
11 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P 43 + 2 Laps 25
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford G 36 Spun Off 10
Ret 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra G 36 Handling 15
Ret 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 25 Engine 19
Ret 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford A 22 Tyre 24
Ret 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 21 Handling 13
Ret 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G 18 Collision 4
Ret 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 17 Collision 22
Ret 15 France Alain Prost Renault G 14 Injection 2
Ret 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW G 13 Engine 6
Ret 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo G 9 Gearbox 8
Ret 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra G 8 Fuel System 12
Ret 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 6 Fuel System 23
Ret 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 3 Steering 20
Ret 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 3 Clutch 16
DNS 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari G 0 Practice Accident 1
DNS 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford G 0 Withdrew
DNQ 33 Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford G
DNQ 17 United Kingdom Rupert Keegan March-Ford A
DNQ 36 Italy Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart P
Source:[3][4]

Notes

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  • 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

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "1982 German Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  2. ^ "5 times a backmarker has collided with the race leader after Verstappen and Ocon's Brazilian Grand Prix crash | Formula 1".
  3. ^ "1982 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ "1982 German Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 8 August 1982. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Germany 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


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