1982 Canadian Grand Prix

  1982 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One season
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Date	June 13, 1982
Official name	XXI Grand Prix du Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Circuit
Course length	4.410 km (2.740 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 308.7 km (191.8 mi)
Weather	Overcast and chilly 17 °C (63 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Time	1:27.509
Fastest lap
Driver	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Time	1:28.323 on lap 66
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Second	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford
Third	John Watson	McLaren-Ford

The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 13, 1982. The Canadian Grand Prix was traditionally held around the beginning of October, but for the first time it was held in early June; allowing for more appropriate weather; it has been held around that time of year ever since.

Riccardo Paletti was killed at the start of the race, when his car ran into the back of the stationary Ferrari of Didier Pironi who had stalled on the grid.

Paletti was the last driver to be killed during a Formula One race weekend until the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, when Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna died on consecutive days. In 1986, Elio de Angelis was killed during testing at the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet.

Nelson Piquet won the race. His BMW-powered Brabham had 100–130 °C (220–280 °F) oil leaking around the bulkhead at the front of the car and the pedals, badly burning his feet for 60 laps.^[2]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	70	1:46:39.577	4	9
2	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford	70	+ 13.799	8	6
3	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	70	+ 1:01.836	6	4
4	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	10	3
5	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	16	2
6	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	68	Out of Fuel	9	1
7	5	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	68	Out of Fuel	13
8	30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford	68	+ 2 Laps	17
9	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	67	+ 3 Laps	1
10	25	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	66	Out of Fuel	12
11	17	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	66	+ 4 Laps	22
NC	4	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	59	Not Classifled	26
Ret	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	52	Gearbox	7
Ret	18	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	47	Engine	21
Ret	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	41	Engine	15
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	30	Engine	3
Ret	16	René Arnoux	Renault	28	Spun Off	2
Ret	10	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford	20	Engine	24
Ret	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	17	Clutch	11
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	8	Fuel System	19
Ret	14	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	2	Clutch	20
Ret	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1	Collision	5
Ret	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	1	Collision	14
Ret	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	0	Withdrew	18
Ret	32	Riccardo Paletti	Osella-Ford	0	Fatal Accident on first start	23
Ret	33	Geoff Lees	Theodore-Ford	0	Collision on first start	25
DNQ	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford
DNQ	19	Emilio de Villota	March-Ford
DNQ	20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
Source:[3]

Notes

• Last race: Riccardo Paletti (Fatal Accident)
• Osella ran only a single car (for Jarier) for the remainder of the season

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 John Watson 30 2 Didier Pironi 20 3 Riccardo Patrese 19 4 Alain Prost 18 5 Keke Rosberg 17

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 42 2 Ferrari 26 3 Williams-Ford 26 4 Renault 22 5 Brabham-Ford 19

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

References

1. "Weather History for CYUL - June, 1982 - Sunday, June 13, 1982". Weather Underground. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
2. Nelson Piquet interview. Relevant part starts at 5:18. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
3. "1982 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.