The 1982 European Formula Two Championship was the sixteenth edition of the European Formula Two Championship, the main feeder series to Formula One. It was contested over 13 rounds and featured 22 different teams, 53 different drivers, seven different chassis and five different engines. Corrado Fabi won the championship in a works March-BMW after a season-long battle with teammate Johnny Cecotto and the Spirit-Honda of Thierry Boutsen.
Teams and drivers
Team Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt RH6/82 Honda 1 Kenny Acheson All 2 Jonathan Palmer 1–12 March Engineering March 822 BMW 3 Corrado Fabi All 4 Johnny Cecotto All 5 Christian Danner All Maurer Motorsport Maurer MM82 BMW 6 Beppe Gabbiani All 7 Stefan Bellof All 8 Peter Schindler 1–3 Eje Elgh 4 Jean-Louis Schlesser 5–8,10–13 Alain Ferté 9 Docking-Spitzley Racing Docking-Spitzley DS1Toleman (Lola) T850 Hart 9 Carlo Rossi 1–8, 10, 12–13 10 Thierry Tassin 1–8, 10, 13 Minardi Team Srl Minardi Fly 281B BMW 11 Paolo Barilla All 12 Alessandro Nannini All 14 Siegfried Stohr 5 "M. Arriva" 12 Team Merzario March-Merzario 282 BMW 16 Richard Dallest 1–4 Harald Brutschin 5–9 Guido Daccò 10–13 17 Jo Gartner 1–11 Roberto Campominsoni 12 Lamberto Leoni 13 18 Oscar Pedersoli 1-5, 7-13 Horag Hotz Racing March 822 BMW 19 Mike Thackwell 1,4–10 Stanley Dickens 2 20 Henning Hagenbauer 9 42 Eje Elgh 11 Sanremo Racing Srl Toleman (Lola) T850Toleman TG280 Hart 20 Severo Zampatti 12–13 21 Eddy Bianchi 1–3 Piero Necchi 1–3 22 Roberto Del Castello 1–9, 11–13 Ecurie Motul GPA Nogaro AGS JH19 AGS JH18 BMW 23 Philippe Streiff All 24 Pascal Fabre All Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82Ralt RT2 BMW 25 Frank Jelinski All 26 "Pierre Chauvet" 1, 3, 5–10, 12–13 Mike Thackwell 2 Wolfgang Klein 4 29 Bruno Eichmann 9 Formel Rennsport Club Toleman (Lola) T850 March 822 HartBMW 27 Fredy Schnarweiler 1–2, 13 Brambilla Racing Minardi GM75 BMW 28 Guido Daccò 1–9 Aldo Bertuzzi 10–11 Neil Trundle Racing March 822 BMW 30 Cliff Hansen 7–13 Ray Mallock Ralt RT4 Ford 31 Ray Mallock 1 Marlboro Team Spirit Spirit 201 Honda 32 Thierry Boutsen All 33 Stefan Johansson All Strandel Motorsport Toleman (Lola) T850March 812 HartBMW 35 Tomas Kaiser 3, 5–6, 10 36 9, 11 Bo Martinsson March 812 BMW 36 Bo Martinsson 1 John Player Special Team Ikuzawa March 812 Honda 37 Satoru Nakajima 1, 5–6, 8–9 Franz Konrad Racing March 802March 812 BMW 38 Franz Konrad 1–4 39 Harald Brutschin 1–4 Gebhardt Motorsport March 812 BMW 41 Günther Gebhardt 2, 4–5, 8–9 Sewi Hopfer Toleman TG280Toleman (Lola) T850 Hart 42 Sewi Hopfer 1–2, 4–5 Rick Whyman Racing Ebor Motorsport Ralt RH6Toleman TG280March 802 HartBMW 44 Wyatt Stanley 1 "Pierre Chauvet" 2 45 Peter Stürtz 2 Weigel Renntechnik March 802 BMW 46 Hubert Streibig 2 Caledon Coal Open Cast Racing Ralt RT4 Ford 48 David Duffield 10 Source:
Calendar
Race No Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Silverstone 21 March 47 4.719=221.793 km 1'11:51.38 185.197 km/h Stefan Johansson Christian Danner Stefan Bellof 2 Hockenheim 4 April 30 6.789=203.67 km 1'03:03.44 193.795 km/h Stefan Bellof Stefan Bellof Stefan Bellof 3 Thruxton 12 April 55 3.792=208.560 km 1'03:49.22 196.075 km/h Stefan Johansson Johnny Cecotto Johnny Cecotto 4 Nürburgring (Eifelrennen) 25 April 9 22.835=205.515 km 1'05:01.37 189.640 km/h Thierry Tassin Stefan Bellof Thierry Boutsen 5 Mugello 9 May 42 5.245=220.290 km 1'14:32.79 177.304 km/h Stefan Johansson Corrado Fabi Corrado Fabi 6 Vallelunga 16 May 65 3.2=208.0 km 1'15:45.40 164.738 km/h Stefan Johansson Stefan Bellof Corrado Fabi 7 Pau 31 May 73 2.834=206.882 km 1'31:00.03 136.398 km/h Thierry Boutsen Kenny Acheson Johnny Cecotto 8 Spa-Francorchamps 13 June 23 6.852=157.596 km 0'58:17.47 162.216 km/h Stefan Johansson Mike Thackwell Thierry Boutsen 9 Hockenheim 20 June 30 6.797=203.910 km 1'03:04.32 193.978 km/h Thierry Boutsen Corrado Fabi Corrado Fabi 10 Donington Park 4 July 70 3.150=220.50 km 1'15:42.11 174.765 km/h Jonathan Palmer Corrado Fabi Corrado Fabi 11 Mantorp Park 18 July 65 3.125=203.125 km 1'18:28.4 155.308 km/h Corrado Fabi Johnny Cecotto Johnny Cecotto 12 Pergusa-Enna 1 August 45 4.95=222.75 km 1'09:22.15 192.665 km/h Thierry Boutsen Stefan Bellof Thierry Boutsen 13 Misano 8 August 60 3.488=209.28 km 1'18:25.19 160.123 km/h Corrado Fabi Stefan Bellof Corrado Fabi
Note
The Spa race was originally scheduled over 30 laps, but was abandoned after 23 due to heavy rain. Full points were still awarded.
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. The best nine results were counted for each driver, whilst other points scored outside their best nine results were discarded.
Points were awarded in the following system: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Race964321
Discarded points finishes and total gross points scored are displayed in parentheses.
Pos.Driver SIL HOC THR NÜR MUG VLL PAU SPA HOC DON MAN PER MISPoints1 Corrado FabiRet3Ret211Ret511RetRet1572 Johnny CecottoRet4132Ret12(6)2131556 (57)3 Thierry Boutsen122314621Ret941(6)50 (51)4 Stefan Bellof11Ret57RetNCRet36Ret25335 Beppe Gabbiani354DNSRetRetRet8243Ret3266 Philippe Streiff10Ret5RetRet2Ret4Ret524Ret227 Kenny AchesonRet13246145101110RetRetRet128 Stefan JohanssonRetRet14†6347Ret411Ret11†7119 Jonathan Palmer15Ret11145566Ret3RetDNS1010 Alessandro Nannini5912810RetDNQ RetRetDSQRetRet2811 Mike ThackwellRetRetRet893310Ret812 Frank Jelinski17†89711Ret4115RetRet510713 Satoru Nakajima215Ret138614 Christian DannerRetRetRet9DNS13Ret9Ret7564615 Pascal FabreRet12†131616†3DNQ 19RetRet689516 Roberto Del Castello47RetDNSRet10Ret14RetRet911317 Jo Gartner6Ret10RetRet7Ret157RetRet118 Thierry TassinDSQ6Ret189RetRetRetRetDNQ 119 Richard DallestDNSRet6Ret1- Jean-Louis Schlesser14Ret8787RetRet0- Paolo Barilla7Ret715Ret11DNQ 1212DSQRetRet80- Guido Daccò9Ret17RetRetDNQ DNPQ 18131287130- "Pierre Chauvet"131115Ret8DNPQ 16914†RetRet0- Peter Schindler8RetRet0- Eddy BianchiRetRet80- Cliff HansenRetRetNC15913Ret0- Günther Gebhardt1010RetDNQ Ret0- Roberto Campominsoni100- Franz Konrad14†Ret16110- Ray Mallock110- Carlo RossiRetRetRet12RetDNQ DNQ Ret13Ret120- Piero NecchiDNS1212RetRetRet0- Severo Zampatti12DNQ 0- Harald Brutschin18†RetRet1313DNQ DNQ 17Ret0- Bruno Eichmann14†0- Lamberto Leoni140- Tomas KaiserNCDNSDNQ 15RetRet0- Bo Martinsson160- Eje Elgh17†Ret0- Fredy SchnarweilerRetDNSNC0- Oscar PedersoliRetRetRetDNSRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRet0- Sewi HopferDNSDNQ RetDNS0- Wyatt StanleyRet0- Stanley DickensRet0- Peter StürtzRet0- Hubert StreibigRet0- Wolfgang KleinRet0- Siegfried StohrRet0- Henning HagenbauerRet0- Alain FertéRet0- David DuffieldDNS0- "M. Arriva"DSQ0- Aldo BertuzziDNQ DNQ 0
Notes: – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 87.5% of the race distance.
Complete overview
first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result
R = retired, Rx = retired but classified (placing denoted by x), NC = not classified, NS = did not start, NQ = did not qualify, NPQ = did not pre-qualify, DIS = disqualified (if after race, placing beforehand displayed alongside in parentheses)