The 1982 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXV Marlboro British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 18 July 1982. It was the tenth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.
The 76-lap race was won by Niki Lauda, driving a McLaren-Ford, after he started from fifth position. Didier Pironi finished second in a Ferrari, while teammate Patrick Tambay achieved his first podium finish by coming third. Derek Warwick stunned and delighted the British fans by taking his Toleman, a team who frequently failed to qualify for Grand Prix races during 1981 and 1982, through the field into second place before being forced to retire; he subsequently revealed that to impress its lead sponsor, Toleman had sent him out on a half-tank of fuel so that he could outpace his fully loaded competitors before running out of fuel. Pironi took over the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Lauda's teammate, John Watson, who spun off on the third lap.
Classification
Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorTyreQ1Q2Gap16 Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford1:09.5401:10.663—22 Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:10.9801:09.627 +0.08731 Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:10.4181:10.060 +0.520428 Didier PironiFerrari1:10.0661:10.386 +0.52658 Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford1:11.3031:10.638 +1.098616 René ArnouxRenault1:12.3711:10.641 +1.101711 Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford1:10.6501:10.735 +1.110815 Alain ProstRenault1:11.3331:10.728 +1.18893 Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford1:11.9041:10.892 +1.352105 Derek DalyWilliams-Ford1:10.9801:11.197 +1.4401122 Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:11.3471:12.309 +1.807127 John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:11.5561:11.418 +1.8781327 Patrick TambayFerrari1:11.7501:11.430 +1.8901423 Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:11.5021:15.549 +1.9621536 Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:12.9791:11.728 +2.1881635 Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:12.2361:11.761 +2.221174 Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford1:12.9521:12.080 +2.5401831 Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford1:13.1091:12.436 +2.8961914 Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford1:14.8771:12.668 +3.1282026 Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:13.4021:12.695 +3.1552120 Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford1:13.2551:13.096 +3.5562229 Marc SurerArrows-Ford1:13.1811:13.701 +3.6412312 Nigel MansellLotus-Ford1:13.5451:13.212 +3.6722425 Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra1:15.9771:13.301 +3.7612517 Jochen MassMarch-Ford1:14.6571:13.622 +4.0822630 Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford1:15.2461:13.721 +4.181279 Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford1:13.7411:15.548 +4.2012833 Jan LammersTheodore-Ford1:13.8151:14.303 +4.2752910 Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford1:15.3301:13.866 +4.3263018 Raul BoeselMarch-Ford1:15.7241:13.968 +4.428
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 76 1:35:33.812 5 9 2 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 76 + 25.726 4 6 3 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 76 + 38.436 13 4 4 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 76 + 41.242 7 3 5 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford 76 + 41.430 10 2 6 15 Alain Prost Renault 76 + 41.636 8 1 7 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 75 + 1 Lap 14 8 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 1 Lap 17 9 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 74 + 2 Laps 26 10 17 Jochen Mass March-Ford 73 + 3 Laps 25 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 66 Electrical 11 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 60 Engine 24 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 59 Engine 22 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 50 Fuel System 1 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 44 Engine 9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 41 Gearbox 20 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 40 Halfshaft 16 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 29 Driver Injury 23 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 9 Fuel System 3 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 3 Engine 19 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 2 Collision 18 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 2 Collision 21 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 2 Spun Off 12 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 0 Collision 2 16 René Arnoux Renault 0 Collision 6 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 0 Collision 15 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 33 Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford
Notes
This was the 1st pole position for a Finnish driver. This was the 25th Grand Prix win for an Austrian driver. This was the 100th Grand Prix start for Brazilian constructor Fittipaldi. In those 100 races, Fittipaldi achieved 3 podium finishes. This race marked the 5th British Grand Prix win for McLaren.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Didier Pironi 35 2 John Watson 30 3 Niki Lauda 24 4 Keke Rosberg 21 5 Alain Prost 19Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 54 2 Ferrari 45 3 Williams-Ford 34 4 Renault 23 5 Lotus-Ford 20Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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