The 1982 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Dijon-Prenois in France on 29 August 1982. The race, contested over 80 laps, was the fourteenth race of the 1982 Formula One season and was won by Keke Rosberg, driving a Williams-Ford. This was Rosberg's first win in a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, though he had previously won a non-championship Formula One race, the 1978 BRDC International Trophy. Alain Prost finished second in a Renault, having started from pole position, while Niki Lauda was third in a McLaren-Ford. This was the only win of the season for eventual World Champion Rosberg. The chequered flag was shown after 81 laps when the organizers / flag stand missed the leading car on lap 80.
This was the first World Championship Swiss Grand Prix since 1954 (despite it not being held in Switzerland), and the last running of the event to date. Switzerland had banned motor racing after the 1955 Le Mans disaster; as of 2021, the ban has been lifted for electric vehicles only. Patrick Tambay, Ferrari's only entry after team leader Didier Pironi's career-ending crash three weeks earlier, was unable to start due to a pinched nerve in his back. This was the last of only three times the Ferrari team did not start a World Championship race in which they entered (see also 1950 French Grand Prix and 1982 Belgian Grand Prix). Ferrari withdrew their entry so late that Chico Serra (the fastest non-qualifier) was not allowed to start.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1Q2 Gap 1 15 Alain Prost Renault 1:01.3801:07.902 — 2 16 René Arnoux Renault 1:01.7401:07.554 +0.360 3 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:02.9971:02.710 +1.330 4 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:02.984no time +1.604 5 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:03.0231:04.205 +1.643 6 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:03.3661:03.183 +1.803 7 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:04.2381:03.291 +1.911 8 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:03.5891:03.783 +2.209 9 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:03.7761:04.711 +2.396 10 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:03.896no time +2.516 11 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:03.9951:04.711 +2.615 12 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:04.0691:04.102 +2.689 13 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:04.0871:04.897 +2.707 14 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:04.9281:05.158 +3.548 15 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:04.9671:05.437 +3.587 16 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:05.1621:05.001 +3.621 17 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:05.1791:05.318 +3.799 18 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:05.8771:05.391 +4.011 19 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:05.4221:05.395 +4.015 20 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:05.4511:06.139 +4.071 21 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 1:05.9271:05.877 +4.497 22 17 Rupert Keegan March-Ford 1:06.6321:06.011 +4.631 23 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 1:06.0171:06.102 +4.637 24 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:06.7811:06.136 +4.756 25 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:06.2971:06.168 +4.788 26 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:06.4301:06.211 +4.831 27 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:06.5901:06.339 +4.959 28 33 Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford 1:06.9901:08.118 +5.610 29 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:07.8361:08.314 +6.456
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 80 1:32:41.087 8 9 2 15 Alain Prost Renault 80 + 4.442 1 6 3 8 Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 80 + 1:00.343 4 4 4 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 79 + 1 Lap 6 3 5 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 79 + 1 Lap 3 2 6 11 Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 15 1 7 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 12 8 12 Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 26 9 5 Derek Daly Williams-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 7 10 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 78 + 2 Laps 5 11 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 18 12 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 78 + 2 Laps 9 13 7 John Watson McLaren-Ford 77 + 3 Laps 11 14 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 25 15 29 Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 14 16 16 René Arnoux Renault 75 Injection 2 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 70 Handling 16 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 55 Chassis 20 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 44 Engine 17 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 33 Handling 13 36 Teo Fabi Toleman-Hart 31 Engine 23 18 Raul Boesel March-Ford 31 Water Leak 24 17 Rupert Keegan March-Ford 25 Spun Off 22 35 Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart 24 Engine 21 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 4 Engine 19 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari Driver Unfit 10 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 33 Tommy Byrne Theodore-Ford 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford
Notes
This was the 300th Grand Prix in which an Italian driver participated. In those 300 races, Italian drivers had won 27 Grands Prix, achieved 93 podium finishes, 25 pole positions, 26 fastest laps, 7 Grand Slams and 3 World Championships. This was the 50th Grand Prix start and the 1st Grand Prix win for a Finnish driver.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Keke Rosberg 42 1 2 Didier Pironi 39 2 3 Alain Prost 31 1 4 John Watson 30 1 5 Niki Lauda 30Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 64 2 McLaren-Ford 60 3 Williams-Ford 55 4 Renault 50 5 Lotus-Ford 30
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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