The 1982 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 31 May 1982 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Johnny Cecotto, driving the March 822. Thierry Boutsen finished second and Mike Thackwell third.
After leading much of the race, Corrado Fabi retired leaving Thierry Boutsen and a charging Johnny Cecotto as the two front-runners in the final laps. Eventually, Cecotto passed Boutsen for the lead to take his second win of the 1982 European Formula Two season and take his first Pau Grand Prix win.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/retired Grid 1 4 Johnny Cecotto March-BMW 73 1hr 31min 00.03sec 7 2 32 Thierry Boutsen Spirit-Honda 73 + 15.90 s 1 3 19 Mike Thackwell March-BMW 73 + 1:18.99 s 6 4 25 Frank Jelinski Maurer-BMW 72 + 1 lap 12 5 1 Kenny Acheson Ralt-Honda 72 + 1 lap 9 6 2 Jonathan Palmer Ralt-Honda 72 + 1 lap 15 7 33 Stefan Johansson Spirit-Honda 71 + 2 laps 2 8 8 Jean-Louis Schlesser Maurer-BMW 67 + 6 laps 13 9 7 Stefan Bellof Maurer-BMW 64 + 9 laps 5 Ret 6 Beppe Gabbiani Maurer-BMW 47 Injector 18 Ret 21 Piero Necchi Toleman-Hart 44 Engine 17 Ret 18 Oscar Pedersoli Merzario-BMW 44 Accident 16 Ret 3 Corrado Fabi March-BMW 43 Wheel studs 3 Ret 5 Christian Danner March-BMW 28 Engine 8 Ret 30 Cliff Hansen March-BMW 17 Accident 19 Ret 23 Philippe Streiff AGS-BMW 14 Engine 4 Ret 17 Jo Gartner Merzario-BMW 11 Engine 14 Ret 10 Thierry Tassin Toleman-Hart 8 Hub 11 Ret 22 Roberto del Castello Toleman-BMW 0 Engine 10 DNQ 16 Harald Brutschin Merzario-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 24 Pascal Fabre AGS-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 12 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-BMW Did not qualify DNQ 9 Carlo Rossi Docking Spitzley-Hart Did not qualify DNQ 11 Paolo Barilla Minardi-BMW Did not qualify DNPQ 26 "Pierre Chauvet" Maurer-BMW Did Not Pre-Qualify DNPQ 28 Guido Daccò Minardi-BMW Did Not Pre-Qualify DNA 20 Stanley Dickens March-BMW Did Not Attend Fastest Lap: Kenny Acheson (Ralt-Honda) - 1:12.37 Sources:
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