1982 French Grand Prix

  1982 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One season
Date	July 25, 1982
Location	Paul Ricard Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.809 km (3.61 mi)
Distance	54 laps, 313.686 km (194.94 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	René Arnoux	Renault
Time	1:34.406
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:40.075 on lap 4
Podium
First	René Arnoux	Renault
Second	Alain Prost	Renault
Third	Didier Pironi	Ferrari

The 1982 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on July 25, 1982. Six turbo-charged cars completed the first 6 grid positions, and 4 turbo-charged cars driven by 4 French drivers finished in the top 4 places, and the French Renault team finished 1-2 with René Arnoux winning and Alain Prost finishing second, but under sour circumstances- as Arnoux violated a pre-race agreement that if he and Prost were 1st and 2nd, Arnoux would let Prost by to help his better championship standing.

Jochen Mass and Mauro Baldi collided at Signes and Mass's car went through the catch fencing into the tyre walls, catapulted itself into the crowd and caught fire. No one was hurt, apart from Mass, who had burns on his hands. The West German driver retired from Formula One immediately after this crash.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	René Arnoux	Renault	54	1:33:33.217	1	9
2	15	Alain Prost	Renault	54	+ 17.308	2	6
3	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	54	+ 42.128	3	4
4	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	54	+ 1:16.241	5	3
5	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	54	+ 1:30.994	10	2
6	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	54	+ 1:32.339	15	1
7	5	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	53	+ 1 Lap	11
8	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	53	+ 1 lap	9
9	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	53	+ 1 Lap	8
10	4	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	53	+ 1 Lap	23
11	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford	52	+ 2 Laps	18
12	12	Geoff Lees	Lotus-Ford	52	+ 2 Laps	24
13	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	52	+ 2 Laps	20
14	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	51	+ 3 Laps	16
15	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	50	+ 4 Laps	14
16	25	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	49	+ 5 Laps	19
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	25	Spun Off	7
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	23	Engine	6
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	17	Fuel System	13
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	13	Electrical	12
Ret	17	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	10	Spun Off	26
Ret	30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford	10	Collision	25
Ret	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	8	Engine	4
Ret	10	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford	2	Spun Off	22
Ret	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	0	Halfshaft	17
Ret	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	0	Electrical	21
DNQ	33	Jan Lammers	Theodore-Ford
DNQ	14	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford
DNQ	20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford
DNQ	18	Raul Boesel	March-Ford

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Didier Pironi 39 2 John Watson 30 3 Alain Prost 25 4 Niki Lauda 24 5 Keke Rosberg 23

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 54 2 Ferrari 52 3 Renault 38 4 Williams-Ford 36 5 Lotus-Ford 20

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

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-06-17.