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Detroit Grand Prix

1982 Detroit Grand Prix

Round 7 of 16Detroit Street Circuit, DetroitJun 6 198262 laps

Podium

CHELigier
2
WATMcLaren
1
PIRFerrari
3

Key facts

WinnerWAT1:58:41.043 from P17
PolePRO1:48.537
Fastest lapPRO1:50.438 on lap 45
Finishers11 / 26classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1WATJohn WatsonMcLaren17▲16621:58:41.0439–
2CHEEddie CheeverLigier9▲762+15.730s6–
3PIRDidier PironiFerrari4▲162+28.080s4–
4ROSKeke RosbergWilliams3▼162+71.980s3–
5DALDerek DalyWilliams12▲762+83.760s2–
6LAFJacques LaffiteLigier13▲761+1 lap1–
7MASJochen MassMarch18▲1161+1 lap–
8SURMarc SurerArrows19▲1161+1 lap–
9HENBrian HentonTyrrell20▲1160+2 laps–
10ARNRené ArnouxRenault15▲559+3 laps–
11SERChico SerraFittipaldi26▲1559+3 laps–
NCPROAlain ProstRenault154Not classified1:50.438
DNFMANNigel MansellLotus744Engine–
DNFLAUNiki LaudaMcLaren1040Collision–
DNFALBMichele AlboretoTyrrell1640Spun off–
DNFGIABruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo630Collision–
DNFDEAElio De AngelisLotus817Gearbox–
DNFSALEliseo SalazarATS2513Spun off–
DNFGUERoberto GuerreroEnsign116Collision–
DNFPATRiccardo PatreseBrabham146Collision–
DNFDECAndrea De CesarisAlfa Romeo22Transmission–
DNFJARJean-Pierre JarierOsella222Ignition–
DNFWINManfred WinkelhockATS51Spun off–
DNFBOERaul BoeselMarch210Collision–
DNFBALMauro BaldiArrows240Collision–
DNSPALRiccardo PalettiOsella230Did not start–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1PROAlain ProstRenault1:48.537
2DECAndrea De CesarisAlfa Romeo1:48.872+0.335s
3ROSKeke RosbergWilliams1:49.264+0.727s
4PIRDidier PironiFerrari1:49.903+1.366s
5WINManfred WinkelhockATS1:50.066+1.529s
6GIABruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:50.252+1.715s
7MANNigel MansellLotus1:50.294+1.757s
8DEAElio De AngelisLotus1:50.443+1.906s
9CHEEddie CheeverLigier1:50.520+1.983s
10LAUNiki LaudaMcLaren1:51.026+2.489s
11GUERoberto GuerreroEnsign1:51.039+2.502s
12DALDerek DalyWilliams1:51.227+2.690s
13LAFJacques LaffiteLigier1:51.270+2.733s
14PATRiccardo PatreseBrabham1:51.508+2.971s
15ARNRené ArnouxRenault1:51.514+2.977s
16ALBMichele AlboretoTyrrell1:51.618+3.081s
17WATJohn WatsonMcLaren1:51.868+3.331s
18MASJochen MassMarch1:52.271+3.734s
19SURMarc SurerArrows1:52.316+3.779s
20HENBrian HentonTyrrell1:52.867+4.330s
21BOERaul BoeselMarch1:52.870+4.333s
22JARJean-Pierre JarierOsella1:52.988+4.451s
23PALRiccardo PalettiOsella1:54.084+5.547s
24BALMauro BaldiArrows1:54.332+5.795s
25SALEliseo SalazarATS1:55.633+7.096s
26SERChico SerraFittipaldi1:55.848+7.311s
27EMIEMIMarch1:56.589+8.052s
28PIQNelson PiquetBrabham1:57.779+9.242s
29LAMJan LammersTheodore–

Detroit Street Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1982. Outline from F1DB.

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