1982 German Grand Prix

  1982 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One season
Date	August 8, 1982
Official name	XLII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.797 km (4.223 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 299.068 km (185.832 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Time	1:47.947
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Time	1:54.035 on lap 7
Podium
First	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari
Second	René Arnoux	Renault
Third	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford

The 1982 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheimring on 8 August 1982. It was won by Patrick Tambay for Scuderia Ferrari.

Race report

Hockenheim had been modified from the year before, with the first chicane being made slower and another chicane added to slow cars through the very fast Ostkurve. Didier Pironi set the fastest practice time, but was seriously injured in qualifying for this Grand Prix and never raced in Formula One again. With the track wet thanks to persistent showers, Pironi was on a quick lap when his Ferrari hit the back of Alain Prost's slow moving Renault at high speed, vaulting over the top of it. While surviving the accident intact, it had a profound affect on Prost who never forgot the sight of the Ferrari flying over his car, the crash firming his views on driving F1 cars in the wet where visibility was virtually zero if behind another car.

Thanks to Hockenheim's long straights, the turbo-charged cars were overwhelmingly dominant in qualifying. Not only did turbo-charged cars take up the first 6 grid positions, but the utmost proof of this was the slowest turbo qualifier Riccardo Patrese, placing 6th, driving a Brabham-BMW was 3.1 seconds faster than the fastest non-turbo qualifier, 7th placed Michele Alboreto, driving a Ford-Cosworth powered Tyrrell.

Since Ferrari never withdrew the injured Pironi, pole position was left empty at the start. Nelson Piquet led the race, but collided with Eliseo Salazar while lapping him at the new Ostkurve chicane. After the two cars came to a stop, an irate Piquet quickly climbed out of his Brabham, approached Salazar, and then punched and kicked Salazar in a rage, which continued for some time after the collision. Patrick Tambay, driving the lone Ferrari, won his first Formula One race.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	45	1:27:25.178	5	9
2	16	René Arnoux	Renault	45	+ 16.379	3	6
3	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	44	+ 1 Lap	9	4
4	3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	44	+ 1 Lap	7	3
5	23	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	44	+ 1 Lap	11	2
6	29	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford	44	+ 1 Lap	26	1
7	4	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford	44	+ 1 Lap	17
8	14	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford	44	+ 1 Lap	21
9	12	Nigel Mansell	Lotus-Ford	43	+ 2 Laps	18
10	35	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	43	+ 2 Laps	14
11	20	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford	43	+ 2 Laps	25
Ret	7	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	36	Suspension failure	10
Ret	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	36	Handling	15
Ret	5	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford	25	Engine	19
Ret	18	Raul Boesel	March-Ford	22	Tyre	24
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford	21	Handling	13
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	18	Collision	4
Ret	10	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford	17	Collision	22
Ret	15	Alain Prost	Renault	14	Injection	2
Ret	2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	13	Engine	6
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	9	Gearbox	8
Ret	25	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	8	Fuel System	12
Ret	30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford	6	Fuel System	23
Ret	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford	3	Steering	20
Ret	9	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford	3	Clutch	16
DNS	28	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	0	Practice accident	1
DNS	8	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford
DNQ	33	Tommy Byrne	Theodore-Ford
DNQ	17	Rupert Keegan	March-Ford
DNQ	36	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Didier Pironi 39 2 John Watson 30 3 Keke Rosberg 27 4 Alain Prost 25 5 Niki Lauda 24

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 61 2 McLaren-Ford 54 3 Renault 44 4 Williams-Ford 40 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". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/353/. Retrieved 2007-06-17. 

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