1982 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1982 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 23 May 1982. It was the sixth race of the 1982 FIA Formula One World Championship.
| 1982 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 6 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 23 May 1982 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.312 km (2.057 mi) | ||
| Distance | 76 laps, 251.712 km (156.406 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry, then Wet | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:23.281 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 | Brabham-Ford | |
| Time | 1:26.354 on lap 69 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Alfa Romeo | ||
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Lap leaders
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This was the first race following the death of Gilles Villeneuve at the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks previously. Consequently, Ferrari entered only one car, for Didier Pironi.
René Arnoux took pole position in his Renault and led until he spun off at the Swimming Pool on lap 15. Team-mate Alain Prost took over the lead and held it until the closing stages, when rain started to fall. On lap 74, three from the end, Prost pushed too hard and crashed into the Armco barriers coming out of the Chicane du Port (also known as the Dog Leg), handing the lead to Riccardo Patrese in the Brabham. Then, on lap 75, Patrese spun on oil at the Loews hairpin and stalled.
Pironi now led, only for his car to run out of fuel in the tunnel on the final lap. Andrea de Cesaris then ran out of fuel before he could pass Pironi, and Derek Daly, the next leader, had already lost the wings from his Williams after an accident and had also damaged his gearbox, which seized up before he could start the final lap. Patrese, who had managed to restart his car by rolling downhill and bump-starting, came through to take his first Formula One victory, with Pironi, de Cesaris and Daly classified second, third and sixth respectively.
BBC commentator and 1976 world champion James Hunt commented, "Well, we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past, and we don't seem to be getting one!"[1]
Classification
Qualifying
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Race
Lap leaders
René Arnoux 14 (1–14), Alain Prost 59 (15–73), Riccardo Patrese 2 (74, 76), Didier Pironi 1 (75)
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- "Murray's Memories: Monaco Grand Prix 1982 - 'Craziest race ever'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- "05/23/1982 race: Grand Prix of Monaco (F1) qualifying results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- "1982 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- "Monaco 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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