# 1982 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 13 June 1982. It was the eighth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. This was the first Canadian Grand Prix to be held in June, the organisers having moved the race from the autumn to allow for warmer weather; it has been held in June ever since.
The 70-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. It was the first Formula One victory for a BMW-engined car, but the only victory of the season for defending Drivers' Champion Piquet. Team-mate Riccardo Patrese finished second in an older Brabham-Ford, with John Watson third in a McLaren-Ford.

## Death of Riccardo Paletti

The race was marred by the death of Italian driver Riccardo Paletti, in only his second F1 race start. At the start, the lights took an unusually long time to turn to green. During this time, Didier Pironi, who had the pole position, stalled the engine of his Ferrari. Pironi lifted his hand to signal the problem just as the lights switched to green, which was too late to abort the start. The other cars swerved across the track, trying to squeeze past Pironi's stationary car. Raul Boesel just clipped the back left of the Ferrari, spinning his March into the path of Eliseo Salazar and Jochen Mass. Salazar, Boesel and Mass suffered minor impacts but it looked as if everyone had passed the Ferrari without serious consequences. However, Paletti could not react in time and slammed into the rear of the stranded Ferrari at 180 km/h (110 mph), catapulting it into the path of Geoff Lees. The Osella's nose was crushed in severely.
Due to the force of the severe impact, Paletti sustained heavy chest injuries and was lying unconscious in his car, wedged against the steering wheel. Didier Pironi and Sid Watkins, the FIA's head doctor, were on the scene to stabilise and assist Paletti. As Watkins climbed over the wreckage of the Osella, the petrol from the fuel tank ignited, enveloping the car in a wall of fire. When the fire was finally put out, the injured Paletti was without a pulse. It took the rescue workers 25 minutes to cut him out safely from his wrecked car, as the sparks caused by the cutting equipment threatened to re-ignite the petrol on the track. He was flown by a medical helicopter to the Royal Victoria Hospital, where he died soon after arriving. His mother was watching from the stands, as they were to celebrate his 24th birthday later that week. Paletti suffered a torn aorta as well as fractures to both legs. According to track doctor Jacques Bouchard his pupils were already dilated (indicating brain death) when medical personnel arrived and that the extended extraction time made no difference to his chances of survival.Paletti was the last driver to lose his life in a Formula One car until Elio de Angelis was killed while testing for Brabham at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France in 1986, and was the last fatality at a Formula One race weekend until Roland Ratzenberger at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
| 1 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:31.332 | 1:27.509 | — |
| 2 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:31.494 | 1:27.895 | +0.386 |
| 3 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:32.258 | 1:28.563 | +1.054 |
| 4 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 1:32.105 | 1:28.663 | +1.154 |
| 5 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.136 | 1:28.740 | +1.231 |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:35.027 | 1:28.822 | +1.313 |
| 7 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford | 1:30.963 | 1:28.874 | +1.365 |
| 8 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-Ford | 1:31.343 | 1:28.999 | +1.490 |
| 9 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:30.286 | 1:29.183 | +1.674 |
| 10 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 1:33.242 | 1:29.228 | +1.719 |
| 11 | 8 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-Ford | 1:32.246 | 1:29.544 | +2.035 |
| 12 | 25 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier-Matra | 1:32.969 | 1:29.590 | +2.081 |
| 13 | 5 | Derek Daly | Williams-Ford | 1:31.757 | 1:29.883 | +2.374 |
| 14 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | 1:33.023 | 1:30.048 | +2.539 |
| 15 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:32.792 | 1:30.146 | +2.637 |
| 16 | 29 | Marc Surer | Arrows-Ford | 1:36.428 | 1:30.518 | +3.090 |
| 17 | 30 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows-Ford | 1:38.956 | 1:30.599 | +3.009 |
| 18 | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford | 1:41.588 | 1:30.717 | +3.208 |
| 19 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | 1:33.664 | 1:30.946 | +3.437 |
| 20 | 14 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign-Ford | 1:36.524 | 1:31.235 | +3.726 |
| 21 | 18 | Raul Boesel | March-Ford | 1:35.573 | 1:31.759 | +4.250 |
| 22 | 17 | Jochen Mass | March-Ford | 1:33.756 | 1:31.861 | +4.352 |
| 23 | 32 | Riccardo Paletti | Osella-Ford | 1:41.020 | 1:31.901 | +4.392 |
| 24 | 10 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS-Ford | 1:39.542 | 1:32.203 | +4.694 |
| 25 | 33 | Geoff Lees | Theodore-Ford | 1:36.359 | 1:32.205 | +4.696 |
| 26 | 4 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:39.211 | 1:32.325 | +4.816 |
| 27 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS-Ford | no time | 1:32.359 | +4.850 |
| 28 | 19 | Emilio de Villota | March-Ford | 1:37.409 | 1:34.045 | +6.536 |
| 29 | 20 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:37.678 | 1:42.730 | +10.169 |

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | G | 70 | 1:46:39.577 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-Ford | G | 70 | + 13.799 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | M | 70 | + 1:01.836 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | G | 69 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | 29 | Marc Surer | Arrows-Ford | P | 69 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | M | 68 | Out of Fuel | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | Derek Daly | Williams-Ford | G | 68 | Out of Fuel | 13 | |
| 8 | 30 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows-Ford | P | 68 | + 2 Laps | 17 | |
| 9 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | G | 67 | + 3 Laps | 1 | |
| 10 | 25 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier-Matra | M | 66 | Out of Fuel | 12 | |
| 11 | 17 | Jochen Mass | March-Ford | A | 66 | + 4 Laps | 22 | |
| NC | 4 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 59 | + 11 Laps | 26 | |
| Ret | 6 | Keke Rosberg | Williams-Ford | G | 52 | Gearbox | 7 | |
| Ret | 18 | Raul Boesel | March-Ford | A | 47 | Engine | 21 | |
| Ret | 3 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford | G | 41 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | M | 30 | Engine | 3 | |
| Ret | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | M | 28 | Spun Off | 2 | |
| Ret | 10 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS-Ford | M | 20 | Engine | 24 | |
| Ret | 8 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-Ford | M | 17 | Clutch | 11 | |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra | M | 8 | Fuel System | 19 | |
| Ret | 14 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign-Ford | M | 2 | Clutch | 20 | |
| Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | M | 1 | Collision | 5 | |
| Ret | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | G | 1 | Collision | 14 | |
| Ret | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford | P | 0 | Withdrew after teammate's fatal collision | 18 | |
| Ret | 32 | Riccardo Paletti | Osella-Ford | P | 0 | Fatal collision on first start | 23 | |
| Ret | 33 | Geoff Lees | Theodore-Ford | G | 0 | Collision on first start | 25 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS-Ford | M | | | | |
| DNQ | 19 | Emilio de Villota | March-Ford | A | | | | |
| DNQ | 20 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford | P | | | | |
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