1982 British Grand Prix

The XXXV Marlboro British Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1982 Formula One Season, held at Brands Hatch in Kent, England.'GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BRITISH GP, 1982', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 1999), http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr367.html, (Accessed 29/07/2015) The Kent circuit was expected to suit the turbo powered cars, with refuelling also set to return through the Brabham team.
The race was won by Niki Lauda for McLaren, although his team mate John Watson lost the championship lead after a spin to avoid an accident, having lost ground by avoiding the crash between René Arnoux and Riccardo Patrese at the start. The Ferraris of Didier Pironi and Patrick Tambay joined the Austrian on the podium.
==Background==
A huge crowd was anticipated when the F1 world headed to Kent in England, as John Watson lead the championship coming into the British Grand Prix weekend. There were no changes on the driver front in the leading teams, although Brabham announced that they intended to race with pit stops, bringing refuelling equipment with them to Brands Hatch.TheEqualTester2, 'F1 1982 British GP Brands Hatch - Full Race', youtube.com, (YouTube, 02/08/2013), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWF_VEtDnKo, (Accessed 29/07/2015)
Further down the field, Fittipaldi finished the development on their new car, with Chico Serra débuting the car at the British Grand Prix, although he would not race it. At Team Lotus, meanwhile, Nigel Mansell was deemed fit to drive the Lotus 91 at his home race, with Roberto Moreno returning to his sports car duties. March, in contrast, decided to drop the third car of Emilio de Villota.
The Championship had tightened significantly in the Netherlands, as John Watson saw his lead cut to a single point by Didier Pironi. Keke Rosberg, Riccardo Patrese, Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet filled the next places, separated by a handful of points. Prost, for his part, had been a constant victim of poor reliability, having failed to score since the second race of the season.
McLaren had retained their lead in the Constructors Championship at Zandvoort, although it had been reduced after Pironi's victory. Ferrari sat in second with Williams third, as Renault were falling victim to their well documented failures. Brabham, meanwhile, were classed as two entries, and their older results with the Ford Cosworth engine were being gradually being overhauled by their BMW powered results.
==Entry List==
The full entry list for the is displayed below
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
1 	Nelson Piquet 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	BT50 	 	M12/13 L4t 1.5	
2 	Riccardo Patrese 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	BT50 	 	M12/13 L4t 1.5	
3 	Michele Alboreto 	Team Tyrrell 	 	011 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
4 	Brian Henton 	Team Tyrrell 	 	011 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
5 	Derek Daly 	TAG Williams Team 	 	FW08 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
6 	Keke Rosberg 	TAG Williams Team 	 	FW08 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
7 	John Watson 	Marlboro McLaren International	 	MP4/1B 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
8 	Niki Lauda 	Marlboro McLaren International	 	MP4/1B 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
9 	Manfred Winkelhock	Team ATS 	 	D5 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
10 	Eliseo Salazar 	Team ATS 	 	D5 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
11 	Elio de Angelis 	John Player Team Lotus 	 	91 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
12 	Nigel Mansell 	John Player Team Lotus 	 	91 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
14 	Roberto Guerrero 	Ensign Racing 	 	N181 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
15 	Alain Prost 	Equipe Renault Elf 	 	RE30B 	 	EF1 V6t 1.5 	
16 	René Arnoux 	Equipe Renault Elf 	 	RE30B 	 	EF1 V6t 1.5 	
17 	Jochen Mass 	Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	 	821 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
18 	Raul Boesel 	Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	 	821 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
20 	Chico Serra 	Fittipaldi Automotive 	 	F9 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	182 	 	1260 V12 3.0 	
23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	182 	 	1260 V12 3.0 	
25 	Eddie Cheever 	Equipe Talbot Gitanes 	 	JS19 	 	MS81 V12 3.0 	
26 	Jacques Laffite 	Equipe Talbot Gitanes 	 	JS19 	 	MS81 V12 3.0 	
27 	Patrick Tambay 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	126C2 	 	021 V6t 1.5 	
28 	Didier Pironi 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	126C2 	 	021 V6t 1.5 	
29 	Marc Surer 	Arrows Racing Team 	 	A4 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
30 	Mauro Baldi 	Arrows Racing Team 	 	A4 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella Squadra Course 	 	FA1D 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
33 	Jan Lammers 	Theodore Racing Team 	 	TY02 	 	DFV V8 3.0 	
35 	Derek Warwick 	Toleman Group Motorsport 	 	TG181C 	 	415T L4t 1.5 	
36 	Teo Fabi 	Toleman Group Motorsport 	 	TG181C 	 	415T L4t 1.5 	
==Practice Overview==
There were no major issues to report in practice, as Brabham did a few practice pitstops to improve their chances in the tactical war they wanted to wage. The turbos, however, were under threat from the less powerful cars, led by the Cosworth contendors, with the Renaults surprisingly slow compared to their normal pace. 
==Qualifying==
This was demonstrated in qualifying, as Keke Rosberg shocked many by putting his Ford Cosworth engined Williams in the increasingly unfamiliar pole position slot. It was not, however, too bad for the turbos, with Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese putting their BMW powered Brabhams in third and second respectively. Meanwhile, the eliminated list saw Manfred Winkelhock, Eliseo Salazar (both ATS), Jan Lammers (Theodore) and Raul Boesel, in the second March, have their names put on the reserve list as they failed to qualify.
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time '1982 British Grand Prix: Qualifying', manipef1.com, (Manipe F1, 2004), http://www.manipef1.com/results/1982/britain/qualifying/, (Accessed 29/07/2015)	Gap
1 	6 	Keke Rosberg 	 	1:09.540 	
2 	2 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:09.627 	+0.087s
3 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:10.060 	+0.520s
4 	28 	Didier Pironi 	 	1:10.066 	+0.526s
5 	8 	Niki Lauda 	 	1:10.638 	+1.098s
6 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	1:10.641 	+1.101s
7 	11 	Elio de Angelis 	 	1:10.650 	+1.110s
8 	15 	Alain Prost 	 	1:10.728 	+1.188s
9 	3 	Michele Alboreto 	 	1:10.892 	+1.352s
10 	5 	Derek Daly 	 	1:10.980 	+1.440s
11 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	1:11.347 	+1.807s
12 	7 	John Watson 	 	1:11.418 	+1.878s
13 	27 	Patrick Tambay 	 	1:11.430 	+1.890s
14 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	1:11.502 	+1.962s
15 	36 	Teo Fabi 	 	1:11.728 	+2.188s
16 	35 	Derek Warwick 	 	1:11.761 	+2.221s
17 	4 	Brian Henton 	 	1:12.080 	+2.540s
18 	31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	 	1:12.436 	+2.896s
19 	14 	Roberto Guerrero 	 	1:12.668 	+3.128s
20 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	1:12.695 	+3.155s
21 	20 	Chico Serra 	 	1:13.096 	+3.556s
22 	29 	Marc Surer 	 	1:13.181 	+3.641s
23 	12 	Nigel Mansell 	 	1:13.212 	+3.672s
24 	25 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:13.301 	+3.761s
25 	17 	Jochen Mass 	 	1:13.622 	+4.082s
26 	30 	Mauro Baldi 	 	1:13.721 	+4.181s
DNQ 	9 	Manfred Winkelhock	 	1:13.741 	+4.201s
DNQ 	33 	Jan Lammers 	 	1:13.815 	+4.275s
DNQ 	10 	Eliseo Salazar 	 	1:13.866 	+4.326s
DNQ 	18 	Raul Boesel 	 	1:13.958 	+4.428s
===Grid===
The starting grid for the is shown below:
==Race==
There were no fresh concerns ahead of the start of the British Grand Prix after qualifying, although Brabham were still unsure of their decision to refuel during the race.
===Report===
There was drama on the parade lap, as Rosberg stalled on the grid, meaning he would (after charging round the circuit after he restarted the Williams) start from the back. Riccardo Patrese became the highest placed car on the grid, but would also stall at the start of the race, attempting to signal a failure as the lights went out. Arnoux slammed into the right rear of the Brabham, putting both out of the race (along with Teo Fabi as a wheel bounced in front of him), although, thankfully, neither was hurt. 
Pironi slithered the Ferrari around the Brabham before the accident, running second in the early stages behind Nelson Piquet. He was soon passed by Lauda, while Rosberg used the chaos at the start to bring him up eight places on the first lap, before he began to take car after car over the following laps. 
A second significant accident came on the third lap, when Chico Serra hit Jean-Pierre Jarier, sending the Brazilian into the air. His car returned to the circuit, but the speed carried it straight into the barrier which caused it to flip, with a visibly shaken, but unharmed Serra emerging a few seconds later. A third car was also involved, the McLaren of John Watson (already hampered by having to drive across the grass as Arnoux and Patrese pulled onto it at the start). Watson put himself into a spin by slamming onto the brakes to avoid the collision, but stalled as he slid down the grass, before being unable to restart the car.
Piquet would lead until lap 11, when a fuel pump failed, handing the lead to Lauda, who continued to push thinking that the Brabhams were still in the race. Pironi was up to second, although as the race approached half distance, Derek Warwick and Derek Daly began to climb the field, Warwick passing the Ferrari on the 21st lap. Warwick ran in second until the 41st lap, when the unlucky Toleman driver suffered a broken drive shaft. Elio de Angelis was promoted to third in the Lotus, with Pironi moving into second.
Rosberg would tumble down the field with a pitstop, while de Angelis missed out on the podium by having to save fuel during the last laps. Patrick Tambay (whom made an impressive move on Andrea de Cesaris at Druids to take fourth), took advantage to take third behind his team mate Pironi, and the winning McLaren of Lauda. Daly held on to fifth while Alain Prost took his first point since the Brazilian Grand Prix by finishing sixth.
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	8 	Niki Lauda 	 	76 	1:35:33.812 	5 	9
2 	28 	Didier Pironi 	 	76 	+25.726s 	4 	6
3 	27 	Patrick Tambay 	 	76 	+38.436s 	13 	4
4 	11 	Elio de Angelis 	 	76 	+41.242s 	7 	3
5 	5 	Derek Daly 	 	76 	+41.430s 	10 	2
6 	15 	Alain Prost 	 	76 	+41.636s 	8 	1
7 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	75 	+1 lap 	14 	
8 	4 	Brian Henton 	 	75 	+1 lap 	17 	
9 	30 	Mauro Baldi 	 	74 	+2 laps 	26 	
10 	17 	Jochen Mass 	 	73 	+3 laps 	25 	
Ret 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	66 	Electrical 	11 	
Ret 	25 	Eddie Cheever 	 	60 	Engine 	24 	
Ret 	29 	Marc Surer 	 	59 	Engine 	22 	
Ret 	6 	Keke Rosberg 	 	50 	Fuel system 	1 	
Ret 	3 	Michele Alboreto 	 	44 	Engine 	9 	
Ret 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	41 	Gearbox 	20 	
Ret 	35 	Derek Warwick 	 	40 	Half shaft 	16 	
Ret 	12 	Nigel Mansell 	 	29 	Illness 	23 	
Ret 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	9 	Fuel system 	3 	
Ret 	14 	Roberto Guerrero 	 	3 	Engine 	19 	
Ret 	31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	 	2 	Accident 	18 	
Ret 	20 	Chico Serra 	 	2 	Accident 	21 	
Ret 	7 	John Watson 	 	2 	Spin 	12 	
Ret 	2 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	0 	Accident 	2 	
Ret 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	0 	Accident 	6 	
Ret 	36 	Teo Fabi 	 	0 	Accident 	15 	
DNQ 	9 	Manfred Winkelhock	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	33 	Jan Lammers 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	10 	Eliseo Salazar 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	18 	Raul Boesel 	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
First (and only) Fastest lap of Brian Henton’s career
==Standings==
Didier Pironi topped the table for the first time in 1982, and with form behind him, and a turbocharged Ferrari, it looked as though the Frenchman was now in Championship winning form. John Watson was now second with team mate Niki Lauda rising to third through his victory, leaping up from seventh. Keke Rosberg took fourth place after the British battle, with Alain Prost's first point in eight races saw him move ahead of Riccardo Patrese.
McLaren's lead in the Constructors Championship was slightly worn away by Ferrari, a four point swing in the Italian marque's favour through their double podium. Williams and Renault held station in third and fourth, while Team Lotus jumped both Brabham entries and sat in fifith. There were no points for any of the other teams in the Championship, meaning there was no movement in the bottom half of the table.
1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Didier Pironi 	35 	1
2 	John Watson 	30 	1
3 	Niki Lauda 	24 	4
4 	Keke Rosberg 	21 	1
5 	Alain Prost 	19 	
6 	Riccardo Patrese 	19 	2
7 	Nelson Piquet 	17 	1
8 	Elio de Angelis 	13 	2
9 	Eddie Cheever 	10 	1
10 	Michele Alboreto 	10 	1
11 	Nigel Mansell 	7 	
12 	Derek Daly 	7 	5
13 	Gilles Villeneuve 	6 	1
14 	Carlos Reutemann 	6 	1
15 	Andrea de Cesaris 	5 	1
16 	Patrick Tambay 	4 	8
17 	René Arnoux 	4 	2
18 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	3 	1
19 	Marc Surer 	2 	1
20 	Eliseo Salazar 	2 	1
21 	Manfred Winkelhock 	2 	1
22 	Mauro Baldi 	1 	1
23 	Jacques Laffite 	1 	1
24 	Chico Serra 	1 	1
Only point scoring drivers are shown.
1982 Constructors' World Championship	1982 Constructors' World Championship	1982 Constructors' World Championship	1982 Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	54 	
2 	 	45 	
3 	 	34 	
4 	 	23 	
5 	 	20 	2
6 	 	19 	1
7 	 	17 	1
8 	 	13 	
9 	 	10 	
10 	 	5 	
11 	 	4 	
12 	 	3 	
13 	 	3 	
14 	 	1 	
Only point scoring constructors are shown.
==References==
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