1982 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially named as the XI Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was the second round of the 1982 Formula One Season. Jacarepaguá had originally been scheduled to host the third race of the season, but the 1982 Argentine Grand Prix was cancelled shortly before the season started in South Africa.
Pole man Alain Prost claimed his second victory of the season for , in a race which saw old wounds opened between FISA and FOCA. Having never seen eye-to-eye, FOCA were to be outraged after the disqualification of Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg after the race, with their ultimate protest against FISA occurring at the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix. Rosberg and Piquet, incidently, had finished first and second in the race before their disqualification.
==Background==
The two month gap between the Brazilian and South African races was caused by the cancellation of the Argentine Grand Prix due to inflation in the South American country.'GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BRAZILIAN GP, 1982', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 1999), http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr359.html, (Accessed 25/07/2015) The break also allowed the GPDA/FISA Super License dispute to cool somewhat, after FISA's initial announcement that all the striking drivers in South Africa would receive a $10,000 fine, and a five race ban. FISA later accepted an appeal during the break, dropping the fine to $5,000 and a single race ban, which would also be suspended. Time, however, could not heal all wounds, and the furore in South Africa also caused friction between FISA and FOCA, which would come to the fore after the conclusion of the Brazilian battle.
With an almost two month gap between South Africa and Brazil, many of the teams had significantly developed their 1982 cars. Two manufacturer teams introduced their latest creations: Team Lotus unveiling the Lotus 91, and  the Alfa Romeo 182. Further down the field, 's N181 and 's TY02 were also on target to make their débuts in Brazil. , meanwhile, had decided that their  powered BT50 needed more development after South Africa and the team used their old 1981 Brabham BT49 Ford-Cosworth configuration for Brazil.
After the South African race, it was clear that those cars with turbo powered engines had a significant advantage over the Ford-Cosworth machinery. Therefore many of the Ford-Cosworth teams arrived in Brazil hoping to exploit a loophole regarding the weight regulations by introducing water-cooled brakes.
==Entry List==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
1 	Nelson Piquet 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	BT49D 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
2 	Riccardo Patrese 	Parmalat Racing Team 	 	BT49D 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
3 	Michele Alboreto 	Team Tyrrell 	 	011 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
4 	Slim Borgudd 	Team Tyrrell 	 	011 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
5 	Carlos Reutemann 	TAG Williams Team 	 	FW07C 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
6 	Keke Rosberg 	TAG Williams Team 	 	FW07C 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
7 	John Watson 	Marlboro McLaren International	 	MP4/1B 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
8 	Niki Lauda 	Marlboro McLaren International	 	MP4/1B 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
9 	Manfred Winkelhock	Team ATS 	 	D5 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
10 	Eliseo Salazar 	Team ATS 	 	D5 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
11 	Elio de Angelis 	John Player Team Lotus 	 	91 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
12 	Nigel Mansell 	John Player Team Lotus 	 	91 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
14 	Roberto Guerrero 	Ensign Racing 	 	N181 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
15 	Alain Prost 	Equipe Renault Elf 	 	RE30B 	 	EF1 3.0 V6t 	
16 	René Arnoux 	Equipe Renault Elf 	 	RE30B 	 	EF1 3.0 V6t 	
17 	Jochen Mass 	Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	 	821 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
18 	Raul Boesel 	Rothmans March Grand Prix Team	 	821 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
20 	Chico Serra 	Skol Fittipaldi Team 	 	F8D 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	182 	 	1260 3.0 V12	
23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	182 	 	1260 3.0 V12	
25 	Eddie Cheever 	Equipe Talbot Gitanes 	 	JS17 	 	MS81 3.0 V12	
26 	Jacques Laffite 	Equipe Talbot Gitanes 	 	JS17 	 	MS81 3.0 V12	
27 	Gilles Villeneuve 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	126C2 	 	021 3.0 V6t 	
28 	Didier Pironi 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	126C2 	 	021 3.0 V6t 	
29 	Brian Henton 	Arrows Racing Team 	 	A4 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
30 	Mauro Baldi 	Arrows Racing Team 	 	A4 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella Squadra Corse 	 	FA1C 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
32 	Riccardo Paletti 	Osella Squadra Corse 	 	FA1C 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
33 	Derek Daly 	Theodore Racing Team 	 	TY02 	 	DFV 3.0 V8 	
35 	Derek Warwick 	Candy Toleman Motorsport 	 	TG181C 	 	415T 3.0 L4t	
36 	Teo Fabi 	Candy Toleman Motorsport 	 	TG181B 	 	415T 3.0 L4t	
==Practice Overview==
Practice allowed the crowds to see some new machinery on display, with Alfa Romeo, Ensign, Lotus and Theodore debuting their new cars. Instead of having a pre-qualifying to deal with the 31 car field, the FISA announced the slowest cars from the bottom team's in the constructors table of 1981 (, and ) would have the slowest driver of the three teams be eliminated for the rest of the weekend. Osella's Riccardo Paletti was the unfortunate driver to fail to get into qualifying. Regardless, the practice session was dominated by the turbocharged cars, with the Renaults coming out on top. 
==Qualifying==
30 drivers tried to produce their best lap to get one of the 26 grid slots available, with a dominant display by Prost to take pole. He would be joined by Gilles Villeneuve on the front row, while Keke Rosberg and René Arnoux claimed third and fourth (Rosberg using an older Williams). Niki Lauda beat Carlos Reutemann and Nelson Piquet for fifth, with Riccardo Patrese and Andrea de Cesaris completing the top ten.
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time'FORMULA ONE - RACECARD: Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying 1982', f1pulse.com, (F1PULSE.COM, 2015), http://f1pulse.com/racecard/Brazilian_Grand_Prix_1982/3D413D/race_card_qualify.aspx, (Accessed 25/07/2015)	Time'FORMULA ONE - RACECARD: Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying 1982', f1pulse.com, (F1PULSE.COM, 2015), http://f1pulse.com/racecard/Brazilian_Grand_Prix_1982/3D413D/race_card_qualify.aspx, (Accessed 25/07/2015)	Gap
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Q1 	Q2 	Gap
1 	15 	Alain Prost 	 	1:28.808 	1:29.120 	—
2 	27 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	1:30.418 	1:29.173 	+0.365s
3 	6 	Keke Rosberg 	 	1:29.910 	1:29.358 	+0.550s
4 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	1:30.121 	1:30.492 	+1.313s
5 	8 	Niki Lauda 	 	1:30.715 	1:30.152 	+1.344s
6 	5 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	1:30.944 	1:30.183 	+1.375s
7 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:30.281 	1:30.413 	+1.473s
8 	28 	Didier Pironi 	 	1:30.655 	1:30.905 	+1.847s
9 	2 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:31.053 	1:30.967 	+2.159s
10 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	1:33.255 	1:31.229 	+2.421s
11 	11 	Elio de Angelis 	 	1:31.790 	1:32.093 	+2.982s
12 	7 	John Watson 	 	1:31.906 	1:32.151 	+3.098s
13 	3 	Michele Alboreto 	 	1:32.886 	1:31.991 	+3.183s
14 	12 	Nigel Mansell 	 	1:32.228 	1:33.007 	+3.420s
15 	9 	Manfred Winkelhock	 	1:32.524 	— 	+3.716s
16 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	1:32.769 	1:33.538 	+3.961s
17 	18 	Raul Boesel 	 	1:35.986 	1:34.050 	+5.242s
18 	10 	Eliseo Salazar 	 	1:34.740 	1:34.262 	+5.454s
19 	30 	Mauro Baldi 	 	1:35.325 	1:34.380 	+5.572s
20 	33 	Derek Daly 	 	1:34.413 	1:34.676 	+5.605s
21 	4 	Slim Borgudd 	 	1:35.020 	1:35.127 	+6.212s
22 	17 	Jochen Mass 	 	1:35.039 	1:35.248 	+6.231s
23 	31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	 	1:36.218 	1:35.081 	+6.273s
24 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	1:35.874 	1:35.084 	+6.276s
25 	20 	Chico Serra 	 	1:35.246 	1:36.101 	+6.438s
26 	25 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:35.612 	1:35.288 	+6.480s
DNQ 	36 	Teo Fabi 	 	1:36.312 	1:35.326 	+6.518s
DNQ 	14 	Roberto Guerrero 	 	1:41.028 	1:35.730 	+6.922s
DNQ 	29 	Brian Henton 	 	1:35.834 	1:35.478 	+6.940s
DNQ 	35 	Derek Warwick 	 	1:37.223 	1:36.014 	+7.206s
DNPQ	32 	Riccardo Paletti 	 	1:42.487 	1:42.487 	1:42.487
*Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
===Grid===
Below is the grid for the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix:
==Race==
The qualifying result suggested that the turbocharged cars did not have the advantage that they held in South Africa, with Williams leading the challenge against the turbos. Interest was also shown in Brabham, who were further down due to the fact they had swapped to Cosworth power from BMW.
===Report===
Gilles Villeneuve looked to be a man on a mission from the start, leaping ahead of Alain Prost before the first corner, the Frenchman dropping to fourth behind teammate Arnoux and Keke Rosberg. Lauda and Pironi followed with the two Brabham's of Piquet and Patrese in tow.. Rosberg was the early charger quickly taking second from Arnoux before chasing after Villeneuve's Ferrari. However despite his ambition, Rosberg botched an overtake on Villeneuve and went wide dropping behind the Renault's of Arnoux and Prost. The Brabham's were running well, Patrese first disposed of Lauda's McLaren and then Pironi spun dropping him well out of contention as he went to pit for new tyres. Piquet followed Patrese through past Lauda and then the Brabham duo challenged Rosberg's Williams for fourth. The duo were soon past the Williams driver and then on lap 6, Prost whilst going into Norte corner went wide off the circuit and further promoted the Brabham's.
The Renault cars were clearly not as competitive as the cars behind them, Arnoux began to hold up the Brabhams whilst Prost was holding up Rosberg. As Rosberg overtook Prost, Piquet in a quick succession of laps overtook teammate Patrese and Arnoux's Renault. Both Piquet and Rosberg were the fastest cars on the track, once Rosberg had disposed of Prost it was only a short time before he was passed both Patrese and Arnoux. Both Piquet and Patrese therefore set off after Villeneuve's Ferrari who had up until that point been dominating out front.
Arnoux had meanwhile had a spin and had dropped behind Prost and Patrese and into the clutches of Lauda and Reutemann. Reutemann who had been having a frustrating race attempted a move on Lauda on lap 21, only to punt the McLaren driver off the circuit and into retirement. A lap later Reutemann attempted to pass Arnoux and surprisingly did the exact same thing, knocking the Frenchman out of the race. Despite eliminating two cars in the space of a lap, Reutemann did not appear damaged. However nonetheless he returned to the pits and then inexplicably hopped out of his car and immediately left the circuit much to the bewilderment of his Williams team.
At the front, Villeneuve, Piquet and Rosberg continued to furiously battle for the lead. Rosberg passed Piquet but then as he did at the start of the race, he botched his overtake on Villeneuve ran wide and Piquet overtook him. The three drivers engaged in a furious battle, none of them giving an inch all three driving on the ragged edge. Eventually it all ended in tears, Villeneuve distracted by the two cars behind him went wide and spun, nearly colliding with Piquet. The Canadian slammed into the barriers and was out of the race.
This meant the lead battle was reduced to just Piquet and Rosberg with the second Brabham of Patrese now closing in after disposing of Prost who was suffering from a misfiring engine and falling into the clutches of John Watson and Nigel Mansell. The heat and stressful nature of the race was getting to the drivers, on lap 34 Patrese mysteriously slowed and pulled off the circuit. He had passed out in his car and had to be lifted out of his Brabham by the marshalls. 
His teammate Piquet was also suffering, propping his head up on one hand continuing on only due to his will to win his home race. Rosberg behind him and dropped back seemingly settled for second at his home race. Prost battled with Watson to maintain hold of the final podium place.
In the end an exhausted Piquet took the win ahead of Rosberg and Prost who had managed to fend off Watson behind him. Mansell was fifth in the debut race for Lotus's 91 chassis whilst Michele Alboreto gained his first points for Tyrrell.
The 1982 Brazilian race was undoubtedly one of Formula One's toughest races for the drivers to compete in. Piquet struggled out of his car and whilst on the podium he collapsed and fainted with exhaustion. 
It had looked as though the political issues that surrounded the championship pre-race had blown over, until it was announced that Piquet and Rosberg had been disqualified for being under weight (a result of having "illegal water tanks"). Their disqualification was one of a number of reasons that led FOSA to boycott the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix a few weeks later.
Hence, Prost was given the fifth win of his career, while Watson and Mansell were promoted to the podium.. Inheriting the minor points was now Alboreto in fourth, Manfred Winkelhock, in only his second race for ATS and Didier Pironi.
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	15 	Alain Prost 	 	63 	1:44:33.134 	1 	9
2 	7 	John Watson 	 	63 	+2.990s 	12 	6
3 	12 	Nigel Mansell 	 	63 	+36.859s 	14 	4
4 	3 	Michele Alboreto 	 	63 	+50.761s 	13 	3
5 	9 	Manfred Winkelhock	 	62 	+1 lap 	15 	2
6 	28 	Didier Pironi 	 	62 	+1 lap 	8 	1
7 	4 	Slim Borgudd 	 	61 	+2 laps 	21 	
8 	17 	Jochen Mass 	 	61 	+2 laps 	22 	
9 	31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	 	60 	+3 laps 	23 	
10 	30 	Mauro Baldi 	 	57 	+6 laps 	19 	
DSQ*	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	63 	Disqualified	7 	
DSQ*	6 	Keke Rosberg 	 	63 	Disqualified	3 	
Ret 	10 	Eliseo Salazar 	 	38 	Engine 	18 	
Ret 	20 	Chico Serra 	 	36 	Accident 	25 	
Ret 	2 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	34 	Exhausted 	9 	
Ret 	27 	Gilles Villeneuve 	 	29 	Spin 	2 	
Ret 	8 	Niki Lauda 	 	22 	Accident 	5 	
Ret 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	21 	Accident 	4 	
Ret 	5 	Carlos Reutemann 	 	21 	Accident 	6 	
Ret 	11 	Elio de Angelis 	 	21 	Accident 	11 	
Ret 	25 	Eddie Cheever 	 	19 	Water leak 	26 	
Ret 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	16 	Engine 	16 	
Ret 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	15 	Handling 	24 	
Ret 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	14 	Undertray 	10 	
Ret 	33 	Derek Daly 	 	12 	Puncture 	20 	
Ret 	18 	Raul Boesel 	 	11 	Puncture 	17 	
DNQ 	36 	Teo Fabi 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	14 	Roberto Guerrero 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	29 	Brian Henton 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	35 	Derek Warwick 	 	 	 	 	
DNPQ	32 	Riccardo Paletti 	 	 	 	 	
** Piquet and Rosberg are officialy disqualified as their cars have been underweighted.
==Milestones==
*The final race for Carlos Reutemann, whom retired from Formula One after the start of the Falklands War shortly after the Brazilian Grand Prix.
*First win of six for Alain Prost in Brazil.
*First (and only) points scored by Manfred Winkelhock.
==Standings==
Alain Prost gained a commanding lead in the Championship after his victory (confirmed after Keke Rosberg and Niki Lauda saw their appeals rejected later in the season), with an eleven point advantage over John Watson. Carlos Reutemann sat in third, while Nigel Mansell was a surprise fourth, tied on points with René Arnoux. A poor start for meant that Didier Pironi was their only point scorer after the first two races, found down in tenth position.
 seemed to hold the initiative in the Constructor's Championship, leading McLaren by twelve points, with Williams in close attendance a further two points back. Team Lotus were in fourth courtesy of Mansell's podium, while Tyrrell led ATS and the tifosi at the tail end of the Constructors Championship of those that had scored.
1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Alain Prost 	18 	
2 	John Watson 	7 	4
3 	Carlos Reutemann 	6 	1
=4 	Nigel Mansell 	4 	3
=4 	René Arnoux 	4 	1
6 	Michele Alboreto 	3 	1
7 	Niki Lauda 	3 	3
8 	Manfred Winkelhock 	2 	1
9 	Keke Rosberg 	2 	4
10 	Didier Pironi 	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 	 	22 	
2 	 	10 	1
3 	 	8 	1
4 	 	4 	2
5 	 	3 	1
6 	 	2 	
7 	 	1 	1
Only point scoring constructors are shown.
==References==
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