1982 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1982 Dutch Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1982 Formula One Season, which saw Didier Pironi claim his last victory.'Grand Prix Gold: 1982 Dutch GP', autosport.com, {Haymarket Media, 2013), http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/4712/grand-prix-gold-1982-dutch-gp/, (Accessed 29/07/2015) Formula One was still in mourning after the death of Riccardo Paletti in Canada, with safety questions being raised once again.
On a more cheerful note, the Zandvoort race saw a lot of action throughout, and also saw a surprise fastest lap by Derek Warwick.'GRAND PRIX RESULTS: DUTCH GP, 1982', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 1999), http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr366.html, (Accessed 29/07/2015) Pironi was joined by Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg on the podium, as the Championship battle also became much tighter.
==Background==
Questions were being raised after the disastrous start in Canada, where Riccardo Paletti had lost his life. Murmurings that the start procedure would be changed went unfounded, but the mental change in Pironi (whom had two big crashes between the Canadian and Dutch Grand Prix) was visible for all to see. , meanwhile, announced that Patrick Tambay would finally drive in Holland, while Nigel Mansell (whom had broken his wrist in Canada) was replaced by Roberto Moreno in .
Further down the field, Jan Lammers returned to drive for in his home race, while raced only one car (with no-one to replace Paletti). The two cars were also back on the grid, with the team testing while the rest were racing in North America.
The Championship battle had been stretched out in Canada, with John Watson bringing a ten point lead (more than a race win) to the sand dunes of the Netherlands. Didier Pironi, Riccardo Patrese, Alain Prost and Keke Rosberg were all separated by four points, while Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet could be perceived as slipping away. 
Watson's team McLaren also held a comfortable lead in the Constructors Championship, leading Ferrari and Williams whom were tied on points. Renault were struggling with reliability, and came to Holland under serious threat from Brabham, although their points were being split between their BMW powered cars, and their Ford entries that had raced earlier in the season.
==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 	Roberto Moreno 	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 	
19 	Emilio de Villota 	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==
The return of the Tolemans boosted the entry list to 31 cars, meaning that practice returned to a pre-qualifying session. It would be the third March of Emilio de Villota who fell, with a trouble free practice for the leaders in the championship.
==Qualifying==
Qualifying produced no surprises, as the Renaults took another front row (René Arnoux beating Alain Prost), with Pironi stalking them in fourth, behind the visibly happier Nelson Piquet in third. Niki Lauda was the first non-turbo powered driver, while Eddie Cheever (with Ligier deciding to run the JS19 which the American struggled with), Teo Fabi, Roberto Guerrero and Moreno (who was not quite ready for the Lotus) all failed to qualify.
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	1:14.233	
2 	15 	Alain Prost 	 	1:14.660	+0.427s
3 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:14.723	+0.490s
4 	28 	Didier Pironi 	 	1:15.825	+1.592s
5 	8 	Niki Lauda 	 	1:15.832	+1.599s
6 	27 	Patrick Tambay 	 	1:16.154	+1.921s
7 	6 	Keke Rosberg 	 	1:16.260	+2.027s
8 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	1:16.513	+2.280s
9 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	1:16.576	+2.343s
10 	2 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:16.630	+2.397s
11 	7 	John Watson 	 	1:16.700	+2.467s
12 	5 	Derek Daly 	 	1:16.832	+2.599s
13 	35 	Derek Warwick 	 	1:17.094	+2.861s
14 	3 	Michele Alboreto 	 	1:17.237	+3.004s
15 	11 	Elio de Angelis 	 	1:17.620	+3.387s
16 	30 	Mauro Baldi 	 	1:18.020	+3.787s
17 	29 	Marc Surer 	 	1:18.296	+4.063s
18 	9 	Manfred Winkelhock	 	1:18.352	+4.119s
19 	20 	Chico Serra 	 	1:18.438	+4.205s
20 	4 	Brian Henton 	 	1:18.476	+4.243s
21 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	1:18.478	+4.245s
22 	18 	Raul Boesel 	 	1:18.658	+4.425s
23 	31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	 	1:18.953	+4.720s
24 	17 	Jochen Mass 	 	1:19.083	+4.850s
25 	10 	Eliseo Salazar 	 	1:19.120	+4.887s
26 	33 	Jan Lammers 	 	1:19.274	+5.041s
DNQ 	14 	Roberto Guerrero 	 	1:19.316	+5.083s
DNQ 	36 	Teo Fabi 	 	1:19.414	+5.181s
DNQ 	25 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:19.646	+5.413s
DNQ 	12 	Roberto Moreno 	 	1:21.149	+6.916s
DNPQ	19 	Emilio de Villota 	 	1:21.507	+7.274s
===Grid===
Below is the starting grid for the :
==Race==
There were no fresh concerns ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, with all of the cars surviving the warm-up. The main question to be answered, however, was whether the Renaults would throw away another seemingly easy victory through unreliability, as they had already done at San Marino, Belgium, Monaco and Detroit. 
===Report===
Unlike in Canada, the race in Zandvoort got away cleanly, with Prost taking Arnoux off the line, while Tambay used his turbo to get ahead of Lauda and the slow starting Piquet (whom also fell victim to Pironi in the other Ferrari). Before the end of the first lap, however, Piquet would have recovered to fourth, while PIroni got a good drive out of Bos Uit to take Arnoux on the start/finish straight.
There would be more changes on the fifth lap, as Prost fell victim to the charging Ferrari, while Arnoux fell victim to Piquet. At almost the same time, Rosberg carved his way past Niki Lauda, before dispatching of Tambay to become the next challenger to Arnoux. The race settled down, with Rosberg slowly drawing up to the second Renault.
This changed on the 22nd lap, however, as Arnoux's suspension failed heading into Tarzan, a wheel coming off the car, sending the Frenchman into a heavy impact with the barrier. Despite the monocoque being split by the force of the impact, Arnoux emerged unharmed, while the race continued around the accident. A few moments later, Arnoux's team mate fell victim to Piquet, before retiring three laps later with an engine failure.
The order at the front remained unchanged until the end, with Pironi taking a crusie to victory ahead of Piquet, with Rosberg in third. Lauda and Derek Daly held station in fourth and fifth respectively, while a late charge by Mauro Baldi in the Arrows saw him take Tambay and Alboreto to earn the final point. Championship leader John Watson, meanwhile, had a quiet race to finish ninth.
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Ppints
1 	28 	Didier Pironi 	 	72 	1:38:03.254 	4 	9
2 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	72 	+21.649s 	3 	6
3 	6 	Keke Rosberg 	 	72 	+22.365s 	7 	4
4 	8 	Niki Lauda 	 	72 	+1:23.729 	5 	3
5 	5 	Derek Daly 	 	71 	+1 lap 	12 	2
6 	30 	Mauro Baldi 	 	71 	+1 lap 	16 	1
7 	3 	Michele Alboreto 	 	71 	+1 lap 	14 	
8 	27 	Patrick Tambay 	 	71 	+1 lap 	6 	
9 	7 	John Watson 	 	71 	+1 lap 	11 	
10 	29 	Marc Surer 	 	71 	+1 lap 	17 	
11 	23 	Bruno Giacomelli 	 	70 	+2 laps 	8 	
12 	9 	Manfred Winkelhock	 	70 	+2 laps 	18 	
13 	10 	Eliseo Salazar 	 	70 	+2 laps 	25 	
14 	31 	Jean-Pierre Jarier	 	69 	+3 laps 	23 	
15 	2 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	69 	+3 laps 	10 	
Ret 	17 	Jochen Mass 	 	60 	Engine 	24 	
Ret 	33 	Jan Lammers 	 	41 	Engine 	26 	
Ret 	11 	Elio de Angelis 	 	40 	Handling 	15 	
Ret 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	35 	Electrical 	9 	
Ret 	15 	Alain Prost 	 	33 	Engine 	2 	
Ret 	16 	René Arnoux 	 	21 	Suspension 	1 	
Ret 	4 	Brian Henton 	 	21 	Throttle 	20 	
Ret 	18 	Raul Boesel 	 	21 	Engine 	22 	
Ret 	20 	Chico Serra 	 	18 	Fuel pump 	19 	
Ret 	35 	Derek Warwick 	 	15 	Oil leak 	13 	
Ret 	26 	Jacques Laffite 	 	4 	Handling 	21 	
DNQ 	14 	Roberto Guerrero 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	36 	Teo Fabi 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	25 	Eddie Cheever 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	12 	Roberto Moreno 	 	 	 	 	
DNPQ	19 	Emilio de Villota 	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
*Last win for Didier Pironi.
==Standings==
John Watson saw his lead cut to just one point from Didier Pironi after the latter's victory, as Keke Rosberg overhauled Riccardo Patrese and Alain Prost for third. Nelson Piquet was also within striking distance of Prost, whom was paying the price for 's poor reliability once again, although not as much as Rene Arnoux, whom was tumbling even further down the table. Mauro Baldi added his name to the scorers list, adding a further point to the total.
McLaren still held a healthy lead in the Constructors Championship over Ferrari, although the Italians had cut a big chunk from it through Pironi's efforts. Williams sat in a consolidated third, well ahead of Renault, while the entry was now a couple of points behind the entries' tally from earlier in the season. Team Lotus were tied with the former version on 17 points.
1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship	1982 Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	John Watson 	30 	
2 	Didier Pironi 	29 	
3 	Keke Rosberg 	21 	2
4 	Riccardo Patrese 	19 	1
5 	Alain Prost 	18 	1
6 	Nelson Piquet 	17 	1
7 	Niki Lauda 	15 	1
8 	Eddie Cheever 	10 	
9 	Michele Alboreto 	10 	
10 	Elio de Angelis 	10 	
11 	Nigel Mansell 	7 	
12 	Gilles Villeneuve 	6 	
13 	Carlos Reutemann 	6 	
14 	Andrea de Cesaris 	5 	
15 	Derek Daly 	5 	2
15 	René Arnoux 	4 	1
16 	Jean-Pierre Jarier 	3 	1
18 	Marc Surer 	2 	
19 	Eliseo Salazar 	2 	
20 	Manfred Winkelhock 	2 	
21 	Mauro Baldi 	1 	2
22 	Jacques Laffite 	1 	1
23 	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 	 	45 	
2 	 	35 	
3 	 	32 	
4 	 	22 	
5 	 	19 	
6 	 	17 	2
7 	 	17 	1
8 	 	13 	1
9 	 	10 	
10 	 	5 	
11 	 	4 	
12 	 	3 	
13 	 	3 	
14 	 	1 	
Only point scoring constructors are shown.
==References==
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