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|Distance_mi = 160.58
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|Distance_km = 258.428
|Weather = Sunny and warm with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|72|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|16.1|mph|km/h}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/MI/Detroit/2007-09-02 |title=''1982 Detroit Grand Prix'' weather information |publisher=Old Farmers' Almanac|accessdate=2018-09-03}}</ref>
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|Pole_Driver = {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]]
|Pole_Driver = {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]]
|Pole_Team = [[Renault F1|Renault]]
|Pole_Team = [[Renault F1|Renault]]
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|Third_Driver = {{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Pironi]]
|Third_Driver = {{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Pironi]]
|Third_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Third_Team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1982|DET}}
}}
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The '''1982 Detroit Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on June 6, 1982, in [[Detroit, Michigan]].
The '''1982 Detroit Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on June 6, 1982, in [[Detroit, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Detroit-1982-06-06e.jpg|title=1982 Detroit Grand Prix Entry list}}</ref>


==Summary==
==Summary==
===Qualifying===
{{Story|section|date=May 2010}}
Due to organizational problems, extra practice planned for Thursday was cancelled, and the first qualifying session on Friday had to be postponed. There was time for only a one-hour practice session on Friday, and so qualifying would take place on Saturday in two one-hour sessions, four hours apart. Saturday was cold and overcast with a threat of rain, and nearly all the drivers scrambled to get a time in on the dry track while they could, with many spins and trips down the escape roads of the unfamiliar circuit. The afternoon session was wet throughout, as expected, and the times from the morning session did indeed determine the grid.

Starting from seventeenth position on the grid, Northern Ireland's [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]] stormed through the field to win the first '''Detroit Grand Prix''', at America's sixth different Formula One venue.

Due to organizational problems, extra practice planned for Thursday was cancelled, and the first qualifying session on Friday had to be postponed. There was time for only a one-hour practice session on Friday, and so qualifying would take place on Saturday in two one-hour sessions, four hours apart. Saturday was cold and overcast with a very real threat of rain, and nearly all the drivers scrambled to get a time in on the dry track while they could, with lots of spins and trips down the escape roads of the unfamiliar circuit. The afternoon session was wet throughout, as expected, and the times from the morning session did indeed determine the grid.


[[Alain Prost]] took [[Renault F1|Renault]]'s sixth pole in seven races on the season with a lap of 1:48.537, an average of less than 83 miles per hour (134 kilometers per hour), slower than [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]]. [[Andrea de Cesaris]], the only non-Renault driver with a pole so far in 1982 ([[1982 United States Grand Prix West|Long Beach]]), put his [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] alongside Prost on the front row with a 1:48.872, ahead of the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] of [[Keke Rosberg]]. For the second straight race, [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] had only one entry following the death of [[Gilles Villeneuve]] in [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]] four weeks earlier, and [[Didier Pironi]] qualified it in fourth spot.
[[Alain Prost]] took [[Renault F1|Renault]]'s sixth pole in seven races on the season with a lap of 1:48.537, an average of less than 83 miles per hour (134 kilometers per hour), slower than [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]]. [[Andrea de Cesaris]], the only non-Renault driver with a pole so far in 1982 ([[1982 United States Grand Prix West|Long Beach]]), put his [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] alongside Prost on the front row with a 1:48.872, ahead of the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] of [[Keke Rosberg]]. For the second straight race, [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] had only one entry following the death of [[Gilles Villeneuve]] in [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]] four weeks earlier, and [[Didier Pironi]] qualified it in fourth spot.


The lone American driver in the race, [[Eddie Cheever]], put on a fine show for the home crowd, placing his [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] ninth, behind the [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] pair of [[Nigel Mansell]] and [[Elio de Angelis]] and just ahead of [[Niki Lauda]]'s [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]. The biggest surprise, however, was seeing defending World Champion [[Nelson Piquet]] at the bottom of the time sheets. Problems with the [[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] engines in both his race car and spare during the morning session and rain in the afternoon combined to keep him off the grid for Sunday's race.
The lone American driver in the race, [[Eddie Cheever]], put on a fine show for the home crowd, placing his [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] ninth, behind the [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] pair of [[Nigel Mansell]] and [[Elio de Angelis]] and just ahead of [[Niki Lauda]]'s [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]. The biggest surprise, however, was seeing defending World Champion [[Nelson Piquet]] at the bottom of the time sheets. Problems with the [[BMW in Formula One|BMW]] engines in both his race car and spare during the morning session and rain in the afternoon combined to keep him off the grid for Sunday's race. This is one of only two instances of a reigning World Champion failing to qualify for a Grand Prix, the other being when [[Jody Scheckter]] failed to qualify for the [[1980 Canadian Grand Prix]].


===Race===
In contrast to Saturday afternoon, Sunday was mostly sunny and very nice as a flotilla of boats dotted the river across from the circuit. The top three drivers all managed excellent starts, and Prost led de Cesaris and Rosberg through the first turn. Following them at the end of Lap one were Pironi, Mansell, [[Bruno Giacomelli]], Cheever and Lauda. [[Manfred Winkelhock]] retired from an excellent fifth position when a front hub upright that had been replaced on the grid broke anyway, putting his [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]] into the wall. Just two laps later, on Lap three, de Cesaris limped into the pits with a broken driveshaft, leaving Rosberg in second place, three seconds behind Prost.
In contrast to Saturday afternoon, Sunday was mostly sunny and pleasant as a flotilla of boats dotted the river across from the circuit. The top three drivers all managed excellent starts, and Prost led de Cesaris and Rosberg through the first turn. Following them at the end of Lap one were Pironi, Mansell, [[Bruno Giacomelli]], Cheever and Lauda. [[Manfred Winkelhock]] retired from an excellent fifth position when a front hub upright that had been replaced on the grid broke anyway, putting his [[ATS (wheels)|ATS]] into the wall. Just two laps later, on Lap three, de Cesaris limped into the pits with a broken driveshaft, leaving Rosberg in second place, three seconds behind Prost.


On Lap seven, under pressure from de Angelis, [[Roberto Guerrero]]'s [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]] went wide at the first corner. De Angelis tried to go through on the inside, but when Guerrero resumed his line, the two collided. The Lotus was able to continue, but Guerrero slid to a halt in the tire wall. [[Jochen Mass]] and Watson were able to avoid the disabled Ensign, but when [[Riccardo Patrese]] came upon the scene, he locked up and hit the tire wall right next to Guerrero, losing a wheel. A brake duct on Patrese's car quickly caught fire, and though the disabled cars seemed to be out of the way, the sight of two cars stopped on the track, one in flames, prompted the Clerk of the Course to call for the red flag.
<blockquote>
''On Lap seven, under pressure from de Angelis, [[Roberto Guerrero]]'s [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]] went wide at the first corner. De Angelis tried to go through on the inside, but when Guerrero resumed his line, the two collided. The Lotus was able to continue, but Guerrero slid to a halt in the tire wall. [[Jochen Mass]] and Watson were able to avoid the disabled Ensign, but when [[Riccardo Patrese]] came upon the scene, he locked up and hit the tire wall right next to Guerrero, losing a wheel. A brake duct on Patrese's car quickly caught fire, and though the disabled cars seemed to be out of the way, the sight of two cars stopped on the track, one in flames, prompted the Clerk of the Course to call for the red flag.''
</blockquote>


The cars returned to the pits and waited for nearly an hour, while all manner of repairs were made by the mechanics. Prost had his skirts changed and fuel topped off, Lauda changed his leaking oil cooler, and Guerrero, Winkelhock and Patrese, who had retired, even brought their spare cars out on the grid for the restart! This, at least, was not allowed, and eighteen cars restarted the race in running order, with the final result to be determined by the sum of the two times recorded in the two parts of the race.
The cars returned to the pits and waited for nearly an hour while all manner of repairs were made by the mechanics. Prost had his skirts changed and fuel topped off, Lauda changed his leaking oil cooler, and Guerrero, Winkelhock and Patrese, who had retired, even brought their spare cars out on the grid for the restart! This, at least, was not allowed, and eighteen cars restarted the race in running order, with the final result to be determined by the sum of the two times recorded in the two parts of the race.


Prost again took the lead off the grid, and one lap later he led Rosberg, Pironi, Giacomelli, Cheever, [[René Arnoux]], Lauda and Mansell. Immediately, Prost began to distance himself from Rosberg, who was also pulling away from Pironi and, after fifteen laps (total), led by five seconds. Gradually, however, the Renault began to develop electronic injection problems, as teammate Arnoux had several laps earlier, and the Frenchman saw his lead over Rosberg begin to evaporate. By Lap 21, the two cars were nose to tail, and a lap later, the Williams took the lead in brilliant fashion as Rosberg pulled alongside entering one of the many tight right-hand corners, stayed there through the corner on the outside, and emerged slightly sideways but in front. Prost continued to fall back and eventually pitted, while a furious dice continued behind Rosberg, now over second place, between Pironi, Giacomelli, Cheever and Lauda.
Prost again took the lead off the grid, and one lap later he led Rosberg, Pironi, Giacomelli, Cheever, [[René Arnoux]], Lauda and Mansell. Immediately, Prost began to distance himself from Rosberg, who was also pulling away from Pironi and, after fifteen laps (total), led by five seconds. Gradually, however, the Renault began to develop electronic injection problems, as teammate Arnoux had several laps earlier, and the Frenchman saw his lead over Rosberg begin to evaporate. By Lap 21, the two cars were nose to tail, and a lap later, the Williams took the lead in brilliant fashion as Rosberg pulled alongside entering one of the many tight right-hand corners, stayed there through the corner on the outside, and emerged slightly sideways but in front. Prost continued to fall back and eventually pitted, while a furious dice continued behind Rosberg, now over second place, between Pironi, Giacomelli, Cheever and Lauda.


Behind this group, amazingly, came the charging McLaren of John Watson, having stormed through nearly the entire field from seventeenth place on the original grid. When Cheever and Lauda both overtook Giacomelli as he got sideways exiting a corner, Watson was quickly nose to tail behind Giacomelli and struggling to get through. On Lap 30, with Rosberg leading by 15 seconds, Watson passed Giacomelli but the Italian counterattacked a moment later when the McLaren went wide. Giacomelli tried to force his way through on the inside, but his left front wheel hit Watson's right rear, and Giacomelli ended up in the wall. Pironi had been holding up both Lauda and Cheever, but when Watson latched on to them, he passed all three on the same lap to take over second place, thirteen seconds behind Rosberg.
Behind this group, amazingly, came the charging McLaren of John Watson, who had stormed through nearly the entire field from seventeenth place on the original grid. When Cheever and Lauda both overtook Giacomelli as he got sideways exiting a corner, Watson was quickly nose to tail behind Giacomelli and struggling to get through. On Lap 30, with Rosberg leading by 15 seconds, Watson passed Giacomelli, but the Italian counterattacked a moment later when the McLaren went wide. Giacomelli tried to force his way through on the inside, but his left front wheel hit Watson's right rear, and Giacomelli ended up in the wall. Pironi had been holding up both Lauda and Cheever, but when Watson latched on to them, he passed all three on the same lap to take over second place, thirteen seconds behind Rosberg.


In two laps, the gap was down to seven seconds, then two seconds, and at the end of Lap 37, Watson was two seconds up, as Rosberg had lost third gear. Overall, however, on combined time, Rosberg was still eighteen seconds ahead, so he attempted merely to stay close to the McLaren. Meanwhile Lauda, perhaps inspired by his teammate, had passed both Cheever and Pironi, and now also approached Rosberg. Likely knowing the Williams was in trouble, he unwisely made a late dive down the inside of Turn One. He locked his wheels, hit the wall and broke his suspension, leaving Cheever in third place.
<blockquote>
''In two laps, the gap was down to seven seconds, then two seconds, and at the end of Lap 37, Watson was two seconds up, as Rosberg had lost third gear. Overall, however, on combined time, Rosberg was still eighteen seconds ahead, so he attempted merely to stay close to the McLaren. Meanwhile, Lauda, inspired perhaps by his teammate, had passed both Cheever and Pironi, and now also approached Rosberg. Likely knowing the Williams was in trouble, he unwisely made a late dive down the inside of Turn One. He locked his wheels, hit the wall and broke his suspension, leaving Cheever in third place.''
</blockquote>


Secure in the lead, Watson was able to back off as Rosberg struggled with fuel feed problems and worn tires, in addition to his ailing gearbox, and dropped all the way back to fifth on the track, fourth on combined time. With an average speed of only 78&nbsp;mph, the two-hour time limit was reached well short of the intended 76 laps, and Watson took his second win of the season. American Eddie Cheever claimed second for his best Grand Prix finish, ahead of Pironi in third.
Secure in the lead, Watson was able to back off as Rosberg struggled with fuel feed problems and worn tires, in addition to his ailing gearbox, and dropped all the way back to fifth on the track and fourth on combined time. With an average speed of only 78&nbsp;mph, the two-hour time limit was well short of the intended 76 laps, and Watson took his second win of the season, which was the first '''Detroit Grand Prix''', at America's sixth different Formula One venue. American Eddie Cheever claimed second for his best Grand Prix finish, ahead of Pironi in third.


Despite a mountain of teething problems with the new circuit, the organizers of the race received excellent reviews for their efforts, and a new American city had made its entrance to Formula One. With two US races already run in 1982, [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|one still remained]], as, for the first time ever, one country would host three events in a single Grand Prix season.
Despite a mountain of teething problems with the new circuit, the organizers of the race received excellent reviews for their efforts, and a new American city had made its entrance to Formula One. With two US races already run in 1982, [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|one still remained]], as, for the first time ever, one country would host three events in a single Grand Prix season.


==Classification==
==Classification==

=== Qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Pos
!No
!Driver
!Constructor
!Q1
!Q2
!Gap
|-
!1
|15
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]]
|[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
|'''1:48.537'''
|2:14.616
| align="center" |—
|-
!2
|22
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Andrea de Cesaris]]
|[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
|'''1:48.872'''
|2:10.770
| +0.335
|-
!3
|6
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Keke Rosberg]]
|[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:49.264'''
|2:12.559
| +0.727
|-
!4
|28
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Didier Pironi]]
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|'''1:49.903'''
|2:13.665
| +1.366
|-
!5
|9
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Manfred Winkelhock]]
|[[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:50.066'''
|2:11.260
| +1.529
|-
!6
|23
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]]
|[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]]
|'''1:50.252'''
|no time
| +1.715
|-
!7
|12
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:50.294'''
|2:20.888
| +1.757
|-
!8
|11
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Elio de Angelis]]
|[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:50.443'''
|2:12.481
| +1.906
|-
!9
|25
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
|[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|'''1:50.520'''
|2:11.745
| +1.983
|-
!10
|8
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Niki Lauda]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:51.026'''
|2:09.121
| +2.489
|-
!11
|14
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Roberto Guerrero]]
|[[Ensign Racing|Ensign]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:51.039'''
|no time
| +2.502
|-
!12
|5
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Derek Daly]]
|[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:51.227'''
|2:11.554
| +2.690
|-
!13
|26
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Jacques Laffite]]
|[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]
|'''1:51.270'''
|no time
| +2.733
|-
!14
|2
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:51.508'''
|no time
| +2.971
|-
!15
|16
|{{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]]
|[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]
|'''1:51.514'''
|no time
| +2.977
|-
!16
|3
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
|[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:51.618'''
|2:11.678
| +3.081
|-
!17
|7
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:51.868'''
|2:11.384
| +3.331
|-
!18
|17
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jochen Mass]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:52.271'''
|2:13.486
| +3.734
|-
!19
|29
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marc Surer]]
|[[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:52.316'''
|2:12.033
| +3.779
|-
!20
|4
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Henton]]
|[[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:52.867'''
|2:22.663
| +4.330
|-
!21
|18
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Raul Boesel]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:52.870'''
|2:14.385
| +4.333
|-
!22
|31
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]]
|[[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:52.988'''
|2:13.648
| +4.451
|-
!23
|32
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Paletti]]
|[[Osella]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:54.084'''
|2:24.878
| +5.547
|-
!24
|30
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Mauro Baldi]]
|[[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:54.332'''
|2:14.746
| +5.795
|-
!25
|10
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Eliseo Salazar]]
|[[ATS (wheels)|ATS]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:55.633'''
|2:16.139
| +7.096
|-
!26
|20
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Chico Serra]]
|[[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:55.848'''
|2:24.739
| +7.311
|-
!27
|19
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Emilio de Villota]]
|[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|'''1:56.589'''
|no time
| +8.052
|-
!28
|1
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
|[[Brabham]]-[[BMW in Formula One|BMW]]
|'''1:57.779'''
|no time
| +9.242
|-
!29
|33
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jan Lammers]]
|[[Theodore Racing|Theodore]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|no time
|no time
|
|}

=== Race ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Tyre !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
|-
! 1
! 1
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| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]'''
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]'''
| '''[[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Michelin}}
| 62
| 62
| 1:58:41.043
| 1:58:41.043
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| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Eddie Cheever]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Eddie Cheever]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]'''-'''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]'''-'''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| {{Michelin}}
| 62
| 62
| + 15.726
| + 15.726
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| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Didier Pironi]]'''
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Didier Pironi]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 62
| 62
| + 28.077
| + 28.077
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| {{flagicon|Finland}} '''[[Keke Rosberg]]'''
| {{flagicon|Finland}} '''[[Keke Rosberg]]'''
| '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 62
| 62
| + 1:11.976
| + 1:11.976
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| {{flagicon|Ireland}} '''[[Derek Daly]]'''
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} '''[[Derek Daly]]'''
| '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]'''-'''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 62
| 62
| + 1:23.757
| + 1:23.757
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| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Jacques Laffite]]'''
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Jacques Laffite]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]'''-'''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| '''[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]'''-'''[[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]]'''
| {{Michelin}}
| 61
| 61
| + 1 Lap
| + 1 Lap
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| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Avon}}
| 61
| 61
| + 1 Lap
| + 1 Lap
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| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marc Surer]]
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marc Surer]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Pirelli}}
| 61
| 61
| + 1 Lap
| + 1 Lap
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| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Henton]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brian Henton]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 60
| 60
| + 2 Laps
| + 2 Laps
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| {{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[René Arnoux]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| {{Michelin}}
| 59
| 59
| + 3 Laps
| + 3 Laps
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| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Chico Serra]]
| {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Chico Serra]]
| [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Fittipaldi Automotive|Fittipaldi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Pirelli}}
| 59
| 59
| + 3 Laps
| + 3 Laps
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| {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| [[Renault F1|Renault]]
| {{Michelin}}
| 54
| 54
| + 8 Laps
| + 8 Laps
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| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Goodyear}}
| 44
| 44
| Engine
| Engine
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| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| {{Michelin}}
| 40
| 40
| Collision
| Collision
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| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
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1982 Detroit Grand Prix
Race 7 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date June 6, 1982
Official name 1st Detroit Grand Prix
Location Detroit street circuit
Detroit, Michigan
Course Temporary street course
Course length 4.168 km (2.59 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 258.428 km (160.58 miles)
Weather Sunny and warm with temperatures reaching up to 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds up to 16.1 miles per hour (25.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:48.537
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost Renault
Time 1:50.438 on lap 45
Podium
First
McLaren-Ford
Second
Ligier-Matra
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1982 Detroit Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 6, 1982, in Detroit, Michigan.[2]

Summary

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Qualifying

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Due to organizational problems, extra practice planned for Thursday was cancelled, and the first qualifying session on Friday had to be postponed. There was time for only a one-hour practice session on Friday, and so qualifying would take place on Saturday in two one-hour sessions, four hours apart. Saturday was cold and overcast with a threat of rain, and nearly all the drivers scrambled to get a time in on the dry track while they could, with many spins and trips down the escape roads of the unfamiliar circuit. The afternoon session was wet throughout, as expected, and the times from the morning session did indeed determine the grid.

Alain Prost took Renault's sixth pole in seven races on the season with a lap of 1:48.537, an average of less than 83 miles per hour (134 kilometers per hour), slower than Monaco. Andrea de Cesaris, the only non-Renault driver with a pole so far in 1982 (Long Beach), put his Alfa Romeo alongside Prost on the front row with a 1:48.872, ahead of the Williams of Keke Rosberg. For the second straight race, Ferrari had only one entry following the death of Gilles Villeneuve in Belgium four weeks earlier, and Didier Pironi qualified it in fourth spot.

The lone American driver in the race, Eddie Cheever, put on a fine show for the home crowd, placing his Ligier ninth, behind the Lotus pair of Nigel Mansell and Elio de Angelis and just ahead of Niki Lauda's McLaren. The biggest surprise, however, was seeing defending World Champion Nelson Piquet at the bottom of the time sheets. Problems with the BMW engines in both his race car and spare during the morning session and rain in the afternoon combined to keep him off the grid for Sunday's race. This is one of only two instances of a reigning World Champion failing to qualify for a Grand Prix, the other being when Jody Scheckter failed to qualify for the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix.

Race

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In contrast to Saturday afternoon, Sunday was mostly sunny and pleasant as a flotilla of boats dotted the river across from the circuit. The top three drivers all managed excellent starts, and Prost led de Cesaris and Rosberg through the first turn. Following them at the end of Lap one were Pironi, Mansell, Bruno Giacomelli, Cheever and Lauda. Manfred Winkelhock retired from an excellent fifth position when a front hub upright that had been replaced on the grid broke anyway, putting his ATS into the wall. Just two laps later, on Lap three, de Cesaris limped into the pits with a broken driveshaft, leaving Rosberg in second place, three seconds behind Prost.

On Lap seven, under pressure from de Angelis, Roberto Guerrero's Ensign went wide at the first corner. De Angelis tried to go through on the inside, but when Guerrero resumed his line, the two collided. The Lotus was able to continue, but Guerrero slid to a halt in the tire wall. Jochen Mass and Watson were able to avoid the disabled Ensign, but when Riccardo Patrese came upon the scene, he locked up and hit the tire wall right next to Guerrero, losing a wheel. A brake duct on Patrese's car quickly caught fire, and though the disabled cars seemed to be out of the way, the sight of two cars stopped on the track, one in flames, prompted the Clerk of the Course to call for the red flag.

The cars returned to the pits and waited for nearly an hour while all manner of repairs were made by the mechanics. Prost had his skirts changed and fuel topped off, Lauda changed his leaking oil cooler, and Guerrero, Winkelhock and Patrese, who had retired, even brought their spare cars out on the grid for the restart! This, at least, was not allowed, and eighteen cars restarted the race in running order, with the final result to be determined by the sum of the two times recorded in the two parts of the race.

Prost again took the lead off the grid, and one lap later he led Rosberg, Pironi, Giacomelli, Cheever, René Arnoux, Lauda and Mansell. Immediately, Prost began to distance himself from Rosberg, who was also pulling away from Pironi and, after fifteen laps (total), led by five seconds. Gradually, however, the Renault began to develop electronic injection problems, as teammate Arnoux had several laps earlier, and the Frenchman saw his lead over Rosberg begin to evaporate. By Lap 21, the two cars were nose to tail, and a lap later, the Williams took the lead in brilliant fashion as Rosberg pulled alongside entering one of the many tight right-hand corners, stayed there through the corner on the outside, and emerged slightly sideways but in front. Prost continued to fall back and eventually pitted, while a furious dice continued behind Rosberg, now over second place, between Pironi, Giacomelli, Cheever and Lauda.

Behind this group, amazingly, came the charging McLaren of John Watson, who had stormed through nearly the entire field from seventeenth place on the original grid. When Cheever and Lauda both overtook Giacomelli as he got sideways exiting a corner, Watson was quickly nose to tail behind Giacomelli and struggling to get through. On Lap 30, with Rosberg leading by 15 seconds, Watson passed Giacomelli, but the Italian counterattacked a moment later when the McLaren went wide. Giacomelli tried to force his way through on the inside, but his left front wheel hit Watson's right rear, and Giacomelli ended up in the wall. Pironi had been holding up both Lauda and Cheever, but when Watson latched on to them, he passed all three on the same lap to take over second place, thirteen seconds behind Rosberg.

In two laps, the gap was down to seven seconds, then two seconds, and at the end of Lap 37, Watson was two seconds up, as Rosberg had lost third gear. Overall, however, on combined time, Rosberg was still eighteen seconds ahead, so he attempted merely to stay close to the McLaren. Meanwhile Lauda, perhaps inspired by his teammate, had passed both Cheever and Pironi, and now also approached Rosberg. Likely knowing the Williams was in trouble, he unwisely made a late dive down the inside of Turn One. He locked his wheels, hit the wall and broke his suspension, leaving Cheever in third place.

Secure in the lead, Watson was able to back off as Rosberg struggled with fuel feed problems and worn tires, in addition to his ailing gearbox, and dropped all the way back to fifth on the track and fourth on combined time. With an average speed of only 78 mph, the two-hour time limit was well short of the intended 76 laps, and Watson took his second win of the season, which was the first Detroit Grand Prix, at America's sixth different Formula One venue. American Eddie Cheever claimed second for his best Grand Prix finish, ahead of Pironi in third.

Despite a mountain of teething problems with the new circuit, the organizers of the race received excellent reviews for their efforts, and a new American city had made its entrance to Formula One. With two US races already run in 1982, one still remained, as, for the first time ever, one country would host three events in a single Grand Prix season.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 15 France Alain Prost Renault 1:48.537 2:14.616 —
2 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1:48.872 2:10.770 +0.335
3 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford 1:49.264 2:12.559 +0.727
4 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari 1:49.903 2:13.665 +1.366
5 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford 1:50.066 2:11.260 +1.529
6 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 1:50.252 no time +1.715
7 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford 1:50.294 2:20.888 +1.757
8 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford 1:50.443 2:12.481 +1.906
9 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra 1:50.520 2:11.745 +1.983
10 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford 1:51.026 2:09.121 +2.489
11 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford 1:51.039 no time +2.502
12 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford 1:51.227 2:11.554 +2.690
13 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra 1:51.270 no time +2.733
14 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford 1:51.508 no time +2.971
15 16 France René Arnoux Renault 1:51.514 no time +2.977
16 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 1:51.618 2:11.678 +3.081
17 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford 1:51.868 2:11.384 +3.331
18 17 Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford 1:52.271 2:13.486 +3.734
19 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford 1:52.316 2:12.033 +3.779
20 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford 1:52.867 2:22.663 +4.330
21 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford 1:52.870 2:14.385 +4.333
22 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford 1:52.988 2:13.648 +4.451
23 32 Italy Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford 1:54.084 2:24.878 +5.547
24 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford 1:54.332 2:14.746 +5.795
25 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford 1:55.633 2:16.139 +7.096
26 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford 1:55.848 2:24.739 +7.311
27 19 Spain Emilio de Villota March-Ford 1:56.589 no time +8.052
28 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW 1:57.779 no time +9.242
29 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford no time no time

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford M 62 1:58:41.043 17 9
2 25 United States Eddie Cheever Ligier-Matra M 62 + 15.726 9 6
3 28 France Didier Pironi Ferrari G 62 + 28.077 4 4
4 6 Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford G 62 + 1:11.976 3 3
5 5 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Williams-Ford G 62 + 1:23.757 12 2
6 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra M 61 + 1 Lap 13 1
7 17 West Germany Jochen Mass March-Ford A 61 + 1 Lap 18  
8 29 Switzerland Marc Surer Arrows-Ford P 61 + 1 Lap 19  
9 4 United Kingdom Brian Henton Tyrrell-Ford G 60 + 2 Laps 20  
10 16 France René Arnoux Renault M 59 + 3 Laps 15  
11 20 Brazil Chico Serra Fittipaldi-Ford P 59 + 3 Laps 26  
NC 15 France Alain Prost Renault M 54 + 8 Laps 1  
Ret 12 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Lotus-Ford G 44 Engine 7  
Ret 8 Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford M 40 Collision 10  
Ret 3 Italy Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford G 40 Spun Off 16  
Ret 23 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo M 30 Collision 6  
Ret 11 Italy Elio de Angelis Lotus-Ford G 17 Gearbox 8  
Ret 10 Chile Eliseo Salazar ATS-Ford M 13 Spun Off 25  
Ret 14 Colombia Roberto Guerrero Ensign-Ford M 6 Collision 11  
Ret 2 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-Ford G 6 Collision 14  
Ret 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo M 2 Transmission 2  
Ret 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella-Ford P 2 Ignition 22  
Ret 9 West Germany Manfred Winkelhock ATS-Ford M 1 Spun Off 5  
Ret 18 Brazil Raul Boesel March-Ford A 0 Collision 21  
Ret 30 Italy Mauro Baldi Arrows-Ford P 0 Collision 24  
DNS 32 Italy Riccardo Paletti Osella-Ford P 23  
DNQ 19 Spain Emilio de Villota March-Ford A      
DNQ 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW G      
DNQ 33 Netherlands Jan Lammers Theodore-Ford G      
Source:[3][4]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "1982 Detroit Grand Prix weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  2. ^ "1982 Detroit Grand Prix Entry list".
  3. ^ "1982 USA East Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ "1982 Detroit Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 6 June 1982. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "USA East 1982 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

Further reading

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  • Innes Ireland (October, 1982). "1st Detroit Grand Prix: Wattie, The Renaissance Man". Road & Track, 140-144.
  • Mike S. Lang (1992). Grand Prix!: Race-by-race account of Formula 1 World Championship motor racing. Volume 4: 1981 to 1984. Haynes Publishing Group. ISBN 0-85429-733-2


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