The 1982 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 3 July 1982. It was the ninth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.

The 72-lap race was won by Frenchman Didier Pironi, driving a Ferrari, with Brazilian Nelson Piquet second in a Brabham-BMW and Finn Keke Rosberg third in a Williams-Ford.

Start of the race

René Arnoux started from pole position, but he crashed out at the notorious Tarzan Corner when his Renault's throttle stuck open and he hit the tyre barriers. Arnoux walked away from the crash unharmed.

This was the first Grand Prix after the death of Riccardo Paletti three weeks earlier in Montreal. This was also the final win of Didier Pironi's Formula One career.

Ferrari entered Patrick Tambay to replace Gilles Villeneuve, who had been killed during qualifying a few race weekends prior, at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

René Arnoux suffered a massive accident at Tarzan corner

Pre-qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
135United Kingdom Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:17.890
218Brazil Raul BoeselMarch-Ford1:18.039+0.149
317Germany Jochen MassMarch-Ford1:18.580+0.690
420Brazil Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford1:19.131+1.241
536Italy Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:19.337+1.447
631France Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford1:20.510+2.620
719Spain Emilio de VillotaMarch-Ford1:21.507+3.617

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
116France René ArnouxRenault1:14.2331:15.791
215France Alain ProstRenault1:14.6601:17.456+0.427
31Brazil Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:14.723no time+0.490
428France Didier PironiFerrari1:15.8251:16.655+1.592
58Austria Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford1:15.8321:17.653+1.599
627France Patrick TambayFerrari1:16.1541:17.004+1.921
76Finland Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford1:16.260no time+2.027
823Italy Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo1:16.5131:18.051+2.280
922Italy Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo1:16.5761:17.638+2.343
102Italy Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:16.6301:17.502+2.397
117United Kingdom John WatsonMcLaren-Ford1:16.7001:18.153+2.467
125Republic of Ireland Derek DalyWilliams-Ford1:16.8321:18.185+2.599
1335United Kingdom Derek WarwickToleman-Hart1:17.0941:18.255+2.861
143Italy Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford1:17.2371:18.362+3.004
1511Italy Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford1:17.6201:17.817+3.387
1630Italy Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford1:18.0201:19.128+3.787
1729Switzerland Marc SurerArrows-Ford1:19.0151:18.296+4.063
189West Germany Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford1:18.3521:19.092+4.119
1920Brazil Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford1:18.4381:19.479+4.205
204United Kingdom Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford1:18.4761:19.304+4.243
2126France Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra1:18.4871:18.478+4.245
2218Brazil Raul BoeselMarch-Ford1:18.6581:19.687+4.425
2331France Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford1:18.9531:19.753+4.720
2417Germany Jochen MassMarch-Ford1:19.0831:19.907+4.850
2510Chile Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford1:19.1201:20.169+4.887
2633Netherlands Jan LammersTheodore-Ford1:19.2741:20.427+5.041
2714Colombia Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford1:19.3161:20.361+5.083
2836Italy Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:20.4251:19.414+5.181
2925United States Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra1:19.7281:19.646+5.413
3012Brazil Roberto MorenoLotus-Ford1:21.1491:22.332+6.916

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
128France Didier PironiFerrariG721:38:03.25449
21Brazil Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMWG72+ 21.64936
36Finland Keke RosbergWilliams-FordG72+ 22.36574
48Austria Niki LaudaMcLaren-FordM72+ 1:23.72953
55Republic of Ireland Derek DalyWilliams-FordG71+ 1 Lap122
630Italy Mauro BaldiArrows-FordP71+ 1 Lap161
73Italy Michele AlboretoTyrrell-FordG71+ 1 Lap14
827France Patrick TambayFerrariG71+ 1 Lap6
97United Kingdom John WatsonMcLaren-FordM71+ 1 Lap11
1029Switzerland Marc SurerArrows-FordP71+ 1 Lap17
1123Italy Bruno GiacomelliAlfa RomeoM70+ 2 Laps8
129West Germany Manfred WinkelhockATS-FordM70+ 2 Laps18
1310Chile Eliseo SalazarATS-FordM70+ 2 Laps25
1431France Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-FordP69+ 3 Laps23
152Italy Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMWG69+ 3 Laps10
Ret17West Germany Jochen MassMarch-FordA60Engine24
Ret33Netherlands Jan LammersTheodore-FordG41Engine26
Ret11Italy Elio de AngelisLotus-FordG40Handling15
Ret22Italy Andrea de CesarisAlfa RomeoM35Electrical9
Ret15France Alain ProstRenaultM33Engine2
Ret16France René ArnouxRenaultM21Wheel/Accident1
Ret4United Kingdom Brian HentonTyrrell-FordG21Throttle20
Ret18Brazil Raul BoeselMarch-FordA21Engine22
Ret20Brazil Chico SerraFittipaldi-FordP18Fuel System19
Ret35United Kingdom Derek WarwickToleman-HartP15Oil Leak13
Ret26France Jacques LaffiteLigier-MatraM4Handling21
DNQ14Colombia Roberto GuerreroEnsign-FordM
DNQ36Italy Teo FabiToleman-HartP
DNQ25United States Eddie CheeverLigier-MatraM
DNQ12Brazil Roberto MorenoLotus-FordG
DNPQ19Spain Emilio de VillotaMarch-FordA
Source:

Notes

  • This was the 100th Grand Prix start for Ligier. In those 100 races, Ligier won 8 Grands Prix, achieved 34 podium finishes, 9 pole positions, 9 fastest laps and 2 Grand Slams.
  • This was the 1st fastest lap for a Toleman and for a Hart-powered car.
  • This was the 7th Dutch Grand Prix win for Ferrari. It broke the previous record set by Lotus at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix.

Championship standings after the race

PosDriverPoints
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 United Kingdom John Watson 30 2 France Didier Pironi 29 3 Finland Keke Rosberg 21 4 Italy Riccardo Patrese 19 5 France Alain Prost 18 Source:Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 United Kingdom McLaren-Ford 45 2 Italy Ferrari 35 3 United Kingdom Williams-Ford 32 4 France Renault 22 5 United Kingdom Brabham-Ford 19 Source:
1United Kingdom John Watson30
2France Didier Pironi29
3Finland Keke Rosberg21
4Italy Riccardo Patrese19
5France Alain Prost18
Source:
PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom McLaren-Ford45
2Italy Ferrari35
3United Kingdom Williams-Ford32
4France Renault22
5United Kingdom Brabham-Ford19
Source:
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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