1982 Formula One Season

1982 FIA Formula One World Championship
Previous	1981
Next	1983
1982 World Champion, Keke Rosberg
Season data
Number of races	16
First race	South African Grand Prix
Last race	Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Engine suppliers	Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari, Ford Cosworth, Hart, Matra
Tyre suppliers	A G M P
Points system	9–6–4–3–2–1
Drivers' World Championship
Champion	Keke Rosberg 44 points
Runners-up	Didier Pironi 39 points
3rd	John Watson 39 points
Constructors' World Championship
Champions	Ferrari 74 points
Runners-up	McLaren-Ford 69 points
3rd	Renault 62 points

The 1982 Formula One season was the 33rd season of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It included sixteen races that comprised the championship, with the Drivers' Championship being won by Finnish driver Keke Rosberg of Williams, with the Manufacturers' Championship (as it was then known) being won by Ferrari.

In a highly competitive, controversial and tragic season, eleven drivers shared the sixteen race victories, no driver winning more than two races. Champion Rosberg won just one race, and at one point the last nine races had seen nine different winners.

The season started in controversy. Strike action from the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, headed by the returning Niki Lauda in protest of the new Super Licence conditions, nearly saw the first race in South Africa cancelled. Alain Prost won that race, and was awarded victory in Brazil after Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg were disqualified for having ballast water tanks. A trip to California saw Lauda take the first win of his comeback.

A decision to boycott the San Marino Grand Prix was taken in protest of the Brazil disqualifications by the Formula One Constructors' Association (FOCA) and only 14 cars were entered. A front row lockout by Renault ended with a Ferrari 1–2, with Gilles Villeneuve ahead of teammate Didier Pironi until Pironi overtook his teammate after the Canadian had believed that they had been ordered to hold position. Villeneuve announced that he would never talk to his teammate again.

Tragically, at the next race in Belgium, Villeneuve was fatally injured in accident when qualifying with Jochen Mass. John Watson won the race. At the Monaco Grand Prix, an eventual ending that saw Prost crash, Riccardo Patrese spin, Pironi and Andrea de Cesaris run out of fuel, Derek Daly stopping with a seized up gearbox and eventually Patrese restarting to win, all in the last few laps. After six races Prost, despite not scoring any points after his second victory, still held the Championship lead.

Back to America, Watson won his second race in three events from seventeenth on the grid, taking the championship lead in the process. Moving north to Canada, Piquet made it three winners in three races; however, rookie Riccardo Paletti had been killed in an accident at the start. Back in Europe, Pironi won his second race of the season at the Dutch Grand Prix, taking the championship lead at the British Grand Prix after a second place behind Lauda.

In France, French drivers finished in the top four places, René Arnoux's win made it six different winners in the last six races, and Pironi extended his lead to nine points over Watson. An accident involving Mass and Mauro Baldi saw Mass retire from F1 after the race. Crossing the border to Germany, championship leader Pironi seriously injured himself in a practice accident and was to never race again as new teammate Patrick Tambay won his first race, giving Ferrari the lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship.

Elio de Angelis took his first win, at the Österreichring, just half a second ahead of Rosberg, who proceed to make it nine winners from nine races with his first win at the Swiss Grand Prix in Dijon. Following this, Rosberg overtook Pironi in the championship. Arnoux won his second race of the season to break the consecutive different winners streak, and with Watson only finishing fourth, Rosberg had all but won the championship. A surprise victory from Michele Alboreto in his Tyrrell rounded off an unpredictable year, a fifth place being enough for Rosberg to win his first Drivers' Championship by five points over Pironi and Watson.

Teams and Drivers

Entry List

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds
Team	Engine
Brabham-BMW Brabham-Ford Cosworth	BT50 BT49C BT49D	G	1	Nelson Piquet	1–3, 5–16*
Parmalat Racing Team	BMW M12/M13 1.5 L4t Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		2	Riccardo Patrese	1–3, 5–16†
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	011	G	3	Michele Alboreto	All
Team Tyrrell	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		4	Slim Borgudd	1–3
			4	Brian Henton	4–16
Williams-Ford Cosworth	FW07C FW07D FW08	G	5	Carlos Reutemann	1–2
TAG Williams Racing Team	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		5	Mario Andretti	3
			5	Derek Daly	5–16
			6	Keke Rosberg	1–3, 5–16
McLaren-Ford Cosworth	MP4/1B	M	7	John Watson	1–3, 5–16
Marlboro McLaren International	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		8	Niki Lauda	1–3, 5–16
ATS-Ford Cosworth	D5	A G	9	Manfred Winkelhock	All
Team ATS	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		10	Eliseo Salazar	All
Lotus-Ford Cosworth	87D 91	G	11	Elio de Angelis	1–3, 5–16
John Player Team Lotus	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		12	Nigel Mansell	1–3, 5–8, 10, 12–16
			12	Roberto Moreno	9
			12	Geoff Lees	11
Ensign-Ford Cosworth	N180B N181	A P	14	Roberto Guerrero	1–3, 5–16
Ensign Racing	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Renault	RE30B	M	15	Alain Prost	All
Equipe Renault Elf	Renault EF1 1.5 V6t		16	René Arnoux	All
March-Ford Cosworth	821	P A	17	Jochen Mass	1–3, 5–11
Rothmans March Grand Prix Team LBT Team March	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		17	Rupert Keegan	12–16
			18	Raul Boesel	1–3, 5–16
			19	Emilio de Villota	5–9
Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	F8D F9	P	20	Chico Serra	1–3, 5–16
Fittipaldi Automotive	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Alfa Romeo	179D 182 182B 182T	M	22	Andrea de Cesaris	All
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V8 Alfa Romeo 890t 1.5 V8t		23	Bruno Giacomelli	All
Ligier-Matra	JS17B JS19	M	25	Eddie Cheever	1–3, 5–16
Equipe Talbot Gitanes	Matra MS81 3.0 V12		26	Jacques Laffite	1–3, 5–16
Ferrari	126C2	G	27	Gilles Villeneuve‡	1–5
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t		27	Patrick Tambay	9–16
			28	Didier Pironi	1–12
			28	Mario Andretti	15–16
Arrows-Ford Cosworth	A4 A5	P	29	Brian Henton	1–3
Arrows Racing Team	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		29	Marc Surer	5–16
			30	Mauro Baldi	1–3, 5–16
Osella-Ford Cosworth	FA1C FA1D	P	31	Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
Osella Squadra Corse	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		32	Ricardo Paletti‡	1–8
Theodore-Ford Cosworth	TY01 TY02	A G	33	Derek Daly	1–3
Theodore Racing Team	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8		33	Jan Lammers	5–7, 9–11
			33	Geoff Lees	8
			33	Tommy Byrne	12–16
Toleman-Hart	TG181B TG181C TG183	P	35	Derek Warwick	1–6, 9–16
Candy Toleman Motorsport Toleman Group Motorsport	Hart 415T 1.5 L4t		36	Teo Fabi	1–6, 9–16

Notes:

• * Nelson Piquet drove the Brabham-BMW combination in rounds 1 and 5–16, and the Brabham-Ford Cosworth combination in rounds 2 and 3.
• ^† Riccardo Patrese drove the Brabham-BMW combination in rounds 1 and 9–16, and the Brabham-Ford Cosworth combination in rounds 2–3 and 6–8.
• ^‡ Died during the season.

Driver changes

Pre-season

• Mario Andretti: Alfa Romeo → CART
• Raul Boesel: Formula Three → March
• Slim Borgudd: ATS → Tyrrell
• Mauro Baldi: European Formula Three → Arrows
• Andrea de Cesaris: McLaren → Alfa Romeo
• Eddie Cheever: Tyrrell → Ligier
• Derek Daly: March → Theodore
• Teo Fabi: CanAm → Toleman
• Beppe Gabbiani: Osella → European Formula Two
• Roberto Guerrero: European Formula Two → Ensign
• Brian Henton: Toleman → Arrows
• Alan Jones: Williams → retirement
• Niki Lauda: retirement → McLaren
• Jochen Mass: no drive → March
• Riccardo Paletti: European Formula Two → Osella
• Riccardo Patrese: Arrows → Brabham
• Héctor Rebaque: Brabham → CART
• Keke Rosberg: Fittipaldi → Williams
• Eliseo Salazar: Ensign → ATS
• Marc Surer: Theodore → no drive
• Patrick Tambay: Ligier → no drive
• Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.: Arrows → Snowmobiles
• Manfred Winkelhock: European Formula Two → ATS

Mid-season

Round 3, USA West

• Williams: Carlos Reutemann retired from F1, and was replaced by Mario Andretti for the race.

Round 4, San Marino

• All but Alfa Romeo, ATS, Ferrari, Osella, Renault, Toleman and Tyrrell boycotted the race.
• Tyrrell: Slim Borgudd's sponsorship money ran out and was replaced by Brian Henton, who had been driving for Arrows.

Round 5, Belgium

• The boycotting teams returned.
• Williams: Derek Daly was hired from Theodore as a long-term replacement for Reutemann.
• Theodore: Daly was replaced by Jan Lammers.
• Arrows: Henton was replaced by Marc Surer.
• March: A third car was raced for Emilio de Villota.

Round 6, Monaco

• Ferrari: The deceased Gilles Villeneuve's seat was not immediately filled.

Round 7, Detroit

• Toleman did not attend the Detroit or Canadian Grands Prix.

Round 8, Canada

• Theodore: Lammers had a broken thumb and was replaced by Geoff Lees.

Round 9, Netherlands

• Osella: The deceased Riccardo Paletti's seat was left unfilled for the remainder of the season.
• Ferrari: Patrick Tambay filled Villeneuve's seat.
• Lotus: Nigel Mansell broke his wrist at the Canadian GP and was substituted by Roberto Moreno.
• Theodore: Lammers' thumb had recovered, and he took his drive back from Lees.
• Toleman: returned back to the track.

Round 10, Great Britain

• March: elected to run just two cars so Emilio de Villota was dropped.
• Lotus: Mansell returned to the team.

Round 11, France

• Lotus: Mansell's wrist had not healed and he was substituted by Lees.

Round 12, Germany

• Lotus: Mansell again returned to Lotus.
• March: Jochen Mass retired after his accident, and was replaced by Richard Keegan.
• Theodore: Lammers was dropped and replaced by Tommy Byrne.

Round 13, Austria

• Ferrari: Didier Pironi's seat was left unfilled after his career-ending accident.

Round 15, Italy

• Ferrari: Andretti replaced Pironi for the final two races.

Calendar

Race Schedule

Round	Grand Prix	Date

1	South African Grand Prix			23 January
		Official Title	XXVIII South African Grand Prix
		Circuit	Kyalami
		Location	Gauteng, South Africa
		Lap distance	4.104 km (2.551 mi)
		Race distance	316.008 km (196.4 mi)
		Date	23 January	Laps	77
		Local time	14:00 SAST	UTC	12:00

2	Brazilian Grand Prix			21 March
		Official Title	XI Grande Prêmio do Brasil
		Circuit	Jacarepaguá
		Location	Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		Lap distance	5.031 km (3.127 mi)
		Race distance	316.953 km (196.988 mi)
		Date	21 March	Laps	62
		Local time	14:00 BRT	UTC	17:00

3	United States Grand Prix West			4 April
		Official Title	VIII Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
		Circuit	Long Beach street circuit
		Location	Long Beach, California, United States
		Lap distance	3.428 km (2.131 mi)
		Race distance	258.815 km (160.855 mi)
		Date	4 April	Laps	75.5
		Local time	14:00 PST	UTC	22:00

4	San Marino Grand Prix			25 April
		Official Title	II Gran Premio di San Marino
		Circuit	Autodromo Dino Ferrari
		Location	Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
		Lap distance	5.040 km (3.132 mi)
		Race distance	302.400 km (187.943 mi)
		Date	25 April	Laps	60
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

5	Belgian Grand Prix			9 May
		Official Title	XL Grote Prijs van Belgie
		Circuit	Zolder
		Location	Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium
		Lap distance	4.262 km (2.649 mi)
		Race distance	298.340 km (185.42 mi)
		Date	9 May	Laps	70
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

6	Monaco Grand Prix			23 May
		Official Title	XL Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
		Circuit	Circuit de Monaco
		Location	Monte-Carlo, Monaco
		Lap distance	3.340 km (2.076 mi)
		Race distance	253.840 km (157.763 mi)
		Date	23 May	Laps	76
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

7	Detroit Grand Prix			6 June
		Official Title	I Detroit Grand Prix
		Circuit	Detroit street circuit
		Location	Detroit, Michigan, United States
		Lap distance	4.168 km (2.59 mi)
		Race distance	280.840 km (174.543 mi)
		Date	6 June	Laps	70
		Local time	14:00 EDT	UTC	18:00

8	Canadian Grand Prix			13 June
		Official Title	XXI Grand Prix Labatt du Canada
		Circuit	Circuit Île Notre-Dame
		Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
		Lap distance	4.410 km (2.741 mi)
		Race distance	308.700 km (191.858 mi)
		Date	13 June	Laps	70
		Local time	14:00 EDT	UTC	18:00

9	Dutch Grand Prix			3 July
		Official Title	XXIX Grote Prijs van Nederland
		Circuit	Circuit Zandvoort
		Location	Zandvoort, Netherlands
		Lap distance	4.252 km (2.643 mi)
		Race distance	306.144 km (190.27 mi)
		Date	3 July	Laps	72
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

10	British Grand Prix			18 July
		Official Title	XXXV Marlboro British Grand Prix
		Circuit	Brands Hatch
		Location	Fawkham, Kent, United Kingdom
		Lap distance	4.207 km (2.615 mi)
		Race distance	319.719 km (198.707 mi)
		Date	18 July	Laps	76
		Local time	14:00 BST	UTC	13:00

11	French Grand Prix			25 July
		Official Title	LXVIII Grand Prix de France
		Circuit	Paul Ricard Circuit
		Location	Le Castellet, Var, France
		Lap distance	5.809 km (3.61 mi)
		Race distance	313.686 km (194.957 mi)
		Date	25 July	Laps	54
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

12	German Grand Prix			8 August
		Official Title	XLIV Großer Preis von Deutschland
		Circuit	Hockenheimring
		Location	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemburg, West Germany
		Lap distance	6.797 km (4.224 mi)
		Race distance	305.865 km (190.096 mi)
		Date	8 August	Laps	45
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

13	Austrian Grand Prix			15 August
		Official Title	XX Holiday Großer Preis von Österreich
		Circuit	Österreichring
		Location	Spielburg, Styria, Austria
		Lap distance	5.942 km (3.693 mi)
		Race distance	314.926 km (195.728 mi)
		Date	15 August	Laps	53
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

14	Swiss Grand Prix			29 August
		Official Title	XVI Großer Preis der Schweiz
		Circuit	Dijon-Prenois
		Location	Prenois, Côte-d'Or, France
		Lap distance	3.801 km (2.362 mi)
		Race distance	304.880 km (189.484 mi)
		Date	29 August	Laps	80
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

15	Italian Grand Prix			12 September
		Official Title	LIII Gran Premio d'Italia
		Circuit	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
		Location	Monza, Lombardy, Italy
		Lap distance	5.800 km (3.605 mi)
		Race distance	301.600 km (187.446 mi)
		Date	12 September	Laps	52
		Local time	14:00 CEST	UTC	12:00

16	Caesars Palace Grand Prix			25 September
		Official Title	II Caesar's Palace Grand Prix
		Circuit	Caesars Palace circuit
		Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
		Lap distance	3.650 km (2.268 mi)
		Race distance	273.750 km (170.137 mi)
		Date	25 September	Laps	75
		Local time	14:00 PDT	UTC	21:00

Calendar changes

New events

• A third race in the United States was held, the Detroit Grand Prix.

Returning events

• The South African Grand Prix returned, at Kyalami, after a year away.
• The Swiss Grand Prix made a return, however, as motor racing is banned in Switzerland, the race was held at the Dijon-Prenois circuit in France.

Removed events

• The Spanish Grand Prix was dropped from the calendar, after just one year into its return.

Cancelled events

• The Super Licence dispute caused the Argentine Grand Prix to be cancelled. It was due to be the second race of the season.

Circuit changes

• The French Grand Prix was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard, displacing the Dijon-Prenois circuit, which held the Swiss Grand Prix.
• As per the agreement between the circuits, the British Grand Prix switched from the Silverstone Circuit to Brands Hatch.

Results

Grands Prix

Round	Event				Report
	Grid		Result

1	South African Grand Prix				Report
	René Arnoux Renault	1	Alain Prost Renault		Fastest Lap
	Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW	2	Carlos Reutemann Williams-Ford Cosworth		Alain Prost Renault
	Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari	3	René Arnoux Renault		1:08.278 on Lap 49

3	United States Grand Prix West				Report
	Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo	1	Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Cosworth		Fastest Lap
	Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Cosworth		Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Cosworth
	René Arnoux Renault	3	Riccardo Patrese† Brabham-Ford Cosworth		1:30.831 on Lap 12

12	German Grand Prix				Report
	Didier Pironi** Ferrari	1	Patrick Tambay Ferrari		Fastest Lap
	Alain Prost Renault	2	René Arnoux Renault		Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW
	René Arnoux Renault	3	Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Cosworth		1:54.035 on Lap 7

14	Swiss Grand Prix				Report
	Alain Prost 1:01.380	1	Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Cosworth		Fastest Lap
	René Arnoux Renault	2	Alain Prost Renault		Alain Prost Renault
	Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW	3	Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Cosworth		1:07.477 on Lap 2

Notes:

• * Brazilian Grand Prix: Nelson Piquet (Brabham-Ford Cosworth) originally won the race, with Keke Rosberg (Williams-Ford Cosworth) second, but the pair were disqualified for using illegal water tanks.
• ^† United States Grand Prix West: Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) finished third, but was disqualified for an illegal rear wing.
• ^‡ Belgian Grand Prix: Niki Lauda (McLaren-Ford Cosworth) finished third, but was disqualified for an underweight car.
• ^§ British Grand Prix: Keke Rosberg stalled on the parade lap and started from the rear of the grid.
• ** German Grand Prix: Didier Pironi suffered a career-ending crash in practice after setting pole and while his car was not withdrawn, he did not start.

Title races

Championship winner in bold, those outside of the championship race are in italics.

Drivers' Title

Rnd	GP	Winner		Leader	Pts	Second	Pts	Third	Pts	Fourth	Pts	Fifth	Pts	Sixth	Pts
1	South Africa	Prost		Prost	9	Reutemann	6	Arnoux	4	Lauda	3	Rosberg	2	Watson	1
2	Brazil	Prost		Prost	18	Watson	7	Reutemann	6	Arnoux	4	Mansell	4	Alboreto	3
3	USA West	Lauda		Prost	18	Lauda	12	Rosberg	8	Watson	8	Reutemann	6	Alboreto	6
4	San Marino	Pironi		Prost	18	Lauda	12	Pironi	10	Alboreto	10	Rosberg	8	Watson	8
5	Belgium	Watson		Prost	18	Watson	17	Rosberg	14	Lauda	12	Pironi	10	Alboreto	10
6	Monaco	Patrese		Prost	18	Watson	17	Pironi	16	Rosberg	14	Patrese	13	Lauda	12
7	Detroit	Watson		Watson	26	Pironi	20	Prost	18	Rosberg	17	Patrese	13	Lauda	12
8	Canada	Piquet		Watson	30	Pironi	20	Patrese	19	Prost	18	Rosberg	17	Lauda	12
9	Netherlands	Pironi		Watson	30	Pironi	29	Rosberg	21	Patrese	19	Prost	18	Piquet	17
10	Great Britain	Lauda		Pironi	35	Watson	30	Lauda	24	Rosberg	21	Prost	19	Patrese	19
11	France	Arnoux		Pironi	39	Watson	30	Prost	25	Lauda	24	Rosberg	23	Patrese	19
12	Germany	Tambay		Pironi	39	Watson	30	Rosberg	27	Prost	25	Lauda	24	Arnoux	19
13	Austria	De Angelis		Pironi	39	Rosberg	33	Watson	30	Lauda	26	Prost	25	De Angelis	22
14	Switzerland	Rosberg		Rosberg	42	Pironi	39	Prost	31	Watson	30	Lauda	30	De Angelis	23
15	Italy	Arnoux		Rosberg	42	Pironi	39	Watson	33	Prost	31	Lauda	30	Arnoux	28
16	Caesars Palace	Alboreto		Rosberg	44	Pironi	39	Watson	39	Prost	34	Lauda	30	Arnoux	28

• Due to a disputed result at the Belgian Grand Prix, where he finished third but was disqualified, Niki Lauda was still in with a chance of winning the title going into the final race. The appeal was unsuccessful and the disqualification was not overturned.

Constructors' Title

Rnd	GP	Winner		Leader	Pts	Second	Pts	Third	Pts	Fourth	Pts	Fifth	Pts	Sixth	Pts
1	South Africa	Renault		Renault	13	Williams	8	McLaren	4
2	Brazil	Renault		Renault	22	McLaren	10	Williams	8	Lotus	4	Tyrrell	3	ATS	2
3	USA West	McLaren		Renault	22	McLaren	20	Williams	14	Lotus	6	Tyrrell	6	Brabham-F C	4
4	San Marino	Ferrari		Renault	22	McLaren	20	Ferrari	16	Williams	14	Tyrrell	10	Lotus	6
5	Belgium	McLaren		McLaren	29	Renault	22	Williams	20	Ferrari	16	Tyrrell	10	Lotus	9
6	Monaco	Brabham-F C		McLaren	29	Renault	22	Ferrari	22	Williams	21	Lotus	14	Brabham-F C	13
7	Detroit	McLaren		McLaren	38	Ferrari	26	Williams	26	Renault	22	Lotus	14	Brabham-F C	13
8	Canada	Brabham-B		McLaren	42	Ferrari	26	Williams	26	Renault	22	Brabham-F C	19	Lotus	17
9	Netherlands	Ferrari		McLaren	45	Ferrari	35	Williams	32	Renault	22	Brabham-F C	22	Brabham-B	17
10	Great Britain	McLaren		McLaren	54	Ferrari	45	Williams	34	Renault	23	Lotus	20	Brabham-F C	19
11	France	Renault		McLaren	54	Ferrari	52	Renault	38	Williams	36	Lotus	20	Brabham-F C	19
12	Germany	Ferrari		Ferrari	61	McLaren	54	Renault	44	Williams	40	Lotus	20	Brabham-F C	19
13	Austria	Lotus		Ferrari	64	McLaren	56	Williams	46	Renault	44	Lotus	29	Brabham-F C	19
14	Switzerland	Williams		Ferrari	64	McLaren	60	Williams	55	Renault	50	Lotus	30	Brabham-B	22
15	Italy	Renault		Ferrari	74	McLaren	63	Renault	59	Williams	55	Lotus	30	Brabham-B	22
16	Caesars Palace	Tyrrell		Ferrari	74	McLaren	69	Renault	62	Williams	58	Lotus	30	Tyrrell	25

Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
1st	Keke Rosberg	5th	DSQ	2nd		2nd	Ret	4th	Ret	3rd	Ret	5th	3rd	2nd	1st	8th	5th	44
2nd	Didier Pironi	18th	6th	Ret	1st	WD	2nd	3rd	9th	1st	2nd	3rd	DNS	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	39
3rd	John Watson	6th	2nd	6th		1st	Ret	1st	3rd	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	13th	4th	2nd	39
4th	Alain Prost	1st	1st	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	NC	Ret	Ret	6th	2nd	Ret	8th	2nd	Ret	4th	34
5th	Niki Lauda	4th	Ret	1st		DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	1st	8th	DNS	5th	3rd	Ret	Ret	30
6th	René Arnoux	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	1st	2nd	Ret	16th	1st	Ret	28
7th	Patrick Tambay									8th	3rd	4th	1st	4th	DNS	2nd	DNS	25
8th	Michele Alboreto	7th	4th	4th	3rd	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	6th	4th	Ret	7th	5th	1st	25
9th	Elio de Angelis	8th	Ret	5th		4th	5th	Ret	4th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	1st	6th	Ret	Ret	23
10th	Riccardo Patrese	Ret	Ret	3rd		Ret	1st	Ret	2nd	15th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	21
11th	Nelson Piquet	Ret	DSQ	Ret		5th	Ret	DNQ	1st	2nd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	20
12th	Eddie Cheever	Ret	Ret	Ret		3rd	Ret	2nd	10th	DNQ	Ret	16th	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	3rd	15
13th	Derek Daly	14th	Ret	Ret		Ret	6th	5th	7th	5th	5th	7th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	6th	8
14th	Nigel Mansell	Ret	3rd	7th		Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	INJ	Ret	INJ	9th	Ret	8th	7th	Ret	7
15th	Gilles Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	DSQ	2nd	DNS												6
16th	Carlos Reutemann	2nd	Ret															6
17th	Andrea de Cesaris	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	10th	9th	5
18th	Jacques Laffite	Ret	Ret	Ret		9th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
19th	Mario Andretti			Ret												3rd	Ret	4
20th	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNS	3
21st	Marc Surer					7th	9th	8th	5th	10th	Ret	13th	6th	Ret	15th	Ret	7th	3
22nd	Bruno Giacomelli	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	7th	9th	5th	Ret	12th	Ret	10th	2
23rd	Eliseo Salazar	9th	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	14th	9th	DNQ	2
24th	Manfred Winkelhock	10th	5th	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12th	DNQ	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	NC	2
25th	Mauro Baldi	DNQ	10th	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	Ret	8th	6th	9th	Ret	Ret	6th	DNQ	12th	11th	2
26th	Chico Serra	17th	Ret	DNQ		6th	DNPQ	11th	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	11th	7th	DNQ	11th	DNQ	1
—	Brian Henton	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	9th	NC	Ret	8th	10th	7th	Ret	11th	Ret	8th	0
—	Jochen Mass	12th	8th	8th		Ret	DNQ	7th	11th	Ret	10th	Ret						0
—	Slim Borgudd	16th	7th	10th														0
—	Raul Boesel	15th	Ret	9th		8th	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	13th	0
—	Roberto Guerrero	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	8th	Ret	Ret	NC	DNS	0
—	Derek Warwick	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ			Ret	Ret	15th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Rupert Keegan												DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12th	0
—	Geoff Lees								Ret			12th						0
—	Teo Fabi	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC	Ret	DNPQ			DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	0
—	Riccardo Paletti	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNS	Ret									0
—	Tommy Byrne												DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
—	Jan Lammers					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	INJ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ						0
—	Emilio de Villota					DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ								0
—	Roberto Moreno									DNQ								0
Pos.	Driver																	Pts
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

Visual representation of point totals
Driver			Pts
01 – Rosberg		​	44
02 – Pironi		​	39
03 – Watson		​	39
04 – Prost		​	34
05 – Lauda		​	30
06 – Arnoux		​	28
07 – Tambay		​	25
08 – Alboreto		​	25
09 – De Angelis		​	23
10 – Patrese		​	21
11 – Piquet		​	20
12 – Cheever		​	15
13 – Daly		​	8
14 – Mansell		​	7
15 – Villeneuve		​	6
16 – Reutemann		​	6
17 – De Cesaris		​	5
18 – Laffite		​	5
19 – Andretti		​	4
20 – Jarier		​	3
21 – Surer		​	3
22 – Giacomelli		​	2
23 – Salazar		​	2
24 – Winkelhock		​	2
25 – Baldi		​	2
26 – Serra		​	1

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	Constructor	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
1st	Ferrari	Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	DSQ	2nd	DNS												74
		Tambay									8th	3rd	4th	1st	4th	DNS	2nd	DNS
		Pironi	18th	6th	Ret	1st	WD	2nd	3rd	9th	1st	2nd	3rd	DNS
		Andretti															3rd	Ret
2nd	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	Watson	6th	2nd	6th		1st	Ret	1st	3rd	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	13th	4th	2nd	69
		Lauda	4th	Ret	1st		DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	1st	8th	DNS	5th	3rd	Ret	Ret
3rd	Renault	Prost	1st	1st	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	NC	Ret	Ret	6th	2nd	Ret	8th	2nd	Ret	4th	62
		Arnoux	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	1st	2nd	Ret	16th	1st	Ret
4th	Williams-Ford Cosworth	Reutemann	2nd	Ret															58
		Andretti			Ret
		Daly					Ret	6th	5th	7th	5th	5th	7th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	6th
		Rosberg	5th	DSQ	2nd		2nd	Ret	4th	Ret	3rd	Ret	5th	3rd	2nd	1st	8th	5th
5th	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	De Angelis	8th	Ret	5th		4th	5th	Ret	4th	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	1st	6th	Ret	Ret	30
		Mansell	Ret	3rd	7th		Ret	4th	Ret	Ret		Ret		9th	Ret	8th	7th	Ret
		Moreno									DNQ
		Lees											12th
6th	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	Alboreto	7th	4th	4th	3rd	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	6th	4th	Ret	7th	5th	1st	25
		Borgudd	16th	7th	10th
		Henton				Ret	Ret	8th	9th	NC	Ret	8th	10th	7th	Ret	11th	Ret	8th
7th	Brabham-BMW	Piquet	Ret				5th	Ret	DNQ	1st	2nd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	Ret	22
		Patrese	Ret				Ret				15th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret
8th	Ligier-Matra	Cheever	Ret	Ret	Ret		3rd	Ret	2nd	10th	DNQ	Ret	16th	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	3rd	20
		Laffite	Ret	Ret	Ret		9th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret
9th	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	Piquet		DSQ	Ret														19
		Patrese		Ret	3rd			1st	Ret	2nd
10th	Alfa Romeo	De Cesaris	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	10th	9th	7
		Giacomelli	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	7th	9th	5th	Ret	12th	Ret	10th
11th	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	Henton	DNQ	DNQ	Ret														5
		Surer					7th	9th	8th	5th	10th	Ret	13th	6th	Ret	15th	Ret	7th
		Baldi	DNQ	10th	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	Ret	8th	6th	9th	Ret	Ret	6th	DNQ	12th	11th
12th	ATS-Ford Cosworth	Winkelhock	10th	5th	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12th	DNQ	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	NC	4
		Salazar	9th	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	14th	9th	DNQ
13th	Osella-Ford Cosworth	Jarier	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNS	3
		Paletti	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNS	Ret
14th	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	Serra	17th	Ret	DNQ		6th	DNPQ	11th	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	11th	7th	DNQ	11th	DNQ	1
—	March-Ford Cosworth	Mass	12th	8th	8th		Ret	DNQ	7th	11th	Ret	10th	Ret						0
		Keegan												DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12th
		Boesel	15th	Ret	9th		8th	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	13th
		De Villota					DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ
—	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	Guerrero	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	8th	Ret	Ret	NC	DNS	0
—	Toleman-Hart	Warwick	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ			Ret	Ret	15th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
		Fabi	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC	Ret	DNPQ			DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ
—	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	Daly	14th	Ret	Ret														0
		Lammers					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Ret	DNQ	DNQ
		Lees								Ret
		Byrne												DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret
Pos.	Constructor	Driver																	Pts
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

Visual representation of point totals
Driver			Pts
01 – Ferrari		​	74
02 – McLaren-Ford Cosworth		​	69
03 – Renault		​	62
04 – Williams-Ford Cosworth		​	58
05 – Lotus-Ford Cosworth		​	30
06 – Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth		​	25
07 – Brabham-BMW		​	22
08 – Ligier-Matra		​	20
09 – Brabham-Ford Cosworth		​	19
10 – Alfa Romeo		​	7
11 – Arrows-Ford Cosworth		​	5
12 – ATS-Ford Cosworth		​	4
13 – Osella-Ford Cosworth		​	3
14 – Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth		​	1

Statistics

Drivers

WDC	Driver	Races	Starts	Poles	FR	Wins	Podia	FLs	Laps Led	kms Led	GPs Led	DNFs	Pts	Report
1	Rosberg	15	15	1	1	1	6	0	84	353	3	4	44	Report
2	Pironi	12	10	2	2	2	6	2	80	347	4	1	39	Report
3	Watson	15	15	0	0	2	5	1	23	93	2	4	39	Report
4	Prost	16	16	5	9	2	4	4	259	1013	7	8	34	Report
5	Lauda	15	14	0	1	2	3	1	128	491	2	7	30	Report
6	Arnoux	16	16	5	9	2	4	1	204	1006	10	10	28	Report
7	Tambay	8	6	0	0	1	3	0	27	184	1	0	25	Report
8	Alboreto	16	16	0	0	1	2	1	24	88	1	5	25	Report
9	De Angelis	15	15	0	0	1	1	0	5	30	1	7	23	Report
10	Patrese	15	15	0	3	1	3	2	33	190	3	10	21	Report
11	Piquet	15	14	1	3	1	2	2	139	697	6	10	20	Report
12	Cheever	15	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	15	Report
13	Daly	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	Report
14	Mansell	13	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	7	Report
15	Villeneuve†	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	40	201	2	3	6	Report
16	Reutemann	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	Report
17	De Cesaris	16	16	1	2	0	1	0	14	50	1	10	5	Report
18	Laffite	15	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	5	Report
19	Andretti	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	Report
20	Jarier	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	Report
21	Surer	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	Report
22	Giacomelli	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	Report
23	Salazar	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	Report
24	Winkelhock	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	Report
25	Baldi	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	Report
26	Serra	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	Report
27 !—	Henton	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	Report
28 !—	Mass	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	Report
29 !—	Borgudd	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Report
30 !—	Boesel	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	Report
31 !—	Guerrero	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	Report
32 !—	Warwick	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	Report
33 !—	Keegan	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	Report
34 !—	Lees	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Report
35 !—	Fabi	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	Report
36 !—	Paletti†	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	Report
37 !—	Byrne	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	Report
38 !—	Lammers	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	Report
39 !—	De Villota	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Report
40 !—	Moreno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• † Died during season.

Teammate comparisons

Note: Teammate pairings that lasted for just one race are not listed.

Team mate comparisons
Brabham-BMW / Brabham-Ford Cosworth Nelson Piquet 4 Out-raced 2 Riccardo Patrese 9 Outqualified 6 1 Wins 1 2 Podiums 3 Position: 11th 20 Points 21 Position: 10th
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 1–3) Michele Alboreto 3 Out-raced 0 Slim Borgudd 3 Outqualified 0   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: 8th 6 Points 0 Position: NC
Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 4–16) Michele Alboreto 7 Out-raced 3 Brian Henton 13 Outqualified 0   1 Wins 0 2 Podiums 0 Position: 8th 19 Points 0 Position: NC
Williams-Ford Cosworth (Round 1–2) Carlos Reutemann 1 Out-raced 0 Keke Rosberg 0 Outqualified 2 0 Wins 0 1 Podiums 0 Position: 16th 6 Points 2 Position: 1st
Williams-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 5–16) Derek Daly 3 Out-raced 9 Keke Rosberg   1 Outqualified 12 0 Wins 1 0 Podiums 5 Position: 13th 8 Points 36 Position: 1st
McLaren-Ford Cosworth John Watson 6 Out-raced 7 Niki Lauda 4 Outqualified 11 2 Wins 2 5 Podiums 3 Position: 2nd 39 Points 30 Position: 5th
ATS-Ford Cosworth Manfred Winkelhock 3 Out-raced 4 Eliseo Salazar 13 Outqualified 3   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: 24th 2 Points 2 Position: 23rd
Lotus-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 1–3, 5–8, 10, 12–16) Elio de Angelis 7 Out-raced 4 Nigel Mansell 10 Outqualified 3 1 Wins 0 1 Podiums 1 Position: 9th 23 Points 7 Position: 14th
Renault Alain Prost 7 Out-raced 4 René Arnoux 8 Outqualified 8 2 Wins 2 4 Podiums 4 Position: 4th 34 Points 28 Position: 6th
March-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 1–3, 10–11) Jochen Mass 5 Out-raced 0 Raul Boesel 3 Outqualified 2   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: NC 0 Points 0 Position: NC
March-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 5–9) Jochen Mass Raul Boesel Emilio de Villota   Out-raced 2 1 0 Outqualified 2 3 0 Wins 0 0 0 Podiums 0 0 0 Points 0 0 0 Position NC NC NC
March-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 12–16) Rupert Keegan 1 Out-raced 0 Raul Boesel   3 Outqualified 2   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: NC 0 Points 0 Position: NC
Alfa Romeo Andrea de Cesaris 5 Out-raced 5 Bruno Giacomelli 10 Outqualified 6 0 Wins 0 1 Podiums 0 Position: 17th 5 Points 2 Position: 22nd
Ligier-Matra Eddie Cheever 5 Out-raced 2 Jacques Laffite 8 Outqualified 7 0 Wins 0 3 Podiums 1 Position: 12th 15 Points 5 Position: 18th
Ferrari (Rounds 1–5) Gilles Villeneuve 0 Out-raced 3 Didier Pironi 4 Outqualified 1 0 Wins 1 1 Podiums 1 Position: 15th 6 Points 10 Position: 2nd
Ferrari (Rounds 9–12) Patrick Tambay 1 Out-raced 3 Didier Pironi   0 Outqualified 4 1 Wins 1 2 Podiums 3 Position: 7th 16 Points 19 Position: 2nd
Ferrari (Rounds 15–16) Patrick Tambay 1 Out-raced 0 Mario Andretti   0 Outqualified 2 0 Wins 0 1 Podiums 1 Position: 7th 6 Points 4 Position: 19th
Arrows-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 1–3) Brian Henton 0 Out-raced 1 Mauro Baldi   1 Outqualified 2   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: NC 0 Points 0 Position: 25th
Arrows-Ford Cosworth (Rounds 5–16) Marc Surer 8 Out-raced 4 Mauro Baldi   10 Outqualified 2   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: 21st 3 Points 2 Position: 25th
Osella-Ford Cosworth Jean-Pierre Jarier 1 Out-raced 0 Riccardo Paletti 8 Outqualified 0 0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: 20th 3 Points 0 Position: NC
Toleman-Hart Derek Warwick 2 Out-raced 0 Teo Fabi 11 Outqualified 3   0 Wins 0 0 Podiums 0 Position: NC 0 Points 0 Position: NC

See Also

• List of fatal accidents

Notes

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