Race · Round 11 of 16 · 25 July 1982

1982 French Grand Prix

Rene Arnoux won for Renault from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 10 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner: Rene ArnouxRenault
Pole: Rene Arnoux
Fastest lap: Riccardo Patrese
Entries: 3016 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	RE30B	1	54	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	Renault	RE30B	2	54	Finished	6
3	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126C2	3	54	Finished	4
4	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	126C2	5	54	Finished	3
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	10	54	Finished	2
6	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	9	15	54	Finished	1
7	Derek Daly	Williams	—	11	53	Finished	0
8	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1B	9	53	Finished	0
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	8	53	Finished	0
10	Brian Henton	Tyrrell	9	23	53	Finished	0
11	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D5	18	52	Finished	0
12	Geoff Lees	Team Lotus	—	24	52	Finished	0
13	Marc Surer	Arrows	—	20	52	Finished	0
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	16	51	Finished	0
15	Derek Warwick	Toleman	—	14	50	Finished	0
16	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	—	19	49	Finished	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	—	7	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT50	6	23	Engine	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	13	17	Fuel system	0
DNF	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1B	12	13	Electrical	0
DNF	Jochen Mass	March	821	26	10	Collision	0
DNF	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	—	25	10	Collision	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT50	4	8	Engine	0	fastest lap
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	D5	22	2	Spun off	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	—	21	0	Electrical	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	17	0	Halfshaft	0
DNQ	Jan Lammers	Theodore	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Raul Boesel	March	821	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout paul-ricard-1 · 5.809 km · 14 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Rene Arnoux	1	1	54
Alain Prost	2	2	54
Didier Pironi	3	3	54
Patrick Tambay	5	4	54
Keke Rosberg	10	5	54
Michele Alboreto	15	6	54
Derek Daly	11	7	53
Niki Lauda	9	8	53
Bruno Giacomelli	8	9	53
Brian Henton	23	10	53
Manfred Winkelhock	18	11	52
Geoff Lees	24	12	52
Marc Surer	20	13	52
Jacques Laffite	16	14	51
Derek Warwick	14	15	50
Eddie Cheever	19	16	49
Andrea de Cesaris	7	DNF	25
Nelson Piquet	6	DNF	23
Elio de Angelis	13	DNF	17
John Watson	12	DNF	13
Jochen Mass	26	DNF	10
Mauro Baldi	25	DNF	10
Riccardo Patrese	4	DNF	8
Eliseo Salazar	22	DNF	2
Teo Fabi	21	DNF	0
Jean-Pierre Jarier	17	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:34.406	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:34.688	+0.282	+0.282
3	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:35.790	+1.384	+1.102
4	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	2	1:35.811	+1.405	+0.021
5	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	1:35.905	+1.499	+0.094
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:36.359	+1.953	+0.454
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:37.573	+3.167	+1.214
8	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:37.705	+3.299	+0.132
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:37.778	+3.372	+0.073
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:37.780	+3.374	+0.002
11	Derek Daly	Williams	5	1:38.767	+4.361	+0.987
12	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:38.944	+4.538	+0.177
13	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:39.118	+4.712	+0.174
14	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	1:39.306	+4.900	+0.188
15	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:39.330	+4.924	+0.024
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:39.605	+5.199	+0.275
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	31	1:39.909	+5.503	+0.304
18	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	1:39.917	+5.511	+0.008
19	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	25	1:40.187	+5.781	+0.270
20	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	1:40.335	+5.929	+0.148
21	Teo Fabi	Toleman	36	1:40.421	+6.015	+0.086
22	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	10	1:40.673	+6.267	+0.252
23	Brian Henton	Tyrrell	4	1:40.852	+6.446	+0.179
24	Geoff Lees	Team Lotus	12	1:40.974	+6.568	+0.122
25	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	30	1:40.997	+6.591	+0.023
26	Jochen Mass	March	17	1:41.579	+7.173	+0.582
27	Jan Lammers	Theodore	33	1:41.714	+7.308	+0.135
28	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign	14	1:42.270	+7.864	+0.556
29	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	20	1:42.414	+8.008	+0.144
30	Raul Boesel	March	18	1:43.099	+8.693	+0.685

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Brabham BT50
Patrese at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix crop · Hans van Dijk for Anefo / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 932-2347 derivative work: Sporti · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 1982
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Jul 1982
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.