Race · Round 16 of 16 · 25 September 1982

1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Michele Alboreto won for Tyrrell from 3rd on the grid at Caesars Palace. 11 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Michele Alboreto.

Circuit: Caesars PalaceLas Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Winner: Michele AlboretoTyrrell
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Michele Alboreto
Entries: 3013 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	9	3	75	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1B	9	75	Finished	6
3	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	—	4	75	Finished	4
4	Alain Prost	Renault	RE30B	1	75	Finished	3
5	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	6	75	Finished	2
6	Derek Daly	Williams	—	14	74	Finished	1
7	Marc Surer	Arrows	—	17	74	Finished	0
8	Brian Henton	Tyrrell	9	19	74	Finished	0
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	—	18	73	Finished	0
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	16	73	Finished	0
11	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	—	23	73	Finished	0
12	Rupert Keegan	March	821	25	73	Finished	0
13	Raul Boesel	March	821	24	69	Finished	0
NC	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D5	22	62	NC	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1B	13	53	Engine	0
DNF	Tommy Byrne	Theodore	—	26	39	Spun off	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Toleman	—	10	32	Spark plugs	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	20	28	Engine	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	126C2	7	26	Suspension	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT50	12	26	Spark plugs	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	RE30B	2	20	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT50	5	17	Clutch	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	21	8	Collision	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	11	5	Ignition	0
DNS	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	126C2	8	—	Unfit	0
DNS	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign	—	15	—	Engine	0
DNS	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	—	—	DNS	0
DNQ	Teo Fabi	Toleman	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	D5	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	—	—	—	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 caesars-palace-1 · 3.65 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
Michele Alboreto	3	1	75
John Watson	9	2	75
Eddie Cheever	4	3	75
Alain Prost	1	4	75
Keke Rosberg	6	5	75
Derek Daly	14	6	74
Marc Surer	17	7	74
Brian Henton	19	8	74
Andrea de Cesaris	18	9	73
Bruno Giacomelli	16	10	73
Mauro Baldi	23	11	73
Rupert Keegan	25	12	73
Raul Boesel	24	13	69
Manfred Winkelhock	22	NC	62
Niki Lauda	13	DNF	53
Tommy Byrne	26	DNF	39
Derek Warwick	10	DNF	32
Elio de Angelis	20	DNF	28
Mario Andretti	7	DNF	26
Nelson Piquet	12	DNF	26
Rene Arnoux	2	DNF	20
Riccardo Patrese	5	DNF	17
Nigel Mansell	21	DNF	8
Jacques Laffite	11	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:16.356	—	—
2	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:16.786	+0.430	+0.430
3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:17.646	+1.290	+0.860
4	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	25	1:17.683	+1.327	+0.037
5	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	2	1:17.772	+1.416	+0.089
6	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:17.886	+1.530	+0.114
7	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	28	1:17.921	+1.565	+0.035
8	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	27	1:17.958	+1.602	+0.037
9	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:17.986	+1.630	+0.028
10	Derek Warwick	Toleman	35	1:18.012	+1.656	+0.026
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:18.056	+1.700	+0.044
12	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:18.275	+1.919	+0.219
13	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:18.333	+1.977	+0.058
14	Derek Daly	Williams	5	1:18.418	+2.062	+0.085
15	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign	14	1:18.496	+2.140	+0.078
16	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:18.622	+2.266	+0.126
17	Marc Surer	Arrows	29	1:18.734	+2.378	+0.112
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:18.761	+2.405	+0.027
19	Brian Henton	Tyrrell	4	1:18.765	+2.409	+0.004
20	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	31	1:19.222	+2.866	+0.457
21	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:19.302	+2.946	+0.080
22	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:19.439	+3.083	+0.137
23	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	1:19.767	+3.411	+0.328
24	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	30	1:20.271	+3.915	+0.504
25	Raul Boesel	March	18	1:20.766	+4.410	+0.495
26	Rupert Keegan	March	17	1:21.180	+4.824	+0.414
27	Tommy Byrne	Theodore	33	1:21.555	+5.199	+0.375
28	Teo Fabi	Toleman	36	1:21.569	+5.213	+0.014
29	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	10	1:21.583	+5.227	+0.014
30	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	20	1:22.387	+6.031	+0.804

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.

1 more photograph

Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 1982
Grand Prix: Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Sep 1982
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Tyrrell
Entrant: Tyrrell-Ford
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.