Race · Round 3 of 16 · 4 April 1982

1982 United States Grand Prix West

Niki Lauda won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Long Beach. 16 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Long BeachLong Beach, California, United States of America
Winner: Niki LaudaMcLaren
Pole: Andrea de Cesaris
Fastest lap: Niki Lauda
Entries: 3110 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/1B	2	75	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	8	75	Finished	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	18	75	Finished	4
4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	9	12	75	Finished	3
5	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	—	16	74	Finished	2
6	John Watson	McLaren	MP4/1B	11	74	Finished	1
7	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	—	17	73	Finished	0
8	Jochen Mass	March	821	21	73	Finished	0
9	Raul Boesel	March	821	23	70	Finished	0
10	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell	9	24	68	Finished	0
DSQ	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	126C2	7	75	Illegal rear wing	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	—	13	59	Gearbox	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	—	1	33	Accident	0
DNF	Brian Henton	Arrows	—	20	32	Spun off	0
DNF	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign	—	19	27	Accident	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	—	15	26	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	—	10	26	Transmission	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	—	6	25	Accident	0
DNF	Derek Daly	Theodore	—	22	23	Spun off	0
DNF	Mario Andretti	Williams	—	14	19	Suspension	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Renault	RE30B	4	10	Suspension	0
DNF	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	126C2	9	6	Accident	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Renault	RE30B	3	5	Collision	0
DNF	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	—	5	5	Collision	0
DNF	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	D5	26	3	Accident	0
DNF	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	D5	25	1	Accident	0
DNQ	Teo Fabi	Toleman	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Riccardo Paletti	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Derek Warwick	Toleman	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

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

F1DB layout long-beach-2 · 3.428 km · 18 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
Niki Lauda	2	1	75
Keke Rosberg	8	2	75
Riccardo Patrese	18	3	75
Michele Alboreto	12	4	75
Elio de Angelis	16	5	74
John Watson	11	6	74
Nigel Mansell	17	7	73
Jochen Mass	21	8	73
Raul Boesel	23	9	70
Slim Borgudd	24	10	68
Gilles Villeneuve	7	DSQ	75
Eddie Cheever	13	DNF	59
Andrea de Cesaris	1	DNF	33
Brian Henton	20	DNF	32
Roberto Guerrero	19	DNF	27
Jacques Laffite	15	DNF	26
Jean-Pierre Jarier	10	DNF	26
Nelson Piquet	6	DNF	25
Derek Daly	22	DNF	23
Mario Andretti	14	DNF	19
Alain Prost	4	DNF	10
Didier Pironi	9	DNF	6
Rene Arnoux	3	DNF	5
Bruno Giacomelli	5	DNF	5
Eliseo Salazar	26	DNF	3
Manfred Winkelhock	25	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	22	1:27.316	—	—
2	Niki Lauda	McLaren	8	1:27.436	+0.120	+0.120
3	Rene Arnoux	Renault	16	1:27.763	+0.447	+0.327
4	Alain Prost	Renault	15	1:27.979	+0.663	+0.216
5	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	23	1:28.087	+0.771	+0.108
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	1:28.276	+0.960	+0.189
7	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	27	1:28.476	+1.160	+0.200
8	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:28.576	+1.260	+0.100
9	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	28	1:28.680	+1.364	+0.104
10	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella	31	1:28.708	+1.392	+0.028
11	John Watson	McLaren	7	1:28.885	+1.569	+0.177
12	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	3	1:29.027	+1.711	+0.142
13	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	25	1:29.336	+2.020	+0.309
14	Mario Andretti	Williams	5	1:29.468	+2.152	+0.132
15	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:29.587	+2.271	+0.119
16	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:29.694	+2.378	+0.107
17	Nigel Mansell	Team Lotus	12	1:29.758	+2.442	+0.064
18	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	2	1:29.948	+2.632	+0.190
19	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign	14	1:30.186	+2.870	+0.238
20	Brian Henton	Arrows	29	1:30.474	+3.158	+0.288
21	Jochen Mass	March	17	1:30.476	+3.160	+0.002
22	Derek Daly	Theodore	33	1:30.919	+3.603	+0.443
23	Raul Boesel	March	18	1:30.977	+3.661	+0.058
24	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell	4	1:31.033	+3.717	+0.056
25	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	9	1:31.593	+4.277	+0.560
26	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	10	1:31.825	+4.509	+0.232
27	Teo Fabi	Toleman	36	1:31.988	+4.672	+0.163
28	Riccardo Paletti	Osella	32	1:32.146	+4.830	+0.158
29	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi	20	1:32.496	+5.180	+0.350
30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows	30	1:33.701	+6.385	+1.205

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.

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.

Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 1982
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix West
Dates: 4 Apr 1982
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-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.