Season 1982 · Round 11

French Grand Prix

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1982-07-25 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 54Lap · 313.686km
16 René Arnoux
Renault 1:33:33.217
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
15 Alain Prost
Renault +17.308
28 Didier Pironi
Ferrari +42.128
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Andrea de Cesaris L25 Nelson Piquet L23 Elio de Angelis L17 John Watson L13 Jochen Mass L10 Mauro Baldi L10 Riccardo Patrese L8 Eliseo Salazar L2 Jean-Pierre Jarier L0 Teo Fabi L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Nigel Mansell active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
54Lap 313.686km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P7 Mario Andretti 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Arnoux · P1 → P1 1 Arnoux ARN 1 Arnoux ARN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Pironi · P3 → P3 3 Pironi PIR 3 Pironi PIR Tambay · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Tambay TAM 4 Tambay TAM Rosberg · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Rosberg ROS 5 Rosberg ROS Alboreto · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Alboreto ALB 6 Alboreto ALB Daly · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Daly DAL 7 Daly DAL Lauda · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Lauda LAU 8 Lauda LAU Giacomelli · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Giacomelli GIA 9 Giacomelli GIA Henton · P23 → P10 · +13 23 Henton HEN 10 Henton HEN Winkelhock · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Winkelhock WIN 11 Winkelhock WIN Lees · P24 → P12 · +12 24 Lees LEE 12 Lees LEE Surer · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Surer SUR 13 Surer SUR Laffite · P16 → P14 · +2 16 Laffite LAF 14 Laffite LAF Warwick · P14 → P15 · -1 14 Warwick WAR 15 Warwick WAR Cheever · P19 → P16 · +3 19 Cheever CHE 16 Cheever CHE de Cesaris · P7 → retired L25 de Cesaris · retired L25 7 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Piquet · P6 → retired L23 Piquet · retired L23 6 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ de Angelis · P13 → retired L17 de Angelis · retired L17 13 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Watson · P12 → retired L13 Watson · retired L13 12 Watson WAT R Watson WAT Mass · P26 → retired L10 Mass · retired L10 26 Mass MAS R Mass MAS Baldi · P25 → retired L10 Baldi · retired L10 25 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Patrese · P4 → retired L8 Patrese · retired L8 4 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Salazar · P22 → retired L2 Salazar · retired L2 22 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Jarier · P17 → retired L0 Jarier · retired L0 17 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Fabi · P21 → retired L0 Fabi · retired L0 21 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 16 René Arnoux Renault 1 54 1:33:33.217 9
2 15 Alain Prost Renault 2 54 +17.308 6
3 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 3 54 +42.128 4
4 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 5 54 +1:16.241 3
5 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 10 54 +1:30.994 2
6 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 15 54 +1:32.339 1
7 5 Derek Daly Williams 11 53 +1 Lap
8 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 9 53 +1 Lap
9 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 8 53 +1 Lap
10 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell 23 53 +1 Lap
11 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 18 52 +2 Laps
12 12 Geoff Lees Team Lotus 24 52 +2 Laps
13 29 Marc Surer Arrows 20 52 +2 Laps
14 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 16 51 +3 Laps
15 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 14 50 +4 Laps
16 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier 19 49 +5 Laps
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 7 25 Spun off
R 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 23 Engine
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 13 17 Fuel system
R 7 John Watson McLaren 12 13 Electrical
R 17 Jochen Mass March 26 10 Spun off
R 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows 25 10 Collision
R 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 4 8 Engine
R 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS 22 2 Spun off
R 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 17 0 Halfshaft
R 36 Teo Fabi Toleman 21 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
16 René Arnoux
2
15 Alain Prost
3
28 Didier Pironi
4
2 Riccardo Patrese
5
27 Patrick Tambay
6
1 Nelson Piquet
7
22 Andrea de Cesaris
8
23 Bruno Giacomelli
9
8 Niki Lauda
10
6 Keke Rosberg
11
5 Derek Daly
12
7 John Watson
13
11 Elio de Angelis
14
35 Derek Warwick
15
3 Michele Alboreto
16
26 Jacques Laffite
17
31 Jean-Pierre Jarier
18
9 Manfred Winkelhock
19
25 Eddie Cheever
20
29 Marc Surer
21
36 Teo Fabi
22
10 Eliseo Salazar
23
4 Brian Henton
24
12 Geoff Lees
25
30 Mauro Baldi
26
17 Jochen Mass
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-10-21 14:15