Season 1982 · Round 16

Caesars Palace Grand Prix

← R15 1982 Season
1982-09-25 · Las Vegas Street Circuit · USA · Caesars Palace Grand Prix · 75Lap · 273.750km
3 Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell 1:41:56.888
Team win 9pt P1 · P8
7 John Watson
McLaren +27.292
25 Eddie Cheever
Ligier +56.450
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
11
Manfred Winkelhock L62 Niki Lauda L53 Tommy Byrne L39 Derek Warwick L32 Elio de Angelis L28 Mario Andretti L26 Nelson Piquet L26 René Arnoux L20 Riccardo Patrese L17 Nigel Mansell L8 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Circuit Info
75Lap 273.750km 2 races held (1981–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michele Alboreto 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 John Watson 1 · GP #1
P1 Bruno Giacomelli 1 · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 1 · GP #1
Starts
P1 Mario Andretti 2 starts · GP #1
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 2 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 2 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Alboreto · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Alboreto ALB 1 Alboreto ALB Watson · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Watson WAT 2 Watson WAT Cheever · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Cheever CHE 3 Cheever CHE Prost · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO Rosberg · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Rosberg ROS 5 Rosberg ROS Daly · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Daly DAL 6 Daly DAL Surer · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Surer SUR 7 Surer SUR Henton · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Henton HEN 8 Henton HEN de Cesaris · P18 → P9 · +9 18 de Cesaris DE 9 de Cesaris DE Giacomelli · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Giacomelli GIA 10 Giacomelli GIA Baldi · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Baldi BAL 11 Baldi BAL Keegan · P25 → P12 · +13 25 Keegan KEE 12 Keegan KEE Boesel · P24 → P13 · +11 24 Boesel BOE 13 Boesel BOE Winkelhock · P22 → retired L62 Winkelhock · retired L62 22 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Lauda · P13 → retired L53 Lauda · retired L53 13 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Byrne · P26 → retired L39 Byrne · retired L39 26 Byrne BYR R Byrne BYR Warwick · P10 → retired L32 Warwick · retired L32 10 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR de Angelis · P20 → retired L28 de Angelis · retired L28 20 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Andretti · P7 → retired L26 Andretti · retired L26 7 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Piquet · P12 → retired L26 Piquet · retired L26 12 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Arnoux · P2 → retired L20 Arnoux · retired L20 2 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Patrese · P5 → retired L17 Patrese · retired L17 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Mansell · P21 → retired L8 Mansell · retired L8 21 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Laffite · P11 → retired L5 Laffite · retired L5 11 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Tambay · P8 → P25 · -17 8 Tambay TAM 25 Tambay TAM Guerrero · P15 → P26 · -11 15 Guerrero GUE 26 Guerrero GUE Jarier · P27 → P27 27 Jarier JAR 27 Jarier JAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 3 75 1:41:56.888 9
2 7 John Watson McLaren 9 75 +27.292 6
3 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier 4 75 +56.450 4
4 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 75 +1:08.648 3
5 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 6 75 +1:11.375 2
6 5 Derek Daly Williams 14 74 +1 Lap 1
7 29 Marc Surer Arrows 17 74 +1 Lap
8 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell 19 74 +1 Lap
9 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 18 73 +2 Laps
10 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 16 73 +2 Laps
11 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows 23 73 +2 Laps
12 17 Rupert Keegan March 25 73 +2 Laps
13 18 Raul Boesel March 24 69 +6 Laps
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 22 62 Not classified
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 13 53 Engine
R 33 Tommy Byrne Theodore 26 39 Spun off
R 35 Derek Warwick Toleman 10 32 Spark plugs
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 20 28 Engine
R 28 Mario Andretti Ferrari 7 26 Suspension
R 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 12 26 Spark plugs
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 2 20 Engine
R 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 5 17 Clutch
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 21 8 Collision
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 5 Ignition
W 27 Patrick Tambay Ferrari 8 0 Withdrew
W 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign 15 0 Engine
W 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 27 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
16 René Arnoux
3
3 Michele Alboreto
4
25 Eddie Cheever
5
2 Riccardo Patrese
6
6 Keke Rosberg
7
28 Mario Andretti
8
27 Patrick Tambay
9
7 John Watson
10
35 Derek Warwick
11
26 Jacques Laffite
12
1 Nelson Piquet
13
8 Niki Lauda
14
5 Derek Daly
15
14 Roberto Guerrero
16
23 Bruno Giacomelli
17
29 Marc Surer
18
22 Andrea de Cesaris
19
4 Brian Henton
20
11 Elio de Angelis
21
12 Nigel Mansell
22
9 Manfred Winkelhock
23
30 Mauro Baldi
24
18 Raul Boesel
25
17 Rupert Keegan
26
33 Tommy Byrne
27
31 Jean-Pierre Jarier
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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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: 2026-09-05 14:15