Season 1982 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1982-03-21 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 63Lap · 316.953km
15 Alain Prost
Renault 1:44:33.134
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
7 John Watson
McLaren +2.990
12 Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus +36.859
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Eliseo Salazar L38 Chico Serra L36 Riccardo Patrese L34 Gilles Villeneuve L29 Niki Lauda L22 René Arnoux L21 Carlos Reutemann L21 Elio de Angelis L21 Eddie Cheever L19 Bruno Giacomelli L16 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
63Lap 316.953km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P3 Carlos Reutemann 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Watson · P12 → P2 · +10 12 Watson WAT 2 Watson WAT Mansell · P14 → P3 · +11 14 Mansell MAN 3 Mansell MAN Alboreto · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB Winkelhock · P15 → P5 · +10 15 Winkelhock WIN 5 Winkelhock WIN Pironi · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Pironi PIR 6 Pironi PIR Borgudd · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Borgudd BOR 7 Borgudd BOR Mass · P22 → P8 · +14 22 Mass MAS 8 Mass MAS Jarier · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Jarier JAR 9 Jarier JAR Baldi · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Baldi BAL 10 Baldi BAL Piquet · P7 → P11 · -4 7 Piquet PIQ 11 Piquet PIQ Rosberg · P3 → P12 · -9 3 Rosberg ROS 12 Rosberg ROS Salazar · P18 → retired L38 Salazar · retired L38 18 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Serra · P25 → retired L36 Serra · retired L36 25 Serra SER R Serra SER Patrese · P9 → retired L34 Patrese · retired L34 9 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Villeneuve · P2 → retired L29 Villeneuve · retired L29 2 Villeneuve VIL R Villeneuve VIL Lauda · P5 → retired L22 Lauda · retired L22 5 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Arnoux · P4 → retired L21 Arnoux · retired L21 4 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Reutemann · P6 → retired L21 Reutemann · retired L21 6 Reutemann REU R Reutemann REU de Angelis · P11 → retired L21 de Angelis · retired L21 11 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Cheever · P26 → retired L19 Cheever · retired L19 26 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Giacomelli · P16 → retired L16 Giacomelli · retired L16 16 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Laffite · P24 → retired L15 Laffite · retired L15 24 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF de Cesaris · P10 → retired L14 de Cesaris · retired L14 10 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Daly · P20 → retired L12 Daly · retired L12 20 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Boesel · P17 → retired L11 Boesel · retired L11 17 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 63 1:44:33.134 9
2 7 John Watson McLaren 12 63 +2.990 6
3 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 14 63 +36.859 4
4 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 13 63 +50.761 3
5 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 15 62 +1 Lap 2
6 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 8 62 +1 Lap 1
7 4 Slim Borgudd Tyrrell 21 61 +2 Laps
8 17 Jochen Mass March 22 61 +2 Laps
9 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 23 60 +3 Laps
10 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows 19 57 +6 Laps
D 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 7 63 Disqualified
D 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 63 Disqualified
R 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS 18 38 Engine
R 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 25 36 Suspension
R 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 9 34 Physical
R 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 2 29 Spun off
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 5 22 Collision
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 4 21 Collision
R 5 Carlos Reutemann Williams 6 21 Collision
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 11 21 Collision
R 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier 26 19 Water leak
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 16 16 Clutch
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 24 15 Chassis
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 10 14 Chassis
R 5 Derek Daly Theodore 20 12 Spun off
R 18 Raul Boesel March 17 11 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
27 Gilles Villeneuve
3
6 Keke Rosberg
4
16 René Arnoux
5
8 Niki Lauda
6
5 Carlos Reutemann
7
1 Nelson Piquet
8
28 Didier Pironi
9
2 Riccardo Patrese
10
22 Andrea de Cesaris
11
11 Elio de Angelis
12
7 John Watson
13
3 Michele Alboreto
14
12 Nigel Mansell
15
9 Manfred Winkelhock
16
23 Bruno Giacomelli
17
18 Raul Boesel
18
10 Eliseo Salazar
19
30 Mauro Baldi
20
5 Derek Daly
21
4 Slim Borgudd
22
17 Jochen Mass
23
31 Jean-Pierre Jarier
24
26 Jacques Laffite
25
20 Chico Serra
26
25 Eddie Cheever
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 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: 2026-09-05 14:15