Season 1982 · Round 3

United States Grand Prix West

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1982-04-04 · Long Beach · USA · United States Grand Prix West · 75Lap · 258.814km
8 Niki Lauda
McLaren 1:58:25.318
Team win 10pt P1 · P6
6 Keke Rosberg
Williams +14.660
2 Riccardo Patrese
Brabham +1:19.143
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Eddie Cheever L59 Andrea de Cesaris L33 Brian Henton L32 Roberto Guerrero L27 Jacques Laffite L26 Jean-Pierre Jarier L26 Nelson Piquet L25 Derek Daly L23 Mario Andretti L19 Alain Prost L10 +5
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
Long Beach California, USA
75Lap 258.814km 8 races held (1976–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Mario Andretti 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Niki Lauda 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 wins · GP #1
Pole Position
P1 Niki Lauda 1 · GP #1
P1 Carlos Reutemann 1 · GP #1
P1 Riccardo Patrese 1 · GP #1
Podiums
P1 Niki Lauda 4 · GP #1
P2 Mario Andretti 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Carlos Reutemann 2 · → Niki Lauda -2
Starts
P1 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 starts · GP #1
P1 John Watson 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jacques Laffite 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Lauda · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Lauda LAU 1 Lauda LAU Rosberg · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Rosberg ROS 2 Rosberg ROS Patrese · P18 → P3 · +15 18 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Alboreto · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB de Angelis · P16 → P5 · +11 16 de Angelis DE 5 de Angelis DE Watson · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Watson WAT 6 Watson WAT Mansell · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Mansell MAN 7 Mansell MAN Mass · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Mass MAS 8 Mass MAS Boesel · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Boesel BOE 9 Boesel BOE Borgudd · P24 → P10 · +14 24 Borgudd BOR 10 Borgudd BOR Villeneuve · P7 → P11 · -4 7 Villeneuve VIL 11 Villeneuve VIL Cheever · P13 → retired L59 Cheever · retired L59 13 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE de Cesaris · P1 → retired L33 de Cesaris · retired L33 1 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Henton · P20 → retired L32 Henton · retired L32 20 Henton HEN R Henton HEN Guerrero · P19 → retired L27 Guerrero · retired L27 19 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Laffite · P15 → retired L26 Laffite · retired L26 15 Laffite LAF R Laffite LAF Jarier · P10 → retired L26 Jarier · retired L26 10 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Piquet · P6 → retired L25 Piquet · retired L25 6 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Daly · P22 → retired L23 Daly · retired L23 22 Daly DAL R Daly DAL Andretti · P14 → retired L19 Andretti · retired L19 14 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Prost · P4 → retired L10 Prost · retired L10 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Pironi · P9 → retired L6 Pironi · retired L6 9 Pironi PIR R Pironi PIR Arnoux · P3 → retired L5 Arnoux · retired L5 3 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Giacomelli · P5 → retired L5 Giacomelli · retired L5 5 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA Salazar · P26 → retired L3 Salazar · retired L3 26 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Winkelhock · P25 → retired L1 Winkelhock · retired L1 25 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 2 75 1:58:25.318 9
2 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 8 75 +14.660 6
3 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 18 75 +1:19.143 4
4 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 12 75 +1:20.947 3
5 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 16 74 +1 Lap 2
6 7 John Watson McLaren 11 74 +1 Lap 1
7 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 17 73 +2 Laps
8 17 Jochen Mass March 21 73 +2 Laps
9 18 Raul Boesel March 23 70 +5 Laps
10 4 Slim Borgudd Tyrrell 24 68 +7 Laps
D 27 Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 7 75 Disqualified
R 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier 13 59 Gearbox
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 1 33 Spun off
R 4 Brian Henton Arrows 20 32 Spun off
R 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign 19 27 Spun off
R 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 15 26 Spun off
R 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 10 26 Transmission
R 1 Nelson Piquet Brabham 6 25 Spun off
R 5 Derek Daly Theodore 22 23 Spun off
R 28 Mario Andretti Williams 14 19 Collision
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 4 10 Spun off
R 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 9 6 Spun off
R 16 René Arnoux Renault 3 5 Collision
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 5 5 Collision
R 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS 26 3 Collision
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 25 1 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Andrea de Cesaris
2
8 Niki Lauda
3
16 René Arnoux
4
15 Alain Prost
5
23 Bruno Giacomelli
6
1 Nelson Piquet
7
27 Gilles Villeneuve
8
6 Keke Rosberg
9
28 Didier Pironi
10
31 Jean-Pierre Jarier
11
7 John Watson
12
3 Michele Alboreto
13
25 Eddie Cheever
14
28 Mario Andretti
15
26 Jacques Laffite
16
11 Elio de Angelis
17
12 Nigel Mansell
18
2 Riccardo Patrese
19
14 Roberto Guerrero
20
4 Brian Henton
21
17 Jochen Mass
22
5 Derek Daly
23
18 Raul Boesel
24
4 Slim Borgudd
25
9 Manfred Winkelhock
26
10 Eliseo Salazar
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: 2026-09-05 14:15