Season 1982 · Round 7

Detroit Grand Prix

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1982-06-06 · Detroit Street Circuit · USA · Detroit Grand Prix · 62Lap · 258.428km
7 John Watson
McLaren 1:58:41.043
Team win 9pt P1 · P14
25 Eddie Cheever
Ligier +15.726
28 Didier Pironi
Ferrari +28.077
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
15
Alain Prost L54 Nigel Mansell L44 Niki Lauda L40 Michele Alboreto L40 Bruno Giacomelli L30 Elio de Angelis L17 Eliseo Salazar L13 Roberto Guerrero L6 Riccardo Patrese L6 Andrea de Cesaris L2 +5
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Circuit Info
Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, USA
62Lap 258.428km 7 races held (1982–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 John Watson 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Keke Rosberg 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 3 · GP #1
P3 John Watson 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L62 Watson · P17 → P1 · +16 17 Watson WAT 1 Watson WAT Cheever · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Cheever CHE 2 Cheever CHE Pironi · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Pironi PIR 3 Pironi PIR Rosberg · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Rosberg ROS 4 Rosberg ROS Daly · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Daly DAL 5 Daly DAL Laffite · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Mass · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Mass MAS 7 Mass MAS Surer · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Surer SUR 8 Surer SUR Henton · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Henton HEN 9 Henton HEN Arnoux · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Arnoux ARN 10 Arnoux ARN Serra · P26 → P11 · +15 26 Serra SER 11 Serra SER Prost · P1 → retired L54 Prost · retired L54 1 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Mansell · P7 → retired L44 Mansell · retired L44 7 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Lauda · P10 → retired L40 Lauda · retired L40 10 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Alboreto · P16 → retired L40 Alboreto · retired L40 16 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Giacomelli · P6 → retired L30 Giacomelli · retired L30 6 Giacomelli GIA R Giacomelli GIA de Angelis · P8 → retired L17 de Angelis · retired L17 8 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Salazar · P25 → retired L13 Salazar · retired L13 25 Salazar SAL R Salazar SAL Guerrero · P11 → retired L6 Guerrero · retired L6 11 Guerrero GUE R Guerrero GUE Patrese · P14 → retired L6 Patrese · retired L6 14 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P2 → retired L2 de Cesaris · retired L2 2 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Jarier · P22 → retired L2 Jarier · retired L2 22 Jarier JAR R Jarier JAR Winkelhock · P5 → retired L1 Winkelhock · retired L1 5 Winkelhock WIN R Winkelhock WIN Boesel · P21 → retired L0 Boesel · retired L0 21 Boesel BOE R Boesel BOE Baldi · P24 → retired L0 Baldi · retired L0 24 Baldi BAL R Baldi BAL Paletti · P23 → retired L0 Paletti · retired L0 23 Paletti PAL R Paletti PAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 John Watson McLaren 17 62 1:58:41.043 9
2 25 Eddie Cheever Ligier 9 62 +15.726 6
3 28 Didier Pironi Ferrari 4 62 +28.077 4
4 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 62 +1:11.976 3
5 5 Derek Daly Williams 12 62 +1:23.757 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 13 61 +1 Lap 1
7 17 Jochen Mass March 18 61 +1 Lap
8 29 Marc Surer Arrows 19 61 +1 Lap
9 4 Brian Henton Tyrrell 20 60 +2 Laps
10 16 René Arnoux Renault 15 59 +3 Laps
11 20 Chico Serra Fittipaldi 26 59 +3 Laps
R 15 Alain Prost Renault 1 54 Not classified
R 12 Nigel Mansell Team Lotus 7 44 Engine
R 8 Niki Lauda McLaren 10 40 Collision
R 3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 16 40 Spun off
R 23 Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo 6 30 Collision
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 8 17 Gearbox
R 10 Eliseo Salazar ATS 25 13 Spun off
R 14 Roberto Guerrero Ensign 11 6 Collision
R 2 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 14 6 Collision
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Alfa Romeo 2 2 Transmission
R 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier Osella 22 2 Ignition
R 9 Manfred Winkelhock ATS 5 1 Spun off
R 18 Raul Boesel March 21 0 Collision
R 30 Mauro Baldi Arrows 24 0 Collision
R 32 Riccardo Paletti Osella 23 0 Retired
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
15 Alain Prost
2
22 Andrea de Cesaris
3
6 Keke Rosberg
4
28 Didier Pironi
5
9 Manfred Winkelhock
6
23 Bruno Giacomelli
7
12 Nigel Mansell
8
11 Elio de Angelis
9
25 Eddie Cheever
10
8 Niki Lauda
11
14 Roberto Guerrero
12
5 Derek Daly
13
26 Jacques Laffite
14
2 Riccardo Patrese
15
16 René Arnoux
16
3 Michele Alboreto
17
7 John Watson
18
17 Jochen Mass
19
29 Marc Surer
20
4 Brian Henton
21
18 Raul Boesel
22
31 Jean-Pierre Jarier
23
32 Riccardo Paletti
24
30 Mauro Baldi
25
10 Eliseo Salazar
26
20 Chico Serra
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