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The 1982 Elite Racing League season was the 23rd season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) Nigel Mansell won the ERL Drivers Championship at the Italian Grand Prix - the Manufacturers Championship was won by Ferrari or McLaren at the last race at Caesars Palace.
The 1982 Elite Racing League season was the 23rd season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) Nigel Mansell won the ERL Drivers Championship at the Italian Grand Prix giving McLaren their first drivers title since 1977 - the Manufacturers Championship was won by Ferrari or McLaren at the last race at Caesars Palace.


This year would be the third of the F1/ERL merge which saw the championship start with a drivers' strike at the season opener in South Africa on the F1 side and saw a partial-race boycott as part of the ongoing FISA–FOCA war at the San Marino Grand Prix, the season was called "ugly and marked by tragedy, dissension and greed" which gave both F1 and the ERL alot of thinking to do especially at the Belgian Grand Prix when beloved Gilles Vileneuve would tragically lose his life, also on the F1 side of things - Didier Pironi also suffered a career-ending accident while qualifying for the German Grand Prix. These incidents and several other major accidents led to regulation changes to increase driver safety for the 1983 season.
This year would be the third of the F1/ERL merge which saw the championship start with a drivers' strike at the season opener in South Africa on the F1 side and saw a partial-race boycott as part of the ongoing FISA–FOCA war at the San Marino Grand Prix, the season was called "ugly and marked by tragedy, dissension and greed" which gave both F1 and the ERL alot of thinking to do especially at the Belgian Grand Prix when beloved Gilles Vileneuve would tragically lose his life, also on the F1 side of things - Didier Pironi also suffered a career-ending accident while qualifying for the German Grand Prix. These incidents and several other major accidents led to regulation changes to increase driver safety for the 1983 season.
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==Drivers Championship==
==Drivers Championship==
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==Manufacturers Championship==
==Manufacturers Championship==
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 27 September 2021

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1982 Elite Racing League season
Previous: 1981 Next: 1983
Drivers Champion Manufacturers Champion
Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR McLaren-Ford

The 1982 Elite Racing League season was the 23rd season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) Nigel Mansell won the ERL Drivers Championship at the Italian Grand Prix giving McLaren their first drivers title since 1977 - the Manufacturers Championship was won by Ferrari or McLaren at the last race at Caesars Palace.

This year would be the third of the F1/ERL merge which saw the championship start with a drivers' strike at the season opener in South Africa on the F1 side and saw a partial-race boycott as part of the ongoing FISA–FOCA war at the San Marino Grand Prix, the season was called "ugly and marked by tragedy, dissension and greed" which gave both F1 and the ERL alot of thinking to do especially at the Belgian Grand Prix when beloved Gilles Vileneuve would tragically lose his life, also on the F1 side of things - Didier Pironi also suffered a career-ending accident while qualifying for the German Grand Prix. These incidents and several other major accidents led to regulation changes to increase driver safety for the 1983 season.


Season Review

  • The Argentine Grand Prix was scheduled to take place on 7 March, but was cancelled due to lack of sponsors, as several pulled out due to uncertainty following the drivers' strike in the opening race.
  • The Spanish Grand Prix was omitted from the calendar for several reasons. The Circuito del Jarama, where the race had been held the previous year, was unpopular with the drivers. In addition, the organisers had failed to pay their fees for 1981. Although the race was re-instated for 27 June after the organisers had paid off their debts to the Formula One Constructors' Association (FOCA), protests from the teams over the dangerous nature of the Jarama venue led to the race being cancelled.
  • The French Grand Prix returned to Circuit Paul Ricard whilst Dijon-Prenois became the new European Grand Prix venue.
  • The British Grand Prix returned to Brands Hatch
  • The United States Grand Prix returned at a new venue, the Detroit Street Circuit.
Rnd Race Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Constructor
1 Flag of South Africa svg.png South African Grand Prix Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit Template:USA Mario Andretti Template:FRA Alain Prost Flag of Italy svg.png Riccardo Patrese Template:GBR Brabham-BMW
2 Flag of Brazil svg.png Brazilian Grand Prix Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Template:FRA Jacques Laffite Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:FRA Jacques Laffite Template:FRA Talbot Ligier-Matra
3 Template:USA California Grand Prix Long Beach Street Circuit Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet Template:GBR Brabham-BMW
4 Flag of San Marino svg.png San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Vileneuve Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Vileneuve Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Vileneuve Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
5 Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix Circuit Zolder Template:USA Mario Andretti Flag of Italy svg.png Riccardo Patrese Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
6 Flag of Monaco svg.png Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis Template:GBR Lotus-Ford
7 Template:USA United States Grand Prix Detroit Street Circuit Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg Template:GBR Williams-Ford
8 Flag of Canada svg.png Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Vileneuve Template:USA Mario Andretti Template:FRA Didier Pironi Template:USA Mario Andretti Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
9 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Zandvoort Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg Template:FRA Alain Prost Template:FRA Alain Prost Template:FRA Renault
10 Template:GBR British Grand Prix Brands Hatch Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet Template:FRA Jacques Laffite Template:USA Mario Andretti Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
11 Template:FRA French Grand Prix Circuit Paul Ricard Template:FRA Alain Prost Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
12 Flag of Germany svg.png German Grand Prix Hockenheimring Template:FRA Jacques Laffite Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg Template:FRA Jacques Laffite Template:FRA Talbot Ligier-Matra
13 Template:AUT Austrian Grand Prix Osterreichring Template:FRA Jacques Laffite Template:SUI Clay Reggazoni Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet Template:GBR Brabham-BMW
14 Flag of Europe svg.png European Grand Prix Dijon-Prenois Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR McLaren-Ford
15 Flag of Italy svg.png Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
16 Template:USA Caesars Palace Grand Prix Caesars Palace Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR Nigel Mansell Template:GBR McLaren-Ford

Teams and Drivers

  • Fittipaldi Automotive, despite two strong seasons, withdrew from the ERL after downgrading their F1 efforts to just one car.
  • Goodyear and Pirelli returned to the sport to battle Michelin in the ERL's first three way tyre war.
  • BMW entered the series becoming the engine supplier for the midfield Brabham team.

Mid-season

  • Ferrari made the decision following the Belgian Grand Prix to replace Vileneuve with former teammate Clay Regazzoni who came out of retirement to honour his former teammate by racing his car - the two had led Clay and Ferrari to success as teammates and Regazzoni said he needed to finally do something for Gilles.
  • Following his career ending crash at Hockenheim, Didier Pironi was replaced at Ligier with Patrick Tambay who had a lot to prove upon returning to the ERL after finishing last with 0 points when he last raced in the series for McLaren
Team Constructor Engine Tyres # Driver Rounds
Template:GBR Arrows Beta Racing Team Arrows-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Pirelli 1 Template:SUI Marc Surer All
2 Template:GBR Brian Henton All
Template:GBR Parmalat Racing Team Brabham-BMW BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t Template:Goodyear 3 Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet All
4 Flag of Italy svg.png Riccardo Patrese All
Flag of Italy svg.png Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 021 1.5 V6t Template:Goodyear 5 Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Vileneuve 1-5
Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni 6-16
6 Template:USA Mario Andretti All
Template:GBR John Player Team Lotus Lotus-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 7 Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis All
8 Flag of Sweden svg.png Stefan Johansson All
Template:GBR Marlboro McLaren International McLaren-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Michelin 9 Template:GBR Nigel Mansell All
10 Flag of Italy svg.png Andrea de Cesaris All
Template:FRA Elf Equipe Renault Renault Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6 t Template:Michelin 11 Template:FRA Alain Prost All
12 Template:FRA Rene Arnoux All
Template:FRA Equipe Talbot Gitanes Talbot Ligier-Matra Matra MS81 3.0 V12 Template:Michelin 13 Template:FRA Jacques Laffite All
14 Template:FRA Didier Pironi 1-12
Template:FRA Patrick Tambay 13-16
Template:GBR Team Tyrrell Tyrrell-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 15 Flag of Italy svg.png Michele Alboreto All
16 Template:USA Eddie Cheever All
Template:GBR Albilad Williams Racing Team Williams-Ford Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Template:Goodyear 17 Flag of Argentina svg.png Carlos Reutemann All
18 Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg All

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Points
1 Template:GBR Nigel Mansell 54
2 Template:FRA Alain Prost 36
3 Template:USA Mario Andretti 29
4 Template:FRA Jacques Laffite 28
5 Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet 28
6 Flag of Italy svg.png Andrea de Cesaris 26
7 Template:SUI Clay Regazzoni 26
8 Flag of Finland svg.png Keke Rosberg 25
9 Flag of Italy svg.png Riccardo Patrese 21
10 Template:USA Eddie Cheever 18
11 Flag of Italy svg.png Elio de Angelis 15
12 Flag of Sweden svg.png Stefan Johansson 15
13 Flag of Canada svg.png Gilles Vileneuve 14
14 Template:SUI Marc Surer 14
15 Flag of Argentina svg.png Carlos Reutemann 13
16 Template:GBR Brian Henton 12
17 Flag of Italy svg.png Michele Alboreto 11
18 Template:FRA Didier Pironi 9
19 Template:FRA Rene Arnoux 6
20 Template:FRA Patrick Tambay 0

Manufacturers Championship

Pos. Driver Points
1 Template:GBR McLaren-Ford 80
2 Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 69
3 Template:GBR Brabham-BMW 49
4 Template:FRA Renault 42
5 Template:GBR Williams-Ford 38
6 Template:FRA Talbot Ligier-Matra 37
7 Template:GBR Lotus-Ford 30
8 Template:GBR Tyrrell-Ford 29
9 Template:GBR Arrows-Ford 26
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