1982 Alternate Formula One season

1982 Formula One season
Tyrrell won their first constructor's championship of the 1980s as lead driver Harvey Jones won the driver's championship.
Turbo Era
Season
Races	16
Start date	7 March 1982
Start Event	South African Grand Prix
End date	4 October 1982
End Event	Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Harvey Jones
Constructor's Champion	Tyrrell-BMW
Entrant's Champion	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1981	1983

The 1982 Formula One season was the 33rd season of Formula One. Clay Regazzoni entered the season as the reigning world champion, the oldest driver to do so since Giuseppe Farina, this time partnered by the up-and-coming Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler at McLaren. Alan Jones would embark on a sabbatical after being released from his contract at Lotus, but perhaps the biggest move of the off-season would see Alain Prost abandon Renault in favour of Williams, with the Grove team becoming the Honda works team.

The season would be regarded by motorsport historians as part of the heyday of turbocharged engines in Formula One. 7 manufacturers - Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari, Honda, Renault, Rover-Hart, and TAG-Porsche would all produce turbocharged engines.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Marlboro McLaren International [?]	McLaren-Renault	McLaren MP4/1B	Renault EF1 1.5 V6t		1	Clay Regazzoni	All
					2	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	All
Systime BMW Team Tyrrell [?]	Tyrrell-BMW	Tyrrell 014	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t		3	Harvey Jones	All
					4	Keke Rosberg	All
Canon Williams Honda Team [?]	Williams-Honda	Williams FW09	Honda RA162E 1.5 V6t		5	Gilles Villeneuve	All
					6	Alain Prost	All
Brabham TAG Racing Organisation [?]	Brabham-TAG	Brabham BT50B	TAG-Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6t		7	Nelson Piquet	All
					8	Riccardo Patrese	All
March Engineering [?]	March-Rover	March 821	Rover-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t		9	Marc Surer	All
					10	Derek Daly	1-13
						Valentino Nicchi	14-16
John Player Team Lotus [?]	Lotus-Ford	Lotus 81B Lotus 82	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8		11	Nigel Mansell	1-9
					12	Desiré Wilson	1-9
	Lotus-BMW	Lotus 82T	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4t		11	Nigel Mansell	10-16
					12	Manfred Winkelhock	10-12, 14-16
						Stefan Bellof	13
Équipe Renault Elf [?]	Renault	Renault RE40	Renault EF1 1.5 V6t		15	Jean-Pierre Jarier	All
					16	Rikky Leiviskä	All
ATS Kauhsen Racing Team [?]	ATS-TAG	ATS D4	TAG-Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6t		17	René Arnoux	1-7
						Eliseo Salazar	8-16
					18	Manfred Winkelhock	1-7
						Raul Boesel	8-16
Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team [?]	Arrows-Renault	Arrows A4B	Renault EF1 1.5 V6t		19	Eddie Cheever	All
					20	Thierry Boutsen	1-11, 13-16
						Riccardo Paletti	12
Skoal Bandit Toleman Motorsport [?]	Toleman-Triumph	Toleman TG181	Triumph-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t		21	Mike Thackwell	All
					22	Jonathan Palmer	All
Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo [?]	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 182	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t		23	Andrea de Cesaris	1-11, 13-16
						Ricardo Zunino	12
					24	Michele Alboreto	All
Ligier Gitanes [?]	Ligier-Renault	Ligier JS13T Ligier JS15	Renault EF1 1.5 V6t		25	Philippe Streiff	1-9
						Jacques Godard [?]	10-11
						Tommy Byrne	12-16
					26	Patrick Tambay	All
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC [?]	Ferrari	Ferrari 126C2	Ferrari 031 1.5 V6t		27	Elio de Angelis	All
					28	Guillaume Gauthier	1-15
						Mario Andretti	16
Penthouse Rover Grand Prix [?]	Spartec-Rover	Spartec G71C-R Spartec 14	Rover-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t		29	Robert Kagan	1, 3-12, 14-16
						David Kennedy	2, 13
					30	Derek Warwick	All
Osella Squadra Corse [?]	Osella-Rover	Osella FA1BT Osella FA1C	Rover-Hart 415T 1.5 L4t		31	Vittorio Brambilla	1-5
						Stephen South	6-16
					32	Ricardo Londoño-Bridge	1-5
						Roberto Guerrero	6, 9-16
						Javier Scarpetta	7-8

Team Changes

Pre-season

• The year saw a boom in the supply of turbocharged engines, with Williams (through their new partnership with Honda) and Alfa Romeo fielding new turbocharged units. In addition Ligier and Arrows would take on a supply of Renault engines, ATS a supply of TAG-Porsche engines, and three teams (March, Toleman and Osella) taking on Rover-Hart engines. Only Lotus would remain in using naturally aspirated engines at the start of the year.

Mid-season

• Having struggled for results for much of the season, Lotus switched away from their naturally aspirated Ford Cosworth engines and began a new partnership receiving turbocharged engines from BMW from the British Grand Prix onwards.

Driver Changes

Pre-season

• Reigning world champions McLaren would sack Jean-Pierre Jarier and replace him with fellow Frenchman Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler.

• Tyrrell would poach Keke Rosberg from Williams, with the Grove outfit signing Alain Prost from Renault in his place. Displaced Tyrrell driver Robert Kagan would make his way to Spartec.

• Ferrari would replace John Watson with Guillaume Gauthier from March; with the latter team replacing Gauthier with Marc Surer from ATS.

• Having lost Alan Jones in the off-season Lotus made the strange decision to replace him with Desiré Wilson.

• With Alain Prost's move to Williams, Renault were in need of a new driver; they would sign promising newcomer Rikky Leiviskä from ATS.

• ATS lost both of their drivers in the off-season and thus went with a new lineup of René Arnoux and Manfred Winkelhock.

• After recovering from his injury the previous year, Arrows gave Eddie Cheever his full-time Formula One debut, as well as handing Thierry Boutsen his first full-time drive in place of the McLaren-bound Voeckler.

• The Toleman team would give drivers Mike Thackwell and Jonathan Palmer their full-time debuts in the sport.

• After their revolving door the previous season, Ligier would instead sign newcomer Philippe Streiff to partner Patrick Tambay.

• Spartec would keep Derek Warwick on for another full season after he impressed in 1981.

• Having lost both of their drivers due to the team's poor performance, Osella initially signed Vittorio Brambilla and Jean-Pierre Jarier to their cars. However Jarier would then be poached by Renault at the last minute (including buying out his contract) and thus the backmarking team had to scramble for anyone who was immediately available - Ricardo Londoño-Bridge was available.

Mid-season

• Robert Kagan was awarded a race ban from the Brazilian Grand Prix and was replaced with David Kennedy.

• Facing pressure from engine supplier Rover, Osella replaced Vittorio Brambilla with Stephen South. They also took the opportunity to ditch Ricardo Londoño-Bridge in favour of compatriot Roberto Guerrero. However it had turned out that Osella initially promised Javier Scarpetta their second seat before randomly deciding to swap him for Guerrero at the last minute. As a result a court in Mexico mandated that the team field Scarpetta in the Mexican Grand Prix otherwise their cars would be impounded. The team initially tried to bench South for Scarpetta, however this was followed by Rover threatening to immediately withdraw their engine supply. As a result, Guerrero ended up being benched for Scarpetta for the Mexican and Detroit Grands Prix.

• A mid-season change of management at ATS saw both René Arnoux and Manfred Winkelhock sacked with immediate effect and replaced with Eliseo Salazar and Raul Boesel from the Detroit Grand Prix onwards.

• Ligier would bench Philippe Streiff from the British and German Grands Prix in favour of Jacques Godard, entering the latter under his "Michel Vaillant" pseudonym.

• With their new-found BMW engine supply, Lotus took the opportunity to replace Desiré Wilson with Manfred Winkelhock from the British Grand Prix onwards.

• After his utterly appalling driving at the German Grand Prix, Andrea de Cesaris was banned from the Austrian Grand Prix and replaced with Ricardo Zunino.

• Thierry Boutsen was also banned from the Austrian Grand Prix and replaced with newcomer Riccardo Paletti.

• Jacques Godard was replaced by Ligier with Tommy Byrne after the German Grand Prix, believing the latter had more potential.

• After suffering an injury in a crash Robert Kagan was again replaced with David Kennedy, this time for the European Grand Prix.

• Manfred Winkelhock was banned from the European Grand Prix and was replaced with Stefan Bellof.

• Derek Daly was sacked by March before the Italian Grand Prix and was replaced for the rest of the season by Valentino Nicchi.

• An injury at the Canadian Grand Prix saw Guillaume Gauthier put out of the season-ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix, with former world champion Mario Andretti returning to fill in for the Frenchman.

Calendar

Championship Grands Prix

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Entrant	Report
1	Asseng South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	7 March	Harvey Jones	Harvey Jones	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	11 April	Harvey Jones	Gilles Villeneuve	Alain Prost	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	Report
3	Toyota United States Grand Prix West	Long Beach	25 April	Gilles Villeneuve	Gilles Villeneuve	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Renault	Marlboro McLaren International	Report
4	Agip San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	2 May	Harvey Jones	Alain Prost	Keke Rosberg	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
5	Marlboro Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit Zolder	16 May	Harvey Jones	Andrea de Cesaris	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	30 May	Harvey Jones	Alain Prost	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
7	Tecate Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	13 June	Harvey Jones	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	Report
8	Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	20 June	Gilles Villeneuve	Alain Prost	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Renault	Marlboro McLaren International	Report
9	FFSA French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	4 July	Harvey Jones	Alain Prost	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
10	John Player British Grand Prix	Silverstone	11 July	Harvey Jones	Alain Prost	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
11	AvD German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	25 July	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	Report
12	Michelin Austrian Grand Prix	Österreichring	8 August	Harvey Jones	Harvey Jones	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report
13	Shell Oils European Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	22 August	Keke Rosberg	Alain Prost	Clay Regazzoni	McLaren-Renault	Marlboro McLaren International	Report
14	Arexons Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	6 September	Harvey Jones	Gilles Villeneuve	Gilles Villeneuve	Williams-Honda	Canon Williams Honda Team	Report
15	Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Île Notre-Dame	20 September	Harvey Jones	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Michele Alboreto	Alfa Romeo	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	Report
16	Caesars Palace Grand Prix	Caesars Palace	4 October	Harvey Jones	Gilles Villeneuve	Harvey Jones	Tyrrell-BMW	Systime BMW Team Tyrrell	Report

The following rounds were included on the provisional calendars published by the FIA but were cancelled:

Race	Track	Date	Notes
Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	28 March	The Argentine Grand Prix was cancelled due to the ongoing hostilities that would eventually break out into the Falklands War
Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito del Jarama	23 May

Standings

Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Only a driver's best 11 finishes counted towards the championship

FIA Formula One World Drivers Championship

Pos Driver RSA BRA USW SMR BEL MON MEX DET FRA GBR GER AUT EUR ITA CAN CPL Total 1 Harvey Jones 1 Ret 4† Ret 1 1 8 Ret 1 1 4 1 Ret Ret Ret 1 69 2 Alain Prost Ret 1 Ret 14† 2 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 59 3 Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler 5 4 1 3 12 Ret 5 1 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 5 3 41 4 Keke Rosberg 2 Ret 3† 1 3 4 2 Ret Ret 5 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 40 5 Gilles Villeneuve Ret 3 Ret Ret 4 3 3 Ret 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 2 37 6 Jean-Pierre Jarier 6 2 Ret 8 5 5 Ret 3 4 3 3 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 32 7 Rikky Leiviskä Ret Ret Ret 2 7 6 6 Ret 5 2 5 Ret 4 7 4 4 27 8 Clay Regazzoni Ret 13† 7 5 Ret 11 4 Ret 8 Ret 6 2 1 4 6 Ret 25 9 Michele Alboreto 3 Ret 2 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 19 10 Nelson Piquet 4 Ret 5 4 8 Ret Ret 8† 10 Ret 7† 3 Ret 14† Ret Ret 12 11 Patrick Tambay Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 9 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 2 6 8 12 Tommy Byrne 8 9 Ret 3 5 6 13 Guillaume Gauthier 7 Ret 10 9 12 10 11 5 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 4 Ret INJ 6 14 Nigel Mansell 11 9 Ret 11 17 14 10 Ret 13 Ret 12 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 15 Derek Warwick Ret Ret 9 7 Ret Ret Ret 4 11 7 Ret Ret 11 6 Ret Ret 4 16 Elio de Angelis Ret 7 Ret 6 9 7 Ret Ret 7 6 11 5 7 8 Ret Ret 4 17 Riccardo Patrese Ret 5 8 Ret 10 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 9 Ret 8 3 18 Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DSQ EX 8 Ret Ret 7 1 19 Thierry Boutsen Ret Ret Ret 12 21† 12 16 6 Ret 15† 17 EX 13 Ret 9 11 1 20 Marc Surer 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 14 Ret 12 13 Ret Ret 1 21 Derek Daly Ret 6 Ret Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret DNQ 10 Ret Ret Ret 1 22 Robert Kagan 8 EX Ret Ret 15 Ret 12 Ret 12 8 Ret Ret INJ Ret 7 9 0 23 Philippe Streiff Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 7 Ret Ret 0 24 Eliseo Salazar 7 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret DNPQ DNQ DNQ 0 25 Eddie Cheever 12 8 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 8 12 0 26 Jacques Godard 9 9 0 27 Ricardo Zunino 9 0 28 Manfred Winkelhock Ret 12 11 Ret DNQ DNPQ 17 12 Ret 10 10 Ret 10 0 29 Stephen South DNQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 12 DNQ Ret 10 13 0 30 Desiré Wilson 10 DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 13 DNQ Ret 14 0 31 Vittorio Brambilla DNQ Ret Ret 10 DNPQ 0 32 David Kennedy 10 Ret 0 33 Stefan Bellof 10 0 34 Raul Boesel DNQ Ret 14 16 Ret DNQ DNPQ 11 DNQ 0 35 René Arnoux Ret 11 Ret Ret 20 DNPQ DNQ 0 36 Valentino Nicchi 11 DNQ Ret 0 37 Riccardo Paletti 11 0 38 Jonathan Palmer DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ 15 14 DNPQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 0 39 Mike Thackwell DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 19 Ret 15 DNPQ 16 Ret DNQ DNPQ DNPQ 15 DNPQ DNPQ 0 40 Roberto Guerrero DNQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 0 41 Javier Scarpetta DNPQ Ret 0 42 Mario Andretti Ret 0 43 Ricardo Londoño-Bridge DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNPQ 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

FIA Formula One World Constructors Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MON	MEX	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	EUR	ITA	CAN	CPL	Total
1	Tyrrell-BMW	3	1	Ret	4†	Ret	1	1	8	Ret	1	1	4	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	109
		4	2	Ret	3†	1	3	4	2	Ret	Ret	5	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
2	Williams-Honda	6	Ret	1	Ret	14†	2	2	1	2	2	Ret	1	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	96
		5	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	3	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2
3	McLaren-Renault	2	5	4	1	3	12	Ret	5	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2	5	3	66
		1	Ret	13†	7	5	Ret	11	4	Ret	8	Ret	6	2	1	4	6	Ret
4	Renault	15	6	2	Ret	8	5	5	Ret	3	4	3	3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	59
		16	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	7	6	6	Ret	5	2	5	Ret	4	7	4	4
5	Alfa Romeo	24	3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	20
		23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	9	8	Ret	Ret	7
6	Brabham-TAG	7	4	Ret	5	4	8	Ret	Ret	8†	10	Ret	7†	3	Ret	14†	Ret	Ret	15
		8	Ret	5	8	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	9	Ret	8
7	Ligier-Renault	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	9	Ret	8	Ret	6	Ret	2	6	14
		25	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	9	9	8	9	Ret	3	5
8	Ferrari	28	7	Ret	10	9	12	10	11	5	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	10
		27	Ret	7	Ret	6	9	7	Ret	Ret	7	6	11	5	7	8	Ret	Ret
9	Lotus-BMW	11										Ret	12	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
		12										12	Ret	10	10	10	Ret	10
10	Spartec-Rover	30	Ret	Ret	9	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	11	7	Ret	Ret	11	6	Ret	Ret	4
		29	8	10	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	12	Ret	12	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	9
11	March-Rover	9	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	14	Ret	12	13	Ret	Ret	2
		10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	13	Ret	DNQ	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret
12	Arrows-Renault	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	21†	12	16	6	Ret	15†	17	11	13	Ret	9	11	1
		19	12	8	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	13	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	12
13	ATS-TAG	17	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	20	DNPQ	DNQ	7	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
		18	Ret	12	11	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	17	DNQ	Ret	14	16	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	11	DNQ
14	Lotus-Ford	11	11	9	Ret	11	17	14	10	Ret	13								0
		12	10	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	13	DNQ	Ret	14
15	Osella-Rover	31	DNQ	Ret	Ret	10	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	12	DNQ	Ret	10	13	0
		32	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret
16	Toleman-Triumph	22	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	15	14	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	15	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
		21	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	19	Ret	15	DNPQ	16	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	15	DNPQ	DNPQ