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1982 Rivet Supply Trophy
1982 Monaco GP
1982 Detroit GP
1982 Canadian GP
1983 Detroit GP
I
Detroit Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 6 June 1982
Start time
14:00
Event
Detroit GP
Circuit
Detroit
Event Format
Race of 70 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#7 of
16
in 1982
#364 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
62
Circuit Perimeter
4012 m
Race Distance
4012 × 70 = 280.840 km (scheduled)
4012 × 62 = 248.744 km (raced)
Grid Format
2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Anti-clockwise
Weather
Weather
Cloudy, Mild
Participants
Entries
29
Qualifiers
26
Finishers
11
Debutants
Detroit GP
(
Event
),
Detroit
(
Circuit
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
292
),
2.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
424
),
3.
Most Retirements
–
Lotus
(
403
),
4.
Most Podium Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
276
),
5.
Most 3rd Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
85
),
6.
Most Race Entries
–
Lotus
(
932
),
7.
Most Failures to Qualify
–
March
(
52
),
8.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
81
),
9.
Most 21st Place Qualifications
–
March
(
26
)
World Championship standings
1
John Watson
26
2
Didier Pironi
20
3
Alain Prost
18
4
Keke Rosberg
17
5
Riccardo Patrese
13
6
Niki Lauda
12
7
Eddie Cheever
10
8
Michele Alboreto
10
9
Nigel Mansell
7
10
Elio de Angelis
7
11
Carlos Reutemann
6
Gilles Villeneuve
6
13
René Arnoux
4
Andrea de Cesaris
4
15
Jean-Pierre Jarier
3
16
Derek Daly
3
17
Manfred Winkelhock
2
Nélson Piquet
2
Eliseo Salazar
2
20
Jacques Laffite
1
Chico Serra
1
1
McLaren
/
Ford
38
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
26
3
Williams
/
Ford
26
4
Renault
/
Renault
22
5
Lotus
/
Ford
14
6
Brabham
/
Ford
13
7
Ligier
/
Matra
11
8
Tyrrell
/
Ford
10
9
Alfa Romeo
/
Alfa Romeo
4
10
ATS
/
Ford
4
11
Osella
/
Ford
3
12
Brabham
/
BMW
2
13
Fittipaldi
/
Ford
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 7
Car 15
Car 15
Entrant
Marlboro McLaren International
Equipe Renault Elf
Equipe Renault Elf
Driver
John Watson
Alain Prost
Alain Prost
Car
McLaren
MP4/1B
Renault
RE30B
Renault
RE30B
Engine
Ford
Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Renault
1.5 V6T
Renault
1.5 V6T
Time
1:58'41.043
1'48.537
1'50.438
Speed
125.751 km/h
133.072 km/h
130.781 km/h
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