1982 Australian Grand Prix (original) (raw)

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1982 Australian Grand Prix
Round 8 of 8 of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date	7 November 1982
Official name	XLVII Australian Grand Prix
Location	Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.609 km (1.000 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 160.9 km (100 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Alain Prost	Ralt-Ford
Time	0'39.18
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacques Laffite	Ralt-Ford
Time	0'39.62
Podium
First	Alain Prost	Ralt-Ford
Second	Jacques Laffite	Ralt-Ford
Third	Roberto Moreno	Ralt-Ford

Motor car race

The 1982 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Melbourne International Raceway, (now generally known as Calder Park), in Victoria, Australia on 8 November 1982.[1]

The race, which was the 47th Australian Grand Prix,[2] was open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 regulations,[3] which for this year included only Formula Pacific cars.[4] It was the second Australian Grand Prix to feature only Formula Pacific cars. For the Australian-based competitors the race was also the eighth and final round of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship.

The race was won by Alain Prost of France driving a Ralt RT4. His subsequent victory in the 1986 Australian Grand Prix would see him secure his second straight Formula One World Championship for Drivers title and become the only driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in both its Australian domestic and World Championship formats.

The 1982 race was the first Australian Grand Prix since 1968 in which no Australian driver placed in the first three positions. The highest-placed Australian was the Alfredo Costanzo who finished fifth in a Tiga FA81 Ford, thus clinching the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship title.[5] Costanzo was also the fastest Australian qualifier, starting from the third grid position behind the Ralt RT4 Fords of French Formula One drivers Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite.

Results as follows:[2]

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Qual	Gap
1	15	Alain Prost	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.18	—
2	26	Jacques Laffite	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.42	+0.24
3	1	Alfredo Costanzo	Tiga FA81 Ford	0:39.59	+0.41
4	4	John Bowe	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.67	+0.49
5	18	Nelson Piquet	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.67	+0.49
6	19	Roberto Moreno	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.77	+0.59
7	27	Alan Jones	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.81	+0.63
8	71	John Smith	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.89	+0.70
9	41	David McMillan	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.93	+0.74
10	14	Robert Handford	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.98	+0.79
11	2	Andrew Miedecke	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.99	+0.80
12	9	Graham Watson	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.01	+0.83
13	8	Richard Davison	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.07	+0.89
14	20	Lucio Cesario	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.09	+0.91
15	64	Phillip Revell	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.16	+0.98
16	25	Paul Radisich	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.30	+1.12
17	3	Charlie O'Brien	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.36	+1.18
18	12	Doug MacArthur	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.41	+1.23
19	10	Neil Crang	Tiga FA82 Ford	0:41.25	+2.07
20	7	Peter Williamson	Toleman TA860 Toyota	0:41.25	+2.07
21	74	Chris Hocking	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	0:41.25	+2.07
22	23	Willy Stobart	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:41.27	+2.09
23	78	Brian Sampson	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	0:41.38	+2.20
24	16	Bob Creasy	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:41.65	+2.47
25 {1)	24	Ray Hangar	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:42.10	+2.92
26 {1)	13	Brett Fisher	Ralt RT1 Ford	0:43.87	+4.69

Note 1: Hanger and Fisher were listed as reserves for the race however Hanger was allowed to start after Jones withdrew during the warm-up laps.[2]

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Entrant[1]	Laps	Time	Points
1	15	Alain Prost	Ralt RT4 Ford	Melbourne International Raceway	100	1h 07m 18.65s
2	26	Jacques Laffite	Ralt RT4 Ford	Melbourne International Raceway	100	1h 07m 33.97s
3	19	Roberto Moreno	Ralt RT4 Ford	Goold Motorsport	100	1h 07m 43.48s
4	41	David McMillan	Ralt RT4 Ford	D McMillan	99
5	1	Alfredo Costanzo	Tiga FA81 Ford	Porsche Cars Australia	99		9
6	2	Andrew Miedecke	Ralt RT4 Ford	A Miedecke	99		6
7	4	John Bowe	Ralt RT4 Ford	Chris Leach Racing	99		4
8	14	Robert Handford	Ralt RT4 Ford	R Handford	98		3
9	71	John Smith	Ralt RT4 Ford	J Smith	98		2
10	64	Phillip Revell	Ralt RT4 Ford	Aub Revell[6]	98		1
11	8	Richard Davison	Ralt RT4 Ford	Clive Milis Motors Pty Ltd	98
12	12	Doug MacArthur	Ralt RT4 Ford	DM MacArthur	97
13	10	Neil Crang	Tiga FA82 Ford	N Crang	96
14	74	Chris Hocking	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	C Hocking	96
15	78	Brian Sampson	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	B Sampson	96
16	25	Paul Radisich	Ralt RT4 Ford	P Radisich	93
17	16	Bob Creasy	Ralt RT4 Ford	B Creasy	91
18	24	Ray Hangar	Ralt RT4 Ford	R Hanger	90
Ret	20	Lucio Cesario	Ralt RT4 Ford	L Cesario	51	lost fourth gear
Ret	18	Nelson Piquet	Ralt RT4 Ford	Goold Motorsport	35	accident
Ret	9	Graham Watson	Ralt RT4 Ford	Graham Watson Motor Racing Pty Ltd	34	accident
Ret	7	Peter Williamson	Toleman TA860 Toyota	National Panasonic (Australia) Pty Ltd	33	accident
Ret	3	Charlie O'Brien	Ralt RT4 Ford	C O'Brien	27	head gasket
Ret	23	Willy Stobart	Ralt RT4 Ford	W Stobart	26	brakes / handling
DNS	27	Alan Jones	Ralt RT4 Ford	Alan Jones Racing		flywheel (warm up laps)[5]
DNQ	13	Brett Fisher	Ralt RT1 Ford	Paul Liston

• Pole position: Alain Prost – 0'39.18[2]
• Fastest lap: Jacques Laffite – 0'39.62 (146.29 km/h, 90.90 mph)[2] New Formula Pacific lap record.[6]
• Winner's average speed: 143.6 km/h (89.18 mph)[2]

1. ^ a b Programme, National Panasonic Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne International Raceway, 6th–7th November 1982
2. ^ a b c d e f Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1982". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 456–463. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
3. ^ Specific Conditions, Racing Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1982, page 88
4. ^ Australian Formula 1 (Formula Pacific), CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1982, pages 269–272
5. ^ a b Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83, pages 166 & 167
6. ^ a b 47th Australian Grand Prix, Racing Car News, December 1982, page 25

• Image of Alain Prost (Ralt RT4 Ford) on 7.11.1982, www.prostfan.com, as archived at www.webcitation.org
• Australian Grand Prix, Calder, 7 Nov 1982, /www.oldracingcars.com