1982 Monaco F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Monaco Grand Prix
Track: Monaco Circuit

Weather: dry start, rain from lap 64

Riccardo Patrese won his 1st F1 World Championship race at the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix on the road. The Brabham-Ford Cosworth driver started from 2nd on the grid and won on the Monte Carlo circuit for the 1st time. It was his 1st win in F1, five years after making his debut at the same track, and the 27th win for the Brabham F1 team in a chaotic, rain-disrupted finish.

Politics, mourning and a new Renault

Monte Carlo arrived two weeks after Zolder. A "Grazie Gilles" banner hung at the Piscine. Off the track, Michel Boeri of the ACM was at war with Balestre and the FISA: Balestre banned French officials from working the meeting, ruled the new Ligier JS19's full-length skirts illegal on Wednesday (sixty centimetres of the bodywork had to be sawn off), and butted heads with Boeri over press accreditation. Ferrari arrived with one car for Pironi; no replacement for Villeneuve had been found. The technical headline was Renault's new electronic injection, which transformed the V6 turbo's response on a circuit it had never previously suited. Arnoux took pole, his twelfth.

Arnoux out, then a battle for the lead

Arnoux led from the lights, Giacomelli a surprise second past Patrese, with Prost up to third from sixth. Prost took the lead on lap 4 down the main straight; Giacomelli broke a driveshaft on lap 5. Arnoux led until lap 15 when he spun at the Piscine and stalled. Prost inherited the lead and set about controlling Patrese, Pironi, de Cesaris and Rosberg in a tight train of five. The Renault eased away once the traffic cleared and led by seven seconds at half-distance.

The closing laps no one will forget

The first drops fell on lap 64. By lap 71 the upper part of the circuit was treacherous; Prost waved at race control to ask for a red flag, but his lap times were still around 1:30 and Michel Ferry let the race run. On lap 74, coming out of the chicane on full throttle, the Renault snapped sideways, smashed into the inside barrier and bounced across the road, a wheel cartwheeling away. Patrese inherited the lead. One lap later, the Italian aquaplaned coming down to Loews, spun, stalled across the road; marshals pushed the Brabham clear of the racing line, but the slope pushed it further and Patrese bump-started in third. Pironi led. Heading into the tunnel on the final lap his Ferrari's ignition shorted out in the damp; he coasted to a halt and was pushed clear. De Cesaris was now leading, except his Alfa Romeo had run out of fuel at the Casino. Daly briefly took it on, but his Williams gearbox was already empty of oil from an earlier impact, and he gave up at La Rascasse. The chequered flag fell on a circuit littered with stricken cars.

Aftermath

It was Patrese, restarted, lapped, who crossed the line first. Five years after his debut at this very track, he had his first Grand Prix win. Pironi was classified second a lap down, de Cesaris third for his first podium. The podium ceremony was a chaos of its own: de Angelis was briefly on the rostrum thinking he was second, before Boeri sorted out the order in front of Prince Rainier. The championship was now wide open, Prost 18, Watson 17, Pironi 16, Rosberg 14, Patrese 13. Six different winners in six races. Prost was furious not to have been red-flagged and limped away with a sprained ankle; Patrese, asked if he had really won, was not sure.

Classification 1982 Monaco F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	2	RiccardoPatrese	Brabham	Brabham BT49DFord DFV	2	76	2	1:54:11.259	9
2	28	DidierPironi	Ferrari	Ferrari 126C2Ferrari 021	5	75	1	Out of fuel	6
3	22	Andreade Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 182Alfa Romeo 1260	7	75		Out of fuel	4
4	12	NigelMansell	Team Lotus	Lotus 91Ford DFV	11	75		+1 lap	3
5	11	Eliode Angelis	Team Lotus	Lotus 91Ford DFV	15	75		+1 lap	2
6	5	DerekDaly	Williams	Williams FW08Ford DFV	8	74		Gearbox	1
7	15	AlainProst	Renault	Renault RE30BRenault EF1	4	73	59	Spun Off
8	4	BrianHenton	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 011Ford DFV	17	72		+4 laps
9	29	MarcSurer	Arrows	Arrows A4Ford DFV	19	70		+6 laps
10	3	MicheleAlboreto	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 011Ford DFV	9	69		Suspension
DNF	6	KekeRosberg	Williams	Williams FW08Ford DFV	6	64		Collision
DNF	8	NikiLauda	McLaren	McLaren MP4/1Ford DFV	12	56		Engine
DNF	1	NelsonPiquet	Brabham	Brabham BT50BMW M12/13	13	49		Turbo
DNF	7	JohnWatson	McLaren	McLaren MP4/1Ford DFV	10	35		Electrical
DNF	9	ManfredWinkelhock	ATS	ATS D5Ford DFV	14	31		Differential
DNF	26	JacquesLaffite	Ligier	Ligier JS19Matra MS81	18	29		Handling
DNF	25	EddieCheever	Ligier	Ligier JS19Matra MS81	16	27		Oil Leak
DNF	10	EliseoSalazar	ATS	ATS D5Ford DFV	20	22		Mechanical
DNF	16	RenéArnoux	Renault	Renault RE30BRenault EF1	1	14	14	Spun Off
DNF	23	BrunoGiacomelli	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 182Alfa Romeo 1260	3	4		Halfshaft
DNQ	30	MauroBaldi	Arrows	Arrows A4Ford DFV		0		No Time
DNQ	33	JanLammers	Theodore	Theodore TY02Ford DFV		0		No Time
DNQ	17	JochenMass	March	March 821Ford DFV		0		No Time
DNQ	35	DerekWarwick	Toleman	Toleman TG181CHart 415T		0		No Time
DNQ	31	Jean-PierreJarier	Osella	Osella FA1CFord DFV		0		No Time
DNQ	14	RobertoGuerrero	Ensign	Ensign N181Ford DFV		0		No Time
DNPQ	36	TeoFabi	Toleman	Toleman TG181CHart 415T		0		No Time
DNPQ	32	RiccardoPaletti	Osella	Osella FA1CFord DFV		0		No Time
DNPQ	18	RaulBoesel	March	March 821Ford DFV		0		No Time
DNPQ	20	ChicoSerra	Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi F8DFord DFV		0		No Time
DNPQ	19	Emiliode Villota	March	March 821Ford DFV		0		No Time

Fastest lap: 1:26.354 min by Riccardo Patrese (Brabham BT49D) in lap 69

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