1982 Belgian Grand Prix

1982 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 9 May 1982
Official name XL Grote Prijs van België
Location Circuit Zolder
Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.262 km (2.648 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 298.340 km (185.380 miles)
Weather Cold with air temperatures reaching up to 13 °C (55 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver Renault
Time 1:15.701
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom John Watson McLaren-Ford
Time 1:20.214 on lap 67
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Williams-Ford
Third Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders

The 1982 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zolder on 9 May 1982. It was the fifth round of the 1982 Formula One season.[2] The race was heavily overshadowed by the death of Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, who died shortly after a crash in qualifying.

  1. ^ Weather info for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine at Weather Underground
  2. ^ "1982 Belgian Grand Prix Entry list".