1982 Canadian Grand Prix

1982 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date 13 June 1982
Official name XXI Grand Prix du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.410 km (2.740 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 308.700 km (191.817 miles)
Weather Overcast and chilly
17 °C (63 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:27.509
Fastest lap
Driver France Didier Pironi Ferrari
Time 1:28.323 on lap 66
Podium
First Brabham-BMW
Second Brabham-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 13 June 1982. It was the eighth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. This was the first Canadian Grand Prix to be held in June, the organisers having moved the race from the autumn to allow for warmer weather;[2] it has been held in June ever since.

The 70-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. It was the first Formula One victory for a BMW-engined car, but the only victory of the season for defending Drivers' Champion Piquet. Team-mate Riccardo Patrese finished second in an older Brabham-Ford, with John Watson third in a McLaren-Ford.

  1. ^ "Weather History for CYUL - June, 1982 - Sunday, June 13, 1982". Weather Underground. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ Roebuck, Nigel. "Grand Prix Gold: 1982 Canadian GP". Autosport. Retrieved 28 October 2017.