1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

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1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Race 16 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	September 25, 1982
Official name	2nd Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Location	Las Vegas Strip
Course	Temporary street course
Course length	3.650 km (2.268 miles)
Distance	75 laps, 273.75 km (170.10 miles)
Weather	Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 98.8 °F (37.1 °C); wind speeds approaching 18.1 miles per hour (29.1 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Alain Prost	Renault
Time	1:16.356
Fastest lap
Driver	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford
Time	1:19.639 on lap 59
Podium
First	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford
Second	John Watson	McLaren-Ford
Third	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra
Lap leaders

The 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on September 25, 1982 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1982 FIA Formula One World Championship, and the second and last F1 race to be held in Caesars Palace.

The 75-lap race was won by Michele Alboreto, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. Alboreto scored Tyrrell's first victory since the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix, becoming the eleventh different winning driver of 1982 while Tyrrell became the seventh different winning constructor. John Watson finished second in a McLaren-Ford, with Eddie Cheever third in a Ligier-Matra. Keke Rosberg finished fifth in his Williams-Ford to secure the Drivers' Championship, with Ferrari taking the Constructors' Championship despite neither car finishing in the top six.

This was the last F1 race for 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti. It was also the last race for the Ensign and Fittipaldi teams, the last for March until 1987, and the last for Matra as an engine supplier. This would be last Grand Prix held in Las Vegas for just over 41 years until the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix held on a new circuit utilising the Las Vegas Strip.