1982 Dutch Grand Prix

1982 Dutch Grand Prix
Race 9 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
The Zandvoort Circuit (1980–1989)
The Zandvoort Circuit (1980–1989)
Race details
Date 3 July 1982
Official name XXIX Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.252 km (2.642 miles)
Distance 72 laps, 306.144 km (190.229 miles)
Weather Cloudy
Pole position
Driver Renault
Time 1:14.233
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Derek Warwick Toleman-Hart
Time 1:19.780 on lap 13
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Brabham-BMW
Third Williams-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1982 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 3 July 1982. The race, contested over 72 laps, was the ninth race of the 1982 Formula One season and was won by Didier Pironi, driving a Ferrari, with Nelson Piquet second in a Brabham-BMW and Keke Rosberg third in a Williams-Ford.

Start of the race

René Arnoux started from pole position, but he crashed out at the notorious Tarzan Corner when his Renault's throttle stuck open and he hit the tyre barriers. Arnoux walked away from the crash unharmed.

This was the first Grand Prix after the death of Riccardo Paletti three weeks earlier in Montreal. This was also the final win of Didier Pironi's Formula One career.

Ferrari entered Patrick Tambay to replace Gilles Villeneuve, who had been killed during qualifying a few race weekends prior, at the Belgian Grand Prix.