1982 Austrian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One season | |||
The Österreichring (last modified in 1977)
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| Date | 15 August 1982 | ||
| Official name | XV Holiday Großer Preis von Osterreich | ||
| Location | Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.942 km (3.692 mi) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 314.926 km (195.686 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, hot | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Brabham-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:27.612 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nelson Piquet
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Brabham-BMW | |
| Time | 1:33.699 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Williams-Ford | ||
| Third | Ligier-Matra | ||
The 1982 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One World Championship motor race held on 15 August 1982 at the Österreichring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race was won by Lotus' Elio de Angelis, who held off Keke Rosberg's Williams to win by just 0.050 seconds, or less than half a car length.
A chicane had been added at the entrance to the pits earlier in the year. Nelson Piquet's Brabham led into the first corner from pole position, while Renault's Alain Prost passed Piquet's team mate Riccardo Patrese for second. Further back, there was a collision which eliminated the two Alfa Romeos of Andrea de Cesaris and Bruno Giacomelli, as well as the Williams of Derek Daly. Prost's advantage over Patrese lasted only a few corners before the Italian re-passed him. On lap 2, Patrese took the lead from Piquet and the two Brabhams immediately began to pull away on their half-full tanks.
Shortly before half distance, Piquet made the first planned mid-race fuel and tyre pit stop in modern F1 history. He rejoined in 4th place, just ahead of Keke Rosberg, having lost position to Prost and Elio de Angelis. Several laps after Piquet, Patrese made his stop. In that time, he had built up a sufficient to lead to rejoin the race still in 1st, albeit now only a few seconds ahead of Prost. The Brabham and Renault appeared evenly matched after the stop, with the gap from Patrese to Prost remaining relatively stable. However, only a few laps after his stop, Patrese suffered an engine failure, causing him to spin off. Prost inherited a comfortable lead from de Angelis with Piquet promoted to 3rd.
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