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1982 Australian Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Round 8 of 8 of the [1982 Australian Drivers' Championship](1982-australian-drivers-championship)
Grand Prix	Australian
Country	Australia
Image	File:Calder Park Map 002.png
Official name	XLVII Australian Grand Prix
Location	Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria
Date	7 November
Year	1982
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.000
Course_km	1.609
Distance_laps	100
Distance_mi	100
Distance_km	160.9
Weather	Sunny
Pole_Driver	Alain Prost
Pole_Country	FRA
Pole_Team	Ralt-Ford
Pole_Time	0'39.18
Fast_Driver	Jacques Laffite
Fast_Team	Ralt-Ford
Fast_Time	0'39.62
Fast_Country	FRA
First_Driver	Alain Prost
First_Country	France
First_Team	Ralt-Ford
Second_Driver	Jacques Laffite
Second_Country	FRA
Second_Team	Ralt-Ford
Third_Driver	Roberto Moreno
Third_Country	BRA
Third_Team	Ralt-Ford

The 1982 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Melbourne International Raceway, (now generally known as Calder Park), in Victoria, Australia on 8 November 1982.

The race, which was the 47th Australian Grand Prix, was open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 regulations, which for this year included only Formula Pacific cars. It was the second Australian Grand Prix to feature only Formula Pacific cars. For the Australian-based competitors the race was also the eighth and final round of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship.

The race was won by Alain Prost of France driving a Ralt RT4. His subsequent victory in the 1986 Australian Grand Prix would see him secure his second straight Formula One World Championship for Drivers title and become the only driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in both its Australian domestic and World Championship formats.

The 1982 race was the first Australian Grand Prix since 1968 in which no Australian driver placed in the first three positions. The highest-placed Australian was Alfredo Costanzo who finished fifth in a Tiga FA81 Ford, thus clinching the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship title. Costanzo was also the fastest Australian qualifier, starting from the third grid position behind the Ralt RT4 Fords of French Formula One drivers Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite.

Classification

Results as follows:

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Qual
15	FRA Alain Prost	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.18	—
26	FRA Jacques Laffite	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.42	+0.24
1	AUS Alfredo Costanzo	Tiga FA81 Ford	0:39.59	+0.41
4	AUS John Bowe	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.67	+0.49
18	BRA Nelson Piquet	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.67	+0.49
19	BRA Roberto Moreno	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.77	+0.59
27	AUS Alan Jones	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.81	+0.63
71	AUS John Smith	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.89	+0.70
41	NZL David McMillan	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.93	+0.74
14	AUS Robert Handford	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.98	+0.79
2	AUS Andrew Miedecke	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:39.99	+0.80
9	AUS Graham Watson	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.01	+0.83
8	AUS Richard Davison	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.07	+0.89
20	AUS Lucio Cesario	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.09	+0.91
64	AUS Phillip Revell	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.16	+0.98
25	NZL Paul Radisich	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.30	+1.12
3	AUS Charlie O'Brien	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.36	+1.18
12	AUS Doug MacArthur	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:40.41	+1.23
10	AUS Neil Crang	Tiga FA82 Ford	0:41.25	+2.07
7	AUS Peter Williamson	Toleman TA860 Toyota	0:41.25	+2.07
74	AUS Chris Hocking	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	0:41.25	+2.07
23	AUS Willy Stobart	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:41.27	+2.09
78	AUS Brian Sampson	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	0:41.38	+2.20
16	AUS Bob Creasy	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:41.65	+2.47
24	AUS Ray Hangar	Ralt RT4 Ford	0:42.10	+2.92
13	AUS Brett Fisher	Ralt RT1 Ford	0:43.87	+4.69

Note 1: Hanger and Fisher were listed as reserves for the race however Hanger was allowed to start after Jones withdrew during the warm-up laps.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time
15	FRA Alain Prost	Ralt RT4 Ford	Melbourne International Raceway	100	1h 07m 18.65s
26	FRA Jacques Laffite	Ralt RT4 Ford	Melbourne International Raceway	100	1h 07m 33.97s
19	BRA Roberto Moreno	Ralt RT4 Ford	Goold Motorsport	100	1h 07m 43.48s
41	NZL David McMillan	Ralt RT4 Ford	D McMillan	99
1	AUS Alfredo Costanzo	Tiga FA81 Ford	Porsche Cars Australia	99		9
2	AUS Andrew Miedecke	Ralt RT4 Ford	A Miedecke	99		6
4	AUS John Bowe	Ralt RT4 Ford	Chris Leach Racing	99		4
14	AUS Robert Handford	Ralt RT4 Ford	R Handford	98		3
71	AUS John Smith	Ralt RT4 Ford	J Smith	98		2
64	AUS Phillip Revell	Ralt RT4 Ford	Aub Revell	98		1
8	AUS Richard Davison	Ralt RT4 Ford	Clive Milis Motors Pty Ltd	98
12	AUS Doug MacArthur	Ralt RT4 Ford	DM MacArthur	97
10	AUS Neil Crang	Tiga FA82 Ford	N Crang	96
74	AUS Chris Hocking	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	C Hocking	96
78	AUS Brian Sampson	Cheetah Mk.8 Ford	B Sampson	96
25	NZL Paul Radisich	Ralt RT4 Ford	P Radisich	93
16	AUS Bob Creasy	Ralt RT4 Ford	B Creasy	91
24	AUS Ray Hangar	Ralt RT4 Ford	R Hanger	90
20	AUS Lucio Cesario	Ralt RT4 Ford	L Cesario	51	lost fourth gear
18	BRA Nelson Piquet	Ralt RT4 Ford	Goold Motorsport	35	accident
9	AUS Graham Watson	Ralt RT4 Ford	Graham Watson Motor Racing Pty Ltd	34	accident
7	AUS Peter Williamson	Toleman TA860 Toyota	National Panasonic (Australia) Pty Ltd	33	accident
3	AUS Charlie O'Brien	Ralt RT4 Ford	C O'Brien	27	head gasket
23	AUS Willy Stobart	Ralt RT4 Ford	W Stobart	26	brakes / handling
27	AUS Alan Jones	Ralt RT4 Ford	Alan Jones Racing		flywheel
(warm up laps)
13	AUS Brett Fisher	Ralt RT1 Ford	Paul Liston

Notes

Pole position: Alain Prost – 0'39.18
Fastest lap: Jacques Laffite – 0'39.62 (146.29 km/h, 90.90 mph) New Formula Pacific lap record.
Winner's average speed: 143.6 km/h (89.18 mph)

References

Programme, National Panasonic Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne International Raceway, 6th–7th November 1982
(1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
Specific Conditions, Racing Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1982, page 88
Australian Formula 1 (Formula Pacific), CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1982, pages 269–272
47th Australian Grand Prix, Racing Car News, December 1982, page 25
Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83, pages 166 & 167

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