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1982 European Formula Two Championship

The 1982 European Formula Two Championship was the sixteenth edition of the European Formula Two Championship, the main feeder series to Formula One. It was contested over 13 rounds and featured 22 different teams, 53 different drivers, seven different chassis and five different engines. Corrado Fabi won the championship in a works March-BMW after a season-long battle with teammate Johnny Cecotto and the Spirit-Honda of Thierry Boutsen.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
GBR Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt RH6/82	Honda	1	GBR Kenny Acheson	All
2	GBR Jonathan Palmer	1–12
GBR March Engineering	March 822	BMW	3	ITA Corrado Fabi	All
4	VEN Johnny Cecotto	All
5	FRG Christian Danner	All
FRG Maurer Motorsport	Maurer MM82	BMW	6	ITA Beppe Gabbiani	All
7	FRG Stefan Bellof	All
8	AUT Peter Schindler	1–3
SWE Eje Elgh	4
FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser	5–8,10–13
FRA Alain Ferté	9
GBR Docking-Spitzley Racing	Docking-Spitzley DS1
Toleman (Lola) T850	Hart	9	ITA Carlo Rossi	1–8, 10, 12–13
10	BEL Thierry Tassin	1–8, 10, 13
ITA Minardi Team Srl	Minardi Fly 281B	BMW	11	ITA Paolo Barilla	All
12	ITA Alessandro Nannini	All
14	ITA Siegfried Stohr	5
ITA "M. Arriva"	12
ITA Team Merzario	March-Merzario 282	BMW	16	FRA Richard Dallest	1–4
FRG Harald Brutschin	5–9
ITA Guido Daccò	10–13
17	AUT Jo Gartner	1–11
ITA Roberto Campominsoni	12
ITA Lamberto Leoni	13
SUI Horag Hotz Racing	March 822	BMW	19	NZL Mike Thackwell	1,4–10
SWE Stanley Dickens	2
20	FRG Henning Hagenbauer	9
42	SWE Eje Elgh	11
ITA Sanremo Racing Srl	Toleman (Lola) T850
Toleman TG280	Hart	20	ITA Severo Zampatti	12–13
21	ITA Eddy Bianchi	1–3
ITA Piero Necchi	1–3
22	ITA Roberto Del Castello	1–9, 11–13
FRA Ecurie Motul GPA Nogaro	AGS JH19
AGS JH18	BMW	23	FRA Philippe Streiff	All
24	FRA Pascal Fabre	All
FRG Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer MM82
Ralt RT2	BMW	25	FRG Frank Jelinski	All
26	AUT "Pierre Chauvet"	1, 3, 5–10, 12–13
NZL Mike Thackwell	2
GER Wolfgang Klein	4
29	SUI Bruno Eichmann	9
SUI Formel Rennsport Club	Toleman (Lola) T850
March 822	Hart
BMW	27	SUI Fredy Schnarweiler	1–2, 13
ITA Brambilla Racing	Minardi GM75	BMW	28	ITA Guido Daccò	1–9
ITA Aldo Bertuzzi	10–11
GBR Neil Trundle Racing	March 822	BMW	30	USA Cliff Hansen	7–13
GBR Ray Mallock	Ralt RT4	Ford	31	GBR Ray Mallock	1
GBR Marlboro Team Spirit	Spirit 201	Honda	32	BEL Thierry Boutsen	All
33	SWE Stefan Johansson	All
SWE Strandel Motorsport	Toleman (Lola) T850
March 812	Hart
BMW	35	SWE Tomas Kaiser	3, 5–6, 10
36	9, 11
SWE Bo Martinsson	March 812	BMW	36	SWE Bo Martinsson	1
JPN John Player Special Team Ikuzawa	March 812	Honda	37	JPN Satoru Nakajima	1, 5–6, 8–9
AUT Franz Konrad Racing	March 802
March 812	BMW	38	AUT Franz Konrad	1–4
39	FRG Harald Brutschin	1–4
FRG Gebhardt Motorsport	March 812	BMW	41	FRG Günther Gebhardt	2, 4–5, 8–9
AUT Sewi Hopfer	Toleman TG280
Toleman (Lola) T850	Hart	42	AUT Sewi Hopfer	1–2, 4–5
GBR Rick Whyman Racing
GBR Ebor Motorsport	Ralt RH6
Toleman TG280
March 802	Hart
BMW	44	GBR Wyatt Stanley	1
AUT "Pierre Chauvet"	2
45	FRG Peter Stürtz	2
FRG Weigel Renntechnik	March 802	BMW	46	FRA Hubert Streibig	2
GBR Caledon Coal Open Cast Racing	Ralt RT4	Ford	48	GBR David Duffield	10

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	GBR Silverstone	21 March	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'11:51.38	185.197 km/h	SWE Stefan Johansson	FRG Christian Danner	FRG Stefan Bellof
2	FRG Hockenheim	4 April	30	6.789=203.67 km	1'03:03.44	193.795 km/h	FRG Stefan Bellof	FRG Stefan Bellof	FRG Stefan Bellof
3	GBR Thruxton	12 April	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'03:49.22	196.075 km/h	SWE Stefan Johansson	VEN Johnny Cecotto	VEN Johnny Cecotto
4	FRG Nürburgring
(Eifelrennen)	25 April	9	22.835=205.515 km	1'05:01.37	189.640 km/h	BEL Thierry Tassin	FRG Stefan Bellof	BEL Thierry Boutsen
5	ITA Mugello	9 May	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'14:32.79	177.304 km/h	SWE Stefan Johansson	ITA Corrado Fabi	ITA Corrado Fabi
6	ITA Vallelunga	16 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'15:45.40	164.738 km/h	SWE Stefan Johansson	FRG Stefan Bellof	ITA Corrado Fabi
7	FRA Pau	31 May	73	2.834=206.882 km	1'31:00.03	136.398 km/h	BEL Thierry Boutsen	GBR Kenny Acheson	VEN Johnny Cecotto
8	BEL Spa-Francorchamps	13 June	23	6.852=157.596 km	0'58:17.47	162.216 km/h	SWE Stefan Johansson	NZL Mike Thackwell	BEL Thierry Boutsen
9	FRG Hockenheim	20 June	30	6.797=203.910 km	1'03:04.32	193.978 km/h	BEL Thierry Boutsen	ITA Corrado Fabi	ITA Corrado Fabi
10	GBR Donington Park	4 July	70	3.150=220.50 km	1'15:42.11	174.765 km/h	GBR Jonathan Palmer	ITA Corrado Fabi	ITA Corrado Fabi
11	SWE Mantorp Park	18 July	65	3.125=203.125 km	1'18:28.4	155.308 km/h	ITA Corrado Fabi	VEN Johnny Cecotto	VEN Johnny Cecotto
12	ITA Pergusa-Enna	1 August	45	4.95=222.75 km	1'09:22.15	192.665 km/h	BEL Thierry Boutsen	FRG Stefan Bellof	BEL Thierry Boutsen
13	ITA Misano	8 August	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'18:25.19	160.123 km/h	ITA Corrado Fabi	FRG Stefan Bellof	ITA Corrado Fabi

Note

The Spa race was originally scheduled over 30 laps, but was abandoned after 23 due to heavy rain. Full points were still awarded.

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. The best nine results were counted for each driver, whilst other points scored outside their best nine results were discarded.

Points were awarded in the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Race
9	6	4	3	2	1

Discarded points finishes and total gross points scored are displayed in parentheses.

Pos.	Driver	SIL
GBR	HOC
FRG	THR
GBR	NÜR
FRG	MUG
ITA	VLL
ITA	PAU
FRA	SPA
BEL	HOC
FRG	DON
GBR	MAN
SWE	PER
ITA	MIS
ITA	Points	1	57	2	56 (57)	3	50 (51)	4	33	5	26	6	22	7	12	8	11	9	10	10	8	11	8	12	7	13	6	14	6	15	5	16	3	17	1	18	1	19	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
ITA Corrado Fabi	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	1	Ret	5	1	1	Ret	Ret	1
VEN Johnny Cecotto	Ret	4	1	3	2	Ret	1	2	(6)	2	1	3	15
BEL Thierry Boutsen	12	2	3	1	4	6	2	1	Ret	9	4	1	(6)
FRG Stefan Bellof	1	*1*	Ret	5	7	Ret	NC	Ret	3	6	Ret	2	5
ITA Beppe Gabbiani	3	5	4	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	2	4	3	Ret	3
FRA Philippe Streiff	10	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	Ret	5	2	4	Ret
GBR Kenny Acheson	Ret	13	2	4	6	14	5	10	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret
SWE Stefan Johansson	Ret	Ret	14†	6	3	4	7	Ret	4	11	Ret	11†	7
GBR Jonathan Palmer	15	Ret	11	14	5	5	6	6	Ret	3	Ret	DNS
ITA Alessandro Nannini	5	9	12	8	10	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	2
NZL Mike Thackwell	Ret	Ret		Ret	8	9	3	3	10	Ret
FRG Frank Jelinski	17†	8	9	7	11	Ret	4	11	5	Ret	Ret	5	10
JPN Satoru Nakajima	2				15	Ret		13	8
FRG Christian Danner	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	DNS	13	Ret	9	Ret	7	5	6	4
FRA Pascal Fabre	Ret	12†	13	16	16†	3	DNQ	19	Ret	Ret	6	8	9
ITA Roberto Del Castello	4	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	10	Ret	14	Ret		Ret	9	11
AUT Jo Gartner	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	15	7	Ret	Ret
BEL Thierry Tassin	DSQ	6	Ret	18	9	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret			DNQ
FRA Richard Dallest	DNS	Ret	6	Ret
FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser					14	Ret	8	7		8	7	Ret	Ret
ITA Paolo Barilla	7	Ret	7	15	Ret	11	DNQ	12	12	DSQ	Ret	Ret	8
ITA Guido Daccò	9	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	18	13	12	8	7	13
AUT "Pierre Chauvet"	13	11	15		Ret	8	DNPQ	16	9	14†		Ret	Ret
AUT Peter Schindler	8	Ret	Ret
ITA Eddy Bianchi	Ret	Ret	8
USA Cliff Hansen							Ret	Ret	NC	15	9	13	Ret
FRG Günther Gebhardt		10		10	Ret			DNQ	Ret
ITA Roberto Campominsoni												10
AUT Franz Konrad	14†	Ret	16	11
GBR Ray Mallock	11
ITA Carlo Rossi	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		13		Ret	12
ITA Piero Necchi				DNS	12	12	Ret	Ret	Ret
ITA Severo Zampatti												12	DNQ
FRG Harald Brutschin	18†	Ret	Ret	13	13	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret
SUI Bruno Eichmann									14†
ITA Lamberto Leoni													14
SWE Tomas Kaiser			NC		DNS	DNQ			15	Ret	Ret
SWE Bo Martinsson	16
SWE Eje Elgh				17†							Ret
SUI Fredy Schnarweiler	Ret	DNS											NC
ITA Oscar Pedersoli	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
AUT Sewi Hopfer	DNS	DNQ		Ret	DNS
GBR Wyatt Stanley	Ret
SWE Stanley Dickens		Ret
FRG Peter Stürtz		Ret
FRA Hubert Streibig		Ret
FRG Wolfgang Klein				Ret
ITA Siegfried Stohr					Ret
FRG Henning Hagenbauer									Ret
FRA Alain Ferté									Ret
GBR David Duffield										DNS
ITA "M. Arriva"												DSQ
ITA Aldo Bertuzzi										DNQ	DNQ

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Notes:

– Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 87.5% of the race distance.

Complete overview

first column of every race	10	= grid position

second column of every race	10	= race result

R = retired, **R*x''''' = retired but classified (placing denoted by *x''), NC = not classified, NS = did not start, NQ = did not qualify, NPQ = did not pre-qualify, **DIS''' = disqualified (if after race, placing beforehand displayed alongside in parentheses)

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL
GBR	HOC
FRG	THR
GBR	NÜR
FRG	MUG
ITA	VLL
ITA	PAU
FRA	SPA
BEL	HOC
FRG	DON
GBR	MAN
SWE	PER
ITA	MIS
ITA
1	ITA Corrado Fabi	March Racing	March	BMW	7	R	6	3	2	R20	7	2	12	1	2	1
2	VEN Johnny Cecotto	March Racing	March	BMW	2	R	10	4	3	1	13	3	20	2	13	R
3	BEL Thierry Boutsen	Team Spirit	Spirit	Honda	5	12	2	2	7	3	2	1	15	4	4	6	1
4	FRG Stefan Bellof	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	9	1	1	1	6	R	4	5	4	7	3	R
5	ITA Beppe Gabbiani	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	16	3	14	5	11	4	10	NS	7	R	8	R
6	FRA Philippe Streiff	Motul GPA	AGS	BMW	11	10	11	R	17	5	11	R	8	R	5	2
7	GBR Kenny Acheson	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	14	R	19	13	10	2	9	4	2	6	7	14
8	SWE Stefan Johansson	Team Spirit	Spirit	Honda	1	R	5	R	1	14	6	6	1	3	1	4
9	GBR Jonathan Palmer	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	24	15	4	R	5	11	5	14	3	5	11	5
10	NZL Mike Thackwell	Horag Racing	March	BMW	18	R			–	–	15	R	6	8	10	9
Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW			13	R
	ITA Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	15	5	27	9	9	12	12	8	5	R10	12	R
12	FRG Frank Jelinski	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW	4	R17	16	8	16	9	19	7	28	11	16	R
13	JPN Satoru Nakajima	John Player Special Team Ikuzawa	March	Honda	17	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	15
BMW											21	R	–	–
	FRG Christian Danner	March Racing	March	BMW	10	R	3	R	4	R	28	9	13	NS	20	13
15	FRA Pascal Fabre	Motul GPA	AGS	BMW	20	R	9	12	19	13	14	16	16	R16	9	3
16	ITA Roberto Del Castello	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	8	4	12	7	18	R	29	NS	24	R	19	10	–
17	AUT Jo Gartner	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	25	6	7	R	8	10	3	R	9	R	6	7	–
	BEL Thierry Tassin	Docking Spitzley	Docking Spitzley
-Toleman	Hart	6	DIS(2)	8	6	21	R	1	18	11	9	18	R	–
	FRA Richard Dallest	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	32	NS	29	R	13	6	8	R	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	14	15	R
–	ITA Paolo Barilla	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	13	7	17	R	14	7	17	NS	14	R	17	11
–	ITA Guido Daccò	Brambilla Racing	Minardi	BMW	28	9	24	R	23	17	24	R	27	R	23	NQ
Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW
–	AUT Pierre Chauvet	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW	19	13			25	15	–	–	23	R	22	8
Ebor Motorsport	Ralt	Hart			22	11
–	ITA Eddy Bianchi	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	27	R
Hart			25	R14	15	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	AUT Peter Schindler	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	12	8	18	R	12	R18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	USA Cliff Hansen	Neil Trundle Racing	March	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRG Günther Gebhardt	Gebhardt Motorsport	March	BMW	–	–	23	10	–	–	18	10	25	R	–	–	–
–	ITA Roberto Campominosi	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	AUT Franz Konrad	Konrad Racing	March	BMW	29	R14	30	R	26	16	16	11	–	–	–	–	–
–	GBR Ray Mallock	?	Ralt	Ford	22	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	ITA Carlo Rossi	Docking Spitzley	Docking Spitzley
-Toleman	Hart	3	R	20	R	20	R	20	12	21	R	25	NQ
–	ITA Piero Necchi	San Remo Racing	Toleman	Hart	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	NS	17	12	14	12
–	ITA Severino Zampatti	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRG Harald Brutschin	Konrad Racing	March	BMW	23	R18	28	R	24	R	22	13
Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW									22	13	24	NQ		NQ
–	CHE Bruno Eichmann	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Ralt	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	ITA Lamberto Leoni	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	SWE Tomas Kaiser	Strandel Motorsport	Toleman	Hart	–	–	–	–	27	21	–	–			26	NQ	–
March	BMW									30	NS
–	SWE Bo Martinsson	?	March	BMW	21	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	SWE Eje Elgh	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	R17	–	–	–	–	–
Horag Racing	March	BMW
–	ITA Oscar Pedersoli	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	26	R	21	R	22	R19	25	NS	18	R	–	–
–	CHE Freddy Schmarwiler	Formel Rennsport Club	Lola	Hart	30	R	26	NS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
March	BMW
–	AUT Sewi Hopfer	?	Toleman	Hart	33	NS	33	NQ	–	–	27	R	29	NS	–	–	–
–	GBR Wyatt Stanley	Ebor Motorsport	Ralt	Hart	31	R	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	SWE Stanley Dickens	Horag Racing	March	BMW	–	–	15	R	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRA Hubert Striebig	WRT Racing	March	BMW	–	–	31	R	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRG Peter Stürtz	Ebor Motorsport	March	BMW	–	–	32	R	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRG Wolfgang Klein	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	R	–	–	–	–	–
–	ITA Siegfried Stohr	Minardi	Minardi	Ferrari	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	R	–	–	–
–	FRG Henning Hagenbauer	Horag Racing	March	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	FRA Alain Ferté	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	ITA Mister Arriva	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	GBR David Duffield	Caledon Coal Open Cast	Ralt	Ford	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	ITA Aldo Bertuzzi	Brambilla Racing	Minardi	BMW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References

"1982 European F2 Championship". Motor Sport Magazine.
"Formula 2 1982 Race Index". Stefan Örnerdal.

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