South African Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sat 23rd January 1982 12:00am Local
Sat 23rd January 1982 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1982

Round
1

Status

Location
Kyalami

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The 1982 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 23 January 1982. It was the first race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. It was the 28th edition of the South African Grand Prix and the 16th time that the race had been held at Kyalami.
The prelude to the race was notable for a strike action by the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, led by Niki Lauda and Didier Pironi, in protest at the new superlicence conditions imposed by FISA, which would have tied the drivers to a single team for up to three years. A late compromise was reached and the race went ahead.
Turbocharged cars took the first six positions on the grid. Despite Alain Prost suffering a puncture while leading, he was able to recover to win the race. Lauda, in his first race after two years out of F1, finished fourth. It was the final podium and points finish for Carlos Reutemann (as of 2024, this is the most recent podium finish achieved by an Argentine driver), who retired from Formula One after the next race in Brazil, and the last point finish for an Argentine driver until Franco Colapinto finished 8th and scored 4 points at the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	1:32:08.401
02	Carlos Reutemann	Williams Racing	+0:14.946
03	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	+0:27.900
04	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:32.113
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+0:43.139
06	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:50.993
07	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
08	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
09	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	+2 Laps
10	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	+2 Laps
11	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+3 Laps
12	Jochen Mass	March Engineering	+3 Laps
13	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+4 Laps
14	Derek Daly	Theodore Racing	+4 Laps
15	Raul Boesel	March Engineering	+5 Laps
16	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell Racing	+5 Laps
17	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	+5 Laps
18	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+6 Laps
19	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
20	Derek Warwick	Toleman	DNF
21	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	DNF
22	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	DNF
23	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
24	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
25	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	DNF
26	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Osella	DNF
27	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
28	Riccardo Paletti	Osella	Did not qualify
29	Brian Henton	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
30	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign Racing	Did not qualify
31	Teo Fabi	Toleman	Did not qualify