United States Grand Prix West

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Date & Time
Sun 4th April 1982 12:00am Local
Sun 4th April 1982 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1982

Round
Round 3

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Long Beach Street Circuit

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The 1982 United States Grand Prix West (officially the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a Formula One motor race held on April 4, 1982, at the temporary street circuit at Long Beach, California.
In his third race since returning from a self-imposed two-year "retirement," Austrian Niki Lauda won the seventh United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach, ahead of Keke Rosberg. It was the 18th victory of Lauda's career, and his first for McLaren. Canada's Gilles Villeneuve crossed the line in third, but he was disqualified after the race when a protest of his Ferrari's rear wing was upheld by the officials.
Lauda came home nearly 15 seconds ahead for his second win in the United States, along with the 1975 Watkins Glen race, and Rosberg secured a fine second place. For the first time (and the last until 2023), this would be one of three American races in the same season, with the inaugural Detroit race and the Championship clincher in Las Vegas still to come.

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Result List

01	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:58:25.318
02	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+0:14.660
03	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	+1:19.143
04	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Racing	+1:20.947
05	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
06	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
07	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	+2 Laps
08	Jochen Mass	March Engineering	+2 Laps
09	Raul Boesel	March Engineering	+5 Laps
10	Slim Borgudd	Tyrrell Racing	+7 Laps
11	Gilles Villeneuve	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
12	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	DNF
13	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
14	Brian Henton	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
15	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign Racing	DNF
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
17	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Osella	DNF
18	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
19	Derek Daly	Theodore Racing	DNF
20	Mario Andretti	Williams Racing	DNF
21	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	DNF
22	Didier Pironi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
23	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
24	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	DNF
25	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	DNF
26	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	DNF
27	Teo Fabi	Toleman	Did not qualify
28	Riccardo Paletti	Osella	Did not qualify
29	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify
30	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
31	Derek Warwick	Toleman	Did not qualify