Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Date
Sat 25th September 1982 (UTC)
Sat 25th September 1982 (Local)

Timestamp
1982-09-25T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1982

Round
16

Status

Location
Caesars Palace

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Description

The 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix (the retronym Las Vegas Grand Prix has been used by Formula One broadcasts since 2023) was a Formula One motor race held on September 25, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1982 FIA Formula One World Championship, and the second F1 race in Las Vegas, and the last F1 race to be held in Caesars Palace.

The 75-lap race was won by Michele Alboreto, driving a Tyrrell-Ford. Alboreto scored Tyrrell's first victory since the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix, becoming the eleventh different winning driver of 1982 while Tyrrell became the seventh different winning constructor. John Watson finished second in a McLaren-Ford, with Eddie Cheever third in a Ligier-Matra. Keke Rosberg finished fifth in his Williams-Ford to secure the Drivers' Championship, with Ferrari taking the Constructors' Championship despite neither car finishing in the top six.

This was the last F1 race for 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti. It was also the last race for the Ensign and Fittipaldi teams, the last for March until 1987, and the last for Matra as an engine supplier. This would be last Grand Prix held in Las Vegas for just over 41 years until the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix held on a new circuit utilising the Las Vegas Strip.

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Result List

01	Michele Alboreto	1:41:56.888
02	John Watson	+0:27.292
03	Eddie Cheever	+0:56.450
04	Alain Prost	+1:08.648
05	Keke Rosberg	+1:11.375
06	Derek Daly	+1 Lap
07	Marc Surer	+1 Lap
08	Brian Henton	+1 Lap
09	Andrea De Cesaris	+2 Laps
10	Bruno Giacomelli	+2 Laps
11	Mauro Baldi	+2 Laps
12	Rupert Keegan	+2 Laps
13	Raul Boesel	+6 Laps
14	Manfred Winkelhock	DNF
15	Niki Lauda	DNF
16	Tommy Byrne	DNF
17	Derek Warwick	DNF
18	Elio de Angelis	DNF
19	Mario Andretti	DNF
20	Nelson Piquet	DNF
21	René Arnoux	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
23	Nigel Mansell	DNF
24	Jacques Laffite	DNF
25	Patrick Tambay	DNF
26	Roberto Guerrero	DNF
27	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
28	Teo Fabi	Did not qualify
29	Eliseo Salazar	Did not qualify
30	Chico Serra	Did not qualify