Caesars Palace Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sat 25th September 1982 12:00am Local
Sat 25th September 1982 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1982

Round
Round 16

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Caesars Palace

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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	Tyrrell Racing	1:41:56.888
02	John Watson	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:27.292
03	Eddie Cheever	Ligier	+0:56.450
04	Alain Prost	Renault F1 Team	+1:08.648
05	Keke Rosberg	Williams Racing	+1:11.375
06	Derek Daly	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
07	Marc Surer	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Brian Henton	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
09	Andrea De Cesaris	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+2 Laps
10	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+2 Laps
11	Mauro Baldi	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
12	Rupert Keegan	March Engineering	+2 Laps
13	Raul Boesel	March Engineering	+6 Laps
14	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS	DNF
15	Niki Lauda	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
16	Tommy Byrne	Theodore Racing	DNF
17	Derek Warwick	Toleman	DNF
18	Elio de Angelis	Lotus F1	DNF
19	Mario Andretti	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
20	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	DNF
21	René Arnoux	Renault F1 Team	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	DNF
23	Nigel Mansell	Lotus F1	DNF
24	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	DNF
25	Patrick Tambay	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
26	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign Racing	DNF
27	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Osella	DNF
28	Teo Fabi	Toleman	Did not qualify
29	Eliseo Salazar	ATS	Did not qualify
30	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi Automotive	Did not qualify