Formula 1 1982 8 1982-06-13 1982-06-13 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/le47e21750601426.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/x9l17v1750601414.jpg The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 13 June 1982. It was the eighth race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. This was the first Canadian Grand Prix to be held in June, the organisers having moved the race from the autumn to allow for warmer weather; it has been held in June ever since. The 70-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Brabham-BMW. It was the first Formula One victory for a BMW-engined car, but the only victory of the season for defending Drivers' Champion Piquet. Team-mate Riccardo Patrese finished second in an older Brabham-Ford, with John Watson third in a McLaren-Ford. The race was marred by the death of Italian driver Riccardo Paletti, in only his second F1 race start. 529021