1982 Monaco Grand Prix

Results from the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 23, 1982. By lap 74, when a light rain began, Alain Prost led and crashed. On lap 75 Riccardo Patrese led, spun and stalled at Loews. On the last lap, Didier Pironi led into the tunnel and ran out of fuel, Andrea de Cesaris also ran out of fuel before he could take over the lead, and Derek Daly, the next car, had a damaged gearbox which seized up before he could start the final lap. Patrese, who had managed to restart his car by rolling downhill and bump-starting, won the race. Pironi and de Cesaris were classified 2nd and 3rd, with Daly sixth.

Classification

Notes

*Pole position: René Arnoux - 1:23.281cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 4 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | date = 1992 | pages = p100 | isbn = 0-85429-733-2]
*Fastest lap: Riccardo Patrese - 1:26.354 on lap 69cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 4 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | date = 1992 | pages = p102 | isbn = 0-85429-733-2]
*First win: Riccardo Patrese
*This was the first Formula One race following the death of Gilles Villeneuve.
*Legendary commentator Murray Walker calls this his favourite race ever.

References

"Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1982/347/ | accessdate = 2007-06-16

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Monaco Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1982
Previous_race_in_season = 1982 Belgian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1982 United States Grand Prix East
Previous_year's_race = 1981 Monaco Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1983 Monaco Grand Prix