Date 7 November 1982 | Course length 1.609 km (1.000 mi) | |
Official name XLVII Australian Grand Prix Location Calder Park Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria Course Permanent racing facility Distance 100 laps, 160.9 km (100 mi) | ||
The 1982 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Calder Park Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 November 1982.
It was the 47th Australian Grand Prix, and it was open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 regulations, which for this year included only Formula Pacific cars. It was the second Australian Grand Prix to feature only Formula Pacific cars. For the Australian-based competitors the race was also the eighth and final round of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship.
It was the first Australian Grand Prix since 1968 in which no Australian driver placed in the first three positions. The highest-placed Australian was the 1982 Australian Drivers' Champion Alfredo Costanzo who finished 5th in his Tiga FA81 Ford. Costanzo was also the fastest Australian qualifier, starting from the third grid position behind the Ralt RT4 Fords of French Formula One drivers Alain Prost and Jacques Laffite.
The winner of the Australian Grand Prix, Alain Prost from France, would in 1986 become (as of 2016) the only driver to win the AGP in both Australian domestic and World Championship formats. His 1986 win in Adelaide secured the Frenchman his second straight World Championship driving for McLaren.
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