1982 Canadian Grand Prix

1982 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One World Championship
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date	13 June 1982
Official name	XXI Grand Prix du Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	4.410 km (2.740 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 308.700 km (191.817 miles)
Weather	Overcast and chilly 17 °C (63 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Time	1:27.509
Fastest lap
Driver	Didier Pironi	Ferrari
Time	1:28.323 on lap 66
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
Second	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-Ford
Third	John Watson	McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

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;^[2] 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.