1982 San Marino Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 16 in the 1982 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 25 April 1982 | ||
| Official name | 2º Gran Premio di San Marino | ||
| Location |
Autodromo Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.040 km (3.132 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 302.400 km (187.902 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1:29.765 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Didier Pironi
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:35.036 on lap 44 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
The 1982 San Marino Grand Prix was the fourth motor race of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. It was held on the weekend of April 23–25, 1982 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola. The race was marked by a boycott of many teams as part of a political war, unrelated to the event itself, involving the two dominant forces within the sport, FISA and FOCA, which caused the field for this race to be only 14 cars. It was Gilles Villeneuve's final race, as he was killed at the following race in Belgium.
In a decision relating to the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix, Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg were excluded for their cars' crafty use of water tanks as ballast to keep them under the weight limit during race conditions. An immediate outcry from the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) followed, and as the decision happened after the USGP West it was decided that the next race would be boycotted, and that race was Imola.
While most FOCA-aligned teams, such as Brabham, McLaren, Williams and Lotus boycotted the race, four teams—Tyrrell, Osella, ATS and Toleman—broke their stated boycott and started the race anyway.
Even with these teams defecting and starting the race, there were only 14 starters for the San Marino Grand Prix, of which at the time only the Ferraris and Renaults were considered competitive teams. This did not discourage the tifosi, maybe even the opposite, since it improved Ferrari's chances, and the venue was full of spectators.
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