1982 European Formula Two Championship

The 1982 European Formula Two Championship was the sixteenth edition of the European Formula Two Championship, the main feeder series to Formula One. It was contested over 13 rounds and featured 22 different teams, 53 different drivers, seven different chassis and five different engines. Corrado Fabi won the championship in a works March-BMW after a season-long battle with teammate Johnny Cecotto and the Spirit-Honda of Thierry Boutsen.^[1]

1982 European Formula Two Championship

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Thierry Boutsen's Spirit 201

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Silverstone	21 March	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'11:51.38	185.197 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Christian Danner	Stefan Bellof
2	Hockenheim	4 April	30	6.789=203.67 km	1'03:03.44	193.795 km/h	Stefan Bellof	Stefan Bellof	Stefan Bellof
3	Thruxton	12 April	55	3.792=208.560 km	1'03:49.22	196.075 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto
4	Nürburgring (Eifelrennen)	25 April	9	22.835=205.515 km	1'05:01.37	189.640 km/h	Thierry Tassin	Stefan Bellof	Thierry Boutsen
5	Mugello	9 May	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'14:32.79	177.304 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Corrado Fabi	Corrado Fabi
6	Vallelunga	16 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'15:45.40	164.738 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Bellof	Corrado Fabi
7	Pau	31 May	73	2.834=206.882 km	1'31:00.03	136.398 km/h	Thierry Boutsen	Kenny Acheson	Johnny Cecotto
8	Spa-Francorchamps	13 June	23	6.852=157.596 km	0'58:17.47	162.216 km/h	Stefan Johansson	Mike Thackwell	Thierry Boutsen
9	Hockenheim	20 June	30	6.797=203.910 km	1'03:04.32	193.978 km/h	Thierry Boutsen	Corrado Fabi	Corrado Fabi
10	Donington Park	4 July	70	3.150=220.50 km	1'15:42.11	174.765 km/h	Jonathan Palmer	Corrado Fabi	Corrado Fabi
11	Mantorp Park	18 July	65	3.125=203.125 km	1'18:28.4	155.308 km/h	Corrado Fabi	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto
12	Pergusa-Enna	1 August	45	4.95=222.75 km	1'09:22.15	192.665 km/h	Thierry Boutsen	Stefan Bellof	Thierry Boutsen
13	Misano	8 August	60	3.488=209.28 km	1'18:25.19	160.123 km/h	Corrado Fabi	Stefan Bellof	Corrado Fabi

Note

The Spa race was originally scheduled over 30 laps, but was abandoned after 23 due to heavy rain. Full points were still awarded.

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. The best nine results were counted for each driver, whilst other points scored outside their best nine results were discarded.

Points were awarded in the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Race	9	6	4	3	2	1

Discarded points finishes and total gross points scored are displayed in parentheses.

Pos. Driver SIL HOC THR NÜR MUG VLL PAU SPA HOC DON MAN PER MIS Points 1 Corrado Fabi Ret 3 Ret 2 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 Ret Ret 1 57 2 Johnny Cecotto Ret 4 1 3 2 Ret 1 2 (6) 2 1 3 15 56 (57) 3 Thierry Boutsen 12 2 3 1 4 6 2 1 Ret 9 4 1 (6) 50 (51) 4 Stefan Bellof 1 1 Ret 5 7 Ret NC Ret 3 6 Ret 2 5 33 5 Beppe Gabbiani 3 5 4 DNS Ret Ret Ret 8 2 4 3 Ret 3 26 6 Philippe Streiff 10 Ret 5 Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 Ret 5 2 4 Ret 22 7 Kenny Acheson Ret 13 2 4 6 14 5 10 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 12 8 Stefan Johansson Ret Ret 14† 6 3 4 7 Ret 4 11 Ret 11† 7 11 9 Jonathan Palmer 15 Ret 11 14 5 5 6 6 Ret 3 Ret DNS 10 10 Alessandro Nannini 5 9 12 8 10 Ret DNQ Ret Ret DSQ Ret Ret 2 8 11 Mike Thackwell Ret Ret Ret 8 9 3 3 10 Ret 8 12 Frank Jelinski 17† 8 9 7 11 Ret 4 11 5 Ret Ret 5 10 7 13 Satoru Nakajima 2 15 Ret 13 8 6 14 Christian Danner Ret Ret Ret 9 DNS 13 Ret 9 Ret 7 5 6 4 6 15 Pascal Fabre Ret 12† 13 16 16† 3 DNQ 19 Ret Ret 6 8 9 5 16 Roberto Del Castello 4 7 Ret DNS Ret 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 11 3 17 Jo Gartner 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret 15 7 Ret Ret 1 18 Thierry Tassin DSQ 6 Ret 18 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ 1 19 Richard Dallest DNS Ret 6 Ret 1 - Jean-Louis Schlesser 14 Ret 8 7 8 7 Ret Ret 0 - Paolo Barilla 7 Ret 7 15 Ret 11 DNQ 12 12 Ret Ret Ret 8 0 - Guido Daccò 9 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNQ DNPQ 18 13 12 8 7 13 0 - "Pierre Chauvet" 13 11 15 Ret 8 DNPQ 16 9 14† Ret Ret 0 - Peter Schindler 8 Ret Ret 0 - Eddy Bianchi Ret Ret 8 0 - Cliff Hansen Ret Ret NC 15 9 13 Ret 0 - Günther Gebhardt 10 10 Ret DNQ Ret 0 - Roberto Camposini 10 0 - Franz Konrad 14† Ret 16 11 0 - Ray Mallock 11 0 - Carlo Rossi Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 13 Ret 12 0 - Piero Necchi DNS 12 12 Ret Ret Ret 0 - Severo Zampatti 12 DNQ 0 - Harald Brutschin 18† Ret Ret 13 13 DNQ DNQ 17 Ret 0 - Bruno Eichmann 14† 0 - Lamberto Leoni 14 0 - Tomas Kaiser NC DNS DNQ 15 Ret Ret 0 - Bo Martinsson 16 0 - Eje Elgh 17† Ret 0 - Fredy Schnarweiler Ret DNS NC 0 - Oscar Pedersoli Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Sewi Hopfer DNS DNQ Ret DNS 0 - Wyatt Stanley Ret 0 - Stanley Dickens Ret 0 - Peter Stürtz Ret 0 - Hubert Streibig Ret 0 - Wolfgang Klein Ret 0 - Siegfried Stohr Ret 0 - Henning Hagenbauer Ret 0 - Alain Ferté Ret 0 - David Duffield DNS 0 - "M. Arriva" DSQ 0 - Aldo Bertuzzi DNQ DNQ 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

Notes:

• † – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 87.5% of the race distance.

Complete overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R = retired, Rx = retired but classified (placing denoted by x), NC = not classified, NS = did not start, NQ = did not qualify, NPQ = did not pre-qualify, DIS = disqualified (if after race, placing beforehand displayed alongside in parentheses)

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL		HOC		THR		NÜR		MUG		VLL		PAU		SPA		HOC		DON		MAN		PER		MIS
1	Corrado Fabi	March Racing	March	BMW	7	R	6	3	2	R20	7	2	12	1	2	1		R		5		1		1	1	R		1	1	1
2	Johnny Cecotto	March Racing	March	BMW	2	R	10	4	3	1	13	3	20	2	13	R		1		2		6		2		1		3		15
3	Thierry Boutsen	Team Spirit	Spirit	Honda	5	12	2	2	7	3	2	1	15	4	4	6	1	2		1	1	R		9		4	1	1		6
4	Stefan Bellof	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	9	1	1	1	6	R	4	5	4	7	3	R		9		R		3		6		R		2		5
5	Beppe Gabbiani	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	16	3	14	5	11	4	10	NS	7	R	8	R		R		8		2		4		3		R		3
6	Philippe Streiff	Motul GPA	AGS	BMW	11	10	11	R	17	5	11	R	8	R	5	2		R		4		R16		5		2		4		R
7	Kenny Acheson	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	14	R	19	13	10	2	9	4	2	6	7	14		6		14		5		10		R		R		R
8	Stefan Johansson	Team Spirit	Spirit	Honda	1	R	5	R	1	14	6	6	1	3	1	4		7	1	R		4		11		R		R11		7
9	Jonathan Palmer	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	24	15	4	R	5	11	5	14	3	5	11	5		6		6		R	1	3		R		NS	-	-
10	Mike Thackwell	Horag Racing	March	BMW	18	R			-	-	15	R	6	8	10	9		3		3		10		R	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW			13	R
	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	15	5	27	9	9	12	12	8	5	R10	12	R		NQ		R		R		DIS		R		R		2
12	Frank Jelinski	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW	4	R17	16	8	16	9	19	7	28	11	16	R		4		11		5		R		R		5		10
13	Satoru Nakajima	John Player Special Team Ikuzawa	March	Honda	17	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	15						13		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				BMW											21	R	-	-
	Christian Danner	March Racing	March	BMW	10	R	3	R	4	R	28	9	13	NS	20	13		R		9		R		7		5		6		4
15	Pascal Fabre	Motul GPA	AGS	BMW	20	R	9	12	19	13	14	16	16	R16	9	3		NQ		19		R		R		6		8		9
16	Roberto Del Castello	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	8	4	12	7	18	R	29	NS	24	R	19	10	-	-		14		R	-	-		10		9		11
17	Jo Gartner	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	25	6	7	R	8	10	3	R	9	R	6	7	-	-		15		7		R		R	-	-	-	-
	Thierry Tassin	Docking Spitzley	Docking Spitzley -Toleman	Hart	6	DIS(2)	8	6	21	R	1	18	11	9	18	R	-	-		R	-	-		R	-	-	-	-		NQ
	Richard Dallest	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	32	NS	29	R	13	6	8	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	14	15	R		8		7	-	-		8		7		R14		R
-	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	13	7	17	R	14	7	17	NS	14	R	17	11		NQ		12		12		DIS		R		R		8
-	Guido Daccò	Brambilla Racing	Minardi	BMW	28	9	24	R	23	17	24	R	27	R	23	NQ		NPQ		18		13
		Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW																				12		8		7		13
-	Pierre Chauvet	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW	19	13			25	15	-	-	23	R	22	8		NRQ		16		9		R14	-	-		R		R
		Ebor Motorsport	Ralt	Hart			22	11
-	Eddy Bianchi	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	27	R
				Hart			25	R14	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Peter Schindler	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	12	8	18	R	12	R18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Cliff Hansen	Neil Trundle Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R		R		17		15		9		13		R
-	Günther Gebhardt	Gebhardt Motorsport	March	BMW	-	-	23	10	-	-	18	10	25	R	-	-	-	-		NQ		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Roberto Campominosi	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		10	-	-
-	Franz Konrad	Konrad Racing	March	BMW	29	R14	30	R	26	16	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Ray Mallock	?	Ralt	Ford	22	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Carlo Rossi	Docking Spitzley	Docking Spitzley -Toleman	Hart	3	R	20	R	20	R	20	12	21	R	25	NQ		NQ		R	-	-		13	-	-		R		12
-	Piero Necchi	San Remo Racing	Toleman	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	NS	17	12	14	12		R		R		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Severino Zampatti	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		12		NQ
-	Harald Brutschin	Konrad Racing	March	BMW	23	R18	28	R	24	R	22	13
		Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW									22	13	24	NQ		NQ		17		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bruno Eichmann	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Lamberto Leoni	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		14
-	Tomas Kaiser	Strandel Motorsport	Toleman	Hart	-	-	-	-	27	21	-	-			26	NQ	-	-	-	-
			March	BMW									30	NS								15		R		R	-	-	-	-
-	Bo Martinsson	?	March	BMW	21	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Eje Elgh	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	R17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Horag Racing	March	BMW																						R	-	-	-	-
-	Oscar Pedersoli	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	26	R	21	R	22	R19	25	NS	18	R	-	-		R		R		R		R		R		R		R
-	Freddy Schmarwiler	Formel Rennsport Club	Lola	Hart	30	R	26	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			March	BMW																										NC
-	Sewi Hopfer	?	Toleman	Hart	33	NS	33	NQ	-	-	27	R	29	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Wyatt Stanley	Ebor Motorsport	Ralt	Hart	31	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Stanley Dickens	Horag Racing	March	BMW	-	-	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Hubert Striebig	WRT Racing	March	BMW	-	-	31	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Peter Stürtz	Ebor Motorsport	March	BMW	-	-	32	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Wolfgang Klein	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Siegfried Stohr	Minardi	Minardi	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Henning Hagenbauer	Horag Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alain Ferté	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Mister Arriva	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-
-	David Duffield	Caledon Coal Open Cast	Ralt	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		NS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aldo Bertuzzi	Brambilla Racing	Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		NQ		NQ	-	-	-	-