- Winner
- Alain Prost
- Team
- Renault
- Top listed
- Alain Prost, John Watson, and Nigel Mansell
- Race date
- March 21, 1982
- Pole
- Alain Prost
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Classified drivers
- 31
- Circuit
- Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
The decisive result
Alain Prost finished first for Renault. John Watson is listed 2 for McLaren, with Nigel Mansell 3 for Team Lotus.
Grid to finish
Slim Borgudd from P21 to P7 (+14), Jochen Mass from P22 to P8 (+14), and Jean-Pierre Jarier from P23 to P9 (+14) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Alain Prost started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 4 Collision, 4 DNQ, 4 Finished, 2 +1 lap, and 2 +2 laps. Alain Prost holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:37.016 on lap 36. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.