1982 European Formula Two Championship

Thierry Boutsen's Spirit 201

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]

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	N/A	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[]

At each race points were awarded as follows: 9 for first place, 6 for second place, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. The best nine results could be retained. Discarded points and gross totals are displayed within parentheses.

Pos	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	MUG	VLL	PAU	SPA	HOC	DON	MAN	PER	MIS	Pts
1	Corrado Fabi	March Racing	March	BMW	-	4	-	6	9	9	-	2	9	9	-	-	9	57
2	Johnny Cecotto	March Racing	March	BMW	-	3	9	4	6	-	9	6	(1)	6	9	4	-	56 (57)
3	Thierry Boutsen	Team Spirit	Spirit	Honda	-	6	4	9	3	1	6	9	-	-	3	9	(1)	50 (51)
4	Stefan Bellof	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	9	9	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	6	2	33
5	Beppe Gabbiani	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	4	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	-	4	26
6	Philippe Streiff		AGS	BMW	-	-	2	-	-	6	-	3	-	2	6	3	-	22
7	Kenny Acheson	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	-	-	6	3	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
8	Stefan Johansson	Team Spirit	Spirit	Honda	-	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	11
9	Jonathan Palmer	Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt	Honda	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	10
10	Mike Thackwell		March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	Minardi	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8
12	Frank Jelinski		Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	2	-	7
13	Satoru Nakajima		March	Honda	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Christian Danner	March Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	6
15	Pascal Fabre		AGS	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
16	Roberto Del Castello		Toleman	BMW	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
17	Jo Gartner	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Thierry Tassin		-Toleman	Hart	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
		Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Complete overview[]

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		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		March	BMW	18	R			-	-	15	R	6	8	10	9		3		3		10		R	-	-	-	-	-	-
			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		Maurer	BMW	4	R17	16	8	16	9	19	7	28	11	16	R		4		11		5		R		R		5		10
13	Satoru Nakajima		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		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		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		-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		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		Maurer	BMW	19	13			25	15	-	-	23	R	22	8		NRQ		16		9		R14	-	-		R		R
			Ralt	Hart			22	11
-			Toleman	BMW	27	R
				Hart			25	R14	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	12	8	18	R	12	R18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R		R		17		15		9		13		R
-		Gebhardt Motorsport	March	BMW	-	-	23	10	-	-	18	10	25	R	-	-	-	-		NQ		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		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		-Toleman	Hart	3	R	20	R	20	R	20	12	21	R	25	NQ		NQ		R	-	-		13	-	-		R		12
-	Piero Necchi		Toleman	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	NS	17	12	14	12		R		R		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			Toleman	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		12		NQ
-		Konrad Racing	March	BMW	23	R18	28	R	24	R	22	13
		Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW									22	13	24	NQ		NQ		17		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			Ralt	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Lamberto Leoni	Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		14
-	Tomas Kaiser		Toleman	Hart	-	-	-	-	27	21	-	-			26	NQ	-	-	-	-
			March	BMW									30	NS								15		R		R	-	-	-	-
-		?	March	BMW	21	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Eje Elgh	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	R17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			March	BMW																						R	-	-	-	-
-		Team Merzario	Merzario-March	BMW	26	R	21	R	22	R19	25	NS	18	R	-	-		R		R		R		R		R		R		R
-			Lola	Hart	30	R	26	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			March	BMW																										NC
-		?	Toleman	Hart	33	NS	33	NQ	-	-	27	R	29	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			Ralt	Hart	31	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Stanley Dickens		March	BMW	-	-	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			March	BMW	-	-	31	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			March	BMW	-	-	32	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Wolfgang Klein		Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Siegfried Stohr	Minardi	Minardi	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alain Ferté	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		Minardi	Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		R	-	-
-			Ralt	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		NS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Aldo Bertuzzi		Minardi	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		NQ		NQ	-	-	-	-

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