F1 Points Calculator - 1982 Season
Explore the 1982 Formula 1 World Championship results and simulate alternative
standings. Use our drag-and-drop calculator to replay the most open — and most tragic —
season in F1 history, scored under the classic 9-6-4-3-2-1 system with only a driver's
best 11 results counting.
1982 F1 Season Highlights
- 16 races — opening at Kyalami, South Africa and closing at the Caesars Palace GP, Las Vegas
- Keke Rosberg wins the World Championship (44 pts) for Williams with just one race win — the most open title fight ever, with 11 different winners
- Didier Pironi P2 (39 pts) for Ferrari — led the championship until a career-ending crash in practice at Hockenheim
- John Watson P2-equal (39 pts) for McLaren, classified behind Pironi on countback
- A season marked by tragedy — Gilles Villeneuve killed in qualifying at Zolder, Riccardo Paletti at the Canadian GP
- Ferrari take the Constructors' Championship (74 pts to McLaren's 69) despite losing both their lead drivers
- Drivers' strike at the South African opener over superlicence terms
- Classic 9-6-4-3-2-1 points system — only the top six score, best 11 results count
- No Sprint races, no fastest lap bonus point
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