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]

Teams and Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt RH6/82	Honda	1	Kenny Acheson	All
Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt RH6/82	Honda	2	Jonathan Palmer	1-12
March Engineering	March 822	BMW	3	Corrado Fabi	All
			4	Johnny Cecotto	All
			5	Christian Danner	All
Maurer Motorsport	Maurer MM82	BMW	6	Beppe Gabbiani	All
			7	Stefan Bellof	All
			8	Peter Schindler	1-3
				Eje Elgh	4
				Jean-Louis Schlesser	5-8,10-13
				Alain Ferté	9
Docking-Spitzley Racing	Docking-Spitzley DS1 Toleman (Lola) T850	Hart	9	Carlo Rossi	1-8, 10, 12-13
Docking-Spitzley Racing	Docking-Spitzley DS1 Toleman (Lola) T850	Hart	10	Thierry Tassin	1-8, 10, 13
Minardi Team Srl	Minardi Fly 281B	BMW	11	Paolo Barilla	All
			12	Alessandro Nannini	All
			14	Siegfried Stohr	5
			14	"M. Arriva"	12
Team Merzario	March-Merzario 282	BMW	16	Richard Dallest	1-4
				Harald Brutschin	5-9
				Guido Daccò	10-13
			17	Jo Gartner	1-11
				Roberto Campominsoni	12
				Lamberto Leoni	13
Horag Hotz Racing	March 822	BMW	19	Mike Thackwell	1,4-10
			19	Stanley Dickens	2
			20	Henning Hagenbauer	9
			42	Eje Elgh	11
Sanremo Racing Srl	Toleman (Lola) T850 Toleman TG280	Hart	20	Severo Zampatti	12-13
			21	Eddy Bianchi	1-3
			21	Piero Necchi	1-3
			22	Roberto Del Castello	1-9, 11-13
Ecurie Motul GPA Nogaro	AGS JH19 AGS JH18	BMW	23	Philippe Streiff	All
Ecurie Motul GPA Nogaro	AGS JH19 AGS JH18	BMW	24	Pascal Fabre	All
Bertram Schäfer Racing	Maurer MM82 Ralt RT2	BMW	25	Frank Jelinski	All
			26	"Pierre Chauvet"	1, 3, 5-10, 12-13
				Mike Thackwell	2
				Wolfgang Klein	4
			29	Bruno Eichmann	9
Formel Rennsport Club	Toleman (Lola) T850 March 822	Hart BMW	27	Fredy Schnarweiler	1-2, 13
Brambilla Racing	Minardi GM75	BMW	28	Guido Daccò	1-9
Brambilla Racing	Minardi GM75	BMW	28	Aldo Bertuzzi	10-11
Neil Trundle Racing	March 822	BMW	30	Cliff Hansen	7-13
Ray Mallock	Ralt RT4	Ford	31	Ray Mallock	1
Marlboro Team Spirit	Spirit 201	Honda	32	Thierry Boutsen	All
Marlboro Team Spirit	Spirit 201	Honda	33	Stefan Johansson	All
Strandel Motorsport	Toleman (Lola) T850 March 812	Hart BMW	35	Tomas Kaiser	3, 5-6, 10
Strandel Motorsport	Toleman (Lola) T850 March 812	Hart BMW	36	Tomas Kaiser	9, 11
Bo Martinsson	March 812	BMW	36	Bo Martinsson	1
John Player Special Team Ikuzawa	March 812	Honda	37	Satoru Nakajima	1, 5-6, 8-9
Franz Konrad Racing	March 802 March 812	BMW	38	Franz Konrad	1-4
Franz Konrad Racing	March 802 March 812	BMW	39	Harald Brutschin	1-4
Gebhardt Motorsport	March 812	BMW	41	Günther Gebhardt	2, 4-5, 8-9
Sewi Hopfer	Toleman TG280 Toleman (Lola) T850	Hart	42	Sewi Hopfer	1-2, 4-5
Rick Whyman Racing Ebor Motorsport	Ralt RH6 Toleman TG280 March 802	Hart BMW	44	Wyatt Stanley	1
			44	"Pierre Chauvet"	2
			45	Peter Stürtz	2
Weigel Renntechnik	March 802	BMW	46	Hubert Streibig	2
Caledon Coal Open Cast Racing	Ralt RT4	Ford	48	David Duffield	10
Source:^[2]

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	DSQ	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 Campominsoni												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
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Mike Thackwell	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Satoru Nakajima	John Player Special Team Ikuzawa	March	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
-	Guido Daccò	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
-	Pierre Chauvet	Ebor Motorsport	Ralt	Hart			22	11
-	Eddy Bianchi	San Remo Racing	Toleman	BMW	27	R
-	Eddy Bianchi	San Remo Racing	Toleman	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
-	Harald Brutschin	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	-	-	-	-
-	Tomas Kaiser	Strandel Motorsport	March	BMW									30	NS								15		R		R	-	-	-	-
-	Bo Martinsson	?	March	BMW	21	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Eje Elgh	Maurer Motorsport	Maurer	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	R17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Eje Elgh	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Freddy Schmarwiler	Formel Rennsport Club	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	-	-	-	-

References

^ "1982 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
^ "Formula 2 1982 Race Index". F2 Register. Stefan Örnerdal. Retrieved 18 August 2025.

[1] "1982 European F2 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[2] "Formula 2 1982 Race Index". F2 Register. Stefan Örnerdal. Retrieved 18 August 2025.

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Formula Two seasons
1960 Formula Two season	1960
European Formula Two Championship	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 Succeeded by International Formula 3000
FIA Formula Two Championship (2009–2012)	2009 2010 2011 2012 (List of drivers)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (since 2017)	Rebranded from the GP2 Series 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 (List of drivers) (List of race winners)