| abstract | - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:14 color:green shift:(20,-5) text:Andrea de Cesaris (Laps 1–14) from:14 till:end color:claret shift:(20,-5) text:Niki Lauda (Laps 15–75) The 1982 United States Grand Prix West, held at the Long Beach circuit in California, was the third round of the 1982 Formula One Season. The race itself was the first of three Championship Grand Prix scheduled for the United States in 1982, a record for a country in a single season. After a shock result in qualifying which saw Andrea de Cesaris claim a maiden pole position, and the return of an American racing legend, Niki Lauda took his eighteenth career win, and first for McLaren. Keke Rosberg and Riccardo Patrese joined him on the podium, as Championship leader Alain Prost crashed out.
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