Race Result
| GP n. 360 - 04/04/1982 - Grand Prix of the United States Long Beach |
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| Winner: | Niki Lauda / McLaren-Ford - 1:58'25.318 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Andrea de Cesaris / Alfa Romeo - 1:27.316 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Niki Lauda / McLaren-Ford - 1:30.831 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 |  Niki Lauda |
McLaren-Ford | 75 | 1:58'25.318 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 |  Keke Rosberg |
Williams-Ford | 75 | +14.660 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Brabham-Ford | 75 | + 1'19.143 | 18 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell-Ford | 75 | + 1'20.947 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis |
Lotus-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 16 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 74 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | Nigel Mansell |
Lotus-Ford | 73 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 |  Jochen Mass |
March-Ford | 73 | + 2 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | 18 |  Raul Boesel |
March-Ford | 70 | + 5 laps | 23 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 |  Slim Borgudd |
Tyrrell-Ford | 68 | + 7 laps | 24 | 0 |
| Dsq | 27 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 75 | disqualified | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Eddie Cheever |
Ligier-Matra | 59 | gear box | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Alfa Romeo | 33 | spun off | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Brian Henton |
Arrows-Ford | 32 | spun off | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 |  Roberto Guerrero |
Ensign-Ford | 27 | spun off | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 26 | spun off | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Osella-Ford | 26 | transmission | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford | 25 | spun off | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 33 |  Derek Daly |
Theodore-Ford | 23 | spun off | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti |
Williams-Ford | 19 | collision | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Alain Prost |
Renault | 10 | spun off | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 | Didier Pironi |
Ferrari | 6 | spun off | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 5 | collision | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 5 | collision | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 |  Eliseo Salazar |
ATS-Ford | 3 | collision | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock |
ATS-Ford | 1 | collision | 25 | 0 |
| Dnq | 30 | Mauro Baldi |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 20 | Chico Serra |
Fittipaldi-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 32 | Riccardo Paletti |
Osella-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 35 | Derek Warwick |
Toleman-Hart | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 36 | Teo Fabi |
Toleman-Hart | did not qualify | 0 | ||